Press Release: SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs
Dear SoftMaker customer:
Today, we have some news for you that many users have been waiting for: SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs is shipping!
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Now available: SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs
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After extensive beta testing, we are proud to announce that SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs is shipping and ready for purchase.
This new version of our mobile office suite has significant advantages:
NEW: SoftMaker Presentations, the mobile alternative to PowerPoint
NEW: PDF export in all Office applications
NEW: Printing from all applications (JETCET PRINT is bundled)
NEW: Many new features in TextMaker 2008 and PlanMaker 2008
If you wish to edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on the Pocket PC without losing formatting or content, SoftMaker Office is your only choice. There is no other mobile office suite that reads and writes your Office documents as faithfully as SoftMaker Office 2008.
Find out more:
http://www.softmaker.com/
If you own an older version of TextMaker, PlanMaker, or SoftMaker Office, you are entitled to special upgrade pricing — you can find the details on our web site.
Here Come Da Judge!
For the sixth year in a row, I’ll be a judge for the Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards. If you use a Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone, or Smartphone, be sure to let me know what your favorite applications via the Contact Us page so that I can make sure that they’re included in the nominations. I always enjoy judging the Best Software Awards, although about the only time I use a Windows Mobile phone these days is when I’m doing the judging!
Press Release: Astraware Sudoku updated with a new look and new features.
KEELE, Staffordshire, UK - August 8th, 2007 - Astraware is excited to announce a major update to its award-winning Astraware Sudoku game for Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(R) Smartphones and PDAs.
Astraware Sudoku,version 1.40, has been given a full makeover. Behind the scenes the game has been transferred to a brand new games framework, and graphically has an updated look and support for more new resolutions, as well as some brand new features.
Suitable for all players from beginners through to experts, Astraware Sudoku is packed with features.
There are several ways to get puzzles: from the pre-built puzzle packs available at http://www.sudokuoftheday.com; by using the integrated Puzzle Builder which creates literally billions of puzzles; or download any of the Puzzles of the Day over the air and then compare your times with other players worldwide. Players can also play puzzles from newspapers or books they’ve entered and get Astraware Sudoku’s expert help and assistance to solve them.
Astraware Sudoku offers a range of different options to help players solve puzzles including manual or automatic pencilmarks in a choice of styles; a smart hints system; and the brand new hold and highlight system which can display an overlay for a specific number or pencilmark helping players to see where to look and what to look for. In touchscreen devices there’s the added bonus of the notepad overlay, allowing players to make their own pencilmarks and notes on screen too.
Following requests from existing users, Astraware Sudoku version 1.40 now includes an extensive Puzzle Manager which allows players to select a specific puzzle to play, or delete puzzles they’ve already completed.
The game also offers a choice of control methods where players can move around and enter numbers using the 5-way, number keys, stylus and touchscreen, keyboard shortcuts, or any combination of these, so you can play it the way you want to.
Astraware Sudoku is available for Palm OS 5.0, and Windows Mobile 2003, 2003SE, 5 and 6 Classic (Pocket PC), Professional (Phone Edition) and Standard (Smartphone), priced $19.95. The game is available at a very special price to Club Astraware members during August 2007. Version 1.40 is a free update for registered owners of Astraware Sudoku and is available from http://www.astraware.com/sudoku. The existing version of Astraware Sudoku for Palm OS4 will continue to be available from the Astraware website.
Technorati Tags: Games, palm, Windows Mobile
PC Mag’s Take on the iPhone
PC Magazine’s Jamie Lendino provided a very well-done analysis of the iPhone versus other smart devices in an online article yesterday. In “Pre-Game Analysis: The iPhone vs. Real Smartphones“, Lendino provides a listing of the pros and cons of the iPhone 1.0. Here’s a summary:
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The iPhone, just on a hands-off comparison, edges out the “real smartphones” slightly with 5 wins and 1 tie over 4 wins for the “real deal”. But I don’t think Lendino gets it. He/She (Jamie is one of those unisex names, sorry…) is comparing the best of breed for the WM, Palm and BlackBerry smartphones to the iPhone, so it’s like comparing the best feature of 10 different smartphones to the iPhone! He/She is talking about the Moto Q and Samsung BlackJack in comparison to iPhone in one area, then the LG VX9400 in another. The Archos 604 portable media player even gets thrown into the mix in one comparison.
My personal take is that the iPhone score will probably rise a bit when the device actually comes out. And now we’re only six days away…
The Beast Asks: Where are you getting YOUR iPhone?
With a little over a week to go until the iPhone hits the market, it’s getting fun to hear how people are going to try to get one of the first available devices. My personal plan was going to be to get to my local AT&T Store at 7 AM next Friday, but now I’m thinking it would be a lot more fun to camp out at one of the two nearby Apple Stores instead. It’s fascinating to see how close-mouthed all the Apple employees are about this device. At an Apple Consultants Network meeting here in Denver last night, an Apple Enterprise guy who definitely knows what’s going on sat back and just grinned whenever we’d send a question about the iPhone his way. Allegedly, the Apple Stores will begin clearing space for the iPhone display and sales are beginning this Thursday. Frankly, I don’t think that will happen since the last thing you need in an Apple Store is unproductive square footage!
So how are you going to get your iPhone? Are you going to wait in line at an Apple Store, hang out at an AT&T Store, or order one online? Leave your comment below (registration required).
Technorati Tags: Apple, iPhone
Movable Beast Radio - June 18 2007
Hi - it’s time (about damned time, if I say so myself) for another episode of Movable Beast Radio. In this episode, I talk about the state of mobile phone and WiFi coverage for travelers, and how things have progressed over the years. I also chat a bit about the iPhone, which I will be camping out for on June 29th! 
Enjoy the podcast!
Press Release: iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk lTime
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Press Release: Sprint Introduces the Mogul (TM) by HTC
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - June 18, 2007 - Leaving the laptop behind and staying connected and productive just got easier with the introduction of the Mogul
HTC Touch vs. iPhone
It was an absolute given that as soon as Apple announced the iPhone, someone was going to try to take a Windows Mobile device and try to turn it into an iPhone-wannabe. And that someone was Windows Mobile powerhouse HTC, with the Touch. It was good to see that Matt Miller made a great video showing how lame the Touch interface is compared to the iPhone:
Where In The World Is Steve Sande?
Yup, campers - I’ve been in Europe for the past, uhhhhh, 8 days or so. My wife, 92 year old father in law, and I are on the Disney Magic cruising the Mediterranean. And of course I’ve got a ton of news to report…a few days late. So hopefully you’ve been out camping or have been under heavy anesthesia for the last week so this will all seem new to you. Click on the link to read the rest of the article!
Technorati Tags: GSM, smartphone, iPhone, Travel, WiFi, puppy
Another iPhone in the wild
This sighting is from GeekNUZ - the author saw one at a restaurant “somewhere in Silicon Valley” and passed along his commentary that he was hoping the iPhone would support 3rd-party apps. We can only hope that someone listens…
Technorati Tags: Apple, iPhone
Review: Test Driving the Sprint Moto Q
First, let me get one thing off my chest… Sprint, could you please shorten the name of your devices a bit? This review is about the Sprint Mobile Broadband Smart Device MOTO QTM by Motorola
First Impressions: Palm Treo 680
Yep, you heard that right. A Palm Treo 680. You know, after all of those nasty comments I’ve been making about Palm’s lack of focus in the mobile computing space, how they’re going to get sucked into some other company, etc… Well, I am working on a software project that required that I get a Palm OS (or shall we say Access Powered) device, so I thought I’d pick up an unlocked Treo 680 (see below). Here are my thoughts about this device.
(More after the break…)
Technorati Tags: GSM, palm, Treo, WiFi, Windows Mobile
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HTC Advantage and Shift
I love it when device manufacturers actually use some imagination in naming their devices rather than giving them numbers. HTC just announced two new devices that further blur the distinction between “smart devices” like smartphones and full laptop computers.
The HTC Advantage (below) is a Windows Mobile 6 device with a keyboard that connects to the PDA body magnetically, a 5 inch VGA screen, and every type of connectivity you could possibly want - GSM/DPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA/Bluetooth 2.0/WiFi. It also has an 8 GB hard drive, 256 MB of ROM, 128 MB of RAM and a miniSD slot.
And now for something completely different - the HTC Shift. It looks like the Advantage but is slightly larger, with a 7 inch screen. What’s pretty cool is that it runs Windows Vista Business and apparently even supports Aero Glass (note the photo below). It has the same connectivity goods as the Advantage, plus a 30 GB hard disk. I’d love it if Apple would come out with an iPhone device like this (without having to run it on AT&T, by the way…).
You should start seeing these devices in the US and Europe in Q3 2007. Want to see the full press release from HTC? Click the link below to continue reading.
Technorati Tags: GPS, GSM, iPhone, Vista, WiFi, Windows Mobile
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