WorldMate Freebies! [Archive] - Thoughts Media Forums

Brad Adrian

12-14-2002, 02:56 AM

<a href="http://www.mobimate.com/ppc/worldmate/index.shtml">http://www.mobimate.com/ppc/worldmate/index.shtml</a> MobiMate has announced a new revision of its WorldMate application, a great tool for anybody who travels or works with people in other geographies or time zones. <img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/adrian/worldmate.gif" /> "With its accurate weather forecasts information from The Weather Channel for 67 US cities and 190 world cities, World Clock, up-to-date currency exchange rates, Currency and metric conversions, international dialing codes, clothing measurements and more, it's the perfect companion wherever you are." Features: • World Clocks - Compare 4 world clocks to your home time • Weather Forecast - Get weather forecast from The Weather Channel for over 250 cities • Day/Night World Map - Click on the map to find the closest city, or choose a city and see where it is on the map • Currencies Conveter - View 3 currencies at once, get updated rates online • Convert Temperatures, Measurements, Weights and more • Translate clothes sizes between USA, UK and Europe • Find international dialing prefixes • Weather forecasts and currencies updates every time the device synchronizes Ramel Levin, Director of Product Management at MobiMate, is SOOOOO excited about WorldMate, that he's agreed to give away ten -- count 'em -- TEN free copies of the software to Thoughts readers (I'll probably randomly choose the winners from our list of registered readers in a few days.). Of course, you gotta be <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=register">registered with this site</a> in order to win. In the meantime, you can download a free trial version of the software using the link above. (Here's a little secret, too...We may just have some more freebies from MobiMate coming soon, so stay tuned...) UPDATE: Remember, unless we tell you otherwise for specific contests, our winners are randomly selected from our list of all registered readers. So, you do NOT have to send a post or message asking to be part of the drawing.

ZATZAi

12-14-2002, 03:33 AM

Dibs on the Freebies :lol:

That would be a fun application to use, especially since I keep in contact with people all around the world who are awake at sifferent times and such...

jchybinski

12-14-2002, 03:35 AM

This is a great application and I would love a copy...but all my $ is going to my 2 year old now :cry:

pschultz

12-14-2002, 03:51 AM

Could you tell me which program it is that shows the title bar with the battery meter in the picture?

Brad Adrian

12-14-2002, 03:54 AM

Could you tell me which program it is that shows the title bar with the battery meter in the picture?
I believe that's the standard icon that displays when your battery is low. However, if you want an application that shows your current battery level, there are TONS of them. Go to Handango.com and search for "battery."

(Hmmmm. Just how may software programs are there in a ton...?)

Foo Fighter

12-14-2002, 04:21 AM

Awesome!

12-14-2002, 04:59 AM

The refresh is slow. Also I use the datemate from the same company, I ask their tech support about the location of the data files, as I want to back it up. But no reply at all.

Matt Cassidy

12-14-2002, 05:22 AM

I would like to try it and compare it to Geo Kron.

Kati Compton

12-14-2002, 05:31 AM

Boy, that looks pretty handy to have...

cpoole

12-14-2002, 05:58 AM

Could you tell me which program it is that shows the title bar with the battery meter in the picture?

There are a few freeware program that do task/application management and display battery status.

wisbar - www.pelmarinc.com
icbar - www.ictinus.com/icbar/

Both of these programs are based on the original Wisbar program. Both are great programs.

icatar

12-14-2002, 06:33 AM

Please, please, please, please, let me win!!! Please, please, please, please... :angel:

joparp

12-14-2002, 08:26 AM

Neat! :D

urologyhealth

12-14-2002, 12:28 PM

I would enjoy trying it.

Thank you

Sven Johannsen

12-14-2002, 04:12 PM

Very nice. Very attractive interface. Works well on my Jornada and actually has my city on the list so I can get weather. Sort of wonder why the weather list is limited when it seems to get it from the Weather Channel. I would think you would just need to provide a way to specify the city name or airport code. Maybe that is all the weather channel does.

I have a question for the developers, in case they read through this. Do you not wear pants where you live? That conversion doesn't appear in the clothing section.

All in all, I'll wait and see if I win one, by some seasonal miracle, otherwise I'll register. At first I thought $20 was a liitle high, but when you combine the Time, the Weather, and the currency with automatic updates, it's fair.

mhowie

12-14-2002, 04:28 PM

Please put my name in the "hopper" for the drawing.

Thanks,

Pony99CA

12-14-2002, 04:48 PM

All in all, I'll wait and see if I win one, by some seasonal miracle, otherwise I'll register. At first I thought $20 was a liitle high, but when you combine the Time, the Weather, and the currency with automatic updates, it's fair.
I don't need the weather and currency stuff, but I do like the earth clock and the multiple times. If you like those, too, but want to spend less, you can get Conduits' Pocket Watch (http://www.conduits.com/products/watch) for $14.95 or Code City's CityTime (http://www.codecity.net/prodctppc.html) for $14.95 ($11.95 for a limited time).

PocketWatch is one of the few programs I actually spent money for on my Pocket PC. :-)

Steve

cessquill

12-14-2002, 04:50 PM

Put me down for one - have been looking for stuff like that for a while

Piedone

12-14-2002, 05:08 PM

Whoa ! - couldn't help registering - two days ago I got a 3955 for just under $200 from Office Max - now I'm planning a trip to Germany ... I hope I'm in time for the drawing.

Piedone

Jason Dunn

12-14-2002, 05:31 PM

I love this app - it's really slick!

Kati Compton

12-14-2002, 05:34 PM

I have a question for the developers, in case they read through this. Do you not wear pants where you live? That conversion doesn't appear in the clothing section.

American-English "pants" or British-English "pants"?

Pony99CA

12-14-2002, 05:54 PM

Whoa ! - couldn't help registering - two days ago I got a 3955 for just under $200 from Office Max - now I'm planning a trip to Germany ... I hope I'm in time for the drawing.

How did you manage to get an iPAQ 3955 for under $200? If this is available to anyone, I'd think it would be worthy of a front page mention.

I just checked the Office Max Web site (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536879833&prodBlockOID=537008483), and their price was just under $500 (not including the $75 gift card mail-in promotion). Do you have a link to get it for under $200?

Steve

12-14-2002, 06:19 PM

I tried the older version of WorldMate, and never really liked it because it was very slow. This new version is getting much better in term of speed & features.

This application is able to sync both currencies & weather from the net, but why not add the ability to sync the Time as well (just like cityTime)? Moreover, the default Alarm of PPC is pretty lame and unfortunately worldmate only recognizes wav files stores in 'windows' folder. Why not put the support for 'tgetfile.dll' and allows user to select any wav files from any folders? It would be really cool to use the XDA ringtones as alarm for worldmate :D

cessquill

12-14-2002, 07:21 PM

American-English "pants" or British-English "pants"?
There's a difference? Uh-oh! :lol:

ariza1

12-14-2002, 07:49 PM

Kati Compton

12-14-2002, 07:58 PM

American-English "pants" or British-English "pants"?
There's a difference? Uh-oh! :lol:

Pants in the US = slacks/trousers/etc.

Pants in the UK = ... (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2659&start=20)

Wiggin

12-14-2002, 08:03 PM

Offering a freebie??
Wiggin <---- elbows his way to the front of the line.....
Yes Please!
:lol: :way to go:

mhogan

12-14-2002, 10:18 PM

I just tried the demo version, and it definitely would be a good application for my lil' Maestro! It does in one applicatoin what took several on my Palm phone (Kyocera 6035 - retired).

----- Michael

Santa Fe

12-14-2002, 10:38 PM

I tried this a month or so ago. I really like the features EXCEPT I cannot get the weather for my location. The Weather Channel carries it so it has to be Worldmate. Their tech support folks did reply to my question about the user adding other cities and said "not at this time".

Kirkaiya

12-15-2002, 12:59 AM

I would REALLY REALLY like to win a free copy of this program!! In the last couple of years, I've backpacked in Nepal, Sri-Lanka, Peru, India, Costa Rica, Egypt, Cypress, Thailand, Vietnam, and assorted other countries, and doing all the currency conversions, date/time stuff can be a bother.

Any chance you could have some kinda contest for the 10 free programs? Like maybe, tell a travel story that involves a Pocket PC? (When I was in Nepal, in 1999, with my Cassiopeia E-11, locals were amazed by it - ditto for Vietnam). I actually made a homemade battery-charger for my old iPaq 3650, using the dummy sleeve, and a bunch of AAA battery-holders epoxied onto the back, and wired to a matching plug from radio-shack (it was ugly, but 8 AAA batteries would fully recharge it like twice, and it was great sitting in airports from Bangkok to Cairo...

anyway, i hope i win :D

yawanag

12-15-2002, 01:46 AM

I downloaded this program recently. I was in l-o-v-e with it until I discovered that you couldn't view the weather unless you were connected to the net. I truly love ADB Weather. You get a 7-day weather forecast and it's updated everytime you sync with Active Sync. It works on my HP Jornada but I can only get the default city on my T-Mobile. Wa-aa-h!

I'm waiting for an update. I really miss checking out the weather each day so I know what to wear. Very Useful, especially in the Windy City.

Mark R Penn

12-15-2002, 02:54 AM

I was in l-o-v-e with it until I discovered that you couldn't view the weather unless you were connected to the net.

There must be something wrong there, because Worldmate syncs the forecasts (and other data) every time you connect to your desktop, as long as the desktop has a connection. It ALSO lets you update manually, via an internet connection, while you're away from your desk.

Mark

lennychen2002

12-15-2002, 08:33 AM

hi, please sign me up for the random drawing - it looks like a fantastic app! :)

Kirkaiya

12-15-2002, 02:38 PM

I'm waiting for an update. I really miss checking out the weather each day so I know what to wear. Very Useful, especially in the Windy City.

Well, for just having the weather everyday, I have one of my AvantGo channels set to Yahoo (it syncs with the mobile version of My.Yahoo.Com, which is a customizable portal). I have the weather for Baltimore and DC, as well as all my local movie listings, on My Yahoo (which I first set up back in like, 1995 or 96, pre-PDA).

I started using AvantGo to sync with My Yahoo! on my old Cassiopeia E-11, and that was one of things I used most on my iPaq- it updates everytime you sync, you get a 5-day forcast (detailed for today and tomorrow), and the movies only change like once per week anyway (and you even get the descriptions of the movies, showtimes, etc).

Anyway - that's one very free way to get this stuff, along with whatever news you've picked for you My Yahoo! page (it just shows as Yahoo! on the AvantGo channel list).

Pony99CA

12-15-2002, 03:07 PM

hi, please sign me up for the random drawing - it looks like a fantastic app! :)

People, you don't need to ask to be signed up. You sign up yourself by registering. Read what Brad said....

Ramel Levin, Director of Product Management at MobiMate, is SOOOOO excited about WorldMate, that he's agreed to give away ten -- count 'em -- TEN free copies of the software to Thoughts readers (I'll probably randomly choose the winners from our list of registered readers in a few days.).

If a contest requires you to post in the thread, that's always mentioned.

Sorry, but it gets annoying looking at updates to the forums and finding "Sign me up!" posts. :x

Steve

lennychen2002

12-15-2002, 04:03 PM

Steve-Apologies for misreading the contest rules.

dhpss

12-15-2002, 04:58 PM

I have been using ContactPro from Mobilmate. It becomes my most favorite app for its smart (and yet simple) user interface (stylusless....).

"Need to call a friend, but your hands are busy? Let Contacts Pro help you lookup your contacts in a flash. With Contacts Pro, looking up contacts becomes a quick & simple one-hand operation. Contacts Pro's predictive search will help you find, dial (to GSM phones) or beam any contact with just a few (finger) taps. Contacts Pro, with dazzling graphic display and killer functionality, is an essential tool you cannot afford to miss."

I wish others PIM such PocketInformant would copy this friendly interface (e.g. large character, finger friendly, smart predictive input,...)
http://www.mobimate.com/ppc/contactspro/index.shtml
Highly recommended!

A little suggestion: Mobimate should develop a additional PIM funtion (calendar, task) using this same user interface. This would be a killer app .

yawanag

12-15-2002, 09:43 PM

Muchas Gratias to Mark and Kirkaiya for their input. I'm willing to go back and give it another try. Maybe my name will be drawn from the hat.

12-16-2002, 09:12 AM

It's possible to update the weather everytime you sync. Just check the menu on your activesync 'Tools/Options/Sync Options/WorldMate'.

I downloaded this program recently. I was in l-o-v-e with it until I discovered that you couldn't view the weather unless you were connected to the net. I truly love ADB Weather. You get a 7-day weather forecast and it's updated everytime you sync with Active Sync. It works on my HP Jornada but I can only get the default city on my T-Mobile. Wa-aa-h!

I'm waiting for an update. I really miss checking out the weather each day so I know what to wear. Very Useful, especially in the Windy City.

Pony99CA

12-17-2002, 09:25 AM

It's possible to update the weather everytime you sync. Just check the menu on your activesync 'Tools/Options/Sync Options/WorldMate'.

Even quicker, if you have the Details view in ActiveSync, is right-clicking on an item, then selecting Settings.

Steve

Sven Johannsen

12-24-2002, 05:33 AM