» CrazySoft's The Final Battle review at palmaddict!
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"Over the years, I have purchased several of CrazySoft’s products. CrazySoft has a reputation for producing some of the most entertaining, quality puzzle, action and adventure games for PDA’s of various cross-platforms. Their latest addition, The Final Battle, is their most ambitious entry into the PDA gaming market.
The Final Battle is a quest-adventure where you begin the game having awakened in a prison. However, you are stricken with amnesia and don’t know who you are, much less how you ended up in jail. The game requires that you be on top of your mental game as it entails the use of your cognitive as well as your best, deductive skills. However, fans of “Lost in the Pyramid” know that the journey is a light-hearted one as characters are encouraged along by the great humorous interactions that prods game-players onward! " Read more about the best adventure game of the year here:
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» Softick Audio Gateway Review For Palm OS!
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 "The Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) has been around for quite awhile now. Simply put, A2DP takes the sound output from your device - PDA, mp3 player, phone, goose, whatever - and converts it into a format compatible with the growing number of ever-increasingly-tasty Bluetooth wireless headphones out there. It's standard on most Windows Mobile devices - even Palm's own Treo 750 - but Palm OS devices have long been neglected. That is, until Softick Audio Gateway (henceforth, SAG) came along last year. The app has steadily progressed since its initial release, adding support for AVRCP (wireless playback controls), compatibility with every Treo model and much-improved (but still not perfect) stability. So what's new with version 1.12? As mentioned earlier, it now supports the latest member of the Treo family - the 755p - and at long last Softick have turned on the audio quality controls. Like a delicious lollipop cruelly dangled just out of reach of a fat child, the option buttons have been there since version 1, but did nothing when you pressed them. Many an enraged user has raised their fists to the sky and demanded "WHY, SOFTICK? WHY?!", but were met only with the unique silence of a stunned crowd of strangers. Until now... " Read this nice review here: and buy this great program here:
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» Kinoma Player 4 EX and Kinoma Producer 4 Review For Palm OS!
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"Since version 2 of Producer, Kinoma has made many improvements to create a more versatile and powerful application. The biggest improvement is the large array of file types that can be converted with a quick drag and drop.
The file types now supported are MPEG-1. MPEG-4, MP3, QuickTime, 3GPP, 3GPP-2, DivX, AVI, WAVE, AIFF, and AU; and on Windows it can also convert MPEG-2, Windows Media, and MS-DVR files. And because Kinoma Producer 4 supports QuickTime and DirectShow (on Windows only) you can convert many other file format supported by these widely used media architectures.
Another nice feature is the pre-set encoding profiles. There are over 40 to pick from for devices such as the Zodiac, Playstation Portable, iPod, Treo, Palm TX, etc. It can even encode in Windows Media 9 format for Windows Mobile devices."Read this nice review here: and buy this nice program here: ( -20% on Software!Just use the coupon code PDAS20 at checkout)
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» SlingPlayer Mobile Beta for PalmOS is out!
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"With SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS, you can now watch and control your own TV on your Palm OS-based Treo smartphone. - Versatile interface with familiar 5-way navigational and touch-screen controls
- QVGA resolution delivers richer video quality
- Remote Control Bar with commonly-used functions preset for added convenience
- Customizable one-click shortcuts for your favorite channels and remote control functions
- Easy-to-use menu navigation
- Sleek refreshed design to minimize viewing distraction
- Familiar SlingPlayer Mobile features including Audio Only mode, switching among multiple video inputs, changing display mode, and more
- Quick Start Tips and Help content for easy reference " Check it here: and read a nice review here:
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» TreoMemo Review For Palm OS!
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 "As we’ve come to expect from Gx5, TreoMemo is a visual treat. The boring old black-on-white look of the built-in Memos app is but a distant memory. TreoMemo gives you a nice selection of colourful skins to choose from, with more available on Gx5’s site for free. (I’m particularly fond of the Crimson one; it matches nicely with my Treo 680.) In addition to the jazzier colour palette, the memo titles themselves have alternating background colours that make it easier to distinguish one line from the next. The scrollbar and category picker have also been revamped for easier thumbscreening, which is something I’ve always appreciated about Gx5’s designs. Apart from the visual upgrade, TreoMemo also offers some helpful new features that can greatly enhance your memo usage. To start with, TreoMemo offers a handy Search function that makes it a snap to quickly find that snippet of information you’re hunting for. Just tap the magnifying glass icon on the main screen and you’re presented with a simple search box and a big fat search button. Easy as pie. (I’m not sure what makes pie easy, but there you have it.) You can also just start typing from the main display and it will narrow the list down by title." Read more here:
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» CalorieKing for Palm OS Review
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 "CalorieKing is a weight los company founded by Allan Borushek, a dietitian, health educator, and author with over thirty years experience in the field. Borushek is best known for his best-selling book, The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter. The book is featured regularly amongst the best-seller lists of both USA Today and Amazon.com. With over ten million books sold over the years, Allen Borushek is widely acknowledged as the "Calorie King", thus the name for his company.
CalorieKing now has a line of diet and exercise management software for Mac and Windows in addition to the Palm OS and Pocket PC mobile platforms. The CalorieKing Nutrition and Diet Manager is their most popular software app and their Palm OS version is the focus of my review here. "
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» DialByPhoto Review For Palm OS!
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 "One of the more interesting aspects of owning a mobile phone with a camera is being able to assign photos to contacts.
There have been a few solutions for dialing contacts by choosing a photo, but none have been as versatile as GX-5's DialByPhoto. This is very close to being a replacement to the entire Phone application on Palm OS-based Treo devices. It replaces the Phone application front end and contact look up with a photo driven interface.
It takes a little bit to set up, as you have to tell the application which contacts you want in your listing and then what the photo and numbers are that you want attached to it, but after that you have an extremely well designed way to look for people to call.
I honestly found myself calling people just because it was so fun to look at the different photos. DialByPhoto also has an "ignore with SMS" feature that will enable your Palm OS Treo to send a text message to people whose phone call you don't want to take.
Fair warning, though, DialByPhoto is a beta and so there are bugs and some glitches to be found when using it. And it's not a free beta. The price is $9.95 for a few more days, when it jumps up to $14.95.
This program is very large, too. You will need 2 MB of space just to get through the installation, and so some Treo 650 users might feel the pinch a bit more than other Treo users. To learn more and download a trial of of this application, visit GX-5's web site either on your PC or on your Treo." via brighthand.com
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» TomTom Navigator 6 Updated Maps Review For Palm OS
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 "I inserted the TomTom DVD into my PC and installed the app. Being familiar with the previous version of the TomTom desktop software, I already had my SD card out of my Treo and in my PC’s card reader drive. I selected my regional maps and the program automatically knew which drive letter was my SD card. Installation was speedy and trouble-free. In fact, the whole process was painless until it came time to actually activate the new maps on the Treo. I had to go to www.ttcode.com and manually activate everything since TomTom’s automated system appears unable to process the newest product codes. I had this problem a few months ago when I was trying to activate my pre-release copy of Navigator 6. The automated system did work, however, when I purchased my own personal copy of the Palm GPS kit in December." Read more here:
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» Kinoma vs. PocketTunes Streaming Comparison for Palm OS!
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 "While many aspects of the Palm OS market have seen a drastic cooling off over the past year, one area that is seeing increased activity is add-on multimedia software. 2006 was a transitional period for this segment of the Palm OS software sector. As proof I offer just a few of the past year’s media software highlights: - Palm completed the transition from the lackluster RealPlayer to a bundled version of PocketTunes in all of their devices (other than the Z22 and E2).
- Normsoft released a major update to Pocket Tunes bringing it into its 4th generation.
- The versatile TCMP freebie app was reborn as a commercial release under the banner of Core Player.
- Last but not least, Kinoma reemerged from out of nowhere with a significant overhaul of their Kinoma Player, christening the new version Kinoma Player 4 EX.
Can Kinoma’s jack-of-all-trades effort usurp PocketTunes’ laser-sharp focus on music only? Read on for a head to head contest between the live audio-only streaming capabilities of both applications." Read this nice article here:
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» Frutakia review from pocketpcmag.com!
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"There has been a number of slot machine games for the Windows Mobile but most where very basic in functionality, graphics display and one that fads in enjoyment very quickly. Frutakia from CrazySoft is one that provides a very clean display, excellent image resolutions and a unique gaming twist that should provide you hours of continued enjoyment.
As soon as you load the game, the instruction screen appears that can be easily turned On or OFF. This is not your typical slot machine. What Crazy Soft has done is combined the slots action with some unique puzzle action. The game screen consists of 3 rows and 5 columns of fruits. Your standard SPIN ALL button allows you to start the game in motion. Once you spin the reels, this is where Frutakia becomes very unique. After the spin, if 3 or more fruits do not line up to produce a reward value you have two options. You can SPIN ALL again or move each reel independently either up or down. The only limit to the number of times a reel can be SPUN or moved is based on your life total. A percentage setting allows you to determine how much of your life is used on each SPIN or move. The higher the percentage, the more value is accumulated in your total whenever you macth 3 or more in any straight line. You can combime multiple lines and multiple fruit wins. When you do match 3+ fruits these fruits are scrolled horizontally and replaced with new fruit. Therefore with each winning SPIN or move, the reels combinations change adding to the excitement." Check this review here:
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» mOcean 3 Review For Palm OS!
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 "You've never used an iPod or seen one in action? Let's go through it then, briefly. Upon launching mOcean, you're presented with a menu. At the top of the heap is Music, followed by Internet Radio, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Photos, Videos, Random Play, Sync, Tips, Settings, Downloading, My mOcean and Now Playing. You "burrow down" through these menus to get to what it is you're looking for, which is represented by an attractive sliding animation.
To navigate the menus, you can use either the 5-way navigator or the on-screen scroll wheel. In a very nice touch, you can also type a few letters and jump to the corresponding menu item, a feature I've been clamoring for in pTunes. But in an irritating oversight, you can't touch-tap menu items nor drag the scrollbar on the side of the page unless you have the interface set to "Classic" mode. To make a selection, tap the centre button on the wheel, or hit Right on the 5-way. To go back through the menus, you press the onscreen back button or Left on the 5-way. The scroll wheel works just like the famous iPod wheel: move your finger/thumb clockwise to scroll down, or counter-clockwise to go back up. It's here we run into mOcean's first major problem... " Read more here:
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» Pocket Tunes 4 Review for Palm OS
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"Upon launching the new pTunes you're greeted by the gorgeous new sleek interface, which features new displays and controls in alluring dark blue tones and - finally! - album art. It's a welcome and much-needed improvement over the cluttered and, well, ugly High Fidelity interface of pTunes 3 and gives the program a much more modern feel.
Along the top of the screen, we have the Pocket Tunes logo, time and battery indicators; tapping here will bring up additional menus. Below is the new simplified song information area, which displays title, artist and album, along with a small thumbnail of the album art. Poke the thumbnail with your finger, or press 'W' on the Treo keyboard and it will display the art in full screen. Tapping any part of the song info or pressing 'I' will bring up the more detailed ID3 tag information. Album art is displayed here as well. It's disappointing that there's still no built-in support for tag editing; I'm always noticing files with screwed-up tags that I'd love to be able to fix when I spot them. You'll still need a third-party app like TagEditor for this." Read more about this GREAT player here: |
» Advanced Brain Trainer for Palm OS Review
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"I'm a sucker for IQ tests and 'brain building' programs, which considering that I am a major idiot (at least according to my very intelligent kids) is probably a waste of time. Recently, I fell in love with the Nintendo DS game 'BrainAge'. This is a real tragedy since I don't have a Nintendo. (Hmmm, this may be a sample of why my kids call me an idiot!) In my search for a Palm version of BrainAge, I found Filao Software's 'Advanced Brain Trainer' (ABT), which claims on it's website:
"Stimulate all aspects of your mind in a fun and rewarding form of entertainment. Various and fast-paced mental activities train different aspects of your brain: memory, focus, reaction time, logic etc… Choose your coach who will analyze your results, motivate and guide you through your mind's enhancement." Read more here:
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» Head-to-Head Review of Navigation Software for Palm OS
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"Voice prompting is very important in a navigation system. Once you start driving, there should be little need for interaction with the unit. All three of these applications use voice prompting to varying degrees of success.
Mapopolis was very robotic, and often hard to understand, but it does announce street names. For example "Take next left, Larpenteur Ave". TomTom has a slight static sound, but was otherwise easy to understand. Emtac was clear and loud. Of the three, Emtac was the easiest to hear and understand with road noise.
Sometimes you may want to schedule several stops on your route. Only TomTom has itinerary planning; Mapopolis and Emtac do not, although with Emtac, you can route one extra stop on a route. " Read this nice head-to-head review here:
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» Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review for Palm OS!
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 "I gathered together a selection of some personal favorite flicks to run through LMMG 2007: A few all-time Hollywood classic (Casablanca, 2001: A Space Odyssey), a cult classic with mainstream appeal (Office Space), a foreign film with a big-budget American remake (Insomnia), AN underappreciated cult classic (Liquid Sky), and some recent Hollywood blockbusters with a string of predecessors (King Kong, Poseidon). I was delighted to see that all of the films listed above were present and accounted for aside form the most recent (2006’s Poseidon starring Kurt Russell and its low budget, made-for-TV 2005 remake). However, the original 1972 Poseidon Adventure was listed and the capsule review even listed the film’s mostly overlooked sequel. Leonard Maltin’s reviews were usually quite on point and do a nice job of summarizing the general consensus of a film in very limited space." Read more here:
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» Phone Technician Review for Palm OS
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 "Due to the comprehensive nature of the application and time constraints for performing this review, I focused on the three aspects of the app that I felt would provide me with the greatest benefit; MP3 ringtones, the in-call volume booster, and disabling alarms during calls.
Phone Technician Review - Palm SoftwareI did spend some brief time using all of the other features and they all worked as expected. I showed the “easy” conference-calling feature to an older, tech-phobic colleague who has consulted me on more than on one occasion in regards to establishing a 3-way call on his cell phone. He claims that Phone Technician’s 3-way feature is the “best damn cell phone invention ever”.
I already use Pocket Tunes for all of my MP3-playing needs but I did sample the built-in MP3 player for a few tunes. Audio quality was average but this is a BAREBONES, track-by-track player. No detailed track information, no real interface to speak of, and no provision to fast forward or skip through multiple songs. It is worth noting that the audio continues playing after the LCD turns off so take care to pay attention to this to keep your battery from running down." Read this nice review here:
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» VoiceSecureIt Review for Palm OS!
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 "I was originally very excited to download and try this piece of software out on my Treo 700p. What began as initial enthusiasm soon turned into a total aggravation. It usually took one out of ten tries to unlock my Treo. I rerecorded my pass phrase multiple times in a variety of acoustical environments. I tried my parked car with the engine off, in a carpeted walk-in closet, in my living room, with my hand cupped around the bottom of my Treo and in nearly every quiet real-world setting I could think of. I spoke in a flat, even-toned voice and used simple, mono or bi-syllabic words for my pass phrase.
Quite often I’d push the home button to begin recording and the program would not even recognize that I had spoken my pass phrase. Usually waiting until the program beeped and timed out would allow it to hear me properly on the second attempt but my phrase still was not recognized." Read thie review here:
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» Google Maps For Palm Treo Review (95%)
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 "Loading up the program, we were prompted to type in an address (or ZIP code, postal address, latitude and longitude, intersection etc) and we were astonished by the speed that the map appeared on screen - even though we were connecting via GPRS. This baby is fast!
The maps download as small, separate tiles, so only new segments need to be downloaded as you were scroll across pages using the Treo's five-way controller, or by dragging the map across the screen.
Overlaid, opaque zoom in/out buttons let you decide the level of detail, and a 'find nearby business' menu gives you the option to search for local hotels, cafes, bars etc with the results appearing onscreen as numbered markers.
Clicking on an icon provides more address information and a button to phone them up, as well the ability to get turn by turn driving directions to and from any given point.
Best of all, downloaded maps are stored locally, so you can look up the area you're visiting and have the map ready for viewing - even if you can't connect to the web." Read this review here:
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» MobiTV for Palm OS Review
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 "The actual MobiTV application is attractively present and nicely laid out. Easy to read signal & battery strength indicators occupy the top bar of the screen alongside a help button. The bottom frame indicates which channel is being displayed, alongside channel and volume adjustment buttons that are a bit too small to be jabbed with a fingertip. A larger "Guide" button, located on the right corner, brings up the full channel guide. 38 total channels currently comprise the total lineup for Palm’s version of the client (note: various MobiTV platforms differ somewhat in their channel lineups). This master list is usually how I do my channel browsing. The guide presents the 38 channels in no particular order other than the fact that most of the "name" network channels (MSNBC, Fox News, NBC, ABC, Discovery, TLC, ESPN etc) are accounted for on the first page and the no-name and specialty channels are left for the 2nd and 3rd pages of the guide.
While nice and uncluttered in layout, I'd actually like to see MobiTV add some more features and customizations to the app. An option to segment or cluster channels by categories ("News", "Sports", "Movies" etc) would be nice as would a “Top 10” or “favorites” list." Read more here:
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» Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition Review
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"I am one of those people who likes maps. I mean really, I can sit and look at a map for hours just mapping out different routes. And lately, with all the new-fangled GPS tools being released, I've kind of felt that my time of just taking a map and exploring (my close friends call it getting lost and just driving around until I am on a familiar road again) was coming to an end.
Well, the Palm GPS with TomTom Navigator 6 showed me that there is still fun to be had in just getting in the car for random trips, only it is even more fun because there is a voice telling you what is going on the whole time.
The Palm GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition is basically a GPS solution designed around the use of Palm Treo smartphones.
In the box is the Bluetooth GPS module, an MMC card with TomTom Navigator 6 software and maps, a vehicle cradle and car mounting bracket, a combination mini-USB cable (for the GPS module), and a Treo power adapter (that fits into the lighter socket), and a USB memory card reader." Read more at brighthand.com
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