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Menneisyys
08-24-2006, 11:11 AM
The long-awaited final version of the 3-series SKTools, version 3.0(.60), has just been released. Please read for example this article (http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1107&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1) on how it compares to the earlier, 2-series version.

Following is the press release (note that it's a verbatim copy with some bold/italic added for easier navigation):

News and updates:

- User interface improved
- Help file rewritten

New utilities added:
- "Clean!" (all clean-up utilities combined in a single window; highly customizable)
- "SIM Contacts" (view and manage contacts stored on SIM)
- "SIM SMS" (view and manage text messages stored on SIM)
- "Benchmark" (estimate CPU and file system performance, compare to other device models)
- FreeUP RAM utility now has its own dialog, allowing user to select one of the following ways to free RAM: close all programs; send WM_HIBERNATE message; Compact Heaps (WM5 only); simulate low memory condition
- Compact call history (remove repeated records)
- Shortcut Wizard (easily create shortcuts to SKTools' features)

Significant improvements to former utilities:

Notifications Queue
- "Bad" items filter (you can teach SKTools what to treat as “bad”)
- Detected items are passed to "Clean!" and "Auto mode" Temporary and Junk files
- Find and delete zero-sized files
Files
- New profile added; few changes
Move DLLs
- New search method
Advanced clean
-"Purge call history" now works on WM5. (Don’t forget to turn it on in Settings)
- New utility – "Compact call history" – gives an alternative way of cleaning call history by deleting only repeated records (Don’t forget to turn it on in Settings) Databases
- Shows EDB bases from PIM.vol; you can delete and clean these bases, but not import/export. Tune UP!
- Now 70+ tweaks!
Optimize!
- New optimization option for WM5 – make ActiveSync log read-only) Statistics
- Statistics are kept between sessions
Storage Cards
- Count "slack information" for storage cards
Processes
- Compact Heaps
SKTools Backup
- Full backup on WM5 enabled
- e-mail and PIM data can be restored from full backup on WM5
- Advanced scheduler
Auto mode
- Advanced scheduler

Availability

Handango ( http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productType=2&platformId=2&productId=124064 )
PocketGear ( http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=14288 )
PocketLand.net (http://pocketland.net/17603)
PocketLandFrance.com (http://pocketlandfrance.com/17603)
PocketLand.it (http://pocketland.it/17603)
PocketLand.nl (http://pocketland.nl/17603)
PocketLand.de (http://pocketland.de/17603)
PocketLandSpain (http://es.pocketland.net/17603)
ClickApps (http://www.clickapps.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=1620)

applejosh
08-24-2006, 03:08 PM
Any info on the upgrade policy from 2.x? I saw where this new version had free 3.x updates. I couldn't find any mention of what the policy was upgrading from 2.x.

Menneisyys
08-24-2006, 03:49 PM
free upgrade from 2.x