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Two Stunads is having a sale on their products as part of the Thanksgiving holiday. Software is over 30% off the normal price. Visit the link below for the sale page and more information.

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Stuntman Evolution is Digital Concepts' upcoming game for the Pocket PC. This looks to be another high quality game. The website contains over 14 screenshots and has other details information as well.

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A conducting plastic has been used to create a new memory technology with the potential to store a megabit of data in a millimetre-square device - 10 times denser than current magnetic memories. The device should also be cheap and fast, but cannot be rewritten, so would only be suitable for permanent storage.The device sandwiches a blob of a conducting polymer called PEDOT and a silicon diode between two perpendicular wires. Substantial research effort has focused on polymer-based transistors, which could form cheap, flexible circuits, but polymer-based memory has received relatively little attention.The key to the new technology was the discovery by researchers from Princeton University, New Jersey, and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, California, that passing a high current through PEDOT turns it into an insulator, rather like blowing a fuse. The polymers two possible states, conductor or insulator, then form the one and zero necessary to store digital data.”The beauty of the device is that it combines the best of silicon technology - diodes - with the capability to form a fuse, which does not exist in silicon,” says Vladimir Bulovic, who works on organic electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. However, turning the polymer INTO an insulator involves a permanent chemical change, meaning the memory can only be written to once. Its creators say this makes it ideal for archiving images and other data directly from a digital camera, cellphone or PDA, like an electronic version of film negatives. Source: NewScientist

LodeRunner for handhelds, based on the much loved 80's hit, is sure to spread like a virus and win the hearts (and Palms) of gamers worldwide. So, if you missed the platform arcade mania in the 1980s or your parents were too strict, now you can let loose. If you're too young for the 80's, LodeRunner game at the peak of the electronic entertainment evolution.
The game is really simple and addictive - you help the bounty hunter collect all the treasures, while avoiding (and preferably destroying) the evil guards who are trained to kill.
This new updated version of LodeRunner Ballshooter comes packed with 50 amazing and challenging levels. Loyal LodeRunner fans will appreciate many new artifacts available in the game now:

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PPC Techs have released 3 new Lil' Syncs and a Lil' Sync 4 AA Battery Adapterwith Voltage Reduction Circuit. Here is more information about the battery:

“Use with the Lil' Sync Retractable USB Sync-n-Charge cable to charge yourunit using 4 AA batteries. One of the dangers in using 4 AA batteries with a5V device is that different types of AA batteries give off differentvoltages. 4 Lithium AA batteries can give off almost 7 Volts which coulddamage some 5V systems. We've eliminated this danger by designing a VoltageReduction Circuit (VRC), comprised of a series of diodes and resistors, witha selectable switch. Select the type of battery your using and you're set.Once the Alkaline position no longer charges your unit, switch to the NiCdto drain the last usable portion of the batteries.”

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PDAmill is celebrating their awards and the release Anthelion by a special offer! If you buy Anthelion on the PDAmill site now, you get 50% off from their award winning games Snails and GameBox Solitare, and also from their best-selling game collection GameBox Classics. So you can buy all four games now for a mere $34.86 instead of $49.80!
To take advantage of this offer, visit their webpage at www.pdamill.com and add Anthelion to your shopping cart, then use the 'add to cart' buttons to buy the suggested titles at half price.

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Microsoft has set a target to sell 100 million personal digital assistants and smart phones running Windows by 2007.

The goal was set by Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer for the company's Windows Mobile unit, and shows that Microsoft is serious about this market, said Douglas Dedo, marketing manager for Windows Mobile at Microsoft.

A large percentage of the Windows Mobile device shipments will be smart phones, not PDAs, Dedo said.

Smart phones are devices that look like a phone, but offer extended PDA-like capabilities such as e-mail access and a calendar.

Microsoft launched its first smart phone about a year ago in Europe. ATT Wireless Services last month began selling Motorola's MPx200, the first smart phone based on Windows Mobile software to be sold in the US…

Full story @ Computerweekly

VLI (VL Inc.),the leader inbringing mobility to broadband telephony, has announced the bundling of their Gphone Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony software with Toshiba'scutting edge e800/805 Series Pocket PC handhelds. Gphone adds the ability toplace phone calls over IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi(R)) wireless LANs reducing costs andadding convenience.PocketGphone is SIP compliant and has unparalleled quality andfunctionality. Combined with VLI's service GphoneOnline.com, the Toshibae800/805 becomes a device that can make calls from the convenience of publichotspots and Wi-Fi environments worldwide.”Combining the mobility of handheld devices and the efficiency of VoIP,the new Toshiba devices allow business users and consumers to have theflexibility and convenience they demand,” said Bingwei Yao, President and CEOof VLI.”

Source: Prnewswire

Anthelion is a brand new 3D space fighter game from PDAmill for the Pocket PC. As a pirate fighter-pilot you find yourself in the middle of the first war between the Anthelion Federation, the alien Locust Empire and the group of Bedouin Pirates. Fight through the missions to unveil the story of the galactic alliance and prove yourself worthy of the love of hundreds of women Anthelion features our incredible 3D graphics engine, fast-paced space combat, a compelling story, kicking aliens in the tentacle and over half an hour of music - all designed for the Pocket PC. The full version costs only 19.95$ and a trial version is available on the PDAmill website

“Anthelion, much like PDAMill's previous game Snails, is sure to be a hit. Finding fault in this game is pretty tough, unless you're adamantly opposed to action games. Everything comes together nearly perfectly, and ranks up there with the best out there.” Read the first review by PocketGamer and PocketMatrix at http://pocketmatrix.com/reviews/anthelion/.

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“Microsoft on Monday launched its Voice Command voice-activated control software for Pocket PCs and cell phones, giving users hands-free access to some of the most commonly-used features of their PDAs and phones.

Voice Command, which uses Microsoft's own phonetic speech- recognition technology, works on devices that run the Windows Mobile 2003 operating system. It lets users dial numbers, access calendars, and launch applications by speaking commands to call a contact or asking questions such as “what's my next appointment” to view the next meeting in the calendar.

The add-on to Windows Mobile 2003 is priced at $39.95 and is available at Handango.com and PocketPC.com. “

Source:informationweek.com