Guest Pondrew Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 Astraware has released an update to their popular Astraware Sudoku title which now allows users to download the Puzzle of the Day over the air using connected devices. Still celebrating their Astraware Sudoku title winning an award at the recent Orange Code Camp, those kind folk at Astraware will be discounting the Astraware Sudoku software to $9.95 at the Astraware site. A sizable discount on the regular price of $19.95 and only until the 31st December 2005. Astraware Sudoku is available from www.astraware.com Astraware releases update to its award-winning Astraware Sudoku game. THE MIDLANDS, UK - December 1st 2005 - Astraware is excited to announce a major update to Astraware Sudoku for Palm OS® and Windows Mobile® for Pocket PC and Smartphone. The new Puzzle of the Day option offers a brand new Sudoku puzzle at each difficulty level downloadable 'over the air' each day. This unique feature also lets users submit their times directly from their device and see how they rank against other players worldwide for the same puzzle. "We're all Sudoku addicts here at Astraware, and adding this new feature has us competing to get better and better at solving the puzzles," said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. "We're looking forward to all of our registered customers joining in with the Astraware team and Beta testers in the daily high score lists!" Astraware Sudoku featuring Puzzle of the Day is a free update to all registered owners of the game. The Puzzle of the Day feature can be accessed either over the air from a connected device, from standalone handhelds using a cellphone as a modem, or via ActiveSync's pass-through connection, while users without a connected device can still take advantage of Astraware Sudoku's ability to generate billions of Sudoku puzzles on their device. Astraware recently attended Orange Code Camp in Opio, France where the Puzzle of the Day feature was developed. Astraware Sudoku's over-the-air puzzle delivery was awarded Best Overall Product at the event and received the grand prize of a Segway Human Transporter. The Astraware Team has since taken delivery of the Segway! To mark the release of this update, Astraware Sudoku will be discounted to $9.95 at the Astraware site until 31st December 2005. The regular price is $19.95. Astraware Sudoku is available here: http://www.astraware.com/all/default/sudoku/ A Sudoku of the Day puzzle is also accessible for non-PDA owners via the Sudoku of the Day website at http://www.sudokuoftheday.com. It's available for people to add to their blogs and websites or direct to their email inbox each day. The Sudoku of the Day site also includes Sudoku Gear - a quirky range of merchandise featuring genuine Sudoku puzzles - ideal for a Sudoku addicts everywhere. About Astraware Founded in 1994, Astraware Limited develops, publishes and distributes games for mobile devices. Some of the company's best known handheld titles include Bejeweled, Cubis, Zuma, Insaniquarium and Zap!2000/2016. Astraware is a Microsoft® Certified Partner and its games are 'Made for Windows Mobile®' certified. Handango have presented awards to Astraware twice in recent years, with Game of The Year in 2003 for Bejeweled, and Palm OS® Developer of the Year in 2004. Mobile gaming enthusiasts have downloaded more than 30 million copies of Astraware's products, and the company has customers in over 100 countries. For more information, contact Alison Barclay at [email protected], or visit http://www.astraware.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djbressler Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 I'd be really interested if anyone has this stable on an iMate SP5m / wm5 phone. It was working fine for a couple of weeks, then the joystick stopped responding. Joystick works fine everywhere, but not in this app. And, their support has just had me upgrade to 1.2, which has done nothing but prevent me from even registering my already-purchased copy. Also, anyone have any idea why their registration component uses an on-screen keyboard instead of the built in keyboard?!?!? I find this mind-boggling (and frustrating). Thanks. David Personal responses welcome at [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jamma14 Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 (edited) Also, anyone have any idea why their registration component uses an on-screen keyboard instead of the built in keyboard?!?!? I find this mind-boggling (and frustrating). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't know about joystick issues on the sp5, but you could try unistalling, and reinstalling it (also it stores temp files in the root of your phone which might be helpful to delete). But in reply to using their own keyboard - they didn't develop the game using .net with simple text entry areas in windows, but based the whole menu etc. round pictures and their own coded logic. They wanted to use certain characters and if they'd used a textbox or similar they couldn't have displayed pictures to represent characters like they wanted - to fit in with the style. The on screen keyboard was probably just simpler than trying to write their own "abc" code for the numpad on the phone. EDIT: spelling :) Jamma Edited December 7, 2005 by Jamma14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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