- Spb Software House Releases Spb Insight - a Full-Text Pocket PC News Reader
- Skweezer Selected by Ask.com for New Ask Mobile Search
- Skweezer Selected by Bloglines to Improve Mobile Experience
- PlanMaker 2006 for Pocket PCs enters public beta test phase
- Spb Software House releases Spb Finance 2.6 with Microsoft Money 2007 synchronization support.
- SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows released
- New website for PDA Developers
- Spb Software House Releases Spb Diary 2.0
- Demand for Mobile Access to Social Networking Sites Growing
- Skweezer Nominated for Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine's Best Software Awards
Spb Software House Releases a New Concept Pocket PC Game - Spb AirIslands Tuesday, January 31 2006
Spb Software House releases Spb AirIslands - a new Pocket PC game based on a unique concept. This game is a combination of a real-time strategy game where you have to build a colony on an isolated island, and a set of mini-games.
The 3 included mini-games are used to earn resources you can use later to develop your island. This unique concept allows Spb AirIslands to combine all the benefits of a desktop strategy game with all necessary attributes of a funny Pocket PC game. It submerges you into a unique world of an isolated island with its own history, rules, success strategy and spectacular story line. And, at the same time, you can always play one of the three mini-games when you have 5-10 minutes of spare time (for example standing in a line), thus earning resources for the big game.
Amazing qVGA and VGA graphics, fantastic sound, hundreds hours of gameplay, and a game community website make playing Spb AirIslands an experience you don't want to miss.
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Spb AirIslands was developed with a Pocket PC playing scenario in mind. Games developed for a desktop PC differ significantly from those for Pocket PC. Desktop games are usually designed to be played for hours, immersing players into the game world, unlike Pocket PC games which we play when we have a free minute or two.
Spb AirIslands is precisely the game for playing on Pocket PC but it also features all the power and benefits of a typical PC strategy game. The game has its own atmosphere. You are in the middle of a situation when the good old world is destroyed and broken into a number of isolated islands. Your task is not only to survive on such an island, but to colonize, build, and develop it, taking into account different factors that influence the hard colonist's life. If you manage to bring prosperity on your single island, you can try to repair the whole world!
On one hand, you play a game that spans many days, trying to find the best strategy, satisfy the inhabitants' needs, gradually build up necessary buildings, and so on. On the other hand, you can always play a mini-game just for fun, but this fun will also allow you to earn resources for the big game.
* Spb Xonix II allows you to earn wood. 30 levels with increasing difficulty, 5 types of monsters, different bonuses and spectacular graphics and effects.
* Spb Arkaball II is game for getting much fun and earning bricks. 50 levels, 18 types of items.
* Playing Spb Bubbles will bring you water for your island. It has simple rules but it's very addictive. 30 levels and 3 levels of complexity, standard and puzzle modes.
On the Spb AirIslands website will find more detailed information on the game, find out the game story line and join the game community. This site allows you to publish your highscores and compete with other users.
http://www.spbairislands.com
*** Pricing and Availability ***
Spb AirIslands is currently available in English for both qVGA and VGA devices. A free trial version working for 15 days with some restrictions can be downloaded, or the full version can be purchased for $19.95 USD, from www.spbairislands.com.
*** Further Information and Downloads ***
Further information regarding Spb AirIslands can be found on the Spb AirIslands site:
http://www.spbairislands.com
Spb AirIslands screenshots:
http://www.spbairislands.com/screenshots.php
Spb AirIslands video tours:
http://www.spbairislands.com/videotour.php
Download the program here:
http://www.spbairislands.com/download.php
*** About Spb Software House ***
Spb Software House is a software development company, specializing mainly in Windows Mobile software for Pocket PCs. Founded in 1999, the company offers advanced software solutions for use in a wide range of applications.
Source: Spb Software House
Ozura launches new casino game “God of Dice” Monday, January 23 2006
24 January 2006
Ozura launches new casino game “God of Dice”
Ozura Mobile, a leading international developer and publisher for mobile games and game developer engine, unleashes new casino game “God of Dice”.
God of Dice is based on a classic dice game, a remnant of ancient China. Play the famous game of dice also known as Cheerio, Yot, Yam and Yahtzee. This traditional dice game originally known as ‘The Yacht Game’ is a challenge in which strategy, skill and luck are combined in the perfect proportion. Both frustrating and rewarding, this game will have everyone from all age groups shouting: “Yacht! See!”. This classic has now emerged from it’s chrysalis to become fleeting electrons on your mobile. Sharpen your skills and predictive instincts to beat the competition in the showdown of the century to be branded the “God of Dice”!
About Ozura
Ozura is a leading international developer and publisher for mobile games and game developer engine to carriers, aggregators, mobile phone manufacturers and service providers. The company creates games for the mobile phones based on J2ME, BREW or Symbian platform. Ozura’s games are available all over the world through its distribution network of thousands of partners spanning across 130 countries. It is expected that the growth of mobile phones supporting these platforms will exceed one billion units worldwide in 2008
Source: Ozura Mobile
iambic, Inc., a leading provider of productivity enhancement software for handheld computers, just announced a new eGift program Monday, January 16 2006
iambic, Inc., a leading provider of productivity enhancement software for handheld computers (PDAs and smartphones), today announced an eGift program which makes it easy for current customers to give the Treo or Palm OS handheld user in their life, any of iambic’s award-winning Agendus family of products for half the list price.
The timing of this offer coincides with the New Year, when many resolve to be more organized and manage their time better, but may need a little help getting started.
“We came up with the eGift concept because we wanted to provide our loyal users with an easy way for them to share the joy they feel as a result of using our productivity enhancement software,” said Adriano Chiaretta, chief operating officer at iambic, Inc. “And for those Treo, Zire, Tungsten and Life Drive owners who are looking to get more out of their devices, this is an ideal time for them to tryout Agendus—and perhaps do it with a friend for extra savings. In a way, this is very similar to the offers going on right now at health clubs—where you are encouraged to join with a friend to motivate each other to attain personal goals.
Managing your Day/Week:
Agendus offers several ways to become more efficient in how you manage your time. One thing that can bog you down is getting a meeting scheduled when you’ve got things going every day at all different hours. With the free time finder feature, Agendus provides a list of available timeslots which makes it easy to know what your options are at a glance. And if you are (or aspiring to be) an adherent to the time management principles recommended by the experts at Franklin-Covey, Agendus offers an electronic way to manage your Task list. Tasks can be prioritized “matrix-style” using importance and urgency as criteria to help manage your day.
Making Time for Yourself
Another way to leverage Agendus is by simply blocking time on your calendar, and setting the alarm, as a reminder to workout (something people think more about at the beginning of the new year). This can be done either by setting up the workout as a “meeting” or using the To Do feature, which lets you, set an alarm for the items on your list.
Limited Time:
The iambic eGift program is available for a limited time. It covers Agendus for Palm OS as well as other products in the Agendus family, EasyAddress and EasyNotes. For more information, go to http://lifestyle.iambic.com/newyearegifts.asp
About Agendus for Palm OS:
This latest version of iambic’s award-winning, fully-integrated, personal information manager for Palm OS handhelds and smartphones is more intuitive and includes many new features that simplify time and contact management. Plus, it has been optimized for one-hand operation, making it an ideal add-on program for users of the Treo smartphones. To simplify ease-of-use, it has web-style hyperlinks that enable users to move quickly from a meeting, to a memo, to placing a call or sending an email/SMS. This “one-tap” operation is especially beneficial for Treo owners because they can operate their device with one hand, using the dpad. Other dpad-friendly features include the all-new, icon-clustered toolbar, and the dialogs for setting alarms (now available for memos) and meeting times.
About iambic, Inc.
Since 1994, iambic, Inc. has been developing powerful Palm OS and Symbian OS software for both business and personal use. Today, iambic is recognized worldwide for creating sophisticated yet user-friendly solutions that help both business organizations and individuals everywhere save time, manage their activities more effectively and get the most out of their handheld computers.
Source: iambic, Inc.
PhatWare Releases PhatPad 3.0 for Windows Mobile-Based Devices Tuesday, January 10 2006
PhatWare Corporation, a leading provider of software products and professional services for mobile and desktop computers, announces PhatPad 3.0 to provide mobile professionals with more creative options for taking notes and to make notes easily accessible anywhere. PhatPad is an award-winning notes organizer for Microsoft Windows-based devices, Tablet and Desktop PCs that allows users to draw pictures, write text and create animation on a virtual scratch pad.
The main new features of PhatPad 3.0 include the ability to add voice notes, a Today Screen add-on and a two customizable toolbars. Voice notes allow the consumer to record and replay a spoken note and add it to a PhatPad document. Because of PhatPad's extensive creative tools, version 3.0 offers two popup toolbars that can be edited to include the user's most-utilized tools.
"PhatPad 3.0 offers avid note-takers more user options than ever before," said Stan Miasnikov, president of PhatWare. "With PhatPad, Tablet and Windows Mobile users can create a diagram, label the parts and add a voice note to explain what the diagram means. It's a great tool for mobile professionals."
The new version of PhatPad has a Today Screen add-on that allows Windows Mobile users to quickly access the most recently created or modified PhatPad documents and voice notes directly from the Windows Mobile Today Screen. If a PhatPad document contains a voice note, it can be played directly from the Today Screen without opening the PhatPad document.
PhatPad 3.0 has several additional features that improve usability, such as the new file manager with note preview that allows the user to preview all pages in the PhatPad document before opening them and change the page order during the document preview. A new search dialog box gives users easy access to found notes. While supporting older Windows Mobile based devices, PhatPad 3.0 takes advantage of the new features found in Windows Mobile 5.0-based devices such as built-in camera support, soft- key menus and others.
Version 3.0 provides better integration with the most recent versions of CalliGrapher, PhatWare's handwriting recognition software for Windows Mobile, and PenOffice, PhatWare's handwriting recognition for Tablet and Desktop PCs. PhatPad 3.0 also offers improved integration with the built-in Tablet PC handwriting recognition engine. Additional enhancements include improved support for landscape mode and devices with square screen displays, and customizable background, pen, and grid colors for notes.
"Windows Mobile-based devices help users stay on top of their career and personal life by enabling better access, control and use of their information while away from their PC," said Chris Hill Group Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation. "PhatWare's PhatPad 3.0 helps users create notes with text, drawings, animation and audio enabling them to be more productive wherever their active lives take them."
The application works on Pocket PC 2003 or later devices based on Windows Mobile 4.2 or later and Tablet and Desktop PCs with Windows 2000 or later. PhatPad 3.0 is available at www.phatware.com for $29.95. Registered users of previous versions of PhatPad can upgrade the product for $19.95. For more information about PhatPad 3.0 or PhatWare's additional award- winning products, visit www.phatware.com.
About PhatWare
Founded in October 1997, PhatWare Corporation is a leading provider of easy to use powerful software products and professional services for the mobile and desktop computing marketplace. PhatWare specializes in handwriting recognition, digital ink, note taking, and database and network management software development. The company exclusively manages development, support and distribution of ParaGraph® CalliGrapher® and PenOffice handwriting recognition products. PhatWare Corporation is a Microsoft Certified Partner, Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner and Microsoft Tablet PC Premier Partner. To learn more about PhatWare, visit www.phatware.com.
* PhatWare is a registered trademark of PhatWare Corp. Other product, company, or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Source: PhatWare Corporation
nova media MDS GmbH updates mobile connection Wizard Tuesday, January 3 2006
Nova media toady unveiled Mobile High Speed 5.3.2, an major update for its mobile connection wizard. This tool allows a Palm OS Handheld user to gain instant mobile online access with most mobile phones and network operators around the globe.
In addition, Mobile High Speed features telephone drivers to send and receive SMS messages, tab-dial to dial a number selected in the address book, a feature to establish conference calls and see all relevant mobile phone and network information at once.
Version 5.3.2 includes 28 new connection settings and adds SMS and tab-dial support for the following mobile phones: Motorola V3x RAZR, Motorola E1 ROKR, SonyEricsson W550i, Nokia N70, Nokia N90, Samsung SGH-D600, Samsung SGH-Z500 and Samsung SGH-ZM60.
A demoversion is available for download in English and German at http://www.novamedia.de/download/e_demo_mhs_palm.html
The price for the full version of Mobile High Speed is Euro 19,95 plus VAT.
About nova media:
The founders of „nova media Mobile Data Solutions GmbH“ started their business in 1996 in Berlin. The company is specialized on mobile data solutions for Mac OS, Windows and Palm OS. More information at http://www.novamedia.de or phone +49 30 3909040.
Source: nova media Mobile Data Solutions GmbH
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