Paragon Software Group announces the release of Handy Clock – a powerful world clock and time management application for Windows Mobile. Check the time worldwide, note elapsed time with a stopwatch, or just forget about the time with customizable alarms and timers!”

We’ll begin this week with news about a substantial update to Google Maps and about the forthcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile, but the most timely news is a new device from Verizon — and the strong prospect that Verizon or Sprint could come out with the Toshiba TG01, the hot new device with a speedy processor and a 4.1-inch screen.

Inesoft has released version 5 of it's Phone tools application suite (see my review of version 4 here). Read on for a full list of features, or go here to check out the vendor site...

If you know my Multiplatform Bible of using your handset as a modem, you may already know ICSControl, WalkingHotSpot and WMWifiRouter, the (so far) three applications that make a Wi-Fi access point out of your Windows Mobile phone.

Touch Physics has become an instant success on the iPhone. I’ve also purchased it for my phone and spent a lot of time with it.



A Windows Mobile game based on the same ideas has just been released. It requires you to draw objects that, after falling down, trush a ball towards its destination. It’s a free title (as opposed to the iPhone one, which costs $3).

Availability, compatibility

 "Paragon Software Group is glad to announce a new version of our bestselling app - Handy Weather for Windows Mobile. Handy Weather provides one-click access to always accurate and up-to-date weather forecasts for over 40000 cities anytime and anywhere. New version is specially optimized for finger-tip control."

Key Features:

  I have several older iPAQ models just laying around, so why not have some fun with them, right? In this edition of the iPAQ tribute, we are going to talk about some pretty cool ways you can use them to run other operating systems. Several models have ready Linux builds that can be downloaded and installed via storage card or Active Sync connection.

I’ve long been complaining about the lack of any “find in page” functionality in most mobile Web browsers. Now that I’ve played a bit with JavaScript scriptlets, I can proudly present a working solution to this problem.

All you need to do is, independent of the Web browser you use, add the following favorite:

 "16th of June 2009, VITO Technology releases new versions of SMS-Chat and ZoomBoard and bundles these two applications in one pack - Quick SMS. Both programs have been improved with minor bug fixes. ZoomBoard gets a new skin for the "Bright" theme that now matches the Communication Suite. SMS-Chat gained a distinct chat view for all three skins."

 Congrats to the winners of the Wizcode software giveaway, as the contest ended last night! Thanks especially to Anton Tomov and his team for sponsoring our little blog event. If your name appears after the break, you are a winner, which essentially everyone was. Details are also provided on claiming your prize, so click on the read more link below.