Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:19:13 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Beiks has released a new version of its English Dictionary Pro for Palm OS. English Dictionary Pro is described by the company as its most comprehensive English word lexicon, and an excellent choice for professional references, hardcore word game players or students. It has descriptions of over 77,000 words in a database a little larger than 5 megabytes. In addition, the company has updated many of its other language products including the
TrueVoice Talking English Dictionary,
German / English Dictionary,
English / Spanish Dictionary, and a number of
others. Major updates include resident lookup with rich text output and links, a new database structure and support for audio pronunciations.
Beiks English Dictionary Pro v6.0 for Palm OS is available now for $14.95. A fully functional free trial is available.
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:50:27 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
PhoneFavs has recently received a round of reviews and praise. The mobile optimized portal, bookmarking service and mobile web directory is a useful resource and starting point for surfing the web on a smartphone. In two short months, the site has logged nearly 30,000 bookmarks and currently mobilizes over 800 sites a day.
MyTreo.net recently reviewed the site and remarked that it "makes Blazer better on your Centro/Treo."
Mobile web review site, WapReview, published a positive write-up and said "[PhoneFavs is] a useful starting point for exploring the mobile web and creating your own custom web portal. [...] PhoneFavs provides a well rounded set of tools and would make a good alternative to your mobile carrier's default homepage."
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:15:33 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Palm's online store is running an interesting
new promotion. From now until the end of February, anyone who purchases a new
Palm TX gets a free Palm Z22 handheld (a $99 value). The Palm.com store is also offering free ground shipping on all orders as well.
The Palm TX debuted in October 2005. It features a 320x480 screen with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology. The Z22 is Palm's entry level PDA with a sleek white design and a color touchscreen screen.
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:06:13 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Shape Services has released an update to their Palm OS multi-service instant messaging application.
IM+ All-in-One Mobile Messenger combines six IM service providers in one application. It supports AOL IM, Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN Live/Messenger, ICQ and Jabber based systems. Key features include SSL support, full presence status support, groups, detailed contact info, configurable sound and vibration notifications, 5-way support and background operation for use while in other apps.
IM+ All-in-One Mobile Messenger v3.2 comes with a fully functional seven day trial. It costs $29.95 USD if you decide to keep it. It is compatible with most devices running Palm OS 5 and above.
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:55:49 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Megasoft2000 has released a new Socoban update.
Socoban is a popular and addictive game commonly available online.The objective of this game is to put every object into the marked place. You can not pull the object, you can only push one of them every time. New in this update is 5-way navigator support, correction of a bug that prevented exiting the app via the home button, other bug fixes and support for some of the latest devices.
Socoban v3.2 is available now for Palm OS for $12.95. The first 10 levels are available in the unregistered trial version. Purchasing the game will give you access to all 500 levels. The game is compatible with Palm OS 3.3 and higher devices with both standard and 320x320 resolution color displays.
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:36:50 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Astraware has just released an update to
Tradewinds 2, the sequel to the popular mobile title
Tradewinds. Fans of the classic
Sid Meier’s Pirates! might want to check out this pirate-themed adventure game that combines high-seas combat with strategic resource management. This new 1.10 update, the title’s first since its 1.00 release in July 2007, mentions having enhanced one-handed navigation along with several bug fixes and stability improvements.
Tradewinds 2 is available now for $19.95 Palm OS 5 320x320 devices. A version for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone devices is also available. Tradewinds 2 is published by Astraware under license from Sandlot Games.
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:31:09 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
RecorderX is new in the
software store today. The program is a sound recording application designed for the Treo. It can record phone conversations and can also be used as a stand alone voice memo app. Similar to
CallRec, the program can automatically capture both ends of your phone conversation and can compress and archive the resulting files to a
memory card. It uses the standard wav format with ADPCM compression and has multiple recording quality settings. You can also send recordings to other devices over email and IR.
RecorderX v2.2B2 for Palm OS is available now for $16.95. It comes with a free trial period. It requires 300k of free space and is optimized for all Palm OS 5 Treo's including the Centro.
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:01:42 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Toysoft has released
PictureLink for Palm OS. PictureLink is a new system utility to create application and contact short cut links with a customizable picture on the Launcher screen. You can create custom app icons for contacts, email addresses, sms, web links,
Pocket Tunes playlists and
Google Maps locations. Once you have a custom link created you can use it in any launcher screen or even assign it to a hardware button.
PictureLink v1.1 for Palm OS is available now for $9.95. A trial version is included.
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:05:01 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Palm has made the
Centro smartphone available on the AT&T network today. The
AT&T Centro debuts in Glacier white with a green accented thumboard. It is available online now at
Palm.com and at AT&T retail stores for $99 with a 2-year service agreement and mail-in rebate. An "Obsidian" black version will be available in a month.
The AT&T Centro is a quad-band GSM/EDGE smartphone running Palm OS Garnet v5.4.9. It has a 320x320 pixel touchscreen display, Bluetooth v1.2, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with video capture and 64MB of memory. For memory expansion it has a microSD slot.
Read on for more details and a photo gallery of the AT&T Palm Centro.
Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 10:53:24 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Fictionwise, the
new owners of eReader.com, have made the eReader Pro versions of its ebook software available for free. The enhanced Palm OS and Windows Mobile Pro application formerly sold for $14.95, then shortly following the purchase Fictionwise
lowered the price to $4.95. According to the company the price cut is permanent. The price of the add-on font packs remains unchanged at $14.95 each.
Versions of eReader Pro are available for a number of platforms including Palm OS and Windows Mobile.
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 10:10:51 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
DeluxeWare have released a new
Weather application for Palm OS devices. While the Palm OS certainly has no shortage of
weather apps, DeluxeWare has added some unique features and has released this first beta version as freeware. In addition to the usual weather data, the program supports a broad range of Palm OS devices and offers high-res+ support. It also has a "Weather Guard" feature that can add the current conditions to your Treo's keyguard display.
Weather v0.12 is a beta release and support Palm OS 5 and higher devices. It is freeware and requires an Internet connection.
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 9:44:16 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Palm.com has the
Palm GPS Navigator package featuring Garmin Mobile XT on sale this week. The Garmin Mobile XT kit normally retails for $249, Palm is now offering it for $179 after a $50 instant & $20 mail in rebate. The package includes a SiRFstarIII powered Bluetooth GPS reciever, Garmin Mobile XT software, a 2gb memory card preloaded with maps of the US and Canada and a vehicle power adapter and vehicle device cradle. Garmin's software provides the latest Navteq maps featuring 6 million points of interest with voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions.
The Palm GPS Navigator Kit is compatible with the Palm Centro, Treo 755p, Treo 750, 700p, 700wx, 700w and Treo 680.
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