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11 Killer Freebies for Your Pocket PC

help.net — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:40:00 GMT

Cool list of useful tools for your PocketPC and most of them free. My fav is eReader, because I use mostly my PDA as a developers reference where I can store all my best .Net books....(read more)

Syncing your Microsoft mobile with Windows Vista RC1 via WMDC

help.net — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:20:00 GMT

In Vista, bye bye ActiveSync, welcome Windows Mobile Device Center (I think again a complicated acronym WMDC sounds like WMD, hopefully this won't explode too much!). Apparently the tool is not yet ready and if you plug your mobile or PocketPC you...(read more)

Alternative browser for Windows Mobile 5

help.net — Thu, 18 May 2006 09:12:00 GMT

The Mozilla Foundation has released a new version of the Minimo browser for Pocket PCs running the Gecko rendering engine.

The Minimo browser is not a light version of Firefox, but a completely new browser based on the Mozilla codebase, much like Firefox was when it was started.

Activesync 4.2 Beta

help.net — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:09:00 GMT

Microsoft has announced a new version of Activesync 4.2. Not sure yet about the new stuff but you can check by yourself here

Skype 2.0 released for PocketPC

help.net — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:41:00 GMT

Good news because the previous version I used on my imate Jasjar is really buggy.

Download here

ShoZu Upload pictures directly to Flickr!

help.net — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:59:00 GMT

ShoZu provides a smart, reliable and robust service for uploading photos from your cameraphone to your chosen online sharing site.
Cool idea and free to download.

Hitchhiker for PocketPC

help.net — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:16:00 GMT

Cool application, this Hitchhiker, done in CF .Net 2.0, and free!

With this nifty tool you can find any Wifi hotspot quickly, no more need to rant about all the steps you have usually to do to connect, because HitchHiker will setup everything for you on one click.

Opera 8.5 PocketPC quick test

help.net — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:51:00 GMT

OK so I just downloaded Opera for Pocket PC and tested it (iMate JasJar Windows Mobile 5.0). Well I was expecting to be blown away with a real Internet Explorer challenger.

Hmm nice to see something else than IE on a PocketPC but Opera is slow, less compliant than IE on CSS (yes it’s possible!) and I found just one difference. If you’re blogging using .Text you surely know it’s impossible to access the admin tool from a Pocket PC (the login button is not a standard button but a CSS one and doesn’t click with IE). Well with Opera it works !

So yes I can eventually use Opera for that maybe. The problem seems also that I am not sure if Opera for Pocket PC will be released for free, and I am surely not going to pay for using just the .Text admin login on the go (other solution exists) ;-)

At the moment removed from my Pocket PC until the final release!

Opera Mobile 8.5 Beta for Pocket PC released

help.net — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:20:00 GMT

A 45-day trial beta is now officially available for downloading Opera 8.5. Unlike the version that leaked earlier, this beta includes binaries for Windows Mobile 5.0 as well as 2003. From the press release:

"Ever since we released Opera 8 for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone in June 2005, people have been asking for Opera for their Pocket PCs," says Christen Krogh, VP Engineering, Opera Software. "We are very pleased to offer the latest version of Opera Mobile to Pocket PC owners, so they may finally have a proper Web experience on their devices."

"Opera Mobile 8.5 for Pocket PC offers unmatched speed and usability, which is why we included it on our latest Sharp W- ZERO3 flagship device for the advanced Japanese market" says Tadasu Tsuchihashi, Executive director, Willcom INC. "Thanks to Opera Mobile's unique rendering technology the Web surfing experience on Pocket PC devices is now remarkably close to that of a PC."

An excellent PDF viewer for your PocketPC

help.net — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:58:00 GMT

To follow Roy Osherove on the search for an alternative to Acrobat Reader, PocketXpdf is a no-frills viewer for native PDF files for the Pocket PC platform. The rendering engine is a port of Xpdf.