Currency Conv 4.2 review (mobile)

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Currency is a freeware currency database, conversion and calculator utility for the Palm Computing platform and PalmOS compatible devices.

License: Freeware
OS: PalmOS
File size: 80K
Developer: Ton van Overbeek      
Price: $0.00
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Currency Conv 4.2 is conduits software developed by Ton van Overbeek.
Currency is a freeware currency database, conversion and calculator utility for the Palm Computing platform and PalmOS compatible devices.

Currency features 146 currencies, the 14 old Euro currencies and 10 fully configurable entries for user defined currencies or trade quantities. A fully configurable display enables the synchronous conversion of up to 12 simultaneous currencies.

The exchange rate date is stored for each individual currency, providing an easy mechanism for assessing the validity period of critical rates. A visual warning marks outdated rates. A fully functional algebraic calculator and a single button tax adder / subtractor simplify common arithmetic operations.

The exchange rates can be updated from inside the program (menu item Settings -> Download rates) or manually by downloading a small daily updated currency database (cupdate.pdb) from this site and syncing it to your PalmOS device. The update is done daily around 17:00/18:00 UTC with the spot exchange rates for 146 currencies.

The java conduit from Tim Endres used in previous versions has been adapted to the current versions of HotSync. The conduit download also contains a fix to make java based conduits work with HotSync 6.0.x.

Acknowledgements

First thanks to Henrique S. M. Martins, the original author of Currency, and Tim Endres, the author of the currency conduit.

Also a big thanks to Stefan Braunstein who has kept the updates for Currency going on his website after Henrique Martins site became unavailable.
Here are some key features of "Currency Conv":

  • Daily updated rates.
  • Simultaneous update of all displayed currencies.
  • Algebraic calculator.
  • Up to 10 user defined currencies or trading values.
  • Date of exchange rate update stored for each individual currency. A warning symbol is displayed for an outdated database or an individually outdated exchange rate (depending on an user defined validity period).
  • Three font sizes.
  • Decimal and thousand grouping symbol set as defined in the system preferences settings.
  • All calculations are performed in double precision. Up to 18 digits displayed with about 14 digits of precision (least significant digits may be incorrect if more then 14 digits are displayed).
    What's new in this release:
  • Fiveway navigator support.
  • New application icon contributed by Ciro Rodrigues.
  • Some currency changes (SIT, XAF, XPF, CVE, KMF).
    This conduits software is freeware, which means you can download and use Currency Conv 4.2 absolutely free. There's no need to buy the product. Currency Conv 4.2 supports different languages (including english). It works with PalmOS.

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