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Looking for Jornadas & HP 200LX PalmtopsOctober 29

As you may know, Thaddeus Computing, publisher of this web site, Smartphone & Pocket PC, and iPhone Life also buys and sells used PDAs, handhelds, and smartphones. It has a separate site for buying, selling, and repairing the HP 200LX palmtop.

Recently, a company approached us. It needs the HP Jornada 720 motherboard. That means we would like to purchase HP Jornada 710/720/728 in any condition, with or without accessories, battery or stylus. We will pay $25 per unit.

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New URL, New Server, A Few GlitchesOctober 28

We are now officially http://www.smartphonemag.com!  All PocketPCmag.com URLs should work and be redirected. If you find problems, please E-mail me.

We also just moved all our site content from a Microsoft based server to a Linux server. The move is the culmination of two years of effort migrating our great and massive content from a hodge podge of mostly ASP code to a Drupal, a Content Management System, written in PHP. Drupal will run more comfortably on the Linux server.

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New Devices from AT&T, HP, and Sprint; Free Mac Syncing SoftwareOctober 28

Wow, a lot of news recently regarding your choices for new devices. AT&T has released the Samsung Epix, HP has come out with the iPAQ Voice Messenger and the iPAQ Data Traveller, and Sprint has released the HTC Touch Pro.

AT&T Epix

AT&T’s new Samsung Epix has a Treo-like form factor with a front-facing QWERTY keyboard. It’s sometimes called the BlackJack III, but unlike that device it has a touch screen.

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Personal note: yes, I'm still hereOctober 25

I haven't had the time to post anything the last few weeks. 

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Firetop Adventure - Sizzling Fire or Smouldering Ashes?October 24

Here we are, just over two years since I shared my thoughts on Firetop Mountain, the first release from ino Games. Now I've come to talk to you about that game's spiritual successor, Firetop Adventure. The truth is, the two games don't have a whole lot in common. That's unfortunate for Firetop Adventure, because while it's more aesthetically pleasing, it lacks much of the fun and innovation that made the first game a nice little treat.

The puzzle based nature of the original has been replaced with a more traditional platforming experience. That's not to say that it's purely run and jump through the levels, however. There are still things to do like finding dynamite to blow open doors and rescuing prisoners from their cages. However, it wasn't until spending some time with this game that I truly appreciated Firetop Mountain's single screen, time based puzzle levels. This outing almost felt too "standard" for me.
 

There were a few things that were nice to see in the game. While not unique, the certainly under-used "sit and squish" technique for dispensing with monsters was interesting. Sadly, in the levels I've played there was only one monster that could be killed with this technique. For anything else there's either the bottle that gives you one shot in both directions (left and right), or the globe that l