StyleTap StyleTap Platform for Windows Smartphone

When I ran a Palm app, StyleTap created a cursor that functioned like a stylus: You move it with the smart phone's directional control (a four-way wheel on the BlackJack), and press the 'select' or 'OK' button in lieu of tapping. By default, the cursor moves one pixel at a time when you press the wheel; a cursor setting lets you increase the number of pixels the cursor moves on each wheel press.

Differences in screen resolution make apps look a little funky. For example, I had trouble telling spades from clubs in a Palm card game run on the BlackJack. And some programs won't run at all: One app I tried caused the BlackJack screen to go white until I rebooted the phone. (StyleTap's site maintains a list of apps that are certified to be compatible, as well as a list of apps that users have reported are compatible.)

StyleTap may not be perfect, but it might tide you over until a new Palm-compatible device comes along--or help ease your transition to one of the increasingly popular Microsoft Windows Mobile-based alternatives.

Yardena Arar