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6th - 11th April 2002 News Archive

11/04/2002 Today's interview is with Steve Clack who is the Publishing Editor of PalmUser and PalmTop magazines- it's a good one! more details

11/04/2002 Thanks to Cezarex for letting me know that Backdrop GC 2.01 has been released. It now has Clie 320x320 hi-res support but only in low resolution mode- should see the full hi-res version soon. more details

11/04/2002Thanks again to Cezarex for pointing out a new review of the NR70 at Game Over Online- it's pretty detailed and the Clie does well, obtaining an overall rating of 90%. more details

11/04/2002 The very generous people at iambic have made a special offer available to all of Clie World's visitors. If you download ANY iambic program before the end of April directly from their site you will receive a $5 discount if you quote the reference: CLIEWorld. This offer applies to all programs with a minimum $10 value. Look out for an interview tomorrow with a couple of iambic's senior people. iambic

11/04/2002 TotTutor 1.0.2 has been released- "TotTutor has 5 different lessons (shapes, sizes, letters, numbers, and directions), and can also teach the basic colors on color devices. In each lesson various scenarios are presented. For younger babies, the teacher can simply describe what is presented. For older infants, the teacher can ask questions about what is displayed, requiring the child to point or to answer verbally." I asked my son, Thomas, to do a review but he was busy. more details

10/04/2002 Rest In Peace. Touched by Charles' dignity and humanity over the past few days- a deserved King.

10/04/2002 Details below of this week's competition winners (very, very good entries!):- 1st place Clark Fralick (logo above) who wins the following- 300 Bowl, HexCon, Dartz, Pinballz, Clie Source's Icon Set and a copy of Jason Goldman's next game 2nd place Bert Austin (logo below) who wins the following:- Any 'Jason Goldman' game of his choosing + Clie Source's Icon Set Thanks to Jason Goldman and Joel Suplido for their VERY generous donations.

10/04/2002 Plucker desktop has been updated and it should now be a LOT easier to set up and to use more details

10/04/2002 This looks interesting- it's called the Hiebook and is available for only $249.99. It is an ebook reader, MP3 player, datebook, recorder, picture viewer, games machine and has many other features more details

10/04/2002 Interesting article at Powerpage detailing how to set up your Apple Mac for use with Bluetooth more details

10/04/2002 NextUp! 1.0a has been released- How many times have you walked into a bookstore, a music shop, or a shopping mall, scratch your head and struggle to remember the name of a book or CD that someone had recommended, or the idea you had for your aunt's birthday present? NextUp! from neohand makes it easy to store these recommendations in a very easy-to-use way. more details

09/04/2002 Today's interview is a cracker! It's with Mike Rohde of The Palm Tipsheet and is long, interesting and a damn fine read. more details

09/04/2002 Thanks to Gabe for letting me know that the Bluetooth Memory Stick is now available at Brando for $1450HK which is approx US$210 or £130. Not exactly cheap is it? more details

09/04/2002 Dirk has sent in some details about Acedior- a new graphical adventure by the Fade Team- looks stunning! more details

09/04/2002 Had an experience with Sony's customer service and want to share it? Let me know the story by email or on the forum (good or bad) and I will set up a seperate page to details people's experiences.

09/04/2002 Don't let the graphics put you off- PocketPilot 1.1 is VERY addictive- "Fly your plane and try not to hit the ground or the sky or the bouncing squares! Made just to blow time! Have fun! This was made by a 15 year old kid!" more details

08/04/2002 I have been using a Nokia 9210 for the past week and thought I would do a comparitive review of 3 very different PDAs- the 9210, Psion 5mx and Clie N770CU. There is a surprise winner as well! more details

08/04/2002 Clark has entered 2 more logos (above and below)- I think you would agree Clark and Bert really have talent!!!

08/04/2002 The machine above will be unveiled next week by Tiqit Computers. It's called the eightythree and uses standard operating systems – Windows XP, Linux or UNIX – and is compatible with all associated applications, including legacy software. Almost anything you can do on a laptop or PC, you can do on eightythree – only it is smaller and more mobile. more details

08/04/2002 Perfect Hunting- Mole Operation v1.1a is now available. Features: - Exciting game play - Simple shooting control - Simple reload control - 20 levels + 10 super hard levels, totally 30 levels of game play - Color supported - Score sign up - Score History Recall - Main menu - Accuratcy calculated - Target counter - Hits counter. It's also free. more details

08/04/2002 A trailer for John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars has been added to Sony Pictures Movies- it's a bit large at 6.8MB but looks fine on my Clie. Looks like a trailer for Spiderman will soon be available as well. more details

07/04/2002 This week's competition is really hotting up- Bert Austin and Clark Fralick has sent in some superb entries. Bert's entry is above and Clark's 3 entries are below. You have just over a day left to challenge them!

07/04/2002 Kickoo have released Kickoo's Breakout which is effectively a hi-res version of AbaBall- it looks stunning and plays just as well. more details

07/04/2002 Some new items have been added to the store and are now available to order- screen protectors, memory stick readers and cases. more details

07/04/2002 The Deluxe Icon Set for Action Names has now been updated to version 3.502 which now gives Mac support more details

07/04/2002 SEGA have presented some of their new games for the Palm OS at PalmSource Japan and you can now download trial versions of 2 of the games. more details

06/04/2002 The news articles for the past 7 days have been archived- they can be located via the 'News Archives' button in the top banner. There are a total of 31 articles in this archive. In total the site now has well over 330 news articles.

06/04/2002 Now this looks like a good program- it's called eMood Messenger 1.0 and has the following features- Send and receive EMS/SMS messages: formatted text messages with pictures, animations and melodies --> Enhanced Messaging Services (EMS) over Bluetooth on your Palm today and it works! --> Support any interface available on Palm device: Serial connection, Infrared or Bluetooth --> Exchange messages with EMS/SMS mobile phones and other palm devices --> Over one hundred pictures and smiley, more than 30 animations and over 30 melodies, all within eMood Messenger - Supports most GSM phones like Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Motorola. more details

06/04/2002 The above cases (both £41.00) for the N and T series Clies will be available within the next day or so in the store. Also available very shortly are the Fellowes Screen Protectors for the N series (£17.23) and the SmartDisk Memory Reader (£29.00)- both pictured below. If you would like to more information or just can't wait to place an order please send in an email. The store will be updated tomorrow with full information and availability.

Clie World Magazine 06/04/2002 Thanks to everyone who has made contact over the past 24 hours re helping out with the Clie World Magazine. I will be sorting out a detailed list of requirements in the next few days and will contact everyone who made kind offers.

06/04/2002 Interesting article on PDABuzz- are the Palm Powered devices fighting backin Europe? more details