Comments on: 10 Free Pocket PC Utilities You Need

By: Steve Laser

Steve Laser — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:41:56 +0000

Thanks Mark! Great stuff.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:20:03 +0000

Hi Steve.
You can get it on xda-developers http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=FlashVideoBundle
Should be the latest one (it changes frequently apparently)

Just make sure to install it on the same place as TCPMP (ie either storage card or device).

Oh one other indispensible freeware app is vtap.
It searches and downloads videos on the net from numerous sites and it searches wikipedia articles (extremely useful- no need to fire up the browser to go to wikipedia anymore).
Arguably better than Flashvideobundle IMHO.

Another good freeware app is metro: Lets you get from A to B on hundreds of subway/undergrounds of cities around the world.

Don’t think Opera Mini was mentioned either. Great java app browser- really formats pages well and reduces data downloaded.

Also MobileJustice: Great if you lose your (GPS-enabled) WM phone- it’ll send its GPS co-ordinates via SMS to a second (nominated) handset. Very cool.

One more: pHM regedit is a good free registry editor.

By: Steve Laser

Steve Laser — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:43:04 +0000

Mark,
I just happened to reread this article yesterday. How funny that you commented on it! Your suggestions are excellent. Do you have a link for the flash video bundle to play Youtube vids? Thanks for the great suggestions.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:56:38 +0000

I’ve got about half of those apps on your list.
Some other great freeware are:
Mortplayer- finger-friendly mp3 player.
Flash video bundle- saves and plays back Youtube videos in TCPMP.
Google Maps of course.
Gmail java app.
Weatherwatcher Mobile.
Yahoo Go 3.0
Point UI.
Today agenda- puts tasks on Today screen.
Currency converter.
Pnotepad- alternative to inbuilt notes app.
Skype of course.
GSPlayer- to play radio stations.

By: srvctec

srvctec — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:35:04 +0000

Is AE Button Plus really free? From what I can tell from the website, it seems to be a trial version and $7.99 after the trial period. How does it work with iLauncher? I don’t want it to fight with iLauncher on button assignments. Any more info on this program would be greatly appreciated!

By: breley

breley — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:25:31 +0000

Another handy little app for those that like to tweak the appearance of their mobile device is ThemeGenCE v2.5, which is compatible with Vista and WM6
http://www.freewareppc.com/misc/themegence.shtml

By: trondis23

trondis23 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:22:02 +0000

Hi!

My Mobiler was absolutely great! I had problems with Total Commander. It slowed down the PPC so much that it was practically unusable. I have a Dell Axim X51. Then I discovered that there is a newer beta version that works better on WM5 devices. This doesn’t have these problems.

Also check out the now free version of WorldMate at http://www.mobimate.com

By: Steve Laser

Steve Laser — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:12:02 +0000

Thanks to Unit Zero for all the TCPMP codecs:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/multimedia/221132-all-known-codecs-tcpmp.html

By: RipRap

RipRap — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:11:17 +0000

Atheists-Sword is another great program

By: vilasman

vilasman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:44:52 +0000

where can I get the plugins for the TCMP?

By: paulcb

paulcb — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:32:48 +0000

As for utilites, I like Where Is My RAM? and Oxios Hibernate

Other good free stuff… WeatherWatcher, E-Sword, MDigger, AvantGo and NewsGator

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:21:32 +0000

I haven’t tried converter ce, but Calc98 is a free scientific calculator that does conversions and some timer functions as well. http://www.calculator.org/download.html

Use the unit button to see the conversions.

By: Radimus

Radimus — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:57:04 +0000

for phone devices I like:
google maps/windows live maps
callcalendar to integrate phone calls as appointments in outlook
pocketCM (until winmob 6.1)

By: Steve Laser

Steve Laser — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:54:11 +0000

The World Fact Book link no longer works. If you want the zip file email me: Stevenator65 AT MobilitySite dot com.

By: ironguy

ironguy — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:41:30 +0000

I went to the link for the CIA factbook which is another forum. The link there does not work. Any other method for getting the CIA Fact Book?