Contest 5: Open

There are various high-quality applications here. It is tough for authors to compete in the Open category and tough for judges to decide a winner. Some entries are very professional and others are pure fun or show off some cool tricks.

The winner is listed first. Other entries are listed in alphabetical order.

mo:Blog by Johan Van den Brande
mo:Blog is a mobile blogging tool for PalmOS devices. With mo:Blog you can post new messages to most blogging applications. It allows you to upload binary files - like images - to blogs that support this.

Judge's Comments: Clean look and well executed features. Great handy tool for personal and professional use. Ideal with wireless connection.

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Other Entries

		AccountSafe by Mark Smith It is a shareware password keeping program. Judge's Comments: I bet many people need this one. Download
		Angel Icon by masakiozaki Angel Icon is an icon maker for Palm developers. The 32 x 22 pixel icon can be designed in a large screen (4 times larger). A color device with Palm OS 5 is required. Judge's Comments: Nice tool for Palm programmers. Multiple brush sizes would be ideal. Download
		C-MATE by inarmo This is an allowance-management application that decides the budget for each category from the past record. Judge's Comments: Interesting approach to manage your allowance. Need Japanese device. Download
		Diabetes Converter by Max L. Schmidt Diabetes Converter is a program to help converting values of diabetes measurements in a convenient way. Judge's Comments: Simple, task-oriented program.
		EiWeight by Hiekichi This software is for recording weight and bodyfat. This software can indicate weight and the rate of body fat by graph. Judge's Comments: Use this and lose weight! There is a nice graph to show your long time effort. Download
		ezKorean by James Wu ezKorean, the unique learning mobile program, for your PDA and cell phone absolutely persists in best quality, simplicity, and mobility trough innovative engineering and design techniques. The handy dandy ezKorean will help you obtain the ability to read and write Korean Alphabet in a short period of time regardless of your whereabouts in the beach or the coffee shop. Judge's Comments: Great tool to start learning Korean. Cute design scheme. Download
		FastFood by Dan Falls The program lists menu items for several popular fast food restaurants in a list box and then displays nutritional information on the screen. Judge's Comments: Fun application. Watch your calorie ingestion! Download
		Flight Status by Andrew Faber Get live flight status for almost any commercial airline flight in the US. Judge's Comments: Convenient, real-time application for travelers and people in tourism. Well organized. Great effort by 14 year old programmer. Need Internet connection. Download
		Golf Score Card by Chip Mattson I have written a Golf Score program, I call simply Golf Score Card. It was originally intended for Disc Golf, but can be used for ball Golf as well. Judge's Comments: Golfers love this kind of tools. Some improvement would be needed to be a sophisticated application.
		HaemOncRules by Alan Teh Haematology-Oncology Rules is a collection of algorithms which compute diagnostic criteria, prognosis and aid clinical decision making in the field of Haematology-Oncology. Judge's Comments: Professional tool for specific professionals. Download
		Ham Radio Reference by Joe Lauben Ham Radio Reference (HRR version 2.0) - was developed for Palm? using NS Basic . HRR is Freeware (no cost for 2004) available for all to enjoy at at their own risk. Judge's Comments: Nice reference with many calculation functions. Download
		Pejsa Ballistics by Jane Pejsa Our novel methods permit the air drag and/or velocity curve to be precisely modeled and duplicated by our NEW EXACT formulas for PRECISELY CORRECT trajectories and related data. This program may thus be used to check the accuracy of other ballistics programs or tables. Judge's Comments:Incredibly detailed calculations. The UI could use work.
		RallyCalc by Brooke Jacobs RallyCalc is a freeware program for the Palm OS. It assists in doing calculations for TSD Rallying. In particular, it is designed for use in Ontario, Canada where navigational rallies are timed to the second. Hopefully it will be of use in other parts of the world. This program calculates the ideal time due for given distances, and helps to time into checkpoints correctly. Judge's Comments: This must be very convenient for TSD Rallying. Easy to use. Download
		Slix by Tom Strutton Slix is an F1 score keeping programme. Judge's Comments: Cool graphics. Download
		Stopwatch by Mark Sharp This program was written in NSBasic 3 and as an experiment, I decided to see if I could use system ticks to get a display of hundredths of a second. While the hundredths of a second portion of the program is not terribly accurate, it is sort of close when compared to an actual stopwatch, and I thought it made the program itself more interesting. Judge's Comments: Interesting experiment. Download
		TCLogger by Mark Sharp TCLogger is a timecode logging application for video professionals. The Palm program allows videographers to log and rank shots in the field, then use the PC application to convert the PDB file to a text log format that the editor can use to import and batch digitize footage. The program eliminates the step of manually entering all of the shot information, or manually searching through footage and picking the best shots to digitize. Judge's Comments: Straightforward, easy to use program. Download
		TennisMaster by Markus Hirschbuegl TennisMaster is a program which helps tennis umpires or anybody who is interested in Tennis to keep the scores, side changes etc. easily in focus. With TennisMaster it's also possible to manage players and already played matches. Judge's Comments: Keeping scores could never be easier with this tool. The instant stats and other features make this application a complete package. Nicelooking graphics. Well laid out. Website
		Videodatenbank by Katja Kostrzewa Helps to find a video. It's possible to import/export data to Excel. Judge's Comments: Elegant graphics and colors. Nice use of tabs. In German.
		VINS by Jean-Philippe Pasquier VINS is a wine related software for Palm OS handheld computers. Judge's Comments: Must have item for wine lovers. Many features to satisfy serious users. Good amount of information.
		WtTools by Charles R. Tomkinson Wt Tools is a Nutrition and Fitness tool useful in managing weight loss. It serves as a daily journal of all activities performed and foods eaten with their associated nutritional values (calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat and fiber). Judge's Comments: Well thought application. Little bit slow access to DB. Download