Apps & Games

WinMobile Download Accelerator v.2

I got an email today from Adisata Software. They’ve just released the latest version of their Windows Mobile Accelerator software. Apparently it uses a multiple-threading asynchronous transportation technique to speed up file downloading.

Take a look at the press release:

Adisasta, solution provider for mobile people, announced the release of WinMobile Download Accelerator v.2 (wmDA v.2) for Windows Mobile Classic/Professional. wmDA v.2 is a download manager that enhances mobile user’s file downloading experience by providing functionalities to manage, schedule and speed up file downloading from http, https and ftp servers.

wmDA v.2 uses multi-server multiple-threading asynchronous transportation technique to speed up file downloading. The download speed can be increased even further by assigning simultaneous downloading from several mirrors. Any broken download on error or connection failure can be easily resumed using comprehensive error recovery and resume capability of wmDA v.2. Its robust features include support for proxy server settings; ftp and http, https protocols; server authorization; connections settings; traffics management; scheduler; downloaded file integrity check and many more.

wmDA v.2 inbuilt powerful scheduler and smart management allows user to start and stop downloading files at any predetermined time. It can also be set to wake up your mobile device on scheduled download event. User can easily organize downloads by their type, placing them in predefined folder of selected group. Downloaded files can be easily sorted and filtered.

wmDA v.2 stylist design with tabbed graphic user interface makes wmDA v.2 a very user friendly application.

There’s very little that this program can’t do when it comes to downloading, wmDA v.2 is a worthy addition to mobile user�s software arsenal.

wmDA v.2 is commercially available to OEMs and end user.
wmDA v.2 is available in English language. It is compatible with Windows Mobile Classic/Professional 5.0 or later. All Windows Mobile screen resolutions are supported. A free, 14-day trial can be downloaded, or WinMobile Download Accelerator can be purchased for US$25, from www.adisasta.com. Registered users of the previous version of WinMobile Download Accelerator can get the new version for free.

Posted by: Matt

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Hexic and Mozaki for Windows Mobile released

Two new great looking games from Astraware and Carbonated Games

Astraware(R) is excited to announce the release of two new games for Windows Mobile(R) based on popular MSN Games titles. Both Hexic(R) and Mozaki(TM) have been developed by Astraware for Microsoft’s Carbonated Games studio.

Hexic is a fantastic twist on the match-three genre by famed Tetris designer, Alexey Pajitnov. Hexic is deceptively simple to begin with – just rotate any trio of hexes in order to form a cluster of three or more same-color pieces – but a real brain-boggling challenge to master. Featuring Marathon, Timed, and Survival game modes, players are sure to enjoy many hours turning hexes into stars, stars into pearls, and pearls into victory! This dedicated server hosting here ensures optimal performance and stability for online gaming experiences, providing players with reliable connections and reducing latency issues. For an enhanced gaming experience, connect with fellow players on the Palworld server host.

Mozaki is a classic brain-teasing strategy puzzler, also by Alexey Pajitnov. Players grab a piece from the stack and place it on the board, connect pieces of the same color to make an unbroken line from the colored edge to the centre of the screen, and connect the required number of lines and win the level. Marathon Mode is deceptively simple, but more colours and mismatched blocks increase the difficulty. Players who prefer to play against the clock can check out Timed Mode for an extra challenge.

“It is exciting to work with Microsoft on these well known titles from MSN Games, and we’re pleased to be the online distributor and to bring them to our Windows Mobile customers!” said Howard Tomlinson, Director of Game Development, Astraware.

“It’s our goal to give video gamers the flexibility to take their favorite games with them on any handheld or phone,” said Alfredo Patron, Director of Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business in Europe. “We’re excited to extend these two popular games to our broad customer base which relies on our 140+ phone designs.”

Hexic and Mozaki are available for Windows Mobile(R) and are priced at $9.95 each. Both games are optimised for play with 5-way or stylus. For more information, to download a trial, or to buy, visit the Astraware website: http://www.astraware.com.

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Astraware, Mozaki, Hexic, Windows Mobile Blog]

Bejeweled 2 gets a major update

I’m sure that everyone must have heard of Bejeweled by now, it’s been a popular game on a variety of platforms for a number of years. In this latest update Astraware and PopCap Games add support for newer, square screen, devices and non-touscreen controls.

Bejeweled 2

From the press release:

Astraware and PopCap Games are very excited to announce a major update to PopCap’s best-selling, flagship game, Bejeweled 2.

In version 1.30, Bejeweled 2 adds much-requested support for 240×240 square screen Windows Mobile devices such as Palm TreoTM smartphones and includes support for 320×320 Windows Mobile Professional and Classic devices such as Samsung’s SGH-i780 smartphone.

This update also sees the very first release on Windows Mobile Standard devices. Bejeweled 2, version 1.30, supports 240×320 and 320×240 resolution non-touchscreen devices including the HTC S710, HTC StrTrk, Samsung Blackjack & Blackjack II, and Motorola Q and Q9.

The game has been brought fully up-to-date on Astraware’s current games framework and controls have been optimized for play with either 5-way or stylus. Bejeweled 2 is recognised by both public and media as the must-have puzzle game for your Palm OS or Windows Mobile device, and this update supports an even wider range of devices than ever before!

Bejeweled 2, version 1.30, is a completely FREE update for registered users. Players who haven’t yet experienced this award-winning classic can purchase a copy, priced $19.95, from the Astraware website: http://www.astraware.com/bejeweled2

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Astraware, Bejeweled, Windows Mobile Blog]

VITO releases ZoomBoard version 2.0

You may recall that we posted a review of VITO’s excellent on-screen keyboard replacement application, ZoomBoard. There are several of these keyboard replacements out there at the moment and all seem to want to emulate the keyboard functions from the iPhone.

We were impressed with ZoomBoard and felt it was one of the better keyboard replacements out there at the moment so the upgrade to version 2 should definitely be worth a look!

VITO ZoomBoard 2.0

From VITO’s press release:

VITO Technology releases new ZoomBoard version 2.0, an onscreen keyboard with zoomed preview for comfortable and accurate FINGER typing. Now ZoomBoard has 2 new zoom modes in addition to the previous lens appearing above the keyboard. The considerable number of layouts will really be a pleasant surprise for ZoomBoard users all over the world. New ZoomBoard also features a very convenient SmatZoom option and gestures support.

New ZoomBoard allows for quick and accurate typing and can satisfy the demands of any choosy user with 3 different types of zooming: full zoom, lens zoom, float zoom. Lens zoom appears above the keyboard, Float zoom appears straight above the letter you press and the full one zooms in the whole keyboard with letters. Try all of them and decide which one you like most and which one suits you the most.

Another new useful feature is SmartZoom. When enabling this option it is possible to zoom the pressed letters either immediately or with a delay. If you need a zoom window to emerge right away then you need at first stroke wait for the zoom to appear. After that the zoom will come forward as quickly as you touch the screen. When you do not touch the screen with keyboard for at least three seconds the zoom is going to appear with the delay again.

Moreover, the supported gestures can become a favorite feature in ZoomBoard: move rightwards across the keybord to press space, leftwards – backspace, upwards – shift, downwards – enter. Combinations of keys with ctrl and shift are also clickable, just enjoy comfortable typing on ZoomBoard!

Another important upgrade to ZoomBoard is the significant increase of layouts. Alongside with the layouts that were available in the previous version (English, Russian, German and some others) there have appeared 32 layouts for other languages. Therefore VITO Technology would be really thankful if the people who speak other languges could check and give there comments on the layouts.

In addition, the landscape mode has become more user-friendly it does not close all screen. Now it stretches across the screen. Typing with ZoomBoard is as simple as sliding the screen!

ZoomBoard is available for $ 9.95 at http://iwindowsmobile.com.

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, VITO Technology, VITO ZoomBoard, Tracy & Matt]

Vista SP1 warning!

Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working.

Microsoft have released a list of programs that will NOT work once the service pack has been applied to Vista. As if rendering third-party applications useless wasn’t bad enough then take a look at the applications that are on the list almost all of them are programs designed to protect your PC whether it be antivirus or firewall software.

PROGRAMS HIT BY SP1

MS also warn that the above list is not comprehensive so I guess that means that there will be LOTS of other issues! MS asked people to get in touch with the maker of any affected software to fix problems. I suspect that the solution given will be to remove SP1!

Writing on the Windows Vista blog, Nick White, Microsoft product manager, said the company had withdrawn the preparatory update while it investigated.

Isolated reports suggest that some machines on which the preliminary update has been applied go into an update loop.

He wrote: “We are working to identify possible solutions and will make the update available again shortly after we address the issue.”

Once again – Well Done Microsoft!

EDIT: Most of these programs have been patched by MS – Thanks Steve for the update.

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone news, Pocket PC news, Tracy & Matt, Windows, Vista, Service Pack]

Experience a Wild West adventure with Westward

Astraware and Sandlot Games have just released another excellent title for Pocket PC, Palm and Smartphone devices. Become a frontier settler in the wild, rough and tumble world of Westward.

Westward

Press release:

Astraware and Sandlot Games, the world’s premier developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, invite you to experience the life of a Frontier settler in the wild, rough and tumble world of Westward for Palm OS and Windows Mobile smartphones and PDAs.

Based on the highly acclaimed PC game by Sandlot Games, Westward offers many hours of absorbing game play as you guide your townsfolk in making camp, collecting valuable resources, seeing-off dangerous bandits, and building their communities.

As you progress through Westward, you’ll explore 4 different locations over more than 20 levels as your hopeful citizens set up towns and seek their fortune in the Old Wild West. With over 25 types of building you’ll customize your town and attract new citizens whilst completing a range of side tasks and chasing down the Mad Russian to bring him to justice.

Westward has been optimized for smartphones and PDAs and can be controlled using 5-way, key controls or stylus. The game is available for Palm OS(R) devices with hi-res screens and for Windows Mobile(R) touchscreen and non-touchscreen phones and PDAs running WM2003, 2003SE, 5 & 6, priced $19.95.

To download a trial or to purchase, visit http://www.astraware.com/westward

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Astraware, westward, Windows Mobile Blog]

Vito Technology celebrates it’s 7th Birthday!

VITO Technology celebrate their 7th birthday with some great offers. Take a look at their press release for details:

VITO Technology celebrates its 7 years of success in the mobile market with a HUGE DISCOUNT on all software titles. During 7 days all VITO products at http://iwindowsmobile.com and http://vitotechnology.com are available for as much as $7.

After 7 successful years in the market VITO Technology has so far released over 40 programs for Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Smartphone, and Symbian phones. The range of programs stretches from GPS navigation to multimedia, including communication and utilities.

Practically all VITO software titles – VITO AudioNotes, VITO SoundExplorer, VITO Voice2Go to name just a few – have become winners of the annual Best Software Awards held by Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine. You can find all these prize winning best sellers at www.vitotechnology.com and www.iwindowsmobile.com AVAILABLE JUST FOR $7* FOR 7 days. We celebrate our birthday by offering you the best of the breed mobile software for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone that give you truly boundless opportunities with your mobile device.

You can use VITO Technology software for GPS navigation, for voice dialing, for controlling your device with voice, for audio playback and recording, for remote controlling, for creating ringtones, for various sports activities, for star gazing, not enough? The brand-new sparkling software at iwindowsmobile.com allows you to control your device just with fingers: scroll list of contacts in FunContact like on iPhone, indulge yourself in threaded SMS messaging with SMS-Chat, type with fingers on ZoomBoard, launch and manage tasks with finger-friendly GoodWin, and even more…
Make sure you get your slice of VITO’s 7th Birthday Cake – $7* for 7 days only at www.iwindowsmobile.com and www.vitotechnology.com!

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, VITO Technology, SMS-Chat, Tracy & Matt]

SoliCall Launches Enhanced Version for Mobile Phones

SoliCall is now launching an enhanced version of it’s VoIP noise reduction software for mobile phones.

SoliCall announced today the release of SoliCall Mobile – an enhanced version of its unique personalized noise reduction technology for Windows Mobile.

Too often, an important call catches you on your mobile in a bad time: whether a client just called in the middle of your lunch in a noisy restaurant; your wife can t hear a word you re saying calling from that crowded mall; or your boss phones you when you are driving your kids to school.

With SoliCall Mobile you will be able to customize your cell phone not just with your favorite ringtones, music and wallpapers. SoliCall Mobile offers an innovative solution, different from the ordinary solutions available on today s mobiles. SoliCall identifies the voice of the specific speaker and reduces all other background noise.

SoliCall Mobile is targeting mainly manufacturers of mobile phones and mobile VoIP providers. Manufacturers, operators and end-users alike will enjoy its benefits: better sound quality and improved customer satisfaction; reduced power consumption which will increase battery life; and lower OPEX for the operators by reducing the required bandwidth to handle phone calls.

The SDK offered by SoliCall works on Windows Mobile and can be easily integrated as part of the audio path. Ideally the SDK should be placed in the audio path between the AEC (Acoustic Echo Cancellation) and the CODEC. More than a dozen leading telecommunication companies have already shown interest, among them some of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers.

SoliCall’s technology has been commercially available on other platforms since mid 2007. There has been a strong demand from individuals and users of SoliCall who would have liked to have this valuable feature on their mobile phones, says Adam Moore, Director of Business Development for SoliCall (Ltd.). With the cooperation of the manufactures, that are already running field tests, this will soon be possible. We expect that SoliCall Mobile will increase end units sales, and be especially attractive for the business community, for which the quality of the calls is in first priority.

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, PBXMate, voip, Tracy & Matt]

VITO Technology releases SMS-Chat

We are often asked about SMS software for Windows Mobile and most of the time it would seem that the one thing that WM users are looking for is a threaded SMS messaging system. It was interesting then when VITO Technology dropped me a line to say that they had just released their SMS-Chat software.

VITO Technology SMS-Chat

VITO Technology releases much expected SMS-Chat on its brand-new web site http://iwindowsmobile.com that brings threaded SMS to your Windows Mobile device.

SMS-Chat is designed to give you total control over text messaging. Finger friendly interface and sparkling looks with animated menus result in extremely convenient and appealing user experience. Manage your mobile texting with a flick of a finger!

A huge SMS fan? Then you are sure to know that SMS-Chat is something the whole Windows Mobile community was longing for. Even if you send short messages just once in a while to congratulate your friends, you’ll soon find out SMS-Chat is a perfect solution for you.SMS-Chat is a Windows Mobile SMS messenger that organizes your SMS correspondence into threaded SMS conversations. Isn’t it great to have a separate chat for every contact with whom you exchange short text messages, just like in your IM client? You can easily follow a conversation scrolling thru a chat with a finger: all messages are grouped by date. Chats with the most recent message always appear at the top.Moreover, SMS-Chat presents a number of useful features like multiple SMS messaging, resending, forwarding and deleting messages (you can also delete the whole chat). Imagine how easy it is going to be to congratulate all your friends at once next time holidays come around. You send a single message to all of them and watch replies in separate chats.The contact search is simplified with a filter that helps you find a contact in seconds by typing its name or number.
You can also enjoy scrolling contact list with a finger.

SMS-Chat is available for $14.95 at http://iwindowsmobile.com. SMS-Chat supports English, German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew.

Posted by: Matt

[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, VITO Technology, SMS-Chat, Tracy & Matt]

HeroCraft announces Revival for PDA & Smartphones

HeroCraft announces the forthcoming release of the long-awaited game Revival for PDA & Smartphones. Here is there press release:

Revival is a turn-based military strategy game in the tradition of the world-famous game title, “Civilization”. The player will have to explore continents, direct battles on land and sea, build towns, develop science and uphold the economy of his empire.

Great events take place in the world of Revival: grand empires are created; highly developed states collapse in a flash, science degrades and rises again, brutal wars never end, great wealth is created in the millions but can be lost just as easily… The eternal struggle for power is the mark of this world, and only the best ones will be blessed with absolute rule. Unconquerable general or inborn diplomat? Talented economist or crafty politician? You choose your path to glory in the world of Revival.

The detailed information about the game, including screenshots and trailer is available on the HeroCraft PDA site – http://smart.herocraft.com/revival.

Game features:

Posted by: Matt

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