MDM Offers Free PDA Software to First 5000 People - Who Live in the US That Is...

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gomdm.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.gomdm.com/</a><br /><br /></div>"Mobile Digital Media (MDM), the world’s largest publisher of plug-and-play consumer software for PDAs and smartphones on expansion media, today announced that the first 5,000 people to register for the MDM newsletter at the new <a href="www.goMDM.com">www.goMDM.com</a> website will receive one free MDM software MMC or SD card. The first 5,000 newsletter registrants at <a href="www.goMDM.com">www.goMDM.com</a> will be able to choose from a range of MDM reference and entertainment titles for the Palm OS® including popular products such as PalmPak® Dictionary/Thesaurus, PalmPak® Game Card: Rayman®, Sega® Classics featuring Sonic the Hedgehog™, and PalmPak® Travel Card: Worldwide Cities. For Windows Mobile™-based Pocket PC 2002 or higher devices, MDM will offer Atari® Retro featuring seven original Atari 2600 games. This free offer represents a $29.95 - $39.95 retail value depending on the product."

[animlmed]

Just signed up for mine. I guess the only one we can get is the Atari game pack. Hey, it's free, I'm not going to knock it.:) Thanks for the post Jason!!

[Wuss912]

it looks like this is all palm software

[toncek]

Just signed up too. Too bad it doesn't tell you if you are within the first 5,000 or not. Thanks for the tip.

[Fishie]

Iowa is not illegible for this?

[Jason Dunn]

it looks like this is all palm software

No, they have some Pocket PC version - I imagine when you specify that you have a Pocket PC they'll send out the Pocket PC versions. At least, I hope they would. ;-)

BTW, it's for people in the US only. :(

[MasterOfMoo]

:)

I like that they have Age of Empires for the Pocket PC as well. Guess I'll have to go shopping after I finish this form for the freebie.

[Jon Westfall]

I've never gotten/bought a commercial MMC / SD card (with preloaded software). Does anyone know if you can erase these things and use them as a (albeit small) storage card?

[kiwi]

looked like palm software.. I signed up for the retro pack.. (to my US address ;-)

[dean_shan]

Thanks Jason. I signed up. I hope I'm one of the 5,000. I asked for the Sega pack. Does anyone know if you can copy the software off the card so that I do not have to have the card in to play?

[Pat Logsdon]

I asked for the Sega pack.
I think the Sega Pack is only for Palm, as it wasn't listed on the Pocket PC page. Hopefully they'll look at the device information and let you know if you asked for something incompatible.

I asked for the Atari Retro card. 8)

[sublime]

Man what crap! I hate being Canadian sometimes.

Jason, can't you pull some strings and make them ship out to Canada, too? Arrrgghh!

[quidproquo]

I signed up for the Atari Retro card......
And you SHOULD be able to format it and use it as an extra storage card, since it is a simple SD/MMC card. (although it will likely be a small one)

Also, I am going to try to copy the data over to my 256MB card so I don't have to put it in each time , just to use it. :wink:

Then I have another card for my camera!! 8)

[JoshB]

Looks like the Dictionary and Thesaurus card is PPC compatible, too. If you look a the product page for each of the freebies, you'll see whether it list Windows Mobile/Pocket PC. Plus, the Dictionary/Thesaurus shows a PPC screenshot in MobiPocket reader.

I'm more excited about the free SD card than I am about the software. Anyone know how big they are?

JoshB

[dean_shan]

I asked for the Sega pack.
I think the Sega Pack is only for Palm, as it wasn't listed on the Pocket PC page. Hopefully they'll look at the device information and let you know if you asked for something incompatible.


Dang! I didn't even look at what system they are for. Oh well, I'll just give it to my brother. He has one of those Palm 505.

[OSUKid7]

I asked for the Sega pack.
I think the Sega Pack is only for Palm, as it wasn't listed on the Pocket PC page. Hopefully they'll look at the device information and let you know if you asked for something incompatible.


Dang! I didn't even look at what system they are for. Oh well, I'll just give it to my brother. He has one of those Palm 505.

No, wait...I'm sure there's a PPC version too. It came with my iPaq H3870. So I'm guessing that's the one you'll get.

[sebringal]

Well, I chose Atari---now we'll have to see if I was one of the 5,000!

I did notice, though, that Dell is not on the list of compatible devices for the Atari---wonder if that's an oversight, or if it really won't work---anybody know?

[bcre8v2]

Free Atari 2600 emulator for the PocketPC (download):

http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=61&section=PPC&PHPSESSID=f6fdfcee17f34f1c808f0229c31f59d4

You can also download .bin files (the games) for the emulator here:
http://www.classicgaming.com/vault/2600roms-AD.shtml

Above all: Have Fun! :Fade-color

[Wuss912]

Free Atari 2600 emulator for the PocketPC (download):

http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=61§ion=PPC&amp;PHPSESSID=f6fdfcee17f34f1c808f0229c31f59d4

You can also download .bin files (the games) for the emulator here:
http://www.classicgaming.com/vault/2600roms-AD.shtml

Above all: Have Fun! :Fade-color
but thats illegal unless you own the games already :(

[mv]

Free Atari 2600 emulator for the PocketPC (download):

http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=61§ion=PPC&PHPSESSID=f6fdfcee17f34f1c808f0229c31f59d4

You can also download .bin files (the games) for the emulator here:
http://www.classicgaming.com/vault/2600roms-AD.shtml

Above all: Have Fun! :Fade-color
but thats illegal unless you own the games already :(

I own them all so it´s legal for me! :D :D

Looks like the atari card is the only choice for PPC.-

[kiwi]

Man what crap! I hate being Canadian sometimes.

Jason, can't you pull some strings and make them ship out to Canada, too? Arrrgghh!

heh - I think you meant to say "I have *living* North of the Border" I doubt you hate being Canadian..

:)

[dean_shan]

Man what crap! I hate being Canadian sometimes.

Jason, can't you pull some strings and make them ship out to Canada, too? Arrrgghh!

heh - I think you meant to say "I have *living* North of the Border" I doubt you hate being Canadian..

:)

I live "North of the border" so to speak and I still have full rights. OK I feel bad for rubbing it in.

[ethancaine]

I just ordered mine... good stuff.

I just hope they fall for my address (military overseas addresses can be tricky unless the site is KIND enough to include us in their addressing forms).

[keelinlee]

Looks like the Dictionary and Thesaurus card is PPC compatible, too. If you look a the product page for each of the freebies, you'll see whether it list Windows Mobile/Pocket PC. Plus, the Dictionary/Thesaurus shows a PPC screenshot in MobiPocket reader.

I'm more excited about the free SD card than I am about the software. Anyone know how big they are?

JoshB

Well, it's not a problem of being big. Mobipocket is the only Reader MDM could have chosen... runing on all PDA types, dictonary/frames/audio functions.
I'm pretty sure the card will work on any PDA, so that you can update your device and it will go on working.

[Ketsugi]

I live North of the Border, if by 'Border' you mean 'Equator'.

[sublime]

I live North of the Border, if by 'Border' you mean 'Equator'.

Hilarious

[cricket chirps] ... [/cricket chirps]

:D

[Oleander]

Anybody here who knows of a "remailer"?

And not the electronic one...

I'm sick and tired of lots of stuff i simply cant get because i dont live in US.
I can understand that some companies dont want the hassle with sending overseas, different currencies, shipping and customs.

But isnt there someone out there who has specialized in forwarding stuff for a fee?

[mmidgley]

anyone know when the lucky 5000 will receive the goods?

edit: cards are arriving, see later messages...

m.

[animlmed]

I was just thinking about this today! I thought for sure enough time had gone by for us to receive them in the mail.

[ppc4me]

I registered as soon as I saw this post. Did anyone get any response from the company, a confirming e-mail or anything? I didn't get any response back as far as I can recall.

Tony

[brece]

I haven't heard anything. I don't recall even getting an e-mail from the company. I wonder if it was just a plan to get thousands of e-mail addresses fro free to send out spam to. hmmm. Does anyone have any experience ordering from this company?

[spireview]

Do you think we all got scammed? Has anyone heard from MDM?

[Pat Logsdon]

It appears as though this is NOT a scam. How do I know, you ask?

I got home and found a generic Jiffy envelope containing - you guessed it - an Atari Retro card with Adventure, Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Pong and Yar's Revenge! 8)

[James Fee]

Got mine also. The package it comes in is a DVD case in the shape of a MMC/SD card. Pretty cool... :D

[ironguy]

I signed up back in November and just got my Atari retro pack yesterday. It also comes with an exciting plastic SD card case that can hold multiple cards! :D

OK, it's not that exciting. It will carry 4 cards though. Great for tossing in a backpack or briefcase.

[buckyg]

I just came to check back here to ask if anyone had heard anything. I just received the first email newsletter from them, but nothing about whether or not I was one of the lucky ones. Guess I'll have to wait and see if it comes in the next few days.

Thanks all for the update.

[ppc4me]

Same for me, I just got the newsletter via e-mail. Can anyone who got the card in the mail recently indicate whether they got a newsletter e-mail as well? Maybe there is a correlation from being one of the first lucky ones and getting the newsletter - as of yesterday 1/21 I haven't received anything in the mail - I'm hoping! 0X (I think this guy has his fingers crossed!)

[James Fee]

I dont' remember getting an email newsletter from them, but my spam filter could have taken care of that for me.

[Kati Compton]

Darn - this offer was when I was moving and not checking the boards much... Oh well.

[Steven Cedrone]

Well, I still haven't received mine yet... :(

Steve

[danfreeman]

Got mine today!! What fun!

[slothdog]

Got mine today as well. Rawk. On.

:way to go:

[GoldKey]

Nothing Yet Here.

[Jon Westfall]

Got my atari classics today! WooHoo.

[animlmed]

Got mine today :D

[mmidgley]

:) I requested my card on 18 Nov 2003. I received the Atari retro 8mb MMC card about a week ago. The software on it is for both PocketPC and Palm, and only takes up about 1.5mb. I wondered if the card would be read-only, but it is in fact read-write.

It also came with an SD/MMC case that can hold up to six cards. :|

m.

[buckyg]

Nothing so far, so I guess I wasn't one of the lucky 5000.

Since then, I've tried the Atari demo. While I liked it, it didn't seem worth the 29.99 USD they're asking for it. So I'll wait and see if one of these days the price drops.

[Steven Cedrone]

Got a card today, it was a PalmPak travel software package. Well, I guess I'll really enjoy formating this one! :wink:

Steve

[Steven Cedrone]

Well, it looks like I am screwed. The card seems to be a ROM MMC. See this documentation and tell me if I am missing something:

MXIC Web Site - Palm and RandMcnally Travel Card (http://www.macronix.com/QuickPlace/hq/PageLibrary48256D9D002BA613.nsf/h_Toc/353474D2F0B57B8848256D9F000BF308/?OpenDocument)

From the MMCA web site: "MultiMediaCards use ROM or flash technology for read-only applications, and flash technology for read/write applications."

I didn't know there was a read only version of MMC cards...

Steve

[blang]

I received my Sega Classics but it is only for the Palm :cry:

I guess I'll only use the case.