Apps & Games

Pick up a great pack of card games with Astraware Solitaire

Astraware(R) is excited to announce their version of the classic card games pack – Astraware Solitaire for Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(R) PDAs and Smartphones.

Astraware Solitaire

Astraware Solitaire features 12 of the most well-known and best-loved single player card games, chosen based on direct feedback and suggestions from Astraware customers. The games include Klondike, Pyramid, Spider, and Freecell, and to make the playing experience both familiar and fun, each game has custom gameplay options so everyone can enjoy the games using their favorite variation on the standard rules.

The game’s controls have been specially designed to be simple and comfortable with both stylus or 5-way play, and along with just the right balance of effects really make it easy to play and feel like you would when playing with a real pack of cards.

“We really wanted to capture the best things about Solitaire, easy to get into, enjoyable to play, and the nice feeling of playing with cards that sometimes computer games don’t capture.” Said Howard Tomlinson, Astraware CEO and Game Designer. “Playing just one game at a time is great, but we added the extra incentive of collecting trophies for various achievements within each of the games for those people who want to have a longer goal too. You can play straight off with the normal settings, or customise it in all kinds of ways – it’s your game, so we feel you should be able to play it the way you want to!”

PDAs and Smartphones are very personal and everyone loves to customise the look of their handheld. Astraware Solitaire also offers lots of choices including decorative backgrounds, changeable color themes, and a beautiful selection of cardbacks to enhance the look of your game.

Most important of all, there is a choice of card front including a familiar traditional set with beautiful face cards, and a clear card face which is better for those with visual impairments, or for playing in bright daylight.

If you like to track your progress, the game statistics will tell you how long you’ve played and how often you win, and Astraware Solitaire also includes a fun trophy system which unlocks extra card graphics and the highly sought-after golden trophy pack of cards. Once you’ve collected them all, you can even be use them to play with!

With 12 highly-absorbing, traditional card games, Astraware Solitaire is the perfect pastime for everyone’s handheld.

Astraware Solitaire is available for PDAs and Smartphones running Palm OS 5 (with hi-res screens), and Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and Smartphone 2003, 5.0 and 6.0, priced $19.95. To save $10 off the regular price, get Astraware Solitaire before 30th June 2007!

The complete list of games included is: Calculation, Canfield, Clock, Four Seasons, Freecell, Golf, Idiot’s Delight, Klondike, Pyramid, Spider, Sultan’s Harem, and Yukon. To try Astraware Solitaire for yourself, visit the Astraware website: www.astraware.com/solitaire.

Posted by: Matt

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VITO AudioNotes updated

VITO Technology is glad to announce a next update for VITO AudioNotes – mp3 and wav recorder. As many of you already know most Windows Mobile Pocket PCs Phone Edition do not allow recording phone conversation. The new trick in VITO AudioNotes 1.3 provides phone calls recording on most Pocket PC Phone Edition devices.

VITO AudioNotes

In the new version you may choose to automatically turn on the speakerphone when calling. This enables VITO AudioNotes to record phone calls practically on all Pocket PC Phone Edition devices.

Now it takes just a sec to find a necessary recording. You just type a part of its name using on-screen keyboard on Pocket PC or dial buttons on Smartphones and the program displays only the recordings with the typed symbols. The most recent recordings always appear at the top of the list. The QuickRecord function on Pocket PC when you start recording by a single press of a hardware button now works faster.

It is also possible to rerecord an audio note from any point within. You just stop listening to a note at a point from which you want to record anew and press Stop. Now you can either continue listening or record anew from the stop point. Please note that after you press Resume > Record (in the drop-down menu for the given note) everything that was recorded to this audio note after the stop point earlier will be rerecorded.

VITO AudioNotes is available for $ 19.95 at http://vitotechnology.com. Updates are free for customers who purchased VITO AudioNotes within a year’s time.

VITO Technology ltd. is known for its high-tech products in the field of Windows Mobile and Symbian software, GPS navigation and custom projects. Introduced in the present article VITO AudioNotes is an easy to use MP3 and WAV recorder for PPC and Smartphones.

Download the software and try for free for 2 weeks.

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VITO AstroNavigator II updated

VITO Technology updates VITO AstroNavigator II, the GPS application that displays the sky map above you according to your current position, time and direction of movement. It is high time to break away from all the high-tech around and watch the night sky! With night view mode it is even easier now!

VITO AstroNavigator II update

With new VITO AstroNavigator II you can literally reach out and touch the sky. Just slide with a finger to rotate the screen and see a star, a planet, or a constellation. Tap one of them to read a wealth of information about any celestial body.

A new night view skin allows you to watch the night sky in a more convenient way. You don’t need to wait till your eyes adjust to the night sky after the bright screen of your Pocket PC. The new skin in dim red colors is dazzle free.

Other improvements include manual GPS set up. The world map has also been improved: now it displays the stars above you more precisely according to the selected location.

New version of VITO AstroNavigator II requires much less memory and runs swiftly on a wide range of Pocket PCs (from WM 2003 to WM 6.0). Users can also minimize the program now instead of exiting for checking on other applications. The trial has also been renewed of course.

VITO Technology ltd. is known for its high-tech products in the field of Windows Mobile and Symbian software, GPS navigation and custom projects. Introduced in the present article VITO AstroNavigator II is a GPS application for displaying the sky map according to your current location.

Posted by: Matt

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Packs of Fun – save bagfuls on selected value packs of games!

Astraware is excited to announce their Packs of Fun promotion, where you can save bagfuls on their most popular value packs of games. From Friday 18th May to Monday 28th May you can save on a selected range of game packs with up to 6 titles in each.

Packs Of Fun from Astraware!

Packs of Fun is a fantastic opportunity to pick up a bargain on PopCap Games Pack 1, featuring Bejeweled, Alchemy and 3 other great titles, or the Family Games Pack including Insaniquarium, Bzzz! and 4 more fun, family-friendly games. There are 6 different packs to choose from and every one is discounted by $10, so get them now, this offer is only available for a limited time!

To bag yourself a bargain, head over to the Astraware website at http://www.astraware.com, but hurry, the sale ends on May 28th 2007!

Posted by: Matt

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DataViz’s Latest Documents To Go Release Offers Office 2007 Support for WM Devices

DataViz, Inc., the leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 23 years, today announced the release of Documents To Go Premium Edition version 3 for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone and 6 Standard devices. The latest version of the award-winning mobile Office suite enables users to open and view Microsoft Office Word and Excel 2007 files in their native .docx and .xlsx format on their devices. The new Open XML based file format, introduced in Microsoft’s latest productivity suite, Office 2007, was commercially released earlier this year. Documents To Go is available for a wide variety of Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6 Standard devices including the Motorola Q, Orange SPV E650, HTC S710 (HTC Vox), Samsung BlackJack, T-Mobile Dash, T-Mobile SDA, Cingular 3125, Cingular 2125 and more.

“As more and more businesses upgrade to Office 2007, the use of these files on mobile devices will become standard practice,” said Danny Tu, Documents To Go Product Manager, DataViz, Inc. “Documents To Go is ready to support these file types giving users the flexibility to access their sales numbers, contracts and other critical files on the go.”

DataViz’s commitment to develop Documents To Go for Windows Mobile began with it’s initial release for Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices on Feburary 12, 2007. In addition, Documents To Go is currently available on all shipping versions of the Motorola’s enterprise device, the MOTO Q PRO running Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition.

Pricing & Availability
A release which will include the ability to edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint Office 2007 files, will be available later in the year. Customers who purchase Documents To Go Premium Edition version 3 will receive this update at no additional cost. Documents To Go Premium Edition retails for $29.99 and is available directly from DataViz as well as many retail and online stores including Handango.com, Smartphone.net, Mobihand.com and the network of DataViz resellers and distributors worldwide. For more information and to download a free evaluation, visit www.dataviz.com/dxtgwinmobile.

About Documents To Go
DataViz’s began developing Office compatibility solutions for mobile devices in 1999 with Documents To Go for Palm OS and has since been extended to support Symbian UIQ, Series 80, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphone devices. Various editions of Documents To Go have been chosen as the preferred Office solution to be included with a number of handheld devices and smartphones from Palm, Motorola, Sony and other hardware manufacturers. All editions of Documents To Go feature DataViz’s InTact Technology to provide complete document integrity. More information about Documents To Go, including a full list of supported devices and features, can be found at www.dataviz.com/dxtg.

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VITO Technology releases SmartNavigator

VITO Technology releases a brand-new navigation application – VITO SmartNavigator. VITO SmartNavigator comprises the advantages of two well-known best-sellers: VITO SmartMap and VITO Navigator II and thus becomes a real SmartNavigator.

With maps support and track recording VITO SmartNavigator is the ideal solution for off-road traveling and geocaching. SmartNavigator provides various useful trip information like speed, direction & distance to a destination point, compass, current time, or active satellites.

Apart from this VITO SmartNavigator displays a track of movements on a map. Users can set pushpins to mark their personal places of interest. Pushpins can be set only for certain tracks or for all maps and tracks.

It can be useful to upload a previous track in the background while recording a new track and check your current path against it. Tracks recorded with VITO SmartNavigator are compatible with Google Earth. VITO SmartNavigator uses vtm maps available at http://vitotechnology.com. Users can create their own maps with a free VITO MapManager. Skillful users will be able to build their own plug-ins to support any maps (like Google maps) in VITO SmartNavigator.

VITO SmartNavigator is available for $29.95 at http://vitotechnology.com with two weeks’ trial.

Try VITO SmartNavigator: http://www.vitotechnology.com/en/products/download.php?ID=1946&BID=23

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VITO Technology releases VITO AstroNavigator II

VITO Technology releases VITO AstroNavigator II, the GPS application that displays the sky map above you according to your current position, time and direction of movement. It is high time to break away from all the high-tech around and watch the night sky!

With new VITO AstroNavigator II you can literally reach out and touch the sky. Just slide with a finger to rotate the screen and see a star, a planet, or a constellation. Tap one of them to read a wealth of information about any celestial body.

Screen tapping is brought to a completely new level in the new VITO AstroNavigator II. You will feel that touching the sky can be real fun. Everything (including zooming) can be done just by sliding the screen. Just like you all have recently seen in the famous presentation of a new “iDevice”.

VITO AstroNavigator II is a program for fun and rest. Imagine yourself lying on the seaside enjoying the view of the cloudless night sky and learning everything you’ve ever wanted to know about these things above you. Another way to use VITO AstroNavigator II is to impress your girlfriend on the first date by naming the stars or constellations you see in the sky. Be closer to the Nature and to the Universe with VITO AstroNavigator II.

Posted by: Matt

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Astraware now accepts PayPal

Astraware is pleased to announce a new way to buy games and applications from their online store due to customers’ requests for alternative payment methods. Many customers either didn’t have the particular types of card Astraware accepts or they didn’t have a credit card at all, and so requested that Astraware accept PayPal® as an alternative to cards. After a bit of nifty integration work from David Oakley, Astraware’s CTO, PayPal® is now live on the Astraware website.

“We get almost as many requests for different ways of paying and changes to our site as we do for developing different games – the number of PayPal requests has been steadily increasing over the last year until it was our most frequent request,” said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware.

“PayPal’s Express Checkout system was easy to integrate into our store’s checkout and also easy for our customers to use,” said David Oakley, CTO of Astraware. “For people who already use PayPal it significantly reduces the amount of information they need to provide to buy our games.”

Customers who choose to pay with PayPal® instead of the usual checkout system will be redirected to the PayPal® site to put in their login details and confirm the transaction. Once completed the site will instantly redirect the customer back to the Astraware website to complete the transaction and the customer will receive their registration code on screen there and then so they can start playing the game immediately. Their code will also be emailed to them as usual so they can keep a record of their transaction. Customers who are familiar with using PayPal® should hopefully find this will be just like their experiences at other sites!

The initial roll-out of this enhancement is for purchases of Astraware developed and published products, so the option to use PayPal® won’t be available at the checkout if customers have added one of the titles (from the Astraware Lifestyle catalog, for instance) that Astraware resells for other companies. All being well, Astraware hopes to extend this service across all products on its site in the near future.

For more information on Astraware accepting PayPal®, please visit the Astraware website at http://www.astraware.com.

Posted by: Matt

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DataViz Documents To Go

DataViz’ Documents To Go First To Fill Office Editing Gap for Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Devices

DataViz®, Inc., leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 23 years, today announced that its award-winning mobile Office Suite Documents To Go®, is now available for Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ 5.0 Smartphone devices. The #1 selling Palm OS office editing suite, Documents To Go, will now allow users of Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices to view, edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on their devices and in their native formats. In addition, users can view Adobe® PDF files and decompress zipped e-mail attachments. Other features include support for password protected Word and Excel files and the ability to view, edit and create Excel charts. Documents To Go is available for a wide variety of Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices such as the Motorola Q, Samsung BlackJack, T-Mobile Dash, T-Mobile SDA, Cingular 3125 and Cingular 2125, to name a few. DataViz will be demonstrating Documents To Go at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain from February 12-15, 2007.

“We are pleased to see DataViz bring its industry-leading mobile Office suite, Documents To Go, to the Windows Mobile 5.0 platform,” said Will Pinnell, Senior Director of Content, Handango. “As the leading provider of mobile content, we recognize the increasing consumer demand to edit Office files on Windows Mobile Smartphone devices, which lack this functionality out of the box. Documents To Go provides a reliable and robust after-market solution.”

“We are excited to expand our product line to include Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices,” said Danny Tu, Product Manager, DataViz, Inc. “Documents To Go provides an effective and reliable document editing solution which retains 100% file formatting with InTact Technology™. Users can have complete confidence when editing and emailing Office files such as a sales contract or year end reports right from their devices.“

DataViz’s commitment to developing Office compatibility for a wide variety of mobile devices began in 1999 with Documents To Go for Palm OS and has since been extended to support Symbian UIQ, Series 80 and now Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices. In addition, Documents To Go is currently available on all shipping versions of Palm OS devices and most recently on Motorola’s enterprise device, the MOTO Q PRO running Windows Mobile 5.0.

Matt

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