Limelight Software is a UK based developer of games and application software for Smartphone

Smartphone

A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...

s, Pocket PC

Pocket PC

A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system...

, Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

, Nintendo DSiWare, and Apple iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

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History

Limelight Software was founded in 1990 and worked closely with Sharp Electronics and Rupp Technologies, producing the RuppLynx range of products for the Sharp PDA's. In 2002 the company launched its 4Pockets brand of Pocket PC

Pocket PC

A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system...

 Software.

Now more commonly known as 4pockets, the company has expanded its product ranges to cover Apple iPhone and Nintendo DSiware.

Video game releases

Limelight has been releasing video games since the early 1990s with series such as Marble Worlds, 4Pinball and Sudoku 4Pockets.

Winners and Finalists in the Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine Awards 2008.

Sudoku 4Pockets DSiware http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/3EQFJppuqwjAqEj4LzwqFXSP-eTU7wzQ

www.4pockets.com Official Software Site

Sound applications

A specialist developer of Sound and Music Software including PocketRTA Pro spectrum analyzer

Spectrum analyzer

A spectrum analyzer measures the magnitude of an input signal versus frequency within the full frequency range of the instrument. The primary use is to measure the power of the spectrum of known and unknown signals...

 for the Pocket PC

Pocket PC

A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system...

 and PC

Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

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www.4pocketsaudio.com Official Software Site

E-learning

Developers of the Virtual-Centre.com E-Learning

E-learning

E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...

 platform for the Virtual-Centre.com a Spin off company of University of Durham Business School. The platform is used by not only the University of Durham Business School but by LEA's and Schools across the North East of England for children ranging from Primary School to 6th form college including iCTGateshead E-Learning in North England

E-Learning in North England

E-Learning is used widely across Northumberland schools. This can be used in schools for extra resources in lessons, or for homework tasks. It has also been used in Durham, the benefits of which are outlined on the BECTA website -VTLE:...

External links

• www.limelight-software.com Official Site
• www.4pockets.com Official Software Site
• www.4pocketsaudio.com Official Software Site
• Members of Game Republic