Contest 6: Open


There are many useful applications here to accomplish some specific tasks or to bring up new ideas which can be transferable to many other. Some entries are quite sophisticated while others show a lot of potential for future versions.

The winner is listed first. Other entries are listed in alphabetical order.

Magic Piano by Gheorghi Tcherkin
An unique program, which allows you to play, compose and listen to melodies. It features: Digital Samples from a Real Grand Piano, 3D Rendered Piano Keyboard with smooth movements of the keys, Smart Classical Notation, Full Database Functionality - Saving and Loading.

Judge's Comments: It's pretty slick! Nice graphics. You can compose music on Palm!

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Other Entries

DbLib by Douglas Handy
The DbLib shared library contains functions that manipulate a Palm OS database or the directory contents of internal memory or an external memory card. Most of the functions work at the database or directory level, not on specific records in a database.

Judge's Comments: Great work! Nice addition to NSBasic libraries.

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OreCa by mizuno-ami
OreCa, this is not one application but a kind of system. When you run it, nothing will happen. Because it needs corresponded programs of OreCa system. This is a shared-money(virtual)-system. Japanese users made some co-OreCa programs. Maybe, some co-OreCa program entries would be send to this contest.

Judge's Comments: Like your pocket allowance.

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Pascha by Patrick St. Jean
An application for calculating the feast and fast days surrounding Pascha (Orthodox Easter).

Judge's Comments: Simple program.

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Planet Watch by Mike McKee
Planet Watch is for new astronomers or anyone with a telescope. Planet Watch will help you to find, identify, and observe objects in the solar system. Planet Watch will also show you what youÕll see before you look. Planet Watch can calculate planet and satellite positions from 1600 A.D. to 2400 A.D.

Judge's Comments: Nice reference in your pocket. You can always check what you can see. The use of tabs to organize information is quite neat.

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TextTool by inarmo
A two-way data converter between Memo and a text file in the /Texts/ folder on an external memory card.

Judge's Comments: Straightforward and useful.

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ToneGen by Joe Lauben
Audio tone generator. Generates single frequency, sequenced, sweeping up or sweeping down audio frequencies, adjustable duration and volume. Possible uses: - audio circuit testing, PC sound card / DSP testing, effect generator, tuning of musical instruments and testing customer owned Outside Plant (OSP) cabling.

Judge's Comments: It can be widely used in many fields. Generating combinations of multiple frequencies would be useful too.

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UkeTune by Joe Lauben
Generates notes for all four types of Ukes plus Guitar!

Judge's Comments: Tune-up time for Hawaiian breeze!

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Wickham Park Disc Golf Scorekeeper by Josh Cohen
It is an 18 hole Disc Golf scorekeeper designed specifically for Wickham Park located in Manchester, Connecticut.

Judge's Comments: Nice graphics. Simple scorekeeper but it could impress your buddies.

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