4Pockets will be attending the WMC in February, if you would like to meet up with us please drop us a line at

Marketing@4pockets.com

We are sooo pleased to announce the launch of Aurora our great new Music Sequencing Software.

Whether you are an experienced musician or don’t have a musical bone in your body, you can make great music on your Pocket PC

Aurora is our pattern based musical sequencing software for the Pocket PC, by simply choosing a musical scale every note you play is in perfect tune, leaving you to make your own great sounding music.

The latest version now adds support for WVGA devices.

Check out the video of Aurora our new music app due for launch next month.

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We were delighted today to get the news that Air Hockey Challenge has been voted the Best Sports Game on Handster.

The Best Software winners are selected from from 2500 applications, available on Handster.com The selection is based on these factors:

* total sales in the first half of 2009
* number of downloads
* customer feedbacks

Air Hockey Challege has received a big thumbs up score of 5 stars out of 5 by Handster purchasers.

7 Day Summer Sale Starts today - 50% discount on these games.

Super Elemental - Reduced to $7.45
Air Hockey Challenge - Reduced to $7.45
Particle Wars - Reduced to $4.98
Great Gold Rush - Reduced to $7.45
Pocket Breakout - Reduced to $7.45

Everyones favourite little vacuum cleaner Super Sid now includes Accelerometer controls for the Samsung Omnia and HTC Diamond.

Control Sid  as he tries to clear all the levels of toxic waste in this classic muncher game, but watch out rogue security robots are chasing him!

Super Sid - Pocket PC Version
Super Sid - Smartphone Version
Super Sid - PC Version

Marble Worlds 2 for the Samsung Omnia

In response the pleas of owners of the Samsung Omnia, who wanted to play Marble Worlds with tilt control, we are pleased to confirm that Marble Worlds 2 version 1.1 now supports the Omnia Accelerometer.

If your a fan of Jigsaw Puzzles then JIGaSAWrus is a must,  create and play puzzles directly on your Pocket PC and PC. 

There is also a new FREE expansion pack with 12 new puzzles, keep checking as more will be released over the coming months. 

Pocket PC Version
PC Version

Here it is, the sequel you've all been waiting for, bigger, better and full of beans! Explore one hundred play areas across 5 different themed worlds with accelerometer control for the HTC Diamond Series.

Pocket PC

Smartphone

We were really pleased when we got an email through from the guys at Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine to say we had had received an incredible 11 nominations in this years awards. Well the final results are out and we are over the moon to have had 4 catagory finalists and a winner

Best DSP/Sound Enhancement
Pocket RTA Pro 
Winner 2 years running

Pocket RTA is a highly portable real-time spectrum analyser for your PC and Pocket PC. Includes many advanced features which are normally only found in much more expensive sound analysis software, providing fast and accurate spectrum analysis suitable for both amateur hi-fi enthusiasts and professional A/V engineers

Finalists in the awards included

Red Sector 2112	AudioBox	Harry Putters Crazy Golf	4Connect Smartphone

We got a great surprise this week when Handster notified us that 4Pockets had won Best Software in 3 of the most prestigious categories in their 2008 Best Software Awards.

Best Arcade Game
Marble Worlds

Best Action Game
Red Sector 2112

Best Multimedia Software
Virtual Recorder

Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine

Smartphone Nominations
4Connect - Board Games

Pocket PC Nominations
4Connect - Board Games
Super Sid - Arcade Classics
Super Elemental - Color Matching
Red Sector 2112 - First Person Shooter   
Harry Putters Crazy Golf - Golf Games
Air Hockey Challenge - Sports Games
4Talk - SIP and VoIP   
Virtual Recorder - Audio Recorders
Audio Box - Music Composition
Pocket RTAPro - DSP/Sound Enhancement

We would like to thank everyone that nominated products this year, we appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our new products as much as the ones you took the time to nominate.

WordPlay is a great selection of 5 word puzzles designed to give your brain its daily workout on the pocket pc and Smartphone.

Daily Anagram 
A Today screen plugin which presents you with a daily anagram puzzle
Word Search 
The Classic word game where you find a list of words in a grid of random letters
CodeBreaker 
A crossword type game you have to crack the code to work out where the letters go
CrissCross
Fit the words into the crossword grid to complete the puzzle
Bits 'n' Pieces 
Unjumble the crossword by moving puzzle sections around the grid

Available for Pocket PC and Smartphone WordPlay is your daily mental workout.

4Pockets were celebrating a double win at this years Digital Awards after scooping 2 of the major awards, Best Game and Best Use of Mobile Technology.

Best Use of Mobile Technology
Pocket RTA Pro is a highly portable real-time spectrum analyser for your  Pocket PC.

Judges Said: "The device which can be used by sound and electrical engineers instead of bulky and expensive equipment was a perfect examply of how to use mobile technology."
Pocket PC Version 
PC Version
 

Best Game
A platform game in which the player guides a marble through themed worlds, navigating past obstacles and picking up gems. 

Insider editor Peter Baber said: “I was lucky enough to have been one of the judges on the best game category. Marble Worlds had us all addicted in minutes. It was the clear leader”
Pocket PC Version
Smartphone Version
Enhanced Desktop Version

 4Pockets are celebrating a double award win in this years international

after being named the winners of two categories in an announcement by the magazine.

The winning products are:

Virtual Recorder

in the "Audio Recorder" category

and

Pocket RTA Professional

in the "DSP/Sound Enhancement" Category.

Bill Muir, MD of Limelight said “We are extremely proud of these awards, not only because it recognises the excellence of our products but also because they have been nominated by the users of the products and judged by a team of some of the most renowned people in the Pocket PC and Smartphone industry. The whole team is delighted and we send ours thanks out to everyone who nominated and voted for us.”

The Finalist have been annouced in the 2007 Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards and the team at 4Pockets are delighted to annouce that 5 of our products have been named finalists.

The Finalists are:

Harry Putter's Crazy Golf 
Air Hockey Challenge
Virtual Recorder
Pocket RTA Pro
4Connect
 
So a very big thank you to everyone who nominated 4Pockets products this year we appreciate your support and look forward to bringing you more quality products over the coming months.

Now our fun loving cleaning robot Sid can be played on Square Screen Pocket PC's.

Follow Sid on his adventures in colourful isometric 3D worlds, in this twist on the pacman genre.  Built using the popular 'Marble Worlds' game engine the challenge is to help Sid clean up all the levels, but rogue security robots are chasing him. Collecting extra power boosters allows Sid to battle them, but these items are few and far between.

To learn more about this product click here.

JIGaSAWrus is a realistic jigsaw puzzle game which allows you to create and play puzzles directly on your Pocket PC. The program uses a virtual desktop to allow you to work with puzzles much larger than the screen. Play one of the 50+ gallery images or create your own great looking puzzles with up to 500+ pieces.

To learn more about this product click here.

Have hours of fun creating hilarious characatures of friends and family by simply dragging the stylus over the screen. This is the perfect companion for you integrated digital camera. Once complete you can then save your goofy masterpieces before putting them to good use!

To learn more and view screen shots click here.

MeTeoR is a digital multi-track recorder designed specifically for the Pocket PC. The program features up to 12 tracks of high quality audio, a built in mixer and multi-effects processor. MeTeoR is ideally suited for creating musical compositions, and also a great tool for journalists and business people who need to splice and piece together voice notes, narration or dictation. Compositions once mixed can be exported to standard file formats for use on your desktop PC.

Registered users can download the free PC edition here

To read more click here

People purchasing our products in CAB file format can now download product manuals from the 'Product Manual' section of our web site.

StompBox is the ideal companion for acoustic guitar players who want to get more creative with their sound. StompBox turns your Pocket PC into a personal practice amp and effects unit. Now you get the chance to sound like Jimmy Hendrix even without the electric guitar.

StompBox can be used to enhance any accoustic instrument and isn't limited to guitar users.  StompBox allows you to create chains of up to 9 effects, which can be placed in any order. Once you have perfected your sound, you can save the entire chain as a preset which can be recalled quickly and easily.

The built in loop recorder allows you to capture a few bars or even a whole song (memory permitting) which can be used as a backing track for you to play along with.  For example, a guitarist may want to record a few bars of rhythm over which he can practice playing lead parts.

Click here to read more.

Virtual Recorder is a personal voice recorder for your Pocket PC which works just like a good old fashion tape recorder.

• Time stretch your recordings. Listen to a full hours recording in as little as 30 minutes, without it sounding unnatural or speeded up. Great for reviewing lectures and seminars etc.
  
• VAS (Voice activated recording). Records only when sound is heard, eliminating silent gaps in your recordings.
  
• Fix pitch and vary speed. Musicians can sample music and slow it down without affecting the pitch; allowing you to practice those difficult guitar solos.
  
• Virtual Cutting Room. Allows you to splice recordings or remove unwanted sections. (Cut/Copy/Paste and Fade In/Out facilities are supported).

For further informatin click here

Sudoku is a number placement game which requires great patience and a good logical thinking ability! The aim of the game is to place a numerical digit 1-9 in each cell of the 9x9 grid so that each row column and 3x3 block contain only one instance of each number.

The program features a true Sudoku Generator, unlike many which simply rotate and flip a generic set of puzzles. Puzzles are generated to match your skill level. We have also added a comprehensive hint system which helps you learn some of the more difficult moves.

Click here to read more.

Air Hockey Challenge is a game of fast reactions and skill, based on the classic arcade game of the same name. The object of the game is to outscore your opponent by hitting the puck into the opponent's goal. The puck floats on a cushion of air and can move extremely fast so be careful not to blink too often!

To spice things up a bit you can play one of 4 game modes, with or without power-ups, against the computer or a network player.

Click here to read more.

Everyone at 4Pockets was really pleased last week when we were notified that for the 4th year running we had been nominated in the SmartPhone and Pocket PC Magazine Awards and that we had received a record 9 products nominated 

Products Nominated are:

1. 4Connect in the Pocket PC Games:Board Games category
2. 4Pinball CyberStorm in the Pocket PC Games: Classic Arcade category 
3. AudioBox Micro Composer in the Pocket PC Multimedia: Music Composition category 
4. Great Gold Rush in the Pocket PC Games: Action Games category
5. Harry Putter's Crazy Golf in the Pocket PC Games: Sports Games category 
6. Marble Worlds in the Pocket PC Games: Classic Arcade category 
7. Particle Wars in the Pocket PC Games: Scrolling Shooters category
8. Pocket Breakout 2 the Pocket PC Games: Classic Arcade category
9. Super Elemental in the Pocket PC Games: Color Matching category

We would like to thank everyone for their support and nominations we really appreciate them.

Our most recent games are square screen compatible and will work fine on the HPHW65xx and HW69xx range's of Pocket PC's. A single installation works on both 240x240 pixel screens as well as the traditional 320x240 pixel screens.

The following is a list of square screen aware software:-

Games
4Connect

Applications
Auto Tuner
4Talk

Some of our older games and applications, which were written before the square screen devices were available will not function correctly on these platforms. We have however created special versions of our most popular software which specifically targets these models of Pocket PC.

The following titles are now square screen compatible, but please ensure you select the correct version when placing orders.

Games
The Great Gold Rush (HW-65xx) 
Harry Putters Crazy Golf (HW-65xx) 
Marble Worlds (HW-65xx)
Particle Wars (HW-65xx)
Pocket Breakout 2 (HW-65xx)
Red Sector 2112 (HW-65xx) 

Applications
Guitar Tuner (HW-65xx)
Pocket RTA Professional (HW-65xx)

4Talk is the great new way to turn your Pocket PC into a two way communicator over short range transmission areas. 

Create your own walkie talkie network, including multiple Pocket PC's and PC's

Whether you want have a serious application in mind or just want to play 4Talk keeps you in touch.

4Talk The possibilities are endless….

Find out more about 4Talk

Prepare to challenge your mind with our new brain teaser based on the age old classic. Featuring multiplayer network modes and computer players.

Players take it in turns to drop counters in an attempt to win the game by getting four counters in a row.

Check out the demo today

Find out more about 4Connect

Gold Rush is our new fast and furious multiplayer platform game which requires quick thinking and a devious mind. If you think you've got what it takes check out our demo.

Challenge up to 4 of your friends or play against the multiple computer players. Supports most Bluetooth, WiFi and wired networks.

Find out more about The Great Gold Rush

AudioBox is our all singing and dancing virtual recording studio the Pocket PC.

Create your own musical compositions using the built in sequencer. Create your own sounds using a range of virtual instruments, and finally mix up to 16 tracks of audio with added effects to create your chart topping masterpiece. AudioBox also feature advanced features such as mixer, effect and instrument parameter automation.

Check out the demo today!

Read more about the great features in AudioBox

This is what all Harry Putter fans have been waiting for, our first expansion course. The expansion gives you a further 18 holes of frustrating fun. Learning the quickest way round this course should keep you occupied for some time.

Please Note: You need a copy of the original Harry Putter game in order to play the expansion level (more details about the full game can be found here.

Find out more about the expansion level