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PDABriefs: AeroPlayer, Solitaires, Mobile Printer, Agenda Fusion5, Pocket Player & More

AeroPlayer 2.6 ($14.95) is an update to Aerodrome Software's popular MP3 audio player for Palm OS 5 devices, including the Tungsten T, Tungsten C, and Zire 71. With it, users just copy their music files onto an SD or MMC card (or transfer them using HotSync), plug in their headphones, and listen to music on the go.


One for all Solitaires Collection from Paragon Software is the largest collection of solitaires available in a single game for Palm OS. With more than 200 different solitaires included into this collection one can play a different game every day for several months. All the most popular solitaires are included: FreeCell, Klondike, Black Hole, Calculation, Carpet, Yukon, Joker solitaires and many more.


Based on our increased volume of memory upgrades, PocketPCTechs.com has been successful in negotiating lower memory costs from our SDRAM suppliers. You will find that their memory pricing has been reduced 11% to 27% depending on make & model. Any open orders or units currently in house will receive the new pricing.
Palm has a some specials going on this holiday weekend on its website. Those who buy a $299 Palm m515 handheld will receive Palm Mini Keyboard, a $59.95 value, free of charge. When you purchase a $89.95 Palm 128MB Expansion Card Plus you will recieve a free SimpleTech Bonzai USB Mini Drive after a $20 mail-in rebate.

              

Digsee's POSPack is an in-car mobile printing and charging solution, allowing a user to print full page multi-copy documents from a PDA while on the road. The key element of the solution is a factory-built metal box casing with internal paper compartment that connects to 12V or 24V car cigarette lighter socket. A PDA is inserted into integrated cradle for charging and communication with EPSON LX300+ dot matrix printer installed inside the box. The company said POSPac currently supports many PDA makes including HP's iPAQ Pocket PC family.


The latest beta of the next edition of Isotope244 Graphics arcade game Atomic Cannon Pocket for the Pocket PC has been released. The company said there have been 101 changes since v1.0. The major ones are:

--Scrollable landscapes up to 5 screens wide
--Up to 16 players with 5 tanks per team
--100% rendering speed improvement on some devices
--Fixed the Dell Axim lockup issue
--Game load time has been significantly reduced

The beta downloads are available at the Atomic Cannon Pocket beta page.


Agenda Fusion 5 for Pocket PC ($29.95) from Developer One has been released. The application is an integrated personal and business time management solution that brings together schedule, contacts and tasks. New Features for Version 5.0 include:

--Seven Powerful Calendar Views
--Hourly Day View
--Hourly Week View
--Year View Navigator
--New Alarm Notes Manager View
--Enhanced Task Sorting
--Performance Enhancements -Alarm Notes now uses common note file format for easy backup/synchronization
--Improved and easier to use interface

              


Pocket Player 2 ($19.95) fromConduits Technologies is a Pocket PC music player that can be used instead of the bundled Windows Media Player.

Features include:
--Full MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WAV support
--Skinnable (Pocket Player skins, WSZ skins)
--Skin hue adjustment: change skin colors
--Visualization and plug-in support
--Pocket PC Notification Icon
--HTTP, Windows Network, Shoutcast, Icecast streaming
--ID3 v1/v1.1/v2 reading; scans playlist in background
--Gapless, crossfading, and Microdrive support
--10-band Equalizer and Preamp, with presets
--"Local Content" play list auto-detects all tracks on device
--Play list manager keeps track of all play lists on device
--User-managed Bookmarks support; jump to a file and time
--For Audio books, "Seek to last position"
--Pocket PC 2000 (ARM only), Pocket PC 2002, and Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC support
--Hardware button mapping
--Automatic screen shutoff
              




PDABriefs: AeroPlayer, Solitaires, Mobile Printer, Agenda Fusion5, Pocket Player & More