Mobile Tech News -- Games for Foleo, Spb Mobile Shell, YouTube Mobile

Astraware Releasing Sudoku and Solitaire Games for Palm's Foleo Mobile Companion

The Palm Foleo is getting some more software attention with the the announcement from Astraware that two of its most popular games, Sudoku and Solitaire, are being released for the first Mobile Companion.

Astraware's Sudoku is a logical puzzle game featuring include six levels of difficulty, pencilmarks in a choice of styles, optional completion and tracking of pencilmarks, and an advanced hint system. It also comes with a selection of built-in puzzles and allows the addition of pre-built puzzle packs available free from sudokuoftheday.com after registration.

Astraware's Solitaire features 12 single-player card games including Klondike, Spider, Freecell and Pyramid. Solitaire has been optimized for the high-resolution display on the Foleo mobile companion and for use with the trackpoint controller, and mirrors the feeling of playing with real cards It offers a range of display options as well as detailed statistics to track progress.

Additional Foleo titles from Astraware are in development. More information about this company is available at www.astraware.com.

Spb Software House Releases Spb Mobile Shell 1.5

Spb Mobile Shell took Today screen modifications on Windows Mobile devices to a different and more usable level than had been available before. Version 1.5 of Mobile Shell improves on the previous release by adding new features and improved performance.

New features include a professional layout for Now Screen, menu customization, ProNow Screen as lock screen, pinning on Today, and a new integration API for third party programs to work with Mobile Shell.

This application is currently available in English and eight other languages, and is compatible with all Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Windows Mobile 6 Pro devices. A free 15-day trial is available, or it can be purchased for $29.95. More information regarding Spb Mobile Shell 1.5 can be found at the Spb website

YouTube for Mobile Now Available

The line between what can be viewed on mobile vs. desktop devices is continuing to close. Now, the popular multimedia destination, YouTube, is viewable on many types of mobile phones.

Visiting YouTube Mobile gives a mobile-friendly version of this site's content including the latest viewed, most popular, and the ability to search for videos. These movies are encoded in the 3GPP video standard, which is a common codec for most mobile devices.

For more information, and to check out YouTube Mobile, visit http://m.youtube.com

via the Unwired