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Consumer
mobile
software news roundup:
January 2008
- Compiled
Jan. 25, 2008, by Gary Thayer, MobileVillage Editor
Note on
Prices: All prices below are in US dollars and are quoted
for Club Handango customers. Non-club prices are usually ten percent
more, equal to retail.
Software
startup Vumber launched its anonymous "disposable"
phone number service of the same name. Subscribers can choose
Vumber numbers in any area code, and can use their "Vumber"
in place of a real phone number, such for online dating, social
networking, message boards, online applications, email lists,
online purchases, etc. Small business subscribers, for example,
can also set up multiple numbers in different area codes to provide
local numbers for customers or to increase the perceived size
of their business. Every Vumber has a customizable voice mailbox.
Messages can be retrieved from the system just like any other
voicemail system, and incoming calls never reach a user's regular
voicemail. Vumber requires no PCs or special phones. For more
details, see vumber.com.
BlackBerry
Electric
Pocket
has debuted its FlipSide music player, which lets
users visually shuffle through their music, viewing the
full-color cover art of an entire collection in seconds
using the trackball. FlipSide downloads and displays album
cover art and has links to artist bios, recommendations
for similar artists, and other features. The software plays
music in MP3, WMA, M4A and AAC formats, and allows users
to create their own playlist. FlipSide is Flipside is $17.95
at
Handango.
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S4BB has released its Web Video Generator software,
which optimizes and plays videos on video capable BlackBerrys
such as the Pearl, Curve, and 8800 series. Users can select
videos from YouTube, and the software optimizes it and downloads
it to the handheld or to a storage card. Web Video Generator
is $17.99 at
Handango.
S4BB
also released its task tracking software called DoneIn2Minutes,
which lets users track the actual time taken to complete a given
task, in order to help them better plan and allocate time in
the future. Although the software is designed to work with S4BB's
productivity applications like TaskMaster and NextAction, S4BB
says it will work with any task application. Following David
Allen's popular "Getting Things Done" program, DoneIn2Minutes
encourages users in their future schedules to immediately complete
tasks that take less than two minutes to process, rather than
adding them to a to-do list. DoneIn2Minutes is $13.45 at
Handango.
iPhone / iTouch
Handmark
released a new, free version of its Pocket Express travel
services for the iPhone and iTouch. Pocket Express travel
services includes current airline schedules and flight status;
hotel information and bookings from Hotels.com; click-to-call
numbers (airlines, rental car agencies, etc.); a 24/7 travel
reservations service; conversions for 164 global currencies;
and travel commentaries. Pocket Express travel services is available
at handmark.com. Pocket Express is a winner of several 2007
Mobile Star
Awards from MobileVillage readers. For more information
about Pocket Express and Handmark, see the company's summary
page on MobileVillage.
Palm
OS
X-Act!
Software has released v4.0 of its KnowledgeWorx and
HandiWorx for Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. The
new versions offer improved features for including picture images
in deployed content, productivity accelerators, and more deployment
options. KnowledgeWorx content may be reused on Palm and Windows
Mobile devices using HandiWorx, or in Web/HTML (and Rich Text
documents) using HandiWorx WebExpress. Current users can upgrade
for 66% off current list prices at x-act.com. A free fully functioning
evaluation version is available for both products. KnowledgeWorx
is a winner of a 2007 Mobile
Star Award from MobileVillage readers. For more information
about Pocket Express and Handmark, see x-act.com, or the company's
summary
page on MobileVillage.
Iambic
Software has released v2.1 of its Propel launcher application,
a multifunctional launcher replacement that supports launching
apps, finding contacts, appoitments, memos, web bookmarks, digital
audio and even files stored on a memory card. It also has a
toolbar, tabbed categories, background wallpapers and a favorites
list. The Standard edition is $13.45 at
Handango, and the Professional edition, which adds voice
dialing, app launching and mp3 capabilities, is $22.45 at
Handango and
comes with a free trial version.
Resco
has released IDGuard, a new ID and password management
application that securely stores and encrypts passwords,
PINs, credit cards memos, documents, images, voice memos and
camera snapshots, using the industrial encryption standard AES.
Resco IDGuard v1.10.2 for Palm OS is $17.95 at
Handango and
comes with a 14-day trial.
Shape
Services has updated RDM+ Remote Desktop, its remote
desktop client that lets Palm users remotely access a Windows
XP or Vista home PC or laptop, even through NAT and firewalls.
Users can send and receive emails, surf the web, edit documents,
copy, cut, paste files or folders and do other tasks. According
to the company, RDM+ uses strong encryption protocols, and the
latest version adds Centro support. RDM+ v3.6.6 is $31.45 at
Handango and comes with a fully functional seven day trial.
VoiceIt
Technologies has updated its VoiceDialIt voice dialing
software that lets users dial existing contacts by simply stating
their name. The software can also be "trained" to
understand the user's own voice. The latest version adds Palm
Centro support, updated voice libraries and interface updates.
It is compatible with the Treo 600, 650, 680, 700p. 755p, or
Centro and comes with a free trial period.VoiceDialIt v2.07
for Palm OS is $17.95 at
Handango. It is also available for Windows Mobile; see Windows
Mobile section below for the link.
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more Palm news, plus Symbian & Windows Mobile on p 2.
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