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26th February - 3rd March 2002 News Archive

03/03/2002 You have 3 days left to win yourself a copy of TomeRaidit (see top of right panel).

03/03/2002 Here is an extremely detailed review of the N760- when I say detailed I mean inside and out (see picture above of what was the remote control!)

03/03/2002 300 Bowl will be released Monday 4th March- can't wait! Here's the link.

03/03/2002 Received an email from Timothy Sullivan detailing a service offered by his company- Smartercase. They make PDA cases which should fit all of the Clie range. Here's the good bit- "We ship to UK via Airmail for the same $5 we charge our US customers. The service usually takes 3-7 days." Well worth a visit.

03/03/2002 FuncCalc for HI-RES 1.01 has been released. Here's the first 3 features- 10 digits and exponent +/-99 - Operations: +, -, *, /, Operation with "(" and ")", Trigonometric function(sin,cos,tan, arcSin,arcCos,arcTan, sinh,cosh,tanh, arcSinh,arcCosh,arcTanh), Log, Ln, x^-1,x^2,y^x, 10^x, e^x, Root,Cubic root,xRoot, n!, nCr(Combination), nPr(Permutation), MOD(modulo), %(percent). - Translate to BIN/OCT/DEC/HEX and operation(NOT,AND,OR,XOR,XNOR,MOD). The list goes on and on- download it here.

03/03/2002 Lemmings has been updated to version 3.1 which includes Palm OS(r) 5 support - runs on ARM units *fast* and updated general application routines to comply to future Palm OS versions. Get it at PalmGear.

03/03/2002 The link to the original forum has now been removed- the 'New' UK Forum will be the main place for discussions. I have left the Yahoo Group open just in case anyone wants to use it.

02/03/2002 I finally purchased a T625C today- first impressions are good although I am already missing the MP3 functionality of my N770CU- will do a detailed review soon.

02/03/2002 Larry Miller has sent in details of a German site that has a very, very detailed listing of available Palm programs here.

02/03/2002 Thanks to Gabe for giving me details of this site showing some bizarre PDA modifications.

02/03/2002 Kickoo have released a new version of TakTik with the following new features- - you can now enjoy IR games with your friends ! - a new difficulty level allows a kind of handicap, making games interresting even when your opponent is much stronger/weaker than you are ( works also with the computer ). - the program keeps and displays statistics about your games against the computer.- a new option allows you to disable all those tips that pop-up when you tap where you are not supposed to.

02/03/2002 P-Racers 1.0 has been released by URUX. Developers description- "P-RACERS is a fast and fun racing game. You start the race in Rank #40 and in 32 stages you must try to be the winner. You can select the standard GP mode or the Battle mode! The 32 stages are divided in 4 zones, FOREST, DESERT, SEASIDE & SNOW-MOUNTAINS. " Get it at PalmGear.As far as I know URUX are also the only people offering an emulator of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K It's still slow, but with an overclokcing utility you can make the games playable.

01/03/2002 A new game has been released by ZioSoft called Expresso Run- here's a description "Your goal is to race down the track in your Hover Truck, delivering coffee crates to the flashing drop off pad at the end of each track. Delivering more crates in less time racks up your score for more excitement." Whilst Checking out ZioSoft I noticed that Tiger Woods PGA Tour is coming soon- here.

01/03/2002 Jason Goldman is very close to releasing 300 Bowl- a ten-pin bowling simulation. As you can see it looks stunning (notice the reflection of the ball in the screenshot above).

01/03/2002 Thanks to MC for sending information on two new programs from Electric Pocket- Pixer lets handheld users send and receive picture and photo messages direct from a wireless handheld and Mailer is a simple-to-use email client which really understands the needs of wireless users.

01/03/2002 Sean Li- the man who did the very first review for Clie World has a couple of rather nice items for sale.Sony Clie T615 (Hong Kong)- works with British power etc. and includes the following- 32MB Memory Stick, extra styluses, two carrying cases. All of this for £250.00Also for sale is a Handspring Treo for £330.00If you want more information Sean can be contacted here.

01/03/2002 Thanks to MacClie for mentioning Piel Frama who make some very nice cases for the Clie range. They are based in Spain so it's not too far to order from and their prices are good for this kind of quality- more details here.

28/02/2002 I had a chat with a guy at www.supplies4.co.uk today re their Clie stock and was surprised to hear that they have good availability for the T625 and T425. At this moment they have 76 T625's for £311.65 (inc VAT) and 17 T425's for £188.12 (inc VAT) available to order. If you order before 6pm you will receive your item within 2 working days and postage is free- they were friendly and helpful and their prices are very competitive. Other Clie items on the site are:- Stylus Pen Pack £11.13 Inc Vat (ordered mine today!) USB Hotsync cradle for Clie N770C £46.75 Inc Vat Travel Kit for Sony Clie £46.75 Inc Vat GSM Mobile Kit for Sony Clie - only compatible with Sony CMD-J5 £55.89 Thanks to John Graham for also letting me know that they sell 128mb Memory Sticks for £72.48 inc VAT (again, the postage is free).

28/02/2002 Thanks to Scott Jackson for sending in his review of the T625- has been added to the Clie Hardware reviews section.

28/02/2002 Larry Miller has found some more interesting stuff. Colors 1.0 is the first program- here's Larry's description "Want a nifty little freeware program to tweak the colors of your CLIE. Download Colors 1.0 by TONTATA. Colors will appear as a Palm Preference and allows you to change the various UI colors. The download includes simple instructions in English. A very nice feature is the menu option to reset your device to the default color scheme in the event you go a bit crazy with your color schemes." Get it here. Khroma 1.1 is the second program- "Khroma 1.1 is a similar, but more complicated program. The developer writes in the documentation, "Khroma is a simple program which allows interactive selection of colors for the PalmOS user interface. It is intended primarily as a developer's tool but could be used by anyone who wants to add a bit of color to the basic palm applications and other monochrome programs on color handhelds". Read the manuals that accompany the .zip file. If you are a 'tweaker', give this program a try."

28/02/2002 Thanks to Brian Fox for bringing MS Dict to my attention which includes the following features- "specially designed dictionary integrator and utilizer for PalmOS compatible devices, fast searches, strong database compression and, of course, stylish and intuitive user-friendly interface." It should be hi-res compatible as well. Available here.

28/02/2002 Jared has sent in an email with details of a screen repair service for the Sony 710, 760, 770 & 610C units for $65.00. Too cheap to be true? Check out Getgightech.com.

27/02/2002 Joel Suplido has sent me details of the following post from Clie Source "I have received a new Brando screen protector from Brando Workshop in Hong Kong for the T425/T625 that I am going to purchase. However, I have decided that I will not buy the SONY Clie anymore. So I have an unused screen protector available for those in the UK who are afraid to buy it from Brando directly. I have open the packaging but the screen protector is new and unused at all. I will sell it to anyone within UK for a low price of 7 pounds including shipping (Original Price is 13 US dollars). First come first serve. I will sent a confirmation e-mail once I have decided who I am going to sell it to. I can receive cheque and I will ship the protector once the cheque is cleared." The post and contact details are here.

27/02/2002 Thanks to Gabe for letting me know that the Clie T series car charger cable is now available from Brando for only $22- could be worth a buy when the T series arrives here in numbers.

27/02/2002 Larry Miller has sent in some information on two games that will run on the Clies- I had never heard of them until now so well worth a download or two. "PalmPoolQ- currently freeware. Decent rendition of 9-ball. Second game type does not function. I have personally played over 800 games against the CLIE." Here's the link. "Alchemic Pinball- This is an evaluation copy without nag screens. Interesting pinball game. Many may not enjoy it since the entire game board is larger than the CLIE screen." Available here.

27/02/2002 I have awarded a one off prize to palmist500 for the input he has made to the Clie World forums. The forums are a nice place to be with people helping each other out everyday. I will continue to give out prizes at random to people who make a real effort . He receives a registered copy of the Deluxe Icon Set for Action Names- I may email you in the future to ask for HotSync ID's etc. so that I can purchase the prizes with the correct details. If you haven't tried the icons yet they are well worth a look- only $5 from here.

27/02/2002 Thanks to Jared for sending me details of PDA Panache's stylus range for the Clies- they offer superior styluses for the N & T series and although you are ordering from abroad it may still be quicker than in the UK where the average wait seems to be 3-4 weeks.

This weeks competition 26/02/2002 This weeks competition has two prizes for the best news entry. The first place winner will receive a copy of TOMERAIDIT - The Tomeraider Pre-Processor and the second prize is a copy of designbybert.com's Deluxe Icon Set for Datebook4. More details on TomeRaidit are available here and for the Deluxe Icon Set go here. Closing date is Tuesday 5th March.

26/02/2002 There have been very few votes cast for the Forum preference but it is looking likely that the 'New' UK Forum will win looking at people's comments- The links to the Yahoo Group and Old forum will be removed on Friday and I will do my best to move the Old Forum threads over.

26/02/2002 Thanks to MC for the following email "Just a post to let all the palm users know that a new 3D game is out. It's called Deity3D and you can download the demo from Ardiri." Quote from the developer- "The screenshots may resemble the "DOOM" game written by id software in 1994, however, it is not a clone nor official version."

26/02/2002 MonoPalm (Eng) 1.1.1 has been released by Phillipe Menard. It's a free clone of the ever popular Monopoly- available here.

26/02/2002 Nice email received from one of last weeks competition winners, Eric So- "I don't have Action Names datebook of datebook4 in order to use this icon set. As a result I would like to offer my prize to your next week competition winner." So we have an extra prize next week!

26/02/2002 Thanks to Gabe for pointing out that Fictionwise are currently offering the 2001 Nebula Preliminary Ballot Nominees free of charge- there are 11 books in total- The Nebula Awards® are among the most prestigious literary awards available and are presented annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

26/02/2002 Gabe's gone email crazy! Here is his view on a hi-res Memo Pad replacement- 2DMemo "Here's a cool replacement for the memopad. (freeware) I've already decided I'm keeping it over memopad. It's very useful as it will allow you to display multiple memos at the same time. (In hi-res too!) Lots of text on the screen. :) You can customize text & background colors too. Choices for display size... etc. Resizable, stackable windows... I've attached a quick screenshot I made of it also. (just some dvd and book lists) It looks so much better on the clie though... " Available here.