Hobbyist Software Releases Initiate III

Hobbyist Software Releases Initiate III

By: Christopher Meinck

Hobbyist Software has released Initiate III, a smartphone launcher developed specifically for the Palm Treo.

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Initiate III offers the following features:

• Manage contacts and instantly make a call, send an sms or an email
• Play an mp3, a movie or a playlist
• Open a Pdf, excel, word or powerpoint document straight to the right application
• Open a bookmark or a Palm document

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The latest version also introduces a host of new features.

• Completely new look
• New status Icons
• Ability to hide buttons
• Added plugins
• More display customization options Palm Documents supported
• Underline as you type
• Background updating of the launch list
• Added ‘live conversion’ backgrounds Use Palm photo picker for jpeg backgrounds
• Added Lefty support
• Per-view backgrounds
• Multiple columns for list mode
• Enhanced scrolling
• Direct launch of files on SD card
• Rebuilt Preferences page
• Allowed display of icons without text
• Allowed half-size icon display

Initiate III retails for $24.95 and is available as a free trial.