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April 2002 News Archive |
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  24/04/2002 Today's interview is with Craig Froehle who is the President of MemoWare. He has run this fantastic site since 1996 and has built up an invaluable collection of over 10,000 documents for us all to download. more details |
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  24/04/2002  Thanks
to Ed Hazlewood for mentioning a new Audio Player skin- the
theme of the skin is taken from the NR70's soft Grafitti
interface and it looks rather good don't you think.more details |
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  24/04/2002 Bolaji
Ayorinde has sent in details of TinyStocks- WCup 2002 which is a
free application to help you keep track of the Football
World Cup this year. I may use it just to pretend Scotland qualified!more details |
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  24/04/2002 Thanks
to Dirk C Roennau for sending in details of 3E Limited who will
make a 'custom' case for your PDA for a mere £21.99
(they are based in the UK as well). "Holes or cut-outs for charger,
headphones, buttons, loudspeakers ensures that none
of the PDA's functions is lost when in the case."more details |
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 24/04/2002 Brian
Fox has emailed details of the new Beta v 2.26 for TealMovie
which has the following new features- Added
option for MP3-equipped CLIE handhelds, if MP3 setting activated, to set
specific track number to
start (in info screen)
Fixed bug in external "no-pause" GoTo launch code not stopping
on screen tap Changed external
card library to remove MemPlug-direct disk icon when VFS already
present.more details |
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 23/04/2002 Today's interview is with Bert Austin of designsbybert.com who is the man behind the wonderful Deluxe Icon Sets for Action Names and DateBK4. And yes the picture above IS Bert- he's also a wrestler! more details  |
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  This Week's Competition 23/04/2002 This week's competition prize will be a free copy of an iambic program- I will know exactly which one tomorrow but thought you may like a head start to get your entry in early. It's back to designing again this week- the best logo for the upcoming Clie World Magazine will win. It's need to be 310 x 310 pixels in size as it will need to be viewable on a Clie. There will also be a prize for the most/best news submissions which will also be announced tomorrow. Closing date: 30th April 2002 |
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 23/04/2002 I like the look of this- it's called QuickClock - Spidey Edition 1.0 and it's a cool and fully graphical clock for the PalmOS. more details |
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 23/04/2002 Here's an interesting accessory which will no doubt prove useful to almost anyone with a PDA. It's called the PDA Pivot and is a belt clip, desk stand, document holder, secure gripper, dashboard holder and the list goes on and on. more details |
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 23/04/2002 If you would like some Clie related icons for your Mac or Windows XO machine head on over to webgraph who have a very good selection available for both platforms. more details |
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  22/04/2002 Brian Emick has done a review of Kickoo's Breakout. As expected it's very positive and the game deserves no less than a final score of 9/10. Thanks to Brian for his efforts- he was rewarded with a free copy of the game. If you would like to do a review of a particular program let me know and I just may be able to offer a free copy of the program concerned. more details |
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 22/04/2002 Do you have a need to carry 100's of photos with you and are not too worried about the quality? If so, MyPhotoKeeper 1.0 could be useful to you as it compresses images to about 10k each (256 colours). more details |
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 CLIE WORLD MAGAZINE 22/04/2002 The Clie World Magazine is STILL being worked on and the first copy should be available soon. I will be contacting all of you who offered to help in the very near future. I would also be interested in hearing from people with experience of the following:- Have you owned a Palm, a Clie and a Pocket PC device? Are you obsessed with your PDA? Have you used Action Names and Datebook4? Do you have a funny PDA related story? Have you something interesting to add to the magazine? |
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 22/04/2002 There is a strong possibility that Sony will be releasing yet another Clie in June. We are no way near seeing the above NR70 series over here yet and a new machine will probably be out before we see it. It is also a 'possibilty' that the new machine will be running OS5. |
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 22/04/2002 Meteor 1.4.5 has been released- Meteor is highly visual and instinctive, efficiently classify your memos in a more familiar way, divide your memos into folders instead of categories. You can create an unlimited number of folders and subfolders. It also handles the current Palm memo format. more details |
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 21/04/2002 Today's interview is with Kenny West who is the Webmaster of PalmGear. It's a brief interview which will hopefully be expanded upon in the near future. more details |
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Competition Winners 21/04/2002 This weeks competition winners are:- Brian Emick who has submitted numerous entries over the past week and wins a copy of 300 Bowl and a Clie Source Icon Set. He has also been given a copy of Breakout for a review he has done which is sitting in my inbox at the moment. Will be published soon. Alberto Cajigas, Jr who submitted an excellent tip for using the NR70 audio player on a T series Clie and he wins a copy of MegaLauncher VIP. Thanks to everyone who entered- the next competion will be announced on the 22nd April 2002. |
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  21/04/2002 If you don't want to wait to get your hands on a NR70 send me an email. Chris Verrabadran has ordered some for inclusion on the Clie World Store. Prices will be £452.00 for the NR70V (including shipping) and £383.00 for the NR70 (without camera). |
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 21/04/2002 If you want a REALLY nice case for your Clie there is a Japanese site (Cow Shop?) which stocks a large range of cases for you to choose from. They even sell the cords for attaching to your Clie to save you dropping it (see image below). more details  |
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 21/04/2002 Thanks
to Brian for letting me know that OmniRemote 2.0 Pro has been
released. Features include- Support for built
in IR and IR cards/modules for all Palm OS devices *Completely
configurable UI means you can draw your own buttons wherever
you want. *Create an unlimited number of buttons. *Buttons can be
labeled with text and familiar "tape deck style"
icons. *Learning feature lets you train an unlimited number of remotes.
*Up to 15 different screens of buttons. more details |
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 20/04/2002 Today's interview is with Clark Fralick- the man behind some superb competition entries (see image above) and who has a slight PDA obsession going on. It's a damn fine read as well. more details |
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 20/04/2002 PocketLink has been updated to version 2.0. New features include Sony CLIE high resolution display support & Sony Jog Dial support. more details |
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 20/04/2002 The Hello Keyboard should be available soon- it's compatible with the T series Clies and I am awaiting to hear if it will work for N series owners. This keyboard can also be worn on your wrist. more details |
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 20/04/2002 Dejobaan BeBop v 1.4.8 has been released with the following updates- Added #4 BeBop Lane, Prize Bonsais for players with bonsai trees, and a number of minor interface tweaks. more details |
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 20/04/2002 ClieSounds V1.0 is now available.This is a replacement alarm database that takes advantage of the Clie enhanced sound/speaker. It will not work on models that do not support enhanced sound. Mission Impossible Mortal Kombat Indiana Jones Rocky Theme Star Wars Theme and more... more details |
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 20/04/2002 Thanks
to Brian Emick for emailing details of McPhling 4.0 which is now
available. Updates- Added the activation screen which
will allow configuration of the following activation methods: User
configurable swipes. Activation via buttons, keyboards or Jog Dials.
This is especially useful for devices without a graffiti area. Thanks to
Matt Fisher for his help with Sony Jog Dial
support. Thanks to Jennifer
Shelamer for her help with debugging the Handspring Treo support. Added
a white border around the color favorite and ignore bitmaps
to make them more readable when selected.
Fixed the problem when certain applications being run from an external
card caused the device to crash.
Fixed the problem when certain applications being run from an external
card would not be registered in the MRU list. Fixed a memory
leak
if closing the applications list by swiping for a second time. Verified
that McPhling works on the Samsung SPH-I300.more details |
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 18/04/2002 The news articles for the past 6 days have been archived- they can be located via the 'News Archives' button in the top banner. There are a total of 33 articles in this archive. There will be no updates tomorrow- will be back Friday. |
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 18/04/2002 Clickomania 2002 has been released by Beiks. It's Clie specific i.e. Hi res and very addictive. It's also only $10. more details |
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  18/04/2002 The OQO is a new Windows XP computer which fits in your hand! Here's the specification- Powered by Crusoe 0.13 micron TM5800 processor at up to 1GHz - 10GB hard drive with storage for thousands of songs or three full size movies - 256MB memory - four inch, high-resolution super bright VGA color LCD - Synaptics touchscreen Advanced lithium polymer battery - 1394 FireWire, USB, audio out, OQO-link docking connector, microphone - Built in 802.11 and Bluetooth wireless networking - 4.9" x 2.9" x 0.9" / 105mm x 74mm x 22mm; less than 9 oz. / 250 grams more details |
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 18/04/2002 If you ever need to use sign language two programs from ZOOS Software could be useful- ASL Vocabulary will allow you to review the vocabulary of the American Sign Language. It has 552 vocabulary and has a review and quiz mode and ASL Basic 1.1 allows you to familiarise with American Sign Language alphabets and numbers. You can also study finger spelling. There is also a quiz section and also a game section. more details |
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 18/04/2002 iambic seem to be in overdrive at the moment. Bump Attack has just been updated to version 1.1- How's this for a list of new features- High Resolution 320 by 320 pixel mode now supported on compatible Sony Clie models. Extended sound support on midi-sound & sampled PCM enhanced devices, such as the Sony T615C and other new Sony models. Improved game menus for easier navigation. In game music has been added. Duration of demo game play has been extended. more details |
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 18/04/2002 P-Jongg version 5.0 has been released- it supports user loadable TILE-SET database. You can now load the tile-set you like and leave out the rest, saving memory on your Palm device. Up to five additional tile-sets can be loaded. Support user loadable LAYOUT-SET database. Each layout-set can contains hundreds of different layouts. Up to five additional layout-sets can be loaded. HandEra 330 and Sony Clie with 320x320 Screen. Utilized hi-resolution display on these devices. Tiles graphics will expand where possible when tile size expands. Support jog feature on Sony Clie and HandEra 330 device. more details |
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