Freeware of the day...... Day 31

Old days, yeah! I am sure you might have learned about Angular velocity, Density, volume, etc… What if you were asked to convert 1 parsec into light second or 10km/hr into miles/sec? Do you still remember the formula? Hmm!!! My mind is thinking anti-clockwise.

Well, no need to worry now! Thanks to Unit2Unit Converter 2.1.1 from cal2Cal Corporation.

To be frank, I would say I was very impressed by this little application when I got to install it first on my treo 650. Well designed, beautiful color coding that matches each and every icon, its simplicity will allow you to perform quick unit-to-unit conversion at a touch of button.

Hold on! It ain't over. Not only it is easy-to-use, it even has configurable favorites screen for six unit categories of your choice enabling ready access to your frequently used conversions. FANTASTIC!!!

Unit2Unit converter 2.1.1 performs conversions under categories like Temperature, Speed, Length, Area, Mass, Density, Light, Time, Volume, Pressure, Flow, Power, Force, Angle, Current, Acceleration, Frequency, Angular Velocity, Digital Resolution, Data, Astronomical Units and Torque. I shall also mention that this version is packed with more units and features and supports configuration of decimal point precision or scientific notation.

From a personal point of point, I would say I am overwhelmingly satisfied and there is no way I would delete such an application from my smartphone.

NOTE: The above review was done by pgenie, he's just still on his trip. Have fun pgenie. Also, I'd like to mention that this is the final mini-review in our Freeware of the Day series. I hope you all liked it.

A new Picsel product! And it's not rippped from some old Palm!

That's right! Picsel has a new product out. This is from the same people who created PicselViewer and PicselBrowser. Their newest product, Proviewer, seems to trump all of their previous creations.

Although I have not tried it myself, from what it says on their website, Proviewer supports image formats such as Jpeg, Gif, animated Gif, PNG, BMP and progressive rendering using WMF and EMF. Other file formats that are supported by Proviewer include HTML, mHTML, Adobe PDF, Text files, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Macromedia Flash and Zip compression are also supported.

The only downside from what I can see is that it only supports The LifeDrive, Treo 650, Tungsten E2, and TX, so I'm assuming it's strictly OS 5.4 and above.

So if you have $29.99, I think you'll want to check out this new piece of software gold.

Freeware of the day...... Day 30

Did you appreciate NewPen? Then you will appreciate Graffiti Anywhere.

Graffiti Anywhere will allow you to turn your pda screen into a Graffiti Zone. Very easy to use, just launch Graffiti Anywhere on your Handheld, Tap the "enable" button. Open any application on your handheld that needs text input, then Press and hold the activation button and simultaneously use the stylus to stroke Graffiti characters directly on your screen. Here you are!!!You have just used Graffiti on your treo 650.

As far as the activation button is concerned, there are four different activation methods that you will be able to choose from Graffiti Anywhere "Activation "Menu.

GRAFFITI 1 or GRAFFITI 2

Amazingly, Graffiti Anywhere does not have its own recognition engine.Its uses the pre-installed recognition engine in the system.
E.g: if You are using a palm M515, then Graffiti 1 would be the recognition engine for Graffiti Anywhere.

If you are using a Treo 650 like me, then Graffiti 2 would be the recognition engine for Graffiti Anywhere.

There has been multiple version of Graffiti Anywhere since it was first launched in November 2002 from 1.0.0 to 1.5.7.

Version 1.5.6

*add and fix bug for treo 650
*CapsCrossing feature now works for Sony NX devices.
*Activation state is now restore when enabled afer reset.
*Add 9 pixels corner for "Tap screen corner" activation method.
*Smoother stroke drawing

Version 1.5.7 adds more cosmetic touches to the previous version.

Graffiti Anywhere 1.5.7 can be downloaded here

You should defintely give it a try!!!

NOTE: The about mini-review was done by pgenie. I'm just posting it since he's on a trip :-)

Freeware of the day...... Day 29

Todays freeware is actually two excellent programs that are replacements for the Calender/Datebook and Tasks/ToDo applications built-in to most every Palm handheld, it's KsDatebook and KsToDo.

These two free programs offer you more ways to work with your calender and tasks data and yet both should be very intuitive and familiar immediately to users. By using very similar interfaces and the same databases as the built-in calender and tasks applications, both of these freeware programs can be used to add new entries, and the data will still be hot-synced to your desktop PC. The only bug I have found, for me anyways, is alarms are generated by both the built-in applications and KsDatebook or KsToDo, however it's not really a big problem since they appear at the same time, but others may find it a bit annoying.

KsDatebook offers 5 different calender views, including a useful single, or two week agenda view, and a single month view, both with the option of using tiny fonts to fit more on-screen. KsToDo offers just a few extra functions missing from the built-in tasks application and nicely integrates with KsDatebook to make moving back and forth between the two easier. Neither are very big either with KsDatebook at 298 KB and KsToDo at 69 KB. By offering just the right amount of added features that are missing in the built-in equivalents, KsDatebook and KsToDo create a solid replacement for the datebook and tasks programs, and are worthy of being launched by their respective hard buttons.

For more information and to download KsDatebook, check it out here.

For more information and to download KsToDo, check it out here.

Freeware of the day...... Day 28

Today's freeware revolutionized gaming on the PalmOS. I'm talking about Little John PalmOS.

Little John PalmOS is (or LJP in short) is a multi-system emulator for PalmOS 5.0 (or newer) devices. Currently it emulates the following systems:
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
- Nintendo Gameboy/Gameboy Color (GB/GBC)
- Sega Genesis/Megadrive
- Sega Master System (SMS)
- Sega Game Gear (GG)
- Bandai Wonderswan/Wonderswan Color (WS)
- NeoGeo Pocket/NeoGeo Pocket Color (NGP)

The user inteface is easy to understand and works very well for the type of program this is. Games runs very smoothly, though I'm fairly sure UDMH is needed on the lower-end devices. The sound is pretty good and the save/load works great.

Overall, this is the greatest emulator for the PalmOS and I definately recommend you try it out. For more info and to download it, check it out here

Freeware of the day...... Day 27

Today's freeware lets you download webpages to your Palm for viewing later. I'm talking about AvantGo.

AvantGo is a 2-part service. The first part is online, where you configure your free AvantGo account and add channels, from thousands of choices. There's everything from news channels to astrology channels, to weather. You can even create you own custom channels from any websites. Now, with the latest version of AvantGo, you can add RSS feeds.

The second part is the Palm software application. Just install it, set it up annd you ready to go. After each hotsync, your selected channels are downloaded to your device for offline viewing. Depending on the number of channels, this program could take upwards to 1MB or higher. The quality of the webpages, however, is pretty good. And if your Palm happens to have a wired or wireless connection, you can even use AvantGo as a web browser.

Overall, a great application and service for a great price (free). For more info and to download it, check it out here

PalmPDF and TCPMP Updated

Two of the best freeware programs for the Palm OS have recently been updated.

PalmPDF is a native PDF file viewer and has just been updated to version 1.0 Release Candidate 1, and can be downloaded here.

TCPMP is a media player with support for more file types than any other, and was just updated to Beta 0.71d, and can be downloaded here. Note: This is a beta release, which means version 0.71d may contain unknown bugs and if you're unsure of compatibility try the latest stable release 0.71, which can be downloaded here.

Both PalmPDF and TCPMP are being actively developed and updated regularly, so be sure to check back at their websites and download the latest versions when they are released.