Reference
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AA Travel Cities of Europe or World
Cities information including maps, city and inhabitants background,
itineraries for organizing time for a single evening or a full day, top 25 sights,
restaurants, shops, entertainment, lodging, and useful phrases. Guides are written as HTML
files for easy cross-referencing via Pocket Internet Explorer links.
Price: ú25 (European); ú30 (World); ú10 (7-city update)
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro
Contact: On-Board-Info Ltd
Phone: +44 171 370 0307
E-mail: info@on-board-info.com
Web: www.on-board-info.com
AstroHTML
Astronomy reference in HTML format was designed for Handheld PCs running
Windows CE and Pocket Internet Explorer. Data includes 1,000 brightest stars (listing
stellar magnitude, right ascension and declination), a set of twelve star charts showing
the position of the major constellations throughout the year, a glossary of astronomical
terms, and 175 links to astronomy-related Websites.
Price: $25
Use with: H/PC
Contact: SanSoft
E-mail: sales@pdantic.com
Web: www.pdantic.com/astrohtm.htm
CEBible
An intuitive user interface and compression engine allows speedy access
to any passage in the Old or New Testaments (NIV, NASB, KJV versions available). The full
CEBible 2.1 CD version includes all current public domain translations, all current
royalty translations encrypted (simply purchase keys to unlock).
Price: $70
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro; P/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: SL Software
Web: www.slsoftware.com
ChoiceWay Guide to Rome
This is a demo version of ChoiceWay MediaÆs travel guide to Rome,
featuring detailed information on the city (transportation, tourist
destinations, etc.), a travelers dictionary, and interactive maps. London
and Paris guides available, with more to come.
Price: $19.95- $29.95
Use With: P/PC
Contact: Choiceway Media Inc
Web: www.choiceway.com/
E-mail: support@choiceway.com
CitiKey Stockholm
CitiKey puts Stockholm in your hand, with digital maps, restaurant
reviews, cinema listings and much more. CitiKey is committed to presenting
you with the best the city has to offer. Updated and reliable information
and services at your fingertips when you need it the most.
Freeware (Beta)
Use With: H/PC; P/PC
Contact: CitiKey
Phone: 46 (8) 22 40 80
Web: www.citikey.com/
E-mail: info@citikey.com
Collins Dictionaries
Offers the complete paperback version of Collins English to French,
German, Italian, and Spanish Dictionaries with over 100,000 translations and 70,000
references and a wide coverage in areas relevant to business and office automation.
Price: $n.a.
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro; P/PC
Contact: Palmtop Software
Phone: +44 (0)171 794 95 00
E-mail: info@palmtopsoftware.com
Web: www.palmtopsoftware.com/
Dictionary
A multi-lingual translation dictionary for the Handheld PC, with the
following language modules available: English-German roughly 3100 entries; English-French;
English-Dutch; English-Spanish; English-Spanish; English-Japanese; English-Japanese;
English-Portuguese; English-Mandarin Chinese. You buy the dictionary program and the
language modules are free.
Price: Shareware $18
Use with: H/PC, Demo or download available
Contact: Evolutionary Systems Pty
Phone: 510-658-5244
E-mail: sup port@evolutionary.net
Web: www.evolutionary.net/
Economist Diary Companion 1999
A simple set-up wizard lets you choose from over 5,000 worldwide dates
which are transferred automatically to your electronic diary or agenda program.
Price: ú15
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro; P/PC
Contact: On-Board Info Ltd
Phone: +44 171 370 0307
E-mail: info@on-board-info.com
Web: www.on-board-info.com
First Words In Hand
Gives you the most common and essential phrases, with their phonetic
spelling, from English to eight different languages, including French, German, Italian,
Polish, Hindi, Greek, Spanish and Japanese..
Price: Shareware, $20
Use with: H/PC; P/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: Burr Oak Software
E-mail: info@burroak.on.ca
Web: www.burroak.on.ca/
FirstAid
A quick reference guide to step-by-step guidelines for emergency first
aid. FirstAid covers: Accident Prevention, At the Scene of an Accident, Road Accidents,
Bleeding, Unconsciousness, Recovery Position, Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation:, Broken Limbs,
and more.
Price: $8
Use with: P/PC
Contact: Surerange Analysis Ltd
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 301901
E-mail: info@surerange.com
Web: www.surerange.com
GKinPocket
A mini-encyclopedia with information about countries, books and authors,
inventions, world records, and more.
Price: Shareware, $5.00
Use with: H/PC Pro; Demo or download available
Contact: ITIL
Phone: +91 11 695 900 Ext. 344
E-mail: palmix@itil.com
Web: www.itil.com
Halliwell's Film & Video Guide
Authoritative information on about 21,000 movies, including title,
alternative and foreign titles, length in minutes, release year, synopsis, rating (0 to 4
stars), publicity tags, family viewing rating, production company, countries of origin,
and more.
Price: $n.a.
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro
Contact: Palmtop Software
Phone: +44 (0)171 794 95 00
E-mail: info@palmtopsoftware.com
Web: www.palmtopsoftware.com/
HandMap Deluxe
This program is an electronic street directory. You can zoom in and out
and pan around looking at the map of the city or region installed. You can
search for features (streets, parks, etc.) quickly by name.
Price: $16.00
Use With: H/PC; P/PC
Contact: Evolutionary Systems Pty Ltd
Phone: 510-658-5244
Web: www.evolutionary.net/
E-mail: support@evolutionary.net
Handybook
A vertical electronic text or book reader for Handheld PCs. Fast screen
handling. Supports Unicode. Bookmarks. Switch page orientation.
Price: $24.95
Use with: H/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: Keiren Net Technology & Consultancy
E-mail: info@keiren.net
Web: www.keiren.net/handybook
HandyCards
Test yourself with flash cards on your handheld computer. Design your
own question and answer files on your handheld computer or on any desktop
or laptop computer. Features include: unlimited number of questions;
unlimited question length; merging of multiple test files; temporary
removal of questions to allow focusing on questions which need more
attention; test scoring; swapping of questions and answers; last test file
is auto-loaded when HandyCards starts; the testing sessions can be saved
for later continuation.
Freeware
Use with: H/PC, P/PC
Download or demo available
Contact: HandyMed
Web: http://www.personal.umich.edu/~jfrangis/ handymed/
E-mail: handymed@yahoo.com
HPC Spell
Provides basic text editing functionality and allows users to check
spelling, set spell checker options, and send email messages. The spell checker includes a
large English dictionary containing over 90,000 words and supports one or more
user-defined dictionaries.
Price: $24.95
Use with: H/PC, H/PC Pro, P/PC; Demo or download available Contact: PhatWare Corp
Phone: 650-299-0110
E-mail: info@phatware.com
Web: www.phatware.com
HPC Translate
Translate single words from one language to another. Currently HPC
Translate includes English and Spanish dictionaries. Each dictionary contains
approximately 30,000 words. German and French dictionaries for HPC Translate will also be
available.
Price: $14.95
Use with: H/PC, H/PC Pro; P/PC; Demo or download available Contact: PhatWare Corp
Phone: 650-299-0110
E-mail: info@phatware.com
Web: www.phatware.com
HpcBible
Web-based application with the full version of the New Testament (more
versions to come). It comes with a Read-me text file to help you fully utilize the
application. It can be run on Win95/98 environment or in conjunction with any Web browser.
Price: $10-Price: $15
Use with: H/PC; P/PC; Demo or download available
E-mail: philjoseph@hotmail.com
Web: http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/dominica/40/hpcbiblefront.htm
Impress
A mobile phrase book covering a range of commonly used phrases in 7
languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch & Portuguese.
Impress displays images, text, and plays sounds of the phrases. Modules for other
languages can be created and easily added.
Price: ú49 (plus VAT)
Use with: H/PC
Contact: Prestige Network Ltd
Phone: +44 1635 866888
E-mail: sales@prestigenetwork.co
Web: www.prestigenetwork.com
ITIL
Bible Reader & General Letters from Apostles
This is a
reader application that shows the modern English translation of the Holy
Bible, based on the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, the
Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament first published in 1901 and the
Greek Majority Text New Testament. Books included with this download
include: General Letters from Apostles and Prophets, Hebrews, James, 1
Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude.
Price: $n.a.
Contact: ITIL; www.itil.com
Phone: +91 11 695 900 Ext. 344
E-mail: palmix@itil.com
Web: www.itil.com
ITIL
Bible Reader & Letters from Apostle Paul
This is a
reader application that shows the modern English translation of the Holy
Bible, based on the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, the
Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament first published in 1901 and the
Greek Majority Text New Testament. Books included with this download
include Letters from the Apostle Paul: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2
Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1
Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon.
Price: $n.a.
Contact: ITIL
Phone: +91 11 695 900 Ext. 344
E-mail: palmix@itil.com
Web: www.itil.com
KingKanji
A Japanese character/word flashcard system for the Windows CE devices.
Lessons can easily be created using a Japanese word processor. KingKanji is highly
customizable and tests users in Japanese or English. Lesson items can be composed of a
single character, multi-character phrases, and sentences. What makes KingKanji unique is
its emphasis on writing via Windows CE's stylus input.
Price: $24.95
Use with: H/PC; P/PC
Contact: Gakusoft
Web: www.geocities.com/~mramsey99/
Language Enabler
Lets the user type in any language directly into an H/PC application.
Language Enabler supports all European languages as well as Middle Eastern languages that
are right to left. The following languages are supported: English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Slovenian,
Slovak, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Russian,
Turkish, Greek.
Price: ú49 (plus VAT)
Use with: H/PC
Contact: Prestige Network Ltd
Phone: +44 1635 866888
E-mail: sales@prestigenetwork.co
Web: www.prestigenetwork.com
Outlines in Clinical Medicine
A medical database covering general internal medicine and its
subspecialties, geriatrics, neurology, ophthalmology, psychiatry, obstetrics and
gynecology.
Price: $99.95
Use with: H/PC
Contact: K2 Consultants Inc
Phone: 888-452-6334 or 603-551-5544
E-mail: sales@skyscape.com
Web: www.skyscape.com/k2
PalmBible
A full-featured Bible software program that lets users search using AND,
OR, XOR and NOT operations combined with wildcards and phrases. Passages can be copied to
the clipboard for quick pasting into PocketWord or other applications. PalmBible Bibles
contain all the front matter (preface, introduction, etc) and translator's footnotes
found in printed Bibles. The following versions are available: King James Version (KJV):
Price: $19.99; KJV New Testament, Psalms, Proverbs: Price: $9.99; New American Standard
Bible (NASB): Price: $29.99; New International Version (NIV): Price: $29.99; New King
James Version (NKJV): Price: $19.99; New Living Translation (NLT): Price: $19.99; New
Revised Standard Version (NRSV): Price: $19.99.
Price: $varies
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro; P/PC; Demo or download available Contact: Laridian
Phone: 319-378-4940
E-mail: sales@laridian.com
Web: www.laridian.com
Periodic
Table
Reference
for the periodic table of elements.
Price: $n.a.
Use With: H/PC, P/PC
Contact: Zabaware Inc
Pocket CONTEXT Dictionary
An bi-directional computer dictionary for English to/from German,
French, Italian, Spanish or Russian languages (separate product for each language). Pocket
Context translates words and expressions from English to any of the listed above languages
and vice versa.
Price: $50
Use with: H/PC; P/PC; Demo or download available
Phone: 800-256-4814 or 714-552-1599
Contact: SmartLink Corporation
E-mail: smrtlnk@smartlinkcorp.com
Web: www.smartlinkcorp.com
Pocket Dictionary
A 20,400-word US dictionary that provides full dictionary definitions
including parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb). The dictionary can also be used
to spell check words or to refine your use of a word such that a similar word can be
looked up in the dictionary. (Does not work with the Vadem Clio/Sharp Tripad or the HP
Jornada 820.)
Price: $32
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro; P/PC
Contact: Surerange Analysis Ltd
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 301901
E-mail: info@surerange.com
Web: www.surerange.com
Pocket French, Pocket German, Pocket Spanish
Translate words from English to the specified language, and vice versa.
Also lets you spell check English or specified language words. Also works with 1/2 VGA
screen H/PC Pros.
Price: $32
Use with: H/PC; P/PC
Contact: Surerange Analysis Ltd
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 301901
E-mail: info@surerange.com
Web: www.surerange.com
Pocket ORFO for Windows CE
Spelling checking for English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and
Ukrainian documents. Lists suggested replacements for each error. Access Pocket Word
files; Import/export of multilingual texts via Clipboard; Add words to the user
dictionary.
Price: $50
Use with: H/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: SmartLink Corporation
Phone: 800-256-4814 or 714-552-1599
E-mail: smrtlnk@smartlinkcorp.com
Web: www.smartlinkcorp.com
Pocket Spell
Palm-size PC version of program that adds spell checking capability to
your PC Companion. Check individual words, find anagrams and solve crosswords. Search
capabilities offer suggestions to incorrect words. Also works with 1/2 VGA screen H/PC
Pros.
Price: $32
Use with: H/PC; P/PC
Contact: Surerange Analysis Ltd
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 301901
E-mail: info@surerange.com
Web: www.surerange.com
Pocket Thesaurus
A 30,000-word dictionary providing synonyms for frequently used words.
The dictionary can also be used to spell check words or to refine your use of a word such
that a similar word can be looked up in the dictionary.
Price: $32
Use with: H/PC, P/PC
Contact: Surerange Analysis Ltd
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 301901
E-mail: info@surerange.com
Web: www.surerange.com
Pocket Universe
New version turns your Palm-size PC into a personal planetarium powerful
enough to display almost 5,000 stars, planets and galaxies. Pocket Universe includes lunar
phases, outlines for major constellations, and advanced features like the ability to lock
on a planet and watch its position during time changes.
Price: $30
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro; P/PC; Demo or download available Contact: Sticky Software
E-mail: software@sticky.co.uk
Web: www.sticky.net
Primer PDF Viewer
Lets PC Companion users view PDF-formatted documents on Handheld and
Palm-size PCs. Primer supports most PDF image formats, as well as
bookmarks, hyperlinks, and Table-of-Contents. Multiple levels of
magnification are available, including a box zoom feature to enlarge a
selected area. Other features include text find and access to PDF
meta-data.
Freeware (Beta)
Use With: H/PC, P/PC
Contact: Ansyr Technology Corp
Phone: 206-528-8248
Web: www.ansyr.com/feature
E-mail: info@Ansyr.com
Sol! CE
Computes Sun Rise, Sun Set, and the length of the day, for any
geographic location on the planet! Additionally the program computes the beginning and end
of Civil, Nautical and Astronomical Twilight, and the length of the day with twilight.
Price: $4.95
Use with: H/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: MEW3 Software
E-mail: wilborne@gamewood.net
Web: www3.gamewood.net/mew3 /
SuperMemo for Windows CE
SuperMemo for Windows CE can help you remember facts and figures. Now
you can even use a single minute to refresh your memory on facts that are
important to your life and your professional career.
Price: $16.00
Use With: H/PC; P/PC; H/PC Pro
Contact: SuperMemo World
Phone: 48 61 8794394
Web: www.tss.com.pl/smce/
E-mail: support@supermemo.com
Tucows
e-Texts for Windows CE
The Tucows
Windows CE Web site has added an e-Text section with novels, poems and
music lyrics in Pocket Word format for H/PCs and Inkwriter format for
Palm-size PCs. The documents were originally converted to EPOC format by
the Books&Psion site (http://members.xoom.com/books_psion/
) and into
CE formats by TUCOWS. Simply unZIP the downloaded file and copy the
document to your PC.
Price: $n.a.
Use With: H/PC, P/PC, H/PC Pro
Download/demo available
Contact:
TourMate
Phrase translation dictionary available in English-to-Japanese,
English-to-German, English-to-French or English-to-Hindi versions. The dictionary is
categorized into Greetings/Pleasantries, Inquiries, Food/Restaurants, Emergency, and
Miscellaneous.
Price: Shareware,$10.00
Use with: H/PC; P/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: ITIL
Phone: +91 11 695 900 Ext. 344
E-mail: palmix@itil.com
Web: www.itil.com
UK STD Codes for Windows CE
Converts between UK town and STD code, and vice versa. Available for SH3
and MIPS H/PCs and P/PCs.
Price: Freeware
Use with: P/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: Surerange Analysis Ltd
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 301901
E-mail: info@surerange.com
Web: www.surerange.com
US Area Codes
Converts between US area and area code and vice versa. Available for SH3
(22K) and MIPS (23K).
Price: Freeware
Use with: P/PC; Demo or download available
Contact: Surerange Analysis Ltd
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 301901
E-mail: info@surerange.com
Web: www.surerange.com
VersADay
Displays verses related to a given subject in the Notes box on your H/PC
sign on screen. The note is updated several times a day, giving you a fresh note almost
every time you turn on your handheld.
Price: Shareware; $19.95
Use with: H/PC; Demo or download avail-able
Contact: The Web Mill
Phone: 415-898-4877
E-mail: clubce@webmill.com
Web: www.webmill.com/ce
Windows CE Bible Reader
Read the King James Version Bible (KJV) and the New King James Version
(NKJV). This reader and database supports find, find next, smart verse lookup,
next/previous verse, next/previous chapter, and next/previous book.
Price: Freeware
Use with: H/PC; H/PC Pro; P/PC
Contact: Olive Tree
Web: www.OliveTree.com
WordBar for Windows CE
Store commonly used words and short phrases. Pop-up WordBar, select the
desired word an it is automatically entered into the document.