Quickies: MP3 Ringtones, Movies and More
A new utility has been released that brings MP3 ringtones to the Treo 600, LandWare's movie guide has been updated, CNET has put the Palm OS up in a bout against Pocket PC, a new games of year list has been compiled, take a look at two new updated PDA web portals and much more inside.
MP3 Treo 600 Ringtones
Toysoft has released an update to their LightWav program which now allows users to setup mp3/ogg/wav ringtones for the Treo 600. With Lightwav installed you can use any uncompressed wave file, mp3 and ogg (mp3/ogg requires PocketTunes 2.1) for Alarms and Ringtones on the Treo600. You can assign individual sound files to any person in the Contacts or your farvorite database. Sound files can also be assigned to sms/mms/voicemail notifications.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide v1.1
Landware has updated the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide to v1.1. The version builds on the feature set introduced in the original release and includes following enhancements: Full details and reviews for over 19,000 films including 200 new entries, updated DVD availability listings, wide-screen support for Tungsten T3 and CLIÉ owners and other miscellaneous reliability improvements. Registered owners get the upate for free, new customers can pick it up for $19.95.
Games of the Year 2003
PDArcade has put together their list of the top PDA games awards of 2003. They've broken down the winners by game type and have an award for the overall winner.
CNET PDA Prize fight
CNET has posted an interesting "battle" between the Palm OS and Windows Mobile 2003. Palm OS 5.2.1 stands tall in the end.
Mobile Web sites
Two mobile web directories have recently been updated. the former PDAPortal.us is now PDAPortal.com, and the mobile web link guide PlinkIt! is now under new management and received an overhaul. Don't forget about PIC's mobile channel as well.
NSBASIC Contest
NS BASIC Corporation is has announced their 5th Palm Programming Contest. There are three categories: Enterprise, Games and Open. All registered NS Basic/Palm users are welcome to participate in the contest. The prizes are $100 USD in each category. You may enter more than one program, but a program can only be entered in one category. Judging will be by NS Basic's experts. They will be looking at quality, performance, ease of use, sophistication and overall coolness.
Applock
Pocket Science has released AppLock - a new way to protect your handheld data. A lot
of people are cautious about the data in applications like Datebook,
Addressbook etc - and historically there has been no way to protect it
from prying eyes. That's where AppLock steps up - allowing users to lock
*any* application on their Palm OS handheld. Applications are unlocked by
either entering a password, or entering a simple button sequence.
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(Why do some people say you can kill two birds with one stone when it's hard enough killing one bird with two stones?)
RE: PDA Prizefight
Prizefight: Graffiti 2 loses handily!
If PPC can offer Block Recognizer, why did Palm get rid of the original Graffiti?
RE: Prizefight: Graffiti 2 loses handily!
Cheers!!
RE: Prizefight: Graffiti 2 loses handily!
Cheers!!
RE: Prizefight: Graffiti 2 loses handily!
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RE: Prizefight: Graffiti 2 loses handily!
You can go and *buy* Decuma for a PalmOS device (most CLIEs have it included), but it will take up a portion of your screen (even on the T3 -- it doesn't replace the DIA, it rides on *top* of it!).
There is also MyScript and the forthcoming cursive HWR that debuted at PalmSource, as well as TealScript.
RE: Prizefight: Graffiti 2 loses handily!
RE: Prizefight: Graffiti 2 loses handily!
Xerox distanced themselves from the Whitaker system early in the case because Whitaker was first.
And logic dictates what?
Where's the Reviews?
What ever happened to Pepper...?
Doug
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What's in YOUR pocket?
AppLock
go get it !!!!!!!
RE: AppLock
JLM.
RE: AppLock
1. When entering the password, it displays in clear text. They should add the option of masking the entry with Asterisks or something.
2. Provide a larg-button "PinPad" for password entry. This is my biggest pet-peeve with ANY applicationo that prompts the user for a password. I don't always need or want to enter with the stylus, so the availability of some sort of keypad entry is essential.
3. This may be very minor, but if you exit or cancel out of the password entry screen, the app you are launching flashes on thes screen momentarily. It's REALLY fast, but potentially, an unauthorized user could conceivably "see" protected data.
This looks like the start of a potentially excellent program.
One little side tip: If you are a Palm Tungsten T3 owner, you can download a new Palm security app (accessible through Preferences.) It doesn't let you password-protect specific apps like AppLock, but it DOES let you set a global system lock that will lock either at user-definable times, after a user-selectable inactivity duration, or upon power off. It's pretty slick. Go to PalmOne.com and go to the support section for the T3. (May be available for other models--I don't know.)
RE: AppLock
alan
Alan B.
RE: AppLock
JLM.
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