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25th - 30th April 2002 News Archive

30/04/2002 Clark Fralick has sent in the above entry for this weeks competition- I have received some excellent content for the upcoming magazine (2 of which will receive prizes) and also lots of news over the past few days but you are making it far too easy for Clark as he is the only one to send in a Magazine logo entry- you have until midnight to try to take his free copy of Bump Attack Pinball! Thanks to everyone so far who has offered to help with the magazine (I'm getting through the list). If you would like to contribute to the magazine let me know.
30/04/2002 PenPenCol has been updated to version 2.2- as well as being hi-res compatible it can now hold images on a Memory Stick and also in a user named folder. more details
30/04/2002 MobiPocket 4.4 has been released- it's Clie hi-res compatible and has full Jog Dial support plus many other features including Page by page text formatting (no scroll bars!) Full justified text with hyphenation (like any paper book) Bookmarks, highlights, annotations Turn a page by touching the screen Table of contents, cover page, indexes,... Native support of Open-eBook and XML/HTML/CSS format Complete eBook personalization : change font size, type, text alignment, color, … Full text search Integrated and extensible dictionaries support Multimedia : embedded Images (BMP, GIF) and MP3 player integration. Thanks to Christian for the information. more details
30/04/2002 Noticed an interesting post on nXT's Yahoo Clie Group- you can get a free Zagat 2002 Restaurant guide by visiting the Acura site and clicking the 'dine' picture- it has ratings and reviews of over 18,000 restaurants in 31 US locations and nightlife reviews in NY and LA. more details
30/04/2002 There really are times when I wished I lived in Japan- the Vaio U Series has been released and it's tiny! I wonder how long it will be before we have a Viao in a Clie sized case? more details
29/04/2002 Xavier Martin will release a new version of PilotColumns in the first week of May- guess what, it will be Clie hi-res compatible. I have been trying it out today and it is excellent. If you would like to do a review of the game and possibly get an advanced copy let me know. more details
29/04/2002 Just received an email from Reggie Suplido- Clie Source is currently down due to a technical problem with their hosts- if you need to contact the site owners you can use this email address- reggie@cliesource.net
29/04/2002 Their is an article on PalmInfocenter which reports on the first NR70's hitting retail stores in the States- the Clie World Store has an anticipated date of 3rd May for these machines (will keep you posted). more details
29/04/2002 Two new layout sets have been released for the excellent hi-res P-Jongg by Naoki Haga and Emil Cabrera- this is a superb game and you now have even more options available. more details
28/04/2002 There may be a slight decrease in the number of new articles over the next few days as I am working on updates to some of the smaller pages on CLIEWorld and also devoting a lot more time to the upcoming CLIEWorld Magazine- expect the 'pilot' issue within 2 weeks.
28/04/2002 Thanks to Brian Emick for letting me know that SplashShopper has been updated to version 2.0 with the following updates- Added the ability to assign an item to multiple stores and track per-store prices Import/Export Copy/Paste Items between Users on Desktop No Stylus Mode Global Find Update QuickList Smarter sorting on custom fields with numbers and dates in them More Total calculation options (Completed, Uncompleted, etc.) Tax option Decimal support in Qty field Sort All/Need tabs separately Sort completed Items at bottom preference Printing on Mac OS X Bug fixes. more details
28/04/2002 Looks like LauncherX will be delayed another month according to a thread on ClieSource. Don't worry though as MegaLauncher should be updated with some new features very soon. more details
28/04/2002 PalmInfocenter have a review up on the InnoPocket Metal Deluxe Case for Clié PEG-T Series- this is a lovely looking case and it adds very little to the overall size of the unit- it gets a good score as well. Thanks to Joel for the information. more details
27/04/2002 Today's interview is with Thomas Kollmeier who is the author if F1 Sprint (one of the most addictive Palm games yet). He also gives out some exclusive information about a program which should eventually become a classic as well. more details
27/04/2002 Here's a site which will prove invaluable- it's called mymobilestuff.com and details an extensive list of web sites which are optimized for viewing/clipping on a Palm device. more details
27/04/2002 Pendragon Calendar Builder 1.01 has been released. Updates include a new alignment feature enableing the user to align images left-right-center, or top-middle-bottom and a best fit option which provides a new method of aligning portrait images. more details
27/04/2002 The Clie PEG-NR70V has been added to the Clie World Store. Some are on order and expected mid-May. If you would like to register your interest please send in an email and availability will be prioritised on a first come, first served basis. more details
27/04/2002 Thanks to Tristan for emailing some surprising information- Micro Anvika are listing the NR70V on their site but there is no information regarding availability. Looks like a race between Clie World and M.A.! more details
26/04/2002 Today's interview is with Bryan Nystrom (Chief Technical Officer) and George Wayland (President) of Natara Software- they have developed some very good quality software and amazingly do it all by themselves! more details
26/04/2002 Mobile Telegraph (Yearly) 1.2 has been released- Browse the Daily Telegraph on your handheld using Roundpoint's convenient navigation system. Stay connected to extended coverage of news, sport, city, arts, connected, motoring, and travel complete with images, maps and full colour graphics. It costs $75.00 which sound a lot but actually works out to 29 cents per day. more details
26/04/2002 RonDo annesso 02(NR correspondence version) has been released- it has loads of new features and takes full advantage of the NR series features. more details
26/04/2002 AcidImage has been updated to version 1.2. Enhancements include Grayscale Support - Should work with any non-color device with OS 3.5 or higher (except Handera 330) Sony NR-series screen support (PEG-NR70, PEG-NR70V). Full screen image viewing, expanded file list. Hardware-accelerated "Fast Load" JPEG decompression (available on NR-series). Fixed "OK" buttons to work properly with jog dial support. more details
26/04/2002 Thanks to Joel Suplido for letting me know that Mac OS X 10.1.4 has been released- Update 10.1.4 delivers improved networking, security, and additional disc recording device support. Specific enhancements include: Disc Recording Devices: - Updated and new support for Fast 10 SCSI drives, including the Pioneer 201 drive. - Expanded support for SmartDisk, EZQuest, and LaCie disc recording devices. Networking Improvements: - Dial-up connections over PPP are more reliable and system responsiveness has been improved. - Significant improvement to file searching on local and remote volumes. - Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) services can be browsed on networks with 3Com routers. Security Update: - BSD-based TCP/IP connections now check and block broadcast or multicast IP destination addresses. OK- not strictly Clie related but good news for anyone with a Mac. more details
25/04/2002 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.
25/04/2002 Today's interview is with Paul Ellams who has some excellent Palm programs to his credit and who owns and runs Ellams Software. Some interesting answers and a revelation that you can write a top class application in one month! more details
25/04/2002 Thanks to Wilson Bradley for mentioning YiShow Explorer for Clie 4.2. Features included Supports Clie PEG N7x0C/N6x0C series high resolution screen and high color screen, Supports Clie PEG N7x0C/N6x0C series JogDial, Supports Clie PEG NR70 Series 320x480 Screen and many, many more. more details
25/04/2002 Lubak has released some new OS5 hi-res fonts- HrStandard, HrBold, HrLarge and HrLargeBold more details
25/04/2002 Brian Emick has emailed details of updates to two very popular programs- peditPro 6.00 (Includes literally hundreds of new features compared to version 1.00) and LapTopHack 6.00 (hundreds of new features such as menu and popup list navigation via external keyboards, advancedMode, expertMode, cursorRotator, total Palm scripting etc. etc.) more details (peditPro) more details (LapTopHack)
25/04/2002 321Contact 1.02 has been released- it attempts to redefine what a contact manager should be. With 321Contact's intuitive interface users can lookup your contacts in seconds. One tap displays their phone numbers. A second tap can then dial their number on a Bluetooth or infrared enabled phone as well as most palm/phone combos. more details