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Treo Software Roundup - v102207

Mon Oct 22, 2007 - 11:11 AM EDT - By Jennifer Chappell


Palm OS Software

In this round we've got some new and updated apps for Palm OS and WM Treos.

New

Astraware Boardgames for Palm OS

Astraware has recently released Astraware Boardgames - a collection of 8 classic boardgames including Chess, Backgammon, Reversi and more.

Astraware Boardgames includes 8 games, each with user-customizable rules and a range of difficulty levels, but designed with casual players and non-experts in mind. If you're a new player or an old hand who just enjoys a fun traditional board game, then Astraware Boardgames is just for you.

Astraware Boardgames offers 3 levels of gameplay that everyone can enjoy, even complete beginners, If you're new to board games, you can play a nice easy game to begin with and when you're winning those regularly, select a harder difficulty.

The game features plenty of options so that you can choose to play it your way - against the computer, or alongside other players, and with your choice of rules, so whether you like huffing in checkers, flying in nine men's morris, or want more ladders and less snakes, Astraware Boardgames lets you play it your way!

The gameplay and graphics are designed to evoke the feel of classic board games, played on wooden boards, with traditional playing pieces and satisfying piece movement. Astraware Boardgames includes Chess, Backgammon, Ludo, Checkers, Reversi, Nine Men's Morris, Snakes and Ladders, and Tic Tac Toe.

Features:

  • 8 classic boardgames in one easy-to-use pack
  • User customizable rules so you can play it your way
  • 3 levels of difficulty, designed for casual players and non-experts
  • Evokes the feel of classic boardgames played on wooden boards

Astraware Boardgames is available here for $19.95.


Power Hero 1.0

Just got an email from Rob at Hobbyist Software who says that Power Hero 1.0 has just been released.

"Power Hero 1.10 is now out. There have been a host of fixes and tweaks since the last official version."
"If you haven't tried Power Hero, then do give it a go. It is really helping people to squeeze more life out of their batteries!"
"Dan is also working on the Centro version, so that should be out shortly!"

Features

  • Instantly see the status of the power-using features of your device.
  • Instantly turn features on and off (like Bluetooth, Network, Phone, Infrared)
  • Easily schedule when features should turn themselves on and off.
  • Power Hero has a very flexible scheduling system which is also remarkably easy to use.
  • You can control all the power-draining features on your Treo and set up schedules as simple or as complex as you like.
  • Turn features off when you are done with them...
  • It is as if Power Hero turns the light off for you when you leave the room!
  • When you use the internet, the application will automatically make a network connection. Normally that connection would be left on indefinitely. Power Hero lets you turn it off automatically a few minutes after you turn off your Treo.
  • A series of free 'Shortcut Applications' are available for you to easily control the power-using features on your Treo directly from your launcher.

You can get Power Hero here for $9.95.


Advanced Brain Trainer Edition 1 (PalmOS 5)

In-Fusio Inc. now has two editions of Advanced Brain Trainer.

With Advanced Brain Trainer Edition 1, enjoy 5 training modules to improve your calculation, logic and reaction time. A coach will analyze your results, motivate and guide you through your mind�s enhancement.

With Advanced Brain Trainer Edition 1, 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.

3 GAME MODES

  • Exam: Train five minutes daily with different training modules. Each day you uncover a new rated exam.
  • Practice: Freely exercise your brain with the different modules at any time.
  • Arcade: A fun bonus mode to test your skills. To complete it, you can only make a limited number of mistakes.

UNLOCKING MODULES & ARCADE MODE

New modules and the arcade mode will be unlocked over time (day after day) depending on the obtained grades.

Advanced Brain Trainer Edition 1 is available here for $11.95.


KeyLight Basic

Fabian Heuwieser has just released KeyLight Basic, which is a program that can simply switch on or off the keylight on your Treo's keyboard.

It is very easy to use and runs on the Treo 650, 680, 700p and 755p.A Non-Basic version also exists on mobihand.com which includes much more functions like program-specific keylight or time-specific keylight. Come check it out!

Go on, try it and finally start to save some batteries.

You can get KeyLight Basic here for $2.95.


Mobile Dates

Mobile Dates is a new app by 3GR Technologies.

- Holiday Dates from 2006 to 2015.. - 70 Countries & 1100 holidays.- Can add new Category/Holiday/Event to the existing collection.- Exports holiday in Datebook/Calendar without going out of the MobileDates application.- Sort/View based on year/category.- Export to Memopad. Get all the dates you always wanted to know in advance on your Handheld. Upcoming holidays sorted in order of region and religion. With this you can also add new events like Birthday, Anniversary etc. So now you don''t miss any dates!

Features:

  • Holiday Dates from 2006 to 2015..
  • 70 Countries & 1100 holidays.
  • Can add new Category/Holiday/Event to the existing collection.
  • Exports holiday in Datebook/Calendar without going out of the MobileDates application.
  • Sort/View based on year/category.
  • Export to Memopad.

You can get Mobile Dates here for $6.99.


Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken is a new game by In-Fusio Inc.

Delirious, Crazy ... You are Leo, The Chicken on a Wire!

More trouble for Leo the chicken to come. Proud as a peacock, he has decided to go to the capital. What a crazy thing to do! He did not weigh up the dangers of the big city: super heroes invading the sky, pigeons taking up residence, strange stuffs tossed out the window�

But the major danger is the electric network which threatens to roast him any second. To arrive at the end of the road, he will have to be nimble, malignant, and to learn how to fly higher and higher!

Fried Chicken is available here for $9.95.


The Final Battle

The Final Battle is a new game by CrazySoft. The game is fully translated into several languages: English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian.

The Final Battle is the best game we ever made. It is a new, huge and funny adventure game which reminds us the old classic ones. The plot is happening at the age of the knights. Your character is a guy which wakes up in a prison cell with amnesia. He doesn�t even know who he is! Your task is to escape from the prison and find out the entire story behind your capture. And of course try to stay alive...


Features:

  • Huge game (over 50 places!)
  • Hi-Quality crystal clear cartoon graphics.
  • Deep story with many turnovers.
  • Amazing music and sounds.
  • Funny dialogs that will make you laugh.
  • Fully translated into several languages.
  • Pure adventure riddles and puzzles.
  • Launching new easy point and click game play with subtitles.
  • 320x320 resolution supported.
  • Funny cinematic scenes
  • Automatic save and continue system which saves up to the last click.
  • And as always, export your Hi-Score online and compare it with everybody.

You can get The Final Battle here for $19.95.


Updated

QuickTake

Toysoft Development has recently updated QuickTake to version 3.0.

Quick Take is PalmOS� system utility to capture the current screen. Quick Take saves the current screen resolution as a JPG or BMP file to the external card. Quick Take can be activated with one of the main hard keys or power button.

Optionally if you have Treo you can take picture with QuickTake. Send the picture directly to another device or email in QuickTake.

Features:

  • Save any screen at any resolution at anytime and at anywhere
  • Save screen to JPG or BMP format on the external card
  • Pictures are small when is saved. Typically around 30K for 320x320 16bit color JPG
  • Selectable quality for JPG
  • Timer capture
  • Take picture at any resolution
  • Assign any of the four hard keys to take picture
  • Sound notification when picture is saved
  • Take camera picture on the Treo with QuickTake
  • Send picture directly within QuickTake

Minimum requirements are PalmOS 5.0 and higher, 150K of free main memory, and an External card is required.

QuickTake is available here for $9.95.


Sudoku CLASSIC (PalmOS 5)

In-Fusio Inc. has recently updated Sudoku CLASSIC to version 1.05.

Who can escape the Sudoku craze?

SUDOKU CLASSIC offers thousands of high quality grids and several levels of difficulty. With hints, undo function, annotation and the possibility saving your grid at any time of the play, this game will challenge your logic skills during hours whether you are a simple beginner or a real Sudoku addict!

Features:

  • Sudoku solver
  • Hints
  • Undo
  • Annotation
  • Save game state upon exit
  • High score table

Sudoku CLASSIC is available here for $14.95.


TreoMemo

Gx5 has recently updated their Treo app TreoMemo to version 1.201.

The current memo application on the Treo was not built for the Treo. If was built for PDAs. With this, there are major usability flaws that make the current memo application not acceptable and sometimes a pain to use on the Treo. So we fixed this and added some great new features to increase your productivity. Some of which are highlighted below.

Features:

  • Superior Navigation with "Type to Get Memo"
  • MP3 Alarms
  • Uses your existing Memos Database
  • SMS and Email your Memos
  • Search
  • Mass Highlighting
  • Thumb Scrolling

TreoMemo is available here for $9.95.


Softick Audio Gateway

Softick has recently updated Softick Audio Gateway to version 1.16.

With Softick Audio Gateway, you can listen to your Palm wirelessly.

Softick Audio Gateway is the first Bluetooth audio streaming solution for Palm OS handhelds which allows to connect Palm OS handheld to the Bluetooth stereo headphones and listen to digital audio played by Palm OS applications: MP3 players, audio book readers, games.

Softick Audio Gateway can operate with any Bluetooth audio device which supports Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) designed to transfer a high-quality stereo audio stream wirelessly.

Softick Audio Gateway captures digital audio from Palm OS audio subsystem and redirects it to the Bluetooth A2DP device: stereo headphones, desktop PC, car audio or A2DP speakers.

Softick Audio Gateway is updated to version 1.16 to support new Palm Centro smartphone. It also has the following enhancements and bug fixes:

  • Palm Centro smartphone is supported
  • AVRCP profile is improved again

This update is free for all registered users. In order to perform update, please remove old version, perform soft-reset and install new one.

Softick Audio Gateway is available here for $19.95.


Matching Hearts

Absolutist Ltd. has recently updated the game Matching Hearts to version 1.01.

Good news for Matching Hearts fans. Free release of the game with super graphics and sound effects for Palm OS5/HiRes. There are three skill levels in the game: Novice, Expert, Master. Every level brings some special tricks and different strategies of playing. You'll have a chance to observe a variety of options, possible in this game. If you are in love this game's just for you. Collect your heart gallery and become the Master of the Hearts!

Features:

  • Exclusive offer for OS5/HiRes users. Absolutely free palm game - Matching Hearts. Amazing game graphics and sound effects will win your heart forever. This game is a gift for people who are in love. Feel romance and intimacy enjoying the game session.
  • There are three skill levels of the game: Novice (four colors), Expert (five colors) and Master (six colors). Every level brings some special tricks and different strategies of playing. You'll have a chance to observe a variety of options, possible in this game. They are: different interface effects, gameplay effects, autorun, effects reminder. You also can enable or disable the sounds and the background music, change their volume.
  • Matching Hearts works on the systems based on PalmOS 4.0 and later platforms that support screen resolution 320x320 and 65000 colors: Sony Clie PEG-SJ30, PEG-T665C, PEG-T650C, PEG-NR70, PEG-NR70V, PEG-T600C, PEG-T615C, PEG-T625C, PEG-N770C, PEG-N760C, PEG-N750C, PEG-N610C, PEG-NZ90, PEG-NX70V, PEG-NX60.
  • If you reached the results that in your opinion can surprise others, you can publish them on our site by clicking the button "PUBLISH". Take part in the Top Players Online Contest and let yourself win first place!
  • You are always welcome to e-mail us at [email protected], if some misunderstandings appear.

You can get Matching Hearts here for Free!


Jet Ducks

Absolutist Ltd. has updated Jet Ducks to version 1.04.

Jet Ducks for Palm from Absolutist will definitely not leave you indifferent! We managed to sneak the rules of the hunt - check out your enemies' characters, scoring system, game modes and controls. There are four types of ducks in Jet Duck Air Force - Interceptors-privates, Supersonic Fighters, Destroyers-commandos, and Aero Aces. For shooting down the duck pilots you should come up with wining strategies for each duck character! Try it now!

Duck Old-timer said: "Listen, my Duck-brothers! Every autumn those people start hunting us... We are fed up with it! From now on we will fly in helmets and flak jackets; we'll be armed to the teeth and have parachutes and jet accelerators... So, dear sirs, we will do hunting our way! These men will regret every single miss because our weapons won't spare them! We'll make the hunt their worst nightmare..."

Jet Ducks is available here for $16.95.


Illustrix: Butterfly Dream (Palm)

Another updated game by Absolutist Ltd. is Illustrix: Butterfly Dream, which is up to version 1.01.

Absolutist introduces the new genre mix! This game takes the best of logic and action - arcade-style gameplay is combined here with the mystique of the puzzle. Your goal is to prevent the board from filling up with the oncoming blocks and to reveal a hidden picture of an animal at the same time. We've forged the new scoring system to make the gameplay more unpredictable and gripping. Download this game for PalmOS 5 now!

Get it here for $9.99.

More updated games by Absolutist Ltd.



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