Amazon.com Product Description

Now you can play Scrabble, one of the most popular and beloved word games, on your Palm OS device! Designed to play like the board game, you select tiles using drag-and-drop functioning. This version also offers an intuitive interface, a built-in Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary, and automatic scoring for every game. It even saves partially completed games that can be continued at a later time.

Practice your Scrabble skills against the automated computer opponent; choose from beginner, novice, intermediate, or expert levels. Or, play against up to three opponents using just one device. The program even hides your tile rack automatically. You can also play against others using multiple Palm OS devices with infrared (IR) beaming. This lets you study your tiles while your opponents take their turn, just like playing the board game.

Play in either Friendly or Tournament mode. Friendly mode plays like a casual, low-stakes Scrabble game: no stress, no tension; you can accept or reject entries outside the rules and use the clever Suggest Move option. Tournament mode, however, is a different beast. It plays by the classic rules, includes challenges, and even checks words against the Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary. ... Read more

Features

• Use IR ports for multiplayer gaming
• Play Friendly mode, where you can choose to accept or reject words, and let the computer suggest moves
• For faster gaming try out Tournament mode, to play by classic Scrabble rules
• Built-in Official Scrabble Dictionary makes disputes over words no problem
• Drag-and-drop tile placement makes spelling out words a snap

Reviews (11)

The computer makes an interesting opponent
Very enjoyable, so long as you understand that the computer opponent plays differently than a typical human opponent.Even when you set the opponent's level to "Novice", it will frequently come up with obscure words like "xu", "jiao", "tyee" or "aioli".It's also better that most casual players at finding places to create multi-word combinations.It knows that a well-placed 2- or 3-letter word will often score higher than a larger word somewhere else.But it's still beatable and fun, and it will probably help make you a better player.

Scrabble Dictionary Needs Improvement
I was very happy with the Palm OS Scrabble game until I discovered that MANY words were not included in the game's dictionary.
Often, words were not cross-checked, so that a word, acceptable for the palm, when made plural, would be counted as wrong for the non-Palm player, even though it was correct in a regular dictionary (e.g. daydream/daydreams.) I also found that a word would be considered right for the Palm, but wrong for the player.This was frustrating and discouraged further play.
I would love to see an expanded and accurate dictionary created soon.

NOT for Win 95/95/XP/2000
This is ONLY for the Palm OS. In some places, it says WIn 95/98/etc. Well, it's NOT!

USELESS

Great, but not OWL
I think this game is great and the implementation on PalmOS PDA is fantastic. Not only is the color usage great, but fitting everything onto a small pixel screen is amazing. I never feel that it is too small, though.

My only complaint is the dictionary. It does not use OWL (Official Tournament and Club Word List) but some version of OSW (Official Scrabble Words) or OSPD (Official Scrabble Players Dictionary), the combination of which is usually called SOWPODS. Grrrr. So, on some words that I know are words accepted in professional play, I end up hitting "accept word" after I get the popup saying it is not a word. [edit: Turns out to be OSPD, which is still quite limiting]

The latest version has the definitions, but I don't care for that. Many people will, though, and it is a great feature. I either know the definition or don't care, but I do not have the memory space in my PDA with all my other applications. Perhaps when I upgrade my PDA I will add in the defintions.

Complaints aside, this is a great implementation of a great game and have it on my PDA. You should, too. Definitely a five-star game.

Download Troubles
I downloaded the software, but it would install on my system. Even though I had the correct version it wouldn't install on my system. I'm running Win98. First thing the install wizard looked for was Palm OS drivers.Since they weren't on my system, no installation.... ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Excellent collection of card games!
This collection of favorite card games is very entertaining! The graphics and sound are superb, and multiple variants guarantee many fun-filled hours! Why carry multiple decks of cards if all it takes is a pocket PC? The games feature single and multi-player mode. If you like classic card games, this collection is right for you! ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Never shuffle again or worry about forgetting your deck. Play hearts and spades on your palm device in single player, multiplayer, or autoplay modes. It's perfect for travel. ... Read more

Reviews (3)

Very Addictive!
I just love spending hours playing these games.The only downside is that I like to play superfast and Spades seems a little slower than Hearts.

In response to the other reviews, if they had bothered to read the system requirements, they would have seen only Palms and Palm OS, no PC's or MAc's.

Don't buy it for your Mac
I had the same experience as the previous reviewer.The game only works for handheld devices, a fact which is not stated in the Amazon listing.Buyer beware!

doesn't work
I bought this to play SPADES and HEARTS on my Mac... but it seems to be made to only work with Handheld devices...
:-{ ... Read more

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