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NEWS: Apple Introduces MacBook
Now its official! Its available even in black.
Apple unveiled the newly designed MacBook, the world?s most advanced consumer notebook featuring the Intel Core Duo processor and a gorgeous new 13-inch glossy widescreen display, all in a sleek design that is up to five times faster than the iBook and up to four times faster than the 12-inch PowerBook. Together with the 15-and 17-inch MacBook Pros, the new MacBook completes Apple's Intel-based portables lineup and replaces both the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook.
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NEWS: Bejeweled included with new Palm® TreoTM 700p smartphone
THE MIDLANDS, UK - May 16th 2006 - Astraware® and PopCap Games® are excited to announce that their flagship game, Bejeweled®, has been selected to be bundled with the new Palm® TreoTM 700p smartphone, Palm, Inc.'s first Palm OS® based Treo smartphone on EvDO.
Bejeweled for Palm OS is the official handheld version of PopCap's classic puzzle game which has consumed more than 1 billion hours of leisure time since its introduction in 2001. In addition to its accolade as the best selling handheld game ever, Bejeweled has won an array of awards including Game of the Year from Handango in 2003 and was inducted into Computer Gaming World?s Hall of Fame - one of only 2 puzzle games included.
"We are very happy to be able to include Bejeweled with our new Treo 700p smartphone," said Mark Bercow, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Palm, Inc. "It is particularly fitting to partner the award-winning classic handheld game with the newest smartphone in our popular Treo line."
"How could any Palm device be complete without Bejeweled? The perfect five minute game - although many people admit to playing it for somewhat longer than that!" said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. "I'm delighted for it to be included with the Treo 700p!"
Bejeweled is amazingly simple to play, but unbelievably hard to put down! Players simply select adjacent pairs of gems to swap them and make matching horizontal and vertical lines of three or more. The game features two fun types of play - Easy for more relaxed moments and Timed for a frantic against-the-clock challenge. For more information on Bejeweled and other great Astraware games visit their website.
Originally conceived and developed by PopCap Games for web and PC play, the handheld version of Bejeweled has been recreated for Palm OS® and Windows Mobile® by Astraware, and has consistently been one of the most popular handheld titles, played by casual gamers and professionals alike in their spare moments.
As the first Palm OS based Treo smartphone on EvDO, the Palm Treo 700p smartphone uses its fast data connection to speed email, messaging, large attachment downloads and web browsing.(1) The speed also allows for streaming multimedia content, and the Treo 700p smartphone ships with Palm?s first built-in streaming application. Treo 700p users also can take advantage of broadbandlike EvDO speeds on their laptop computers by using the new smartphone as a wireless modem via USB or Bluetooth® wireless technology. By using SD memory cards, currently available with 2GB of storage (sold separately), in addition to the 128MB of built-in memory (60MB dedicated user storage), users have plenty of room to download and carry important documents and multimedia content. More information about the Palm Treo 700p smartphone can be found here.
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NEWS: Crazy offers in the Club Astraware May-hem Sale!
THE MIDLANDS, UK - May 12th, 2006 - Need more mayhem in your life? Astraware has just the thing for you! All Club Astraware members get access to our crazy Club Astraware May-hem Sale, starting 15th May 2006, which promises a third or more off a wacky selection of top games!
Every day for 8 days from Monday 15th May we will be offering Club Astraware members big discounts on a range of games including Tradewinds, Chuzzle, Mazera, Broken Sword and Bejeweled 2. Only Club Astraware members will be able to access these great offers, but it's not too late to join - it only takes a few minutes and it's completely free! Even better news is that you can earn points from the games you buy that can be used to get money off future purchases.
To join Club Astraware now, visit their website.
Make sure to visit the Astraware website at http://www.astraware.com from Monday to check out each day's special offers. You'd be crazy to miss them!
About Astraware
Founded in 1994, Astraware Limited develops, publishes and distributes games for mobile devices. Some of the company's best known handheld titles include Bejeweled(R), Cubis, Zuma, Insaniquarium and Zap!2000/2016. Astraware is a Microsoft(R) Certified Gold Partner. Handango have presented awards to Astraware twice in recent years, with Game of The Year in 2003 for Bejeweled, and Palm OS(R) Developer of the Year in 2004. Mobile gaming enthusiasts have downloaded more than 30 million copies of Astraware's products, and the company has customers in over 100 countries. For more information, contact Alison Barclay at alison@astraware.com, or visit their website.
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Apple: 30 Years of Thinking Differently
Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing that you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can
change the world, are the ones who do.
From the first time I laid my eyes on Apple, the first touch to the recent awe, these lines still inspires me. Cheers to Apple for the 30 years of true innovation and to those of us who still continues to think differently.
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GAMES: Sudoku 1.30
THE MIDLANDS, UK - March 31st, 2006 - Astraware is pleased to announce that Astraware Sudoku has been updated to version 1.30. This new update includes an improved version of Astraware Sudoku for devices running Palm OS(R) 4.0, and a brand new menu system for Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(R) platforms.
"Our customers love our Sudoku - great puzzles, the best interface, terrific features, a fantastic hints system... but everyone agreed, the menu system behind it was pretty lousy. So, we listened, and fixed it!" said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. "With version 1.30, Astraware Sudoku has a brand new easy-to-navigate system for finding and changing options, all with 5-way navigation in mind too!"
Howard continues, "We also had some feedback from customers who haven't updated their device in a while, and still use a Palm OS 4.0 device. We can't promise to support these forever, but those users will be happy to know we've made a version of Astraware Sudoku optimised to run on these handhelds with less memory and slower processors - available now from our website."
Astraware Sudoku has proved hugely popular so far with many people downloading and comparing their best times on the Puzzle of the Day feature. Customers reply how much they enjoy that the game allows them to play the game the way they want to, and their excellent feedback has allowed Astraware to add to and improve the features of the game, for this and future updates.
Astraware Sudoku is available for Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(R) for Pocket PC and Smartphone, priced $19.95. Get your copy here.
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Palm: 10 Years After The First Ever Successful Handheld Computer
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2006-- From Pilot Connected Organizer to Treo Smartphone, Company Remains Dedicated to Mobile Computing
Ten years ago, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) captured the imagination of road warriors everywhere with the first Pilot connected organizer, a mighty 5.7-ounce combination of calendar, contacts, to-do lists and notes. Today, having shipped more than 34 million mobile-computing products, the company continues to improve the lives of people and businesses the world over, staying true to one guiding vision: The future of personal computing is mobile computing.
The original Pilot organizer, which sold for $299, owed its success largely to two breakthrough features: Its ability to synchronize easily with a computer and its unprecedented ease of use -- something often called the Palm experience. As time went on, Palm stayed true to its design philosophy while continuing to innovate, adding numerous new functions such as email and wireless and multimedia capabilities, from images to music. Today's top-of-the-line product is the Treo(TM) smartphone, which combines the best of a handheld computer with a great phone and email experience on some of the world's largest carrier networks.(1)
Over the past decade, Palm(R) products have collected data in space, survived a Mount Everest climb, closed million-dollar deals, entertained young and old, and won the hearts of customers around the globe. From doctors and real estate agents to students, celebrities and CEOs, people have grown to rely on Palm products in work and play.
Multimedia components -- including audio, photos, and a Palm timeline -- are available at www.palm.com/anniversary. The audio component includes reflections from Palm's founders, industry analysts, and long-time Palm employees.
"The first Pilot organizer was such a runaway success, even we were a bit surprised," said Ed Colligan, Palm president and chief executive officer. "But in one of my first conversations with Jeff Hawkins he convinced me that the future of personal computing -- REAL personal computing -- was going to be in these highly mobile devices. That's why he designed the Pilot. And that vision still holds today. The Pilot and its many Palm successors have become an extension of millions of people's lives -- keeping them connected to their work and home, letting them do email and browse the web on the go, allowing them to keep all their favorite files, music, photos and videos with them. I'm enormously proud of what we've accomplished, and I'm even more excited about what's yet to come."
Loyal Customers and Developers
Palm has many important constituencies to thank for its success, including:
Customers, who have bought more than 34 million Palm devices over the years, including 3 million smartphones. Among these are individual consumers who stay organized and in touch with important information. For many of them, the Palm V handheld -- with sleek style as well as productivity capabilities -- was the first Palm product to charm gadget fans and trendsetters, marking a tipping point for mainstream market adoption. Other customers hail from business and service settings, such as doctors who use decision-support software to improve patient care at the point of care, at the patient's side.
Developers, who support Palm products with innovative consumer and enterprise software applications that today number more than 29,000 for the Palm OS(R) platform alone, plus hardware peripherals such as keyboards, GPS devices and barcode readers. When Palm expanded its platform choices for smartphones to include the Windows Mobile(R) platform, its developer community grew again.
Retail partners, distributors and resellers, who have sold Palm handheld computers and Treo smartphones the world over. Palm still works with many of the original retailers it began working with in 1996, including Circuit City, CompUSA, J&R, Fry's and Staples. Palm also has a 10-year history with distributors Ingram and Tech Data, as well as resellers, such as CDW, PC Connection and PC Mall.
Carrier partners, representing the largest mobile operators and distributors around the world.
Employees, who have worked passionately to deliver on the company's vision that the future of personal computing is mobile computing.
All of these constituencies have inspired the company and helped it determine its product roadmap.
Today, while Palm continues to offer a wide range of mobile-computing products, from simple and inviting $99 organizers to powerful mobile computers with wireless capabilities, it is focusing its investment in smartphones. These powerful phones let customers check email, access personal information such as contacts and calendar, listen to music and take and share photos, plus, with additional software, watch live television, listen to podcasts or post to personal blogs.
Palm also has attracted a growing number of enterprise users. More than 8,000 organizations have standardized on the Treo smartphone using GoodLink(TM) from Good Technology for email. Currently, 40 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies use Treo smartphones, and an additional 35 percent are in testing or trials. Frost & Sullivan recently found that mobile professionals are choosing Treo smartphones over competitive offerings for its abundant business-ready applications, high degree of flexibility, choice of operating systems, and power and convenience.
Palm Factoids
- Palm's early leaders remain involved in the company's success. Jeff Hawkins helps guide Palm's product roadmap. Donna Dubinsky is a board member. Colligan, now president and chief executive officer, was employee No. 20.
- Palm sold 1 million Pilot organizers in the product's first 18 months -- an adoption rate faster than the IBM PC, Macintosh and even the microwave oven.
- The original Pilot was the first mobile device that worked as a companion to a PC, so customers could synchronize their information and take it with them.
- The first Pilot was built on a processor similar to those used by standard traffic lights and was powered by two AAA batteries (which lasted three months).
- Palm products have touched people's lives, appearing in Broadway shows, major Hollywood movies, reality TV, New Yorker cartoons, and on the red carpet.
- Palm broke new ground, creating many industry product firsts -- including the industry's first integrated wireless handheld to provide email and Internet access, and the first color handheld under $99.
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GAMES: Super Slyder
THE MIDLANDS, ENGLAND - August 17th, 2005 - Astraware and Sandlot Games, the team that brought you Tradewinds, are delighted to introduce you to Super Slyder(TM) for Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(TM) devices. With its truly addictive nature and easy-to-play style, Super Slyder(TM) has impressed critics and fans alike, making it the must-have puzzler for the casual game audience.
Guide Slyder, our adorable, spherical hero, through a world of over 200 increasingly difficult mazes, using strategy and foresight. Along the way meet friends and foes, including the sociable Boffo, the angry Unger, the immobile Reginald, and the explosive Sparky, who will try to help or hinder Slyder?s progress. Your powers of logic are the only thing that will help get Slyder to his destination and on to the next level.
"We are very excited to bring Super Slyder(TM) to the handheld market," said Daniel Bernstein, President and CEO of Sandlot Games. "Partnering with Astraware allows us to introduce the sequel to Slyder, an already well established franchise, to handheld users looking for the most challenging and rewarding game experience available.?
Super Slyder(TM) eases the player into the game with a full tutorial explaining how to play. To advance from level to level, players must guide Slyder through a series of mazes by using the stylus or directional keys. But be careful, once Slyder starts moving he will continue in that direction until he is stopped by an obstacle or the edge of the maze. This colorful, fun puzzle game is easy to start, but so addictive you won't want to stop playing.
Super Slyder(TM) has already proved to be a big hit with Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(TM) for Pocket PC and Smartphone press:
"A cool game that will keep you intrigued. This is the type of game that you just can't put down!" - Jack Cook, Dave's Ipaq
"It's one of those "Oh, I can beat this easily" games which rapidly prove you wrong. This is an exceptional brainteaser which gets better and better as you play it. It's the ultimate in compulsive gaming - you can pick Super Slyder(TM) up and start playing so easily, yet it seems impossible to put down. Top work Astraware." - Leigh Geary, Coolsmartphone.com
Super Slyder(TM) supports multiple resolutions and is available for Palm OS(R), Windows Mobile(TM) for Pocket PC and Smartphone devices. This is the first Astraware release with full screen support for Windows Mobile(TM) for Pocket PC "square screen" handhelds and with QGVA screens on Windows Mobile(TM) for Smartphone devices. Get Super Slyder from the Astraware website: http://www.astraware.com/superslyder, priced $19.95.
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