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Personal mobile software news: Sept.
18 - Oct. 13, 2006
MobileVillage,
Oct. 13, 2006 -- Following is a roundup of recent personal software
announcements.
Handmark announced that its Pocket Express web
services are now available for users of Motorola's Java-enabled
MOTORAZR, MOTOPEBL and MOTOSLVR. Users can get the free download
on a PC from pocketexpress.com or directly to the handset using
the mobile browser pointed to the http://pxme.us Web site. Pocket
Express news, sports and weather services are all included. A
suite of 14 other services is available free of charge for two
weeks. After which time they can be added for one year at an introductory
price of US $50. Pocket Express recently won a 2006 Mobile Star
Award from MobileVillage readers. For product details, see handmark.com
or the company's summary
page on MobileVillage.
iAnywhere released a beta version of its AvantGo mobile
web service for BlackBerry users. The new BlackBerry version
works just like the Palm and Windows Mobile versions, in that
it lets users view thousands of mobile websites and media channels,
all optimized for their mobile device. iAnywhere also released
XTNDConnect PC 6 mobile device-to-desktop synchronization
software for all device users. Version 6 now offers a new
user interface, enhanced customization options and photo support.
iAnywhere recently won several 2006 Mobile Star Awards from MobileVillage
readers. For product details, see ianywhere.com, orsee
the company's summary
page on MobileVillage.
Iambic has just introduced YourCall, a new application
for Palm OS users designed to make tracking the significant developments
in phone calls easier. Depending whether the contact is known
or not, YourCall allows users to merge or add the phone number
with an existing contact, create a new contact, or call back via
"thumb sized"buttons. Via its dropdown menu, users have
the option of initiating a meeting, task, call, SMS, or email.
Calls can also be logged as a journal entry, and users can link
into Google to perform reverse phone number lookup. YourCall can
be purchased from iambic.com for US $10.
MDog launched mdog.com - which the company says serves
as a mobile browser and content portal for popular websites
including news, business, sports and travel sites. According to
mdog, the service is free and there's nothing to download, since
mdog acts like a mobile browser and automatically rendered for
mobile devices.
MuskokaTech released version 4.0 of PathAway GPS
for Windows Mobile and Palm OS platforms. The new version allows
for multimedia waypoints with photo capture from a device's integrated
digital camera, and even sound clips can be attached. Another
new feature is the power saving PocketMode shuts down the screen,
disables the keypad to prevent accidental key presses, and does
minimal processing to keep recording the track log. PathAway GPS
4 is available at PathAway.com for US $60. Existing users can
upgrade for $30.
Navigon, based in Germany, announced its MobileNavigator|6
navigation software designed for smartphones running J2ME, Windows
Mobile 5 Smartphone, Windows 2003 Phone Edition, Palm OS, or Symbian
operating systems. The software accommodates both onboard (media-based)
and off-board (server-based) models. Onboard models place software
and map on the smartphone whereas off-board lets users call into
a remote server to download dynamic turn-by-turn directions and
maps onto their smartphones. For details, see navigon.com.
Orneta has released Scissors Mobile 1.0.0, a utility
that enables the missing editing functionality for Outlook Mobile
messaging, tasks and contacts. Cut, copy, paste, undo, redo and
more. Scissors Mobile sells for US $10 from orneta.com.
Quickoffice has released version 3.1 of Quickoffice,
a suite for Symbian S60 users to work with Microsoft Word documents,
Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations, as well as text
files. Improvements to version 3.1 include: better speed and memory
usage, the ability to instantly update the Quickoffice application,
and for those users who are interested, upgrade to the editing
version of Quickoffice directly from their smartphone. Subscribers
can save e-mail attachments to their phone memory or memory card
for action at a later time. For details, see quickoffice.com.
Qipit announced its image sharing service for cameraphone
users. According to the company, qipit users use their camera
phone to take a picture of written or printed information. They
then receive a clear qipit digital copy which they can send to
an email or fax and store in a personal password protected qipit
account. People without camera phones can also use the service
from their online qipit account or email with a digital camera.
The qipit document is available in PDF format, as well as JPEG
and PNG for Web and phone display. Qipit works with any high resolution
camera phone (1 megapixel or higher), on any wireless network,
and requires no special software download or hardware. Qipit is
free and available from qipit.com.
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