This game, simply called Sudoku, is one of the most in-depth incarnations of the puzzler I've seen and gives you lots of freedom over how you play it. When you start you can choose to set up the game board yourself, placing numbers on the 9 x 9 grid simply by clicking on a square and selecting one from the pop-up keypad, or using the Palm handwriting pad. It's great because this means you can effectively set the difficulty level of the game manually (there's also an auto option if you can't be bothered to do it yourself).

Once you're happy with the layout you press 'Go' to start playing. One of the most innovative things about the gameplay is that you can choose whether or not you want to 'set' a number. So, if you're not sure if the number will work in a certain square but want to mark your intention to play it you can do so by unselecting the 'Set' option. The number is then displayed in minature and you can add multiple numbers to one square to play around with possibilities.

There's lots of ways to customise the Sudoku board to your tastes, although strangely you can't play around with grid sizes. The only other niggle I found was that the handwriting recognition is a little iffy.

On the whole though, this is an enjoyable Sudoku clone with plenty of options to keep you amused for a long time.

Download Sudoku 1.31 in Softonic

Feature Highlights:

* Includes 1200+ FREE recipes to get your collection started
* Shopping List integrated for creating your list and carrying it to the store
* Menu Planner feature to plan future meals. View recipes on menu with a tap!
* Smart Ingredient Paste for quickly entering recipes copied as text from a web page
* Import recipes easily from MealMaster and MasterCook, free from the internet
* Scale ingredients quickly and automatically by changing the number of servings
* Define your own categories and ingredient list to fit YOUR needs

The ultimate recipe book and cookery assistant for PDAs.

Download PDACookbook Plus 6.1.0 in Softonic

Supercharge the address book with TealPhone, the contacts replacement with superior interface and options. Highlights include enhanced display, search, phone-dialing, groups and linking options for all your contacts.

TealPhone includes a one-screen integrated display, eye-saving large number view, quick seek index bar, recently-used city and country memory, powerful search features, TealPrint summary, entry and label printing, and switchable sorting by first name, last name, and company.

Also supported is phone number dialing through integrated phones, modems, phone add-on peripherals, and cabled and infrared GSM cell phones. TealPhone is PalmOS 5 compatible and takes full advantage of extra address fields and enhanced display modes of the Tungsten T3, HandEra 330, Samsung, Alphasmart, and Sony CLIE handhelds.

Some of TealPhone's main features include:

• Integrated data preview display
• Enhanced dialing view
• Enhanced finger-friendly view
• Quick-seek index bar
• Large phone number display
• Phone number select on main list
• Sorting by last name, first name, or company
• Powerful search options
• Contact linking
• Editing auto-completion
• Editing popup history
• Editing popup number pad
• User-definable groups

Popular application for expanding your phone book's possibilities.

Download TealPhone 5.28 in Softonic

I don't know when or where it was invented, but somehow Sudoku has come from nowhere to become one of the most popular ways to while away a bus journey. What's more, you don't even need a puzzle book to play it because there are so many versions of the game available for mobile devices.

Astraware's take on the format is very impressive and is actually one of the most well-executed I've seen anywhere. Obviously the scenario is the same as always - you have a 9 x 9 grid with a series of nine boxes and nine cells. You need to fill up all the cells with the numbers one to nine without repeating a number in any row, column or box.

But what's great about this game is the loving attention that's been given to its presentation. When you first start out, you're given an animated introduction to Sudoku, explaining all the rules in a succinct manner. You can then choose to start a new puzzle from the default ones built into the game, create your own puzzle, or download one from the Astraware site (you'll need to register for the full version to do this).

There are six difficulty levels to choose from, ranging from 'Beginner' to 'Diabolical,' which lets you develop your skills at your own pace. The in-game options are just as impressive. You can add pencilmarks to assist you, get hints, change the display and set the level of assistance.

Graphically, the game is tastefully presented and the board is very clear. There's even a clock and a battery indicator at the top to remind you not to lose track of things in the real world!

All in all, one of the best mobile-based Sudoku games you'll find.

Download Astraware Sudoku 1.50 in Softonic

TAKEphONE is a wrapper for the Palm OS address book application, designed to enhance and simplify the most common tasks -- finding phone numbers and creating/editing contacts. These tasks can be done without the use of a stylus, with just a few taps on the screen.

TAKEphONE also enables making phone calls to numbers from your address book using one of different types of devices. Find/Create/Edit Address Book records quickly and easily! No-stylus ("one-hand" or "finger") operation! Dial phone numbers using cellular/Kyocera 6035+7135 / Samsung SPH-I3x0 and I500/Handspring Treo/VisorPhone/Other devices!

Download TAKEphONE 7.80.001 in Softonic

Now, normally I wouldn't recommend playing word games underwater because you'll get your puzzle book all soggy. However, with Bubble Babble you can have plenty of fun with words without getting wet.

The object of this brain-bending game is to create words from the letters floating around in the bubbles on screen. If you manage impress your friendly fish host, Wordsworth Smartygills you'll score points and progress through to the next level.

Before you start playing Bubble Babble it's worth having a look at the excellent (if slightly long-winded) animated tutorial, where Wordsworth demonstrates how to play and you get the chance to pull off a few moves. Joining the bubbles together is done simply by dragging them next to each other using the stylus. It seems like a simple control system at first but sometimes the game doesn't seem to detect when two bubbles are touching and you have to keep trying, which soon becomes annoying.

There are four different game modes to try, each presenting a different kind of puzzle. There's Challenge, where you need to make a certain number of words within a given time; target, in which you must put the separated words back together; Mystery, where you're asked to find the hidden word; and Freeplay, which lets you make words to your heart's content.

I was impressed by Bubble Babble's overall presentation. The graphics and sound are fun and capture the aquatic theme very well. There are plenty of options to tinker around with, and a great Stats feature, which lets you view all manner of details about your performance.

It can get a little repetitive after a while, but if you're a fan of word puzzles Bubble Babble provides a more entertaining way to play than a puzzle book can.

Download Bubble Babble 1.00 in Softonic

I love a good read, but there are times when its impossible to carry a bulky hardback around with me. These days however, this doesn't have to be too much of a problem because there are plenty of ways to enjoy a good read without physically having a book with you. eReader provides you with a way of displaying documents and eBooks on your Palm to peruse anywhere you like.

The application provides a wonderful array of options to give you total control over all your books and documents in the PDB format. Through eReader's clear interface you can perform all manner of procedures, including viewing all chapters or choosing certain sections, adding bookmarks, annotating paragraphs, and viewing extra information about what you're reading. There's even a battery indicator to protect you from any nasty surprises.

With such a vast of reading features, eReader offers one of the best experiences for reading books on your mobile device.

Download eReader Pro 3.0 in Softonic

Life Balance is award winning coaching software that provides a dynamically ordered To Do List driven by the importance of your goals, your desired allocation of time and effort, and feedback from what you get done each day.

Life Balance is a time and task management program that helps you focus on what's really important to you and actively balance the often conflicting demands of career and personal life. Life Balance emphasizes the intrinsic importance that you've assigned to your projects and life goals, rather than arbitrarily filling every slot in your calendar. This helps you to spend your time and energy on what matters to you the most. You can be self-directed, and know that you are working toward long term goals while still managing your day to day routine.

Some of the features that set Life Balance apart from most to-do list software are:

• A built-in outliner so that you can organize your tasks into projects
• The ability to reprioritize all the tasks in a project by dragging a single slider
• An unlimited number of places (categories) that you can use to filter your to-do list
• Dependencies, so that Step B won't appear on your list until Step A is finished
• Routine tasks, like laundry, can be scheduled to happen with a flexible interval rather than scheduling for a particular day and time
• Lead times to gently bring your attention to approaching deadlines
• Integration with the schedule in your Palm's built-in Date Book
• Pie charts that provide feedback on how you are spending your time
• Unique "balance" feature nudges your to do list to help to bring your actual time and effort allocation more in line with your desires
• An active and knowledgeable User Community available in the User Forum to help answer questions and discuss how to get the most out of Life Balance software

Life Balance helps you to set priorities and increase personal productivity in a very new way. Items on a to-do list can have a high priority for different reasons: because they are part of an important project, because the deadline is near-at-hand, because you are in the right place to take action, or because you have been neglecting the task.

Internally, Life Balance uses fuzzy logic math techniques to balance all these competing factors. As a result, it can provide you with an easy to use, sorted list that makes it simple to figure out what is the most important thing that you can do right here, right now.

Ultimately, Life Balance is software designed to help you achieve that feeling that you are living authentically and following your own unique path.

Download Life Balance 3.5 in Softonic

If you're a car owner then I'm sure you'll know all about the importance of keeping all the records and information about your vehicle up-to-date.

In my experience though stuff like insurance, maintenance and registration details tend to get scattered around the house or the garage and you can never find this information when you need it. Wouldn't it be great if you could centralize all of the important info about your car and have it close to hand at all times. Well, now you can, thanks to Vehicle Manager for Palm.

The application is designed to help you record all manner of details about your vehicle on your handheld device. It's split into four different categories, represented by tabs at the top of the interface, namely: Details, Insurance, Dealer and Notes. The way this is presented makes it incredibly easy to both view and enter information.

However, the real beauty of the app is the sheer amount of data it can record, including the name of the car, vehicle ID number, insurance policy number along with coverage and renewal date info, repair and maintenance history, and much, much more. You can even use it to track your fuel consumption history. Vehicle Manager could also be very useful for car dealers, as it allows you to record and manage details about multiple vehicles.

This really is a comprehensive digital log book for your car and it covers pretty much every piece of information you'll need in an easy-to-handle manner. It would've been nice to see an option to insert pictures of the car, but I can forgive the developer for that.

If you have a car and a Palm, this is an essential download.

Download Vehicle Manager 3.5.106 in Softonic

OK, so first things first, this software could get you in a lot of trouble. Excited? It's a controversial application because it allows you to monitor the activity of any other Treo - that means read text messages, search contacts, modify passwords, check battery and lock the phone. So if you've lost your PDA or you don't want to carry two phones it's extremely useful. And if you want to spy on family and friends it's equally good, and possibly illegal in your country.

Install SMS Commander on the mobile you want to control and send a text from another phone with the activation password and first order. Be careful, failure to follow the installation instructions could lead to improper operations of the application. There is also a free Radio ON/OFF application when you register SMS Commander. The default password is 00000. We recommend you change this immediately. Spies need uncrackable codes. Maybe try your birthday.

Download SMS Commander 1.08 Beta in Softonic

Just because the Apple iPhone does something in a certain way, it doesn't mean that it's the perfect way of doing it and that everyone else should copy it.

Hang on, actually it does. Treobble is the latest in a growing number of programs designed to replicate the iPhone's intertia contact scrolling feature, this time for Treo devices, allowing you to peruse your address book simply by touching and sliding your finger up and down the screen.

For instance, you can view all data from a particular contact, initiate a call, send an SMS message or an email, all without having to use the pointer.