H/PC SOFTWARE NEWS: New or Newly Revised

Poker Jam 1.20 by Ballshooter Games (UPDATED)

Ballshooter has updated the HPC version of their popular Las Vegas style Poker Slot game. Download a trial copy of the software from their website at

http://www.ballshooter.com/handheld_games/

What’s New in version 1.20?

* The game graphics have now been expanded to fit the entire screen of your H/PC
* You can now choose between 3 different card decks.
* There are now four background designs to choose from, with English Green being the newest addition.
* A new video poker game known as Lucky Pairs, has been added to the game choices.
* The upgrade is free to all previously registered users.

SearcH/PC 1.1 by Spiny (UPDATED)

Good News, thanks to Spiny at the HPC Factor forums, Handheld PC owners running HPC 2000 or greater now have access to an excellent tool that allows them to perform a global search on your Handheld PC.

UPDATE NEWS: In an on-going effect to improve this software, Spiny has released v1.1 of SearcH/PC with some important new features added - see below.

What’s in version 1.1?

* Search calendar and tasks by date or contents (NEW)
* Search by File Size or Date (NEW)
* Searches are 40-50% faster than version 1.0 (NEW)
* New file folder style layout (NEW)

* Search by file name (smith.doc) or file type (*.xls)
* Use the Find Text function to locate all occurrences of a word or name.
* Search through Windows Explorer as well Calendar, Tasks & Contacts
* Use wildcards in your searches (*.*)
* Search both Hidden and system files.
* Software provided as freeware for non commerical use.

Download software here: spiny.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/computers/searchpc.html

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MDict 2.4 by Octopus Studio’s (UPDATED)

UPDATE NEWS: Another upgrade to their popular freeware dictionary reader – Mdict, now at version 2.4

http://www.octopus-studio.com/index.en.htm

What's New in Version 2.4?

-Updated interface with streamlined icon buttons, scroll bars and new color scheme
-New desktop icon
-New Users Manual accessible through the MDict Help function
-Dictionary word list is now accessible (in full or split screen mode) even when the current input is blank
-Improved the success rate of the pickup word function
-Minor bug fixes and more

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Pocket Slides 2.5 by Conduits Technology Inc (UPDATED)

Conduit Technology Inc has released an updated version of possibly the finest presentation software available for your Handheld PC. Besides allowing you to view a presentation, this software is also the only product on the market that allows you to create and edit your presentations right on your mobile device. Existing Microsoft® PowerPoint® slide shows can be transferred from your desktop to your device using Pocket Slides Conversion software.

http://www.conduits.com/

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M3ingo 1.1 by Mobilecubed (NEW)

M3ingo is a clone of the popular word game “Lingo.” In M3ingo you are given the first letter of a five letter word and you have five opportunities to guess what the correct word is.

If you guess a letter in the correct position, then that letter appears with a blue background. If you guess a letter that is in the word but is not in the right position, then the letter appears with a yellow background. If the letter is not in the word at all, then it appears with a red background. Using the properly placed and misplaced letters, you must must attempt to complete the word.

Download software here: julioangelortiz.net/?cat=24 Revised Link [;)]

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Wikipedia 1.0 on your Handheld PC [:p]

Wikipedia, the popular on-line encyclopedia has been converted into an MDX file format and can now be viewed on your Handheld PC using MDict by Octopus Studios. This version of Wikipedia 1.0 is provided as ‘freeware’ and was apparently last updated in June of 2006, but in browsing through the file I noticed a number of entries that date back to 2003, but in any event, it still provides users a wealth of information right their your Handheld PC.

The Wikipedia 1.0 MDX file is a text only version and has two basic requirements.

•The MDX file requires approximately 162 megabytes of storage space.
•A copy of MDict by Octopus Studios must be installed on your Handheld PC in order to view the content of the file.

MDict is available at;http://www.octopus-studio.com/download.en.htm

Wikipedia 1.0 is available at;http://www.airfagev.com/downloads.asp?cat=MDict%20Library

or Try here:http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-wikipedia-in-mdict-format.html

TextMaker 2006 & PlanMaker 2006 by SoftMaker (UPDATED-Beta Versions)

The best word processing and spreadsheet software for your HPC (TextMaker & PlanMaker) have just been upgraded and have been released in Beta version. You can be down load the software from SoftMaker's website at:

http://www.softmaker.de/tm_en.htm

Note: Before installing any new software to your HPC, please make sure to perform a complete backup of your system data.

TextMaker: Multi-language spell-checker. Graphics that can be anchored to paragraphs or pages. Footnotes and endnotes. Tables with built-in calculations. A complete forms designer. "Track changes" and balloon comments like in Word 2003. A full-fledged outliner. AutoText. And much, much more!

PlanMaker: More than 320 calculation functions. Support for complex numbers and array calculations. Goal seeker. Named ranges. Syntax highlighting. A powerful charting engine that can display any chart created by Microsoft Excel. An AutoShapes-compatible drawing layer. And much, much more!

Regards

John
Handheld PC Forums Moderator

The Handheld PC Newsletter
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Flash Format 2.68 by CNetX (UPDATED)

The is a full featured storage card management utility for Handheld PC devices running Windows CE 3.0 or greater.

With Flash Format you can get detailed information and statistics about your storage cards, including physical characteristics (FAT type, sectors, cluster, cylinders, etc.) and analysis of file allocations (slack space).

Of course, you can also use Flash Format to perform integrity checks, repair allocation errors, and re-format compact flash cards, secure digital cards, mini sd, mmc cards and MicroDrives to original conditions, directly on your handheld device: whenever and wherever you need it.

Flash Format supports all ATA compliant and SD compliant storage devices, including:
• Compact Flash cards
• Secure Digital cards (SD cards)
• Mini SD and Micro SD cards
• Multimedia Cards (MMC cards)
• Microdrives (including 2GB and 5GB large capacity media)
• SmartMedia cards and Memory Sticks
• PCMCIA memory cards.

URL: http://www.cnetx.com/

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WR-Tools CPULoad 03. by Wolfgang Rolke (NEW)

Wolfgang's freeware application is designed to read-out the CPU process load, while sitting quietly in the tray bar.

System Req. - Windows CE 2.11
Processors: MIPS, SH-3, SH-4, ARM, x86

The Quest 1.03 by Redshift (NEW)

Excellent role playing adventure game, with exceptional sound and graphics. (Shareware)

System Req. - Handheld PC (HPC2000, OS 3.0 or OS 4.x)
18 MB storage ram (either built-in memory or card)
12 MB program memory

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