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Consumer mobile software roundup: Oct. - Nov. 2008

- Compiled November 20, 2008, by Gary Thayer, MobileVillage Editor

Below are new product releases and updates through November 20, 2008. Prices quoted are in US dollars. Handango prices are after Club Handango membership.

Multi-Plaform

PopCap has updated its Bookworm word game for Palm OS and Windows Mobile. Players feed Lex the Worm's endless appetite by joining letters on the library wall. Players use up burning letters before they reach the bottom and set the library on fire. The new version supports the latest devices and adds improved graphics, an enlarged dictionary of 70,000 words, a new action mode, and various minor updates. Bookworm v2.00 is available on Handango for $14.99 for Palm, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, and Windows Mobile Smartphone.

Beiks has released the MedicineNet Pocket Medical Encyclopedia for BlackBerry, Palm OS, or Windows Mobile handhelds. The information found in the Encyclopedia includes standard medical terms as well as pertinent scientific items, abbreviations, acronyms, jargon, institutions, projects, symptoms, syndromes, eponyms, and medical history. For more details, see Beiks.com. The Palm version is available at Handango for $39.95.

KT-Tech announced KTvid, a video chat application that lets users transmit video from one cell phone to another cell phone or computer. For details and pricing, see ktvid.com.

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Namco Networks' new Brain Exercise game is now available from U.S. wireless carriers. According to Namco, the game is scientifically proven to stimulate the brain. It challenges players with "addictive" puzzlers. For more info on Brain Exercise or other mobile games by Namco, see namcogames.com.

BlackBerry

DataViz has released a BlackBerry version of its Documents To Go Premium Edition, which lets users view, edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and attachments, including Office 2007 files, on their phones. The Premium Edition also includes PDF To Go, which lets users view native PDF files. Documents To Go Premium Edition is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. A non-expiring license for $69.99 at Handango.

S4BB has released BerryDialer, which lets BlackBerry users take advantage of calling cards. Version 1.6.2 is $29.99 at Handango in English, German, and Spanish.

iPhone / iPod Touch

DDH Software's HanDBase mobile database software is now available for iPhones. As with other versions of HanDBase, HanDBase for iPhone allows users to create and edit databases with secure encryption, custom views, filters, sorting, searching, and two-way record-level syncing. The iPhone verison also offers design enhancements. HanDBase is available at Apple's App Store.

iTMP Technology has released iSpinning, a cardio and cycling application that compiles real-time data
for fitness tracking. iSpinning is available at Apple's App Store.

MultiEducator has released calculation tool called Formulator, which contains over 90 financial calculation formulas. Consumer formulas include mortgage and lease calculators, insurance calculators, and others. There are also formulas for financial analysts, such as Acid Test Analysis or Z credit score analysis, interest formulas, stock valuations, bonds, cash flow analysis and sales ratios, investment formulas, and debt ratios. Forumlator is $6.95 at Apple's App Store. The Personal Formulator edition is 99 cents and contains only personal financial calculation formulas.

Orb Media has added Orb 2.0 to Apple's App Store. Orb lets users watch live TV from a tuner connected to a Windows PC (sorry, Mac and Linux users), and also stream music, videos, and photos from their libraries. Users can also monitor a webcam. Orb 2.0 is $10 at Apple's App Store.

Raisix has released ColorMatch, which helps users match colors in products such as stationery, company logos, Web pages, clothing, accessories, upholstery, and paint. The application has finger-touch slider bars let let users quickly create the color they have in mind onscreen. Once the color is found, ColorMatch provides five complementary colors. ColorMatch sells for $5 at Apple's App Store.

SplashData has introduced "Holiday" and "Birthdays" two date reminder apps for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Each application is available in the App Store for 99 cents. SplashData announced a major update to the version of its SplashID secure information manager. The new SplashID version 4.5 offers faster loading times, improved search and look-up functions, and a simpler user interface. SplashID is available for $10 from Apple's App Store.

 

 
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