Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 10:22:58 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
ShSh Software has released a new version of their popular TAKEphONE application.
TAKEphONE is a enhanced contact management application, designed to improve and simplify your contact management phone call operations. It facilitates stylus free operation and one-handed dialing, enhanced search capabilities, as well as telephony features, such as calling-card support, extra digits dialing on all contacts, Internet phone number search and much more. This new version brings an improved Internet search, an "i-Bar" plugin which allows you to create call/sms shortcuts and launch apps, it can also be used as a full screen mini-launcher.
TAKEphONE v7.70 is available for $19.95 USD. It is currently on sale for $9.95 for a limited time. The upgrade is free for registered users, simply install the new version via the free trial.
Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 9:41:12 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Opera Software has released a updated beta version of its Opera Mobile browser for Windows Mobile devices. Opera Mobile offers a rich browsing experience with the ability to automatically scroll around, pan and zoom into specific areas with the tap of a finger. In addition to the finger optimized controls, the software provides a full screen mode and multiple browser tabs. This new version promises a "smoother ride" and improved page loading times. It also adds support for Opera Widgets and improved developer tools.
Opera Mobile v9.5 beta 2 is currently freely available for download. The current version is compatible with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices with a touchscreen.
Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 10:18:38 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Hobbyist Software has updated their popular Palm OS smartphone utility.
Phone Technician is now up to v4.15. The app provides a wide array of options and utilities to improve and customize your phone well above and beyond the built in prefs panel. Some of its features include a sound booster, mp3 ringtone support, radio on and off scheduler, many additional alarm options, LED controls and much more. The latest update incorporates a number of bugfixes and tweaks for new features as well as a speakerphone and conference call shortcuts and additional volume controls.
Phone Technician v4.15 is available now for Palm OS devices. It comes with a free trial and sells for $14.95.
Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:38:32 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:34:24 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Gx5 Software has released a new utility for the
Centro and Palm OS Treos.
Ringtone Shuffler does exactly what you would think and does it well. The program will let you choose a list of custom or built in ringtones to shuffle each time a call comes in. Gx5 lays out a few usage examples: Imagine a scenario where you have created 3 ringtones from one song; that is the first verse, second verse and the chorus. Now you can select those 3 and enjoy them all. In another scenario, let's say you have about 20 ringtones and 5 of them are from one or a few artists you are really feeling. Now you can just select those 5 as the ones to shuffle.
Ringtone Shuffler v1.01 for Palm OS is available now. It comes with a free trial period and requires 100kb of free space. It costs $7.95 and is currently on sale for $3.95 for a limited time.
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:58:14 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
In what will certainly come seen as welcome news to many diehard Palm OS handheld owners, Dmitry Grinberg continues to make superb progress on his
PowerSDHC memory card driver. Officially
released less than a month ago, Dmitry is now hard and work and making good progress on adding the classic Palm
Tungsten T3 to PowerSDHC's compatible device list.
Version 1.2.0.0 of the driver has just been released, containing a substantial bugfix. All current users are encouraged to update to this new revision. PowerSDHC is available for $20.95 and a free trial version (after registering) can be downloaded. The current build of the program supports the Tungsten T|C, E2, T5, Palm LifeDrive and TX, and Zire 31 and 72 handhelds.
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:20:17 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Palm's latest and most successful Palm OS smartphone,
the Centro, has just received not only the
rumored cosmetic facelift reported some time ago but an unexpected and welcome hardware boost as well. The device is also seeing
special holiday pricing to the tune of $79.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.
As reported earlier, the new colors sport a soft-touch finish in the official shades of "Vibrant Rose" and "Olive Green". In addition to a RAM boost and new colors, the new Sprint Centro also comes with newer versions of Google Maps and Palm's Facebook app that were unavailable when the original Centro shipped standard in ROM.
Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 12:28:16 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
An Israeli firm has announced what could very well become the first shipping smartphone running the
Access Linux Platform. Dubbed the Edelweiss, the GSM phone features an impressive list of features most notably a 3.5 inch 480 x 854 pixel touchscreen display.
If there are any ALP holdouts still out there, you're going to have to likely plan a trip to Russia in order to get your hands on one. At this point, the Edelweiss is only rumored to be launching in Russia later this month. The company has created a preview site for the phone, while mainly in Russian, it does list the specs in English and shows the device from all angles.
Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 11:23:56 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Just when it looked as if the late summer crop of "free" Verizon Centros from Best Buy was the most attractive way of getting into a new
Palm Centro with no upfront cash outlay, The Boy Genius Report has
a story on a new Palm promotion. Palm is partnering with Verizon Wireless indirect agents to essentially pay customers $25 to sign a 2yr contract for a Centro.
Offered in the form of a $25 mail-in Visa debit card, this offer is valid through October 31st, 2008, having strangely begun on August 1st to no fanfare even on Palm's corporate blog. Additional details as well as the mail-in rebate form can be found here (.pdf link).
Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 9:58:29 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Dell's online store is
now selling the unlocked Treo Pro smartphone. If that isn't odd enough, the Pro is selling for $74 less than the going rate at
Palm.com. Dell.com is currently offering it for $475 after a limited time instant savings discount. They also including free ground shipping and their inventory lists the devices as in stock and shipping within 24 hours.
Announced in late August, the Treo Pro is Palm's first radically redesigned Treo in a number of years. The feature packed Windows Mobile smartphone sports a sleek and glossy design, in a much slimmer form factor. For more details you can read our in-depth Treo Pro review and watch our initial unboxing video.
Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 9:45:44 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
In addition to last week's
v4.5 update of
Kinoma Player EX, the company has also created a new free version of the Kinoma Player for Palm OS. The freeware version includes many of the same features its EX cousin is known for including YouTube playback, a digital audio player, Streaming Podcasts, a trimmed down version of the built in Kinoma media guide and a picture viewer. Many of the more advanced features and extended media support are left reserved for the EX version, but this is still a quite capable and robust application.
Users can download Kinoma Player 4 at Kinoma.com or by visiting the site on their device.
Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 12:36:39 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Shape Services has released
Mobiscope for Palm OS devices. Mobiscope is a video webcam application that allows users to watch realtime video streams from their home or remote computers. The Windows based software runs on your remote computer and can monitor up to 4 web / IP cameras simultaneously or other watch public webcams. The software also provides motion detection capabilities that can record clips and broadcast alerts on your phone and playback the captured clips. The only additional hardware required is a standard usb webcam connected to a computer or a network camera.
Mobiscope v2.6 is available now for Palm OS devices. A free trial period is included. It costs $29.95 and is currently on sale for $25 for a limited time.
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