GHCS Software is asking for people to test out v3.1 of GedStar Pro, a Palm genealogy application. You can find the details/download link here.

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GedStar Pro 3.0 has been released by GHCS Software. It’s $24.95 (upgrade from GedStar or GedStar-Plus is $14.95). It works on PalmOS-based handhelds running PalmOS 3.5 - 5.x, including color devices, and requires a PC running Windows 98 - XP. For a comparison between GedStar, GedStar-Plus, and GedStar Pro, please see this page.

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Earlier this week (November 20th), the GedWise (PalmOS) 6.3 beta was released for both Linux and Mac OS X. GedWise is a Palm OS based genealogy application that now has a Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X installer (the only PDA genealogy application to cover all three platforms, and the only other Palm OS-based application besides My Roots to support the Mac platform). This is the first release for Mac OS X.

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PocketPC Magazine has a review of Phatware’s CalliGrapher 8.0: Taking handwriting recognition to the next level. About a month ago we posted MobileTechReview.com’s review of this handwriting recognition software.

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Dick Eastman has a tip on reading RSS feeds on your iPod (iPod, iPod mini, iPod Nano, with Notes facility).

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iPod Photos, PDAs with video output, laptops, and even digital cameras, have made the days of lugging around a bunch of slide trays and large projectors a thing of the past. You can plug many of those into a large TV or projector, and have an instant family history session, without having to lug a lot of hardware around (assuming you have a large TV or projector).

Now you can take things one step further, with Pocket Projectors - Texas Instruments has managed to shrink these things down to a small enough size they fit in one hand.

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Pocket Genealogist has been updated to version 2.96.8 Final . Pocket Genealogist is a Pocket PC/Windows Mobile genealogy application. This is a free update for current users.
It can be downloaded here: www.pocketgenealogist.com/download.htm, and you do not need to uninstall your current version in order to install this release, according to release notes.

Important: We made a mistake and were listing the Pre-release versions as the release version. The version announced yesterday, 2.96.8 is the official full 2.96.8 release, and contains all fixes between pre-release 2.96.1 and 2.96.8

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