Studying the Quran is an essential part of Muslim life but what about those times when you can't get near a mosque or are on the road?

Step forward Quran Reader, a mobile application that lets you read the sacred texts while you're on the move using your PDA or phone. You'll need the Java Runtime Environment installed on your device, but aside from ensuring this is present, the setup-up process is a pretty straightforward one.

Once installed, there are all manner of features at your disposal to help you improve your knowledge of the Quran. For instance, you can set and retrieve bookmarks, highlight verses with a subtle green colour, and there's three levels of zoom available in case you're eyesight isn't up to scratch.

Quran Reader includes all 114 Suren of the Holy Scriptures in Arabic, English, Urdu and Farsi. You don't even need Arabic, Urdu or Farsi support on your handheld to read it, as it works straight out-of-the-box. Unfortunately this free version doesn't support other languages like French or German.

If you travel around a lot and wish you had more time to study the Scriptures then Quran Reader is ideal.

Download Quran Reader 5.00 in Softonic

If you were around in the 80s then you're sure to remember one of the greatest inventions of that era - the Rubix cube.

Personally, I never managed to solve one of those oh-so frustrating colored bricks, so I thought I'd have another stab at completing it by trying out this 2D version of the puzzle on my mobile phone.

Rubix Redux plays in a similar way to the original only this time you only need to rotate the blocks on horizontal and vertical axes, so that every row or column is the same color. Unfortunately, this makes it no-less difficult, and I ended up wasting hours trying fiddling around with it. Needless to say, I came pretty close to throwing my phone at the wall on several occasions.

The game itself is neatly presented without being too flashy. There is a choice of four difficulty levels, each with a different number of squares that increase with difficulty. You can save and load games, and Rubix Redux keeps a record of all your stats and high scores. It's fun to play, though the repetitive nature of trying to match the colors up can become awfully infuriating, especially as there are no in-game hints.

If you want to revisit the days when colored cubes were more popular than video games then Rubix Redux makes for an interesting incarnation.

Download Rubix Redux 2.00 in Softonic

Asteroids was one of the most popular of all the old Atari classics and many a youth was misspent blasting rocks in an arcade. Personally I couldn't see the attraction of the game, and the stupid control system used to annoy me.

This clone of the game for Java-enabled phones is pretty faithful to the original. You take command of a ship (well, a white triangle, actually) and must blast rocks (blue pentagrams) to smithereens using your laser gun (red dot) without coming into contact with them.

As well as accurately mimicking the blocky graphics of the classic, it plays the same too. You need to thrust and turn using the keys on your phone, which proves to be a pretty intuitive control method. It's not very fast to start off with, so the game is easy to pick up even if you haven't played it before. What's more, the instructions can be called up whenever you want through the Pause menu.

Unfortunately there wasn't enough in this version of the game to excite me because it's basically just a copy of the original. Perhaps with a little innovation in terms of gameplay I would've finally gotten hooked on Asteroids.

I know a lot of people love the original and if you're one of them then this is probably an essential download for your phone.

Download Asteroids 1.00 in Softonic

I'm thinking of suing Microsoft for including Minesweeper in Windows 95, because it's probably the main reason I didn't score as highly as I'd hoped in my college exams, such was the addictive nature of the game. After installing Java Sapper on my mobile phone I'm now faced with the problem of missing my bus stop every time I travel to work because the game faithfully recreates Minesweeper so you can play it anywhere you like.

Your goal is obviously to detect all the mines hidden on the game board without actually hitting one. As with the original, you do this by clicking on the little squares to reveal the position of the mines using the numbers under each one. Clear the board quickly enough and you'll get lots of juicy points.

Disappointly, Java Sapper adds little to the original Minesweeper, and graphically it's still very boring. There are a few options, such as restarting a game, modifying the difficulty level, and choosing between stlyus or keyboard control.

Thankfully though, the game retains the same addition level of it's Windows-based grandfather meaning that I'll have a lot of explaining to do when I turn up late for work tomorrow.

Download Java Sapper 1.0 in Softonic

Chat with your friends and exchange photos made with your Palm-mobile. This is all possible with IMHere, the number one MSN messenger for mobiles. It is simple to use and gives you direct access to the MSN messenger network.

Features of IMHere include:

• MSN instant messaging
• Emoticons
• Invite contacts
• Add/remove contacts
• Send email to contacts
• Snap and send photos (not supported by the Lite version)
• Receive and view photos

MSN compatible messenger. Supports most important character-sets (Latin, Chinese, Arab, etc), emoticons, multiple clients in one chat-session, add/remove contacts, snap/send/receive photos, email. The contact-list is synchronized with your PC-version. Requires a java-enabled mobile. Also requires internet access via WAP, UMTS or WAP.

Download IMHere 7.0.7 in Softonic

mScorecard™ is the fastest, easiest and most effective golf scorecard and statistics software on the market: as quick to use as paper scorecards, but far more effective. It instantly calculates scores, handicaps, stableford points, sidegames and advanced round statistics for up to five players simultaneously.

mScorecard™ was developed and course-tested by golfers. That’s why it has more of the features serious golfers need and want.

mScorecard™ allows you to:

• Track strokes and putts along with fairway hits, greens in regulation, up-and-downs, sand saves and penalties for up to five players per round. Enter scores and shot details in a matter of seconds per hole
• Store full game histories and advanced round statistics on your phone along with an unlimited number of courses, players and rounds. Or post them on our server for detailed analysis
• Calculate and track your handicap index automatically based on played rounds mScorecard™ supports multiple handicap systems in different countries
• Analyze rounds and statistics to manage and improve your game
• Wager and play popular side games, including Skins, Nassau, Match Play, Stroke Play, Stableford, Greenies, Longest Drive, Birdies, Eagles
• Share scorecards and stats with your friends via e-mail
• Access our Internet portal with advanced analysis tools, course downloads, round storage, handicap tracker and other features

mScorecard™ is compatible with java-enabled devices that support J2ME™ MIDP 1.0 or 2.0, including mobile phones, BlackBerry, PalmOne and Pocket PC devices.

Download mScorecard 4.4.1 in Softonic

Do you have a Java application to run on your Palm device? Download IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment to run Java 2 Micro Edition™ applications and realize the value of open-standards. Whether it is a business application that wirelessly connects to your corporate data or your favorite game, Java provides you greater access to more software and functionality.

How do you know if your Java application will run on your Palm device? Check with the application provider.

Download WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment 5.7.1 in Softonic

J2Aquarium is an aquarium simulator and virtual friend game for small Java devices. Play along the days within the aquarium, you will learn how to build an aquarium, and watch out your fishes. Press magazine SDJournal published (February/March 2006) an article presenting aquarium games of Wabyanko. This article can be used as a User guide / tutorial to play with J2aquarium. Also scrolling text messages are available along the days, they will help you to keep safe your aquarium.

A simple and enjoyable aquarium for your Palm PDA.

Download J2aquarium 1.1 in Softonic

No other electronic ink email application offers smoother lines, automatic shape correction, and calligraphy pen styles in different colors. Create high-res, interactive emails and drawings in your own handwriting and send them instantly to any email address. riteMail now provides full editing, recognition and storage of handwritten emails and notes.

With riteMail, you can...

• Create high-res handwritten notes and drawings from anywhere, on any device
• Send your notes to any email address
• Fully edit and recognize handwritten text, shapes and charts on your desktop and Tablet PC

Key features of riteMail include:

• Exchange notes, drawings and charts between wireless handheld computers and desktops - in any language, on many platforms.
• Enables unified note taking, processing, and exchange of notes, drawings and charts between pen-enabled mobile devices and computers
• Easy user interface requires no learning or training
• Continuous writing space and high quality electronic ink available in various pen styles, colors, and line widths
• Automatically expand your writing space as you continue to write new content in your riteMail letters
• Unique riteShape™ technology instantly perfects common shapes and complete charts. riteShape intelligently adjusts, aligns, resizes, corrects gridlines, connects arrows and adjacent shapes, and fine-tunes concentric shapes. [let me try riteShape online]
• Deferred processing of handwritten notes on your desktop includes advanced editing – the ability to move, copy, delete, resize, and change the color, width, and style of any portion of your notes.
• Next-generation riteScript™ handwriting recognition technology included in riteMail for Windows allows users to copy handwriting as recognized text and paste the results into key Office applications. [let me try riteScript online]
• View messages in the body of regular emails for Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Mail, Eudora, Lotus Notes, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, Hotmail and other popular mail programs
• Send messages in condensed and bandwidth friendly electronic ink format
• Compact riteMail Web Edition client (based on Java technology) quickly downloads to your connected Windows, Mac, Linux or Unix desktop or laptop computer
• Use riteMail Web Edition to instantly create new handwritten letters

Feature-rich email client for Palm.

Download riteMail 2.0.36h in Softonic

JPad is a full featured Java(tm) editor for building simple Java applications and applets.

JPad can be used to write, compile, run and test programs, locate syntax errors in your code, switch between JDK tools and write your own custom code in JavaScript.

Its features include:

• support for Sun's JDK Java tools
• custom template for creating new Java files
• custom menus, toolbars, hotkeys, and bookmarks
• syntax coloring for Java keywords
• java reformat source command
• block indent and unindent
• multilevel undo/redo
• search and replace
• multifile search
• split windows
• line and column number indicator
• line numbers in the edit view
• custom scripting using JavaScript

A comprehensive tool for creating your own applications.

Download JPad 3.6 in Softonic

Develped by Embedded Internet Solutions Inc., iPanel browser is a standards compliant Internet browser that is designed and developed for Palm PDA's and Smartphones offering these advanced features:

• True Browsing Technology: Unlike the initial solutions for the Palm, which used dedicated servers to present the web page in a special format, iPanel is a true browser with Javascript support. This means that rather than just displaying a web page, you can fully interact with a web page such as travel pages, banking, or stock pages.

Tri-View: Allows you to view the web page in:

• Wrapping mode, which displays web page as a column.
• Actual mode, that allows you to navigate around the web page using the stylus.
• Miniature view that allows you to display the whole web page and quickly zoom in onto a section.

• PDA-ready Content Display: automatically displaying PDA-ready page of an URL if available from the web site.

Efficient Palm user interface including:

• Quick buttons allow easy browsing of the web
• Quick link display that allows you to bookmark your most important web pages with a descriptive icon.
• Easy web page text entry
• History support.
• Ability to save content locally for later use.

• HTML 4.0 compliant, enabling you to access a wider range of web pages
• Java Script 1.4: Allowing you to use interactive web pages, rather than just being able to display them.
• SSL 3.0/2.0 and TLS 1.0 for security of your transactions and your personal information.
• Supports JPEG, GIF and Animated GIF optimized for the capabilities of your display.
• Cookie support.
• HTTP1.1 support

Download iPanel 1.40 in Softonic

PalmMSN follows the MSN Messenger protocol from Microsoft meaning that now you can use your Palm to comunicate with your MSN Buddies whenever you want, wherever you are.

Basic functionality is implemented so that you can send and recieve messages to any MSN client compliant with Microsof't MSN Messeneger protocol.

The current features PalmMSN currently supports are:

• You can send and recieve messages to and from your online contacts.
• Add and delete contacts
• Change your screen name
• Change your status
• Insert time stamps in your messages
• Play sounds as messages arrive
• Reply by selecting in a message on the main window.
• Ability to keep connection alive
• Send and recieve Typing events
• Block and unblock users

PalmMSN was developed in Java so that it can also be used by other Java enabled devices like mobile phones.

Download PalmMSN 0.14 in Softonic

If you're unwilling to make the move from your favorite java programming environment, Jump will help you to continue working as usual, and gives you the power to convert your work to the PRC format, thus making it compatible with a Palm device.

The application contains the applets necessary to make an entire application and it works without limitations.

This program is an essential for anyone programming in java for the Palm OS platform.

Download Jump 1.0 b3a in Softonic