There are a lot of you out there switching from older devices, such as Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and standard non-smart phones, to the iPhone.  In fact, I think the ranks of the converts is growing every day. 

As most of you know, I do a lot of the game reviews around here.  One thing I started noticing after I picked up the iPod Touch was that a lot of the games I see around the iTunes App Store are updates of games we have reviewed on other platforms, specifically Windows Mobile and Palm OS.  And that got me thinking, for a lot of you, switching to a new operating system and a whole new device can be a bit daunting.  It can be reassuring to have a bit of “home” on your new device.  Hence, a familiar game which can follow you from that legacy, outdated Palm device, or Windows Mobile phone, straight to your brand new iPhone or iPod Touch.  In this first part, I am going to feature a few games I found in the iTunes App Store that came from one of my favorite game developers, Astraware (note that this is not a complete look at Astraware games in the iTunes App Store, just a few highlights.)  All of these games were originally released on the Palm OS or Windows Mobile platforms. 

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When Palm first opened their mobile apps store, they had a few programs you could download for free.  One of them was GetSportz by Bluefin Wireless, and it is still available for FREE.  If you are a sports nut, like me (especially for my Steelers), then this is a MUST have.  What it does is give you the ability to check news, scores, schedules, and rankings on the go for the 9 major sports.  In case you are wondering, the 9 sports are:  NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, Auto Racing (more than just NASCAR), NCAA Basketball and Football, Golf, and Tennis.  You can set-up auto updates for certain sports of interests, and on the main menu it has a ‘Top News’ category that allows you to see all the major stories from all sports.  Honestly, I can’t live without this.  So, hurry and get this now while its still FREE!!!

Here at JAMM Towers, we get all kinds of mobile news, updates and releases in our inbox. We also get some great tips that we like to share with our readers. The good folks at Mobile Maven sent us an article they just published which I’m sure we can all get some use out of:

Run Your Life With SMS: 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do Via Text

I’m always looking for ways to make my life easier, and if I’d have known about half of these tips a year ago I would have a lot more hair left!

Not only can you track packages via TrackThis, you can also check stock quotes and even get help quitting smoking via SMS.

So head on over to Mobile Maven’s blog and check out exactly what you can do to make your life easier with a simple text message!

Microsoft’s new My phone sync service, is still in Beta and it is well at best, offering up a variable service, for many users. The inconsistency seems to be at the online end of the service, not the phone end. I signed up for the Beta as soon as it was announced, and finally today, after a tweet from MyPhone, I went and tried to sign in again, and I was in. When Doug did his quick look a couple of days ago, he didn’t really talk about the time it takes to do your initial set up, and sync, and for me patience is a virtue, that i don’t have for the most part, So if it was going to take an interminable amount of time I’m very likely to cancel the process and write it off as a work in progress and come back when it gets less fail worthy. What actually happened for me was very similair to what a lot of people are experiencing, my data is synced, and there, but the online portal is not translating it the way it should, so it becomes a WinLose situation, I’ve successfully cloud synced my phone, but the ways I can manipulate that data online is my digital Achilles’ heel. So here’s a graphical timeline of the initial set up and sync, for your “I want to know if it’s worth taking the time to worry about this” pleasure.

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For a limited time, SBSH is offering SBSH SafeWallet for 50% off @ $12.50 in celebration of the release of v1.1. For those who don’t know, SBSH SafeWallet gives you the ability to print cards, import and export wallets, and more. This update is free to all currently registered users.

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