It is the classic rainy day activity.  Gather around the table and pull out the giant 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle.  What better way to spend the day?  The only problem we have is gathering around the table with three young kids, generally ends with jigsaw puzzle pieces all over the floor, and someone in tears.  Kind of ruins the perfect rainy day activity.  Well, now our friends over at Spb Software House have solved the rainy day problem, by putting that jigsaw puzzle right in the Palm of your hand.  That’s right, thanks to Spb, you can now solve jigsaw puzzles on your Windows Mobile Professional or Symbian S60 (5th Edition) device.  Hit the jump for the full press release, and watch out for my review coming soon.

Spb Software, a top mobile games and applications developer, today announces the release of Spb Puzzle 1.0 – a classic jigsaw puzzle game, designed specifically with the touchscreen in mind: Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 touchscreen phones. Spb Puzzle is explicitly finger-friendly, offers animation, haptic response, and real-looking puzzle pieces that are thoroughly crafted, down to the effects of light and anti-aliasing. Spb Puzzle offers 10 puzzles preinstalled, more free puzzle for download, and can make custom puzzles out of any image.

"With this brand new release, we aimed to create an authentic puzzle game with excellent graphics, clearest possible controls and navigation, and an unlimited number of puzzles to solve," – comments Nikita Glushkov, Spb Puzzle Product Manager. "Spb Puzzle gives users the freedom to work on even the most complicated puzzles in the comfort of their own phone, any time, any place. Spb Puzzle also keeps players assured that not a single puzzle piece will ever get lost, or that a nearly completed puzzle will ever get ruined by mishap," he concludes.

Key Features of Spb Puzzle 1.0:

• Versions for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60
• High-quality graphics and finger-friendly interface
• Custom puzzles from any image or photo
• Free additional jigsaw puzzle packs
• Flexible puzzle difficulty – fit for any age
• 10 preinstalled puzzles in "Classic" pack
• Pause and resume, autosave on exit, never lose a puzzle until it’s complete

Free additional Spb Puzzle packs for Windows Mobile touchscreen phones are available for download from Spb’s official website:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/puzzle/packs

Free additional Spb Puzzle packs for Symbian S60 touchscreen phones are available for download from Spb’s official website:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/symbian-software/puzzle/packs

Pricing and Availability

Spb Puzzle 1.0 is compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 or higher, and Symbian S60 touchscreen devices, qVGA and VGA screen resolutions are supported. Spb Puzzle 1.0 shareware version is limited in the number of puzzles available: 2 base and 1 custom image puzzles. Full version of Spb Puzzle is available for 9.95 USD at www.SpbSoftwareHouse.com.

Further Information and Downloads

Spb Puzzle web page (Pocket PC)
Spb Puzzle web page (Symbian)

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