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Tamoggemon Releases LocaNote Free for Symbian

Tamoggemon LocaNote Lite has simplified the lives of countless users since its release in 2009. After all, being able to leave the note pad at home and never loosing a pesky paper again isn’t too bad an option.

Having an unlimited amount of notes is nice for power users – however, we are fully aware that it constitutes overkill for less sophisticated users. In order to allow them to enjoy the benefits of LocaNote, Tamoggemon today introduces LocaNote Free.

LocaNote Free is, as the name says, available at no cost. It contains the same drawing engine found in other versions of LocaNote, and furthermore stores GPS and date information which can later be analyzed using more advanced versions of the product.

Its only limitations compared to the Lite version are the limited number of notes allowed, and the lack of a filtering option. It can be downloaded from the Ovi Store and Samsung’s App Seller office immediately.

As usual, Sony Ericsson wasn’t able to pass the product through QA in a reasonable time frame. We are currently evaluating other options for making the product available to Sony Ericsson customers.

Find further information via the URL below:
http://www.tamoggemon.com/s60/loca/index.html

Tamoggemon Releases (Qt-based) BallZ for Symbian

Tamoggemon is proud to announce that it has just become the first vendor to provide a Qt-based Symbian game to the public.

BallZ for Symbian is a port of the evergreen JezzBall, which has been an extremely popular, unviolent action game. Our port contains 30 colourful levels and can be played without a stylus - thanks to our innovative user interface.

Tam Hanna, Tamoggemon’s CEO, states the following: “We have always been strongly committed to Symbian as a platform. Working with Qt wasn’t always easy. Even though the development environment is fantastic, shipping apps was not possible so far.”

BallZ has already been submitted to the Ovi store, and is expected to become available in the next few days. The product will cost 3 Euro. A free trial version, containing five levels, will also be provided.

Further information on the product can be had here:
http://www.tamoggemon.com/s60/balz/index.html

Save a Tree with LocaNote Lite for S60 Touch

Tam Hanna (of TamsPalm fame) and Tamoggemon Software just released LocaNote Lite for the S60 Touch. (screenshots coming soon)

We feel that the Copenhagen heads should be considered hypocrites: while talking about the environment, their notes are being scribbled down on paper. Paper, which is produced out of trees, and furthermore, is dumb.

On contrary, S60 touch phones, are smart. With Tamoggemon LocaNote, they become your personal note taking tool – and can do loads of things your ordinary slab-of-wood will never be able to do.

For the ultra-low price of 3€ on Ovi, customers can enjoy the following features:

x) Flexible folder structure
File cases for paper are large and – at least to a large extent – unportable. LocaNote Lite allows you to sort your notes into folders, which can contain subfolders ad infinitum. And all of that in less than 1 cubic decimeter of space…

x) Rich colour notes
On paper, the number of colours is limited by the amount of pens which fit into your pocket. In LocaNote, the number of colours does not affect your pockets – create full colour notes on the run with but one stylus or finger tap!

x) Note searching / sorting
Finally, finding notes is easier than it has ever been before. Enter the date when you created or edited the note, and LocaNote finds it for you – no effort whatsoever on your end!

Cutting a long story short: paper notes are out. LocaNote is in. Go, Tamoggemon! Go, LocaNote! Go, S60 touch!

HeroCraft Christmas Present – 2 Fun Games for Free!

The Christmas Present from HeroCraft – 2 Fun Games for Free!

Don't miss great opportunity to present to yourself, your friends and family mobile games to forthcoming holidays! Only the 10th and 11th December – you can get our games – Twice! and Snow Lines for free! The only thing you should do is to fill simple form with your email address on the game page and get the free activation key.

If you don't know what game you want - don't hesitate, just get both of them! Let us present the Christmas games for you:

Snow Lines
Snow Lines is arguably the best Lines game yet. You will be able to play against the clock or to set up dizzying records; achieve high scores; or try to overcome dozens of original levels. Several game modes give the opportunity to get as much amusement as possible out of Snow Lines, and flexible rules help you to find something new in this game every single time you play. Just load it up and you'll be inveigled into a vortex of smiles, excitement and riddles which get ever more complicated the more you play.

Twice!
The smart logic game Twice combines the main principles of a classic game: an attractive appearance, popular and simple rules and a variety of game modes. Its rules are well known: you have to flip the face-down tiles in the puzzle one by one and remember the pattern on the other side. When you flip two identical tiles, you score points. To complete the level you have to find all of the pairs. Twice has three game modes so you can pick the game that suits your tastes – race against time, limited number of attempts or no limits at all. Just choose one of them and you will not be able to stop playing! The magical graphics and traditional Oriental music add a mysterious charm to this game.

Attention!
Promotion is actual only for 10th and 11th of December and also only for Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms! Get hurry, don't miss our Christmas present

CyberMonday Savings at the Everything stores

The Everything stores, including EverythingPre and EverythingTreo, are having a Cyber Monday sale including a ten percent discount on all accessories.

Simply enter the Coupon Code MONDAYET at checkout, under billing info, to have the 10% discount applied to your entire cart of accessories.

Have a family member with an iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, Windows Phone or Droid? Shop our sister stores and enjoy Cyber Monday Savings using the same coupon code.

(Cannot be combined with any other offer and does not apply to handling charges, taxes or software.)

10% Off until Midnight Pacific on Monday, November 30th.

Palm Will Announce Q2 FY 2010 Earnings on 17 Dec

This Palm Press Release just in:

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 30, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today said it will announce its second-quarter fiscal year 2010 financial results on Thursday, Dec. 17, shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Pacific), followed by a conference call for the public at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific). The conference call will be hosted by Jon Rubinstein, chairman and chief executive officer, and Doug Jeffries, chief financial officer.

Investors and other interested parties are encouraged to listen to the call via audio webcast at Palm's Investor Relations website (http://investor.palm.com). Investors wishing to listen to the conference call via telephone may dial 877.278.9658 (domestic) or 763.488.4651 (international). There is no pass code required for the live call. A telephone replay of the conference call will be available through Dec. 24, 2009. The dial-in number for the replay will be 800.642.1687 (domestic) and 706.645.9291 (international). The pass code 43773355 is required for the replay. An archive of the audio webcast of the conference call will be posted on Palm's Investor Relations website at http://investor.palm.com.

About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc. creates intuitive and powerful mobile experiences that enable consumers and businesses to connect to their information in more useful and usable ways. The company's groundbreaking Palm webOS(TM) platform, designed exclusively for mobile application, introduces true multitasking and Palm Synergy(TM), which brings your information from the many places it resides into a single, more comprehensive view of your life.

Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels, and at the Palm online store (www.palm.com/store).

More information about Palm, Inc. is available at www.palm.com.

Palm, Synergy, and webOS are trademarks of Palm, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.


SOURCE: Palm, Inc.

Handango Spooktacular Savings Event

Spooktacular Savings
The Spooktacular Savings Event ends at the spine-chilling stroke of midnight C.S.T. 31 Oct 2009 and is only available on Handango.com. Discounts only apply to the first billing cycle for subscription products and do not apply to iPhone apps

Pump Up Your Palm - 50% Off PalmOS Games and Apps

Here's a great software promotion for all our Canuck-PDA readers:

Handmark, a world-leading creator and distributor of mobile games, applications and other mobile services for BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian and other leading mobile platforms just announced a fantastic promotion it is running exclusively for Palm OS customers.

For a limited time, Handmark is helping to "Pump Up Your Palm" offering 50% off all* games and applications. This includes hundreds of the best games and apps for Palm OS phones, including Tetris, Tradewinds 2, Bejeweled, Text Twist, GTS World Racing, Astraware Casino, and many others! Just use promo code PALM50 during checkout when shopping on http://www.astraware.com; http://www.handmark.com; or through Pocket Express "Extras" (http://www.pocketexpress.com) to redeem this stellar discount.

*excludes Crazysoft titles

BW: Palm's Pre Is Trying to Live Up to the Hype

A recent Business Week article entitled: Palm's Pre Is Trying to Live Up to the Hype is definitely worth a read.

Here is a few brief paragraphs, just in case you need more convincing :

Wall Street is reducing forecasts for Sprint's sales of the smartphone. That doesn't bode well for Palm as it works to sign up new carriers for Pre

Palm's road to a comeback is hitting a few speed bumps.

When Palm (PALM) launched its Pre smartphone on June 6, expectations were high that the long-troubled company could have a hit with the device, the biggest launch by the new management team led by a former Apple (AAPL) executive. Now analysts estimate that Palm likely will sell just 300,000 to 500,000 Pres in their first three months on the market. That's not bad, but it's short of the outsize expectations ramped up by the phone's advanced technology and splashy debut.

...snip...

Competition with Apple's coveted iPhone is just one of Palm's challenges. For now, the Pre appears to be a niche product, with a particular appeal to Palm devotees. A spat with Apple over Pre's ability to gain access Apple's iTunes music store led to a complaint by Palm to an industry standards group. And Palm is still trying to persuade more software developers to write applications for its device, which could increase its appeal.

...snip...

Continue reading the full Business Week article . . .

Palm to Present at Investor Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., 04 Aug 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today announced that Palm's Chief Financial Officer Douglas Jeffries is scheduled to present at the Pacific Crest Technology Forum in Vail, Colo. on Tuesday, 11 Aug. 2009 at 3:30 p.m. Mountain Time.

The company invites investors to listen to the audio only webcast at http://investor.palm.com/events.cfm


About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc. is a leading mobile products company, creating instinctive yet powerful mobile products that enable people to better manage their lives on the go. The company's products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm Pre(TM), Palm(R) Treo(TM) and Palm Centro(TM) phones, as well as software, services and accessories.

Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).

More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com

tIRC for Palm OS Released - IRC Chat, Reloaded

Tamoggemon Software frees IRC heads all over the world from the shackles of their netbook or PC. Install tIRC on your PalmOS handheld/smartphone, and enjoy a new IRC experience. Chat wherever you are – be it in the restaurant, on the bike or in the loo...

Our long PalmOS experience has allowed us to implement the following unique features, which elevate your mobile chatting experience to a new level:

Background mode
Use other applications while chatting - it’s no issue for tIRC.

Flexible display
tIRC’s text rendering engine was designed by John Wilund of SrcEdit fame. It is the only IRC client which was explicitly optimized for HiRes and HiRes+ screens!

Clickable links
Got a pesky URL on-screen? Click it to open it in your web browser of choice!

Keeps you connected
Supports WiFi, Bluetooth and GSM/CDMA connections
Supports multiple channels/server

Unwire your IRC experience - get tIRC

Tamoggemon tIRC comes with a free 30-day trial, which lets prospective customers torture the product before purchase. tIRC is available exclusively from Handango and can be purchased for $19.95

Further information about the product can be obtained here:
http://www.tamoggemon.com/palmos/tirc/index.html

Palm Pre available on 27 August at Bell Mobility stores

Here's some breaking (and long awaited) news from Palm about the availability of the Palm Pre here in Canada (finally!)

This is copied directly from the "Official Palm Blog"

It’s almost here! Bell Mobility announced today that Palm Pre will be available at its retail locations in Canada on 27 August for $199.95 (on a three-year contract with a minimum 500MB data plan). If you want to be sure to get your hands on Palm Pre ASAP, you can place an order online now at www.bell.ca/pre, at Bell stores and at Bell retail partners Best Buy, Future Shop, The Telephone Booth/La Cabine Téléphonique, WIRELESS etc. and Wireless Wave.

Bell smartphone clients can choose from a wide variety of voice and data plans, including Smartphone Combos that offer unlimited Internet browsing, personal email and text messaging. More details are available at Bell Mobility’s website.

Jon Zilber

While you're at the Bell site drooling (yes, admit it, drooling) over the new 3G Palm Pre, be sure to enter for a chance to win your very own 3G Palm Pre. The Bell Palm Pre give-away contest simply asks you to pre-register your interest in the new 3G Palm Pre and in return, they enter your name in the draw which ends midnight of 31 August. The official contest rules are in this pdf.

I hope you win (if I don't, that is ).

Beta testers needed for LocaNote Lite on S60v5

Tam Hanna of both TamsPalm and Tamoggemon Software fame is a well established developer of mobile applications for several different handheld platforms. He just issued the following press release:

Tamoggemon’s LocaNote has always been a software critic’s darling – the product’s highly innovative features impressed Symbian so much that Tamoggemon was invited to demo its next-generation notetaker at the Mobile World Congress.

LocaNote Lite will be sold for an MSRP around 5 Euros on the Ovi Store in the near future (detailed time and pricing will be announced at a later point in time). The Lite version of the product allows its users to take an unlimited amount of handwritten notes.


These notes can then be stored in folders – folder structures can be more than eight levels deep to make finding individual notes easy.


Finally, notes can be filtered to make finding stuff easier:


We are extremely proud to announce that LocaNote Lite is now ready for beta testing, and are looking for testers. People who own an XM5800 or N97 should get in touch with Tam Hanna via Tamog (at) gmx (dot) at to be considered for inclusion!

Further features like on-the-go printing, GPS and draw-on-photos will become available in LocaNote Plus and Pro, which are scheduled for Q4 2009. Existing LocaNote Lite customers will be offered attractive upgrade pricing, which will also be disclosed at a later date.

P.S. Customers can tune in via http://www.tamoggemon.com/s60/loca/index.html

PalmInfoCenter.com Store Sale

PalmInfocenter.com Store Classic Sale!
Grand Opening Sale -- Load Up on Apps!

The PalmInfocenter Software store is kicking off another sale. We've just launched a new Classic compatible selection of Palm OS applications that are compatible with MotionApp's webOS Classic emulator on the Palm Pre. Customers can now browse a list of certified Classic compatible titles.

To help kickoff the launch, the store is offering 20% off all software so you can load up on apps with a nice discount. Just enter coupon code, "CLASSIC" during checkout.

The sale runs through July 4th and is good for all Palm OS and Windows Mobile applications.

Palm Promo Video - This is Funny!

At the wrap-up of the “D: All Things Digital” conference, Palm’s executive chairman Jon Rubinstein and Elevation Partners’ managing director and co-founder Roger McNamee shared the spotlight in several ways, including showing the video below which makes light of hype surrounding the new Palm Pre and it's webOS.

The video doesn't contain much in the way of accurate or enlightening information, but it's certainly good for a laugh! Enjoy!

Palm Unveils More webOS Details

CARLSBAD, Calif., 28 May 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today at The Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) introduced attendees to the latest features of the Palm(R) webOS(TM) platform, including Palm media sync, the integration of Twitter in universal search, and a beta version of its App Catalog. Jon Rubinstein, Palm executive chairman, and Roger McNamee, Palm director and co-founder of Elevation Partners, debuted the new webOS features, which will be available on the new Palm Pre(TM) phone when it launches June 6 on Sprint's mobile broadband network.(1)

Palm Media Sync

Palm media sync is a feature of webOS that synchronizes seamlessly with iTunes, giving you a simple and easy way to transfer DRM-free music, photos and videos to your Palm Pre.(2) Simply connect Pre to your PC or Mac via the USB cable, select "media sync" on the phone, and iTunes will launch on your computer desktop. You can then choose which DRM-free media files to transfer.

"We designed Palm media sync to be an easy and elegant way for you to take the content you own and put it on Pre, and it's just one of the ways we think you'll be amazed by webOS," said Rubinstein. "We've had an overwhelming response since we introduced Pre at CES, and with availability just days away, we can't wait to let everyone see firsthand what the excitement is all about."

Pre also acts as a mass storage drive, letting you side-load your media content. Once connected to a computer using the USB cable, Pre will appear as a drive on the computer desktop. You can drag and drop music, photos or video files onto your Pre, or drag files from your Pre to the computer. And, just like a digital camera, Pre works directly with your computer's default desktop photo software to seamlessly import photos captured with Pre's built-in 3-megapixel camera.

In addition to listening to music transferred from your desktop, you can use the on-device Amazon MP3 store to purchase individual songs or full albums over-the-air. You can search by artist, song and genre, and preview and purchase music files. You can then download purchased tracks when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Twitter in Universal Search

Palm also announced that Twitter search is integrated into webOS universal search.(3) Universal search is about finding what you want quickly, whether it's an on-device contact to call, a place you're trying to get to, or a Wikipedia article for encyclopedic information. Just start typing and Pre will figure out if you're looking for a contact, an application, or even let you search the web via Google, Google Maps, Wikipedia and now Twitter. Universal search uses Twitter's search service to sort through real-time current events and news, so universal search now covers every aspect of search on the web: general info, location, encyclopedia, and news.

Twitter's ability to show what's going on right now is a perfect fit for what universal search and Pre are all about. You don't have to be a Twitter user to benefit from Twitter in universal search. It's available for all users, even if they don't have an account, so anyone can keep on top of real-time news and the latest trends.

App Catalog

Rubinstein and McNamee also gave conference attendees an advance look at the beta version of the App Catalog, which will be available on Pre at launch. The beta version will feature applications from developers such as AP News, Citysearch, Fandango, Pandora and uLocate.

"We've received excellent feedback from participants in the Mojo SDK early access program and look forward to the SDK's public release. Developers are very enthusiastic about the platform's ease of use and industry-standard development model," said Rubinstein. "We're excited to launch Pre with the beta version of the catalog, which will give a taste of how the overall webOS ecosystem will work."

The App Catalog was demonstrated at the conference using Fandango's webOS application, which takes advantage of Palm Synergy(TM), a key feature of webOS. It also uses Pre's location-based services to find theaters near you, and lets you watch trailers, buy tickets, add showtimes to your calendar and get directions to the theatre.(1) Also included in the beta App Catalog will be Pandora, which makes use of the platform's multitasking capabilities, running elegantly in the background while you're using other applications. It highlights a unique aspect of the notification bar that lets you know what song is currently playing, and control pause and play without having to go back into the application.

The Palm Pre phone will be available from Sprint on June 6 for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and $100 mail-in rebate. More information is available at www.sprint.com/palmpre and www.palm.com.

Treo™ Pro Now Available from Bell Mobility

Treo™ Pro by Palm Now Available on the Bell Mobility Network



The Treo™ Pro smartphone by Palm is thoughtfully designed for people who define their workday the way they see fit. You can respond to business and personal email, stay on top of appointments and contacts, and use Wi-Fi or GPS.2 All on a thin device that packs plenty of battery power for a life on the go. Treo Pro. Perfectly balanced.

1 For new customers on a 3-year term when activating a minimum voice and data plan combination or combo plan of $45 per month or greater. Bell reserves the right to limit the usage. Out of bundle rates may apply. Offer ends March 31, 2009.

2 Within wireless coverage area only. Email and GPS require data services from Bell Mobility at additional cost. Voice prompted as-you-go navigation requires an additional service plan, sold separately. GPS coverage not available in all areas at all times. Wi-Fi within range of 802.11b/g network only. Some Wi-Fi hotspots require fee for usage.

Skyscape: March to 1 Million

Skyscape is getting really close to their Millionth member, "a Skyscape Millioneer!" and they're offering prizes for your help referring people to them.

Are you on the SmartLink Relay Team?

The race is on. But instead of asking you for a sweaty brow and sore feet, we'll let you run this relay in comfort. The most we ask you to exercise is your hand-eye coordination, using your mouse to link us to your friend - think of it as handing the baton to your teammate.

The winners get more than a medal. Read on.

We sent you a note earlier about our March to 1 Million program. This is a giveaway reward for the referral of a friend or colleague, to introduce Skyscape's award winning medical information on the go.

In case you missed it, we are offering some very cool prizes to celebrate our Millionth member, a Skyscape Millioneer! You can win just by being on the relay team - $100 in certificates for the Skyscape store. That's just for starters.

If you are the one who passes the referral baton to the Skyscape Millioneer directly, you will win a Sony Bravia 1080p 52" LCD television, along with Sony blu-ray player, and a scholarship for Medical and Nursing students, named after you!

The Skyscape Millioneer will also get a bunch of cool stuff, including a new MacBook, and iPod Touch and $200 in certificates for the Skyscape store. We think they will thank you.

So don't wait - the finish line is not far away and you should sprint out of the blocks to join in the winning team!

Best Regards,
The Skyscape Team

Pocket Tunes 5.0 for Palm OS and Windows Mobile

NormSoft has just announced the release of the new Pocket Tunes 5.0 for Palm OS and Windows Mobile

Experience your music like you never have before with the new Pocket Tunes™ 5.0 for your Smartphone or PDA. But, don't take our word for it; try it for yourself or read this review from WMExperts.


What's New

Podcast Download and Catalog
Subscribe to your favourite podcasts and automatically download them every day. To make it easy to find your favourites, we've added a catalogue of over 1,000 of the most popular podcasts, or you can add your own. This catalogue will continually be updated as podcasts come and go. Also new in 5.0, you can set an option to automatically delete your podcasts after you finish listening to them. And, we've dramatically improved automatic bookmarking of podcasts and audio books so you'll never lose your place ever again, even if you switch between playing music and books or podcasts.


Last.fm Scrobbling
Every time you listen to a song on your Palm OS or Windows Mobile Smartphone using Pocket Tunes Deluxe 5.0, this gets tracked to your Last.fm music profile - it's called scrobbling™. Based on this profile, Last.fm creates customized radio stations of music you'll like. Plus, Last.fm also uses your music profile to give you: New music to listen to, Concert listings in your area, Music videos, Free downloads, Neighbours (people who like the same music you do), Charts based on your listening history. For more information and to start using Last.fm, visit www.last.fm


Sync with iTunes
You can now synchronize your playlists from iTunes on your PC or Macintosh with your Smartphone or PDA. Simply connect your device, and the Pocket Tunes Sync software can automatically synchronize selected playlists, including album art, with iTunes. Never again will you be without your favourite tunes. (Pocket Tunes Sync for Windows works with both Windows Mobile and Palm OS devices. Pocket Tunes Sync for Macintosh works only with Palm OS devices.)


WMA Internet Radio
Pocket Tunes 5.0 adds support for the most popular Internet radio format, WMA. With this addition, the built-in catalogue contains many more of your favourite stations, and makes it much easier to find a compatible station. Many popular AM/FM radio stations broadcast in WMA format, making it easier for you to listen to local radio from anywhere around the world.