11-02-2002, 09:01 AM
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A Better Password Screen with Nice Start
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=46392
I've been testing this application for a couple of days now, and it's fantastic - it's now a standard part of my Pocket PC software install. It's a very straight-ahead software tool that does one thing: it addresses the shortcomings of the Microsoft password protection. Has it ever frustrated you that the password screen only offers you the time? This application adds the date, a quick calendar, program and storage information, as well as battery life and a large analog clock. Slick!
There's no demo on Handango - the application does exactly what you see, and it does it well. $5.95 is the selling price, and I think everyone should have this app on their device.
Speaking of device security, let's do a little poll.
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11-02-2002, 10:27 AM
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Great app - just downloaded and installed it. Looks great.
This is the sort of functionality that should have built into the device. But then agin there are so moany things that "should" have been there like decent file manager...
Thanks
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11-02-2002, 06:42 PM
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Looks like a great little app I probably will end up buying. BUT, looks like one very important feature (IMO) of the default password screen is missing in this app: Owner name and phone number!! That is a great little touch, because if you loose it, not only can someone not get your data, but they have the opportunity to call you to arrange for it to be returned (I know, but there are *some* good souls left in the world).
Maybe they can add that in a future update, or maybe its already there, and I've just missed it. If so I appologize.
Overall, great app!!
-Brian
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11-02-2002, 06:44 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by brianchris
Looks like a great little app I probably will end up buying. BUT, looks like one very important feature (IMO) of the default password screen is missing in this app: Owner name and phone number!! That is a great little touch, because if you loose it, not only can someone not get your data, but they have the opportunity to call you to arrange for it to be returned (I know, but there are *some* good souls left in the world).
Maybe they can add that in a future update, or maybe its already there, and I've just missed it. If so I appologize.
Overall, great app!!
-Brian
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Ahh....Maybe that contact icon at the bottom of the window opens the owner information? Could you someone confirm? TIA!!
-Brian
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11-02-2002, 06:50 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by brianchris
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Originally Posted by brianchris
Looks like a great little app I probably will end up buying. BUT, looks like one very important feature (IMO) of the default password screen is missing in this app: Owner name and phone number!! That is a great little touch, because if you loose it, not only can someone not get your data, but they have the opportunity to call you to arrange for it to be returned (I know, but there are *some* good souls left in the world).
Maybe they can add that in a future update, or maybe its already there, and I've just missed it. If so I appologize.
Overall, great app!!
-Brian
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Ahh....Maybe that contact icon at the bottom of the window opens the owner information? Could you someone confirm? TIA!!
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The contact button at the bottom will pop up a dialog box with the owner info details.
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11-02-2002, 06:52 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
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How secure is it? The standard PPC protection is very secure (as far as I have heard). Does this base itself off that?
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11-02-2002, 06:57 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
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For sensible stuff on my pocketpc (hell, all my bancking information is in there) I use pocketlock from Applian (www.applian.com).
VERY recommended for anyone with sensible information, either on your pocketpc or pc. Give it a try! Nice support, the author has personally solved problems I've had and taken in suggestions (monthes ago).
PD. By the way, I've never liked the built in password method, or any power-on password protection. I use my iPaq all the time, turn it off and on countless times, and I dont want something like password protect bugging me.
Yes, this app does look sweet as hell, congrats to the author for the NICE idea and UI.
Oh, another thing, a small story. <mode rant=on> On a weekend trip some two monthes ago, we went bycicling to Banyoles, a beautiful lakeside town near Barcelona. As usual, I had my iPaq on me, this time on a little bag under my bycicle's seat. Which, when I answered a cell phone call, I left opened... 4 hours later, now at a beach in Costa Brava, I get a phone call from a guy telling me he had found my iPaq. I didnt even know it was missing!! He found it while jogging on the same path I went on my bike. Whatever, traveled back to Banyoles, gave the guy the most expensive bottle of Rioja wine I would find at a market on the way there, and got my iPaq back from him. I didn't have my owner information screen on. Totally clueless, the guy had found his way to the owner information icon on the control panel, and phoned me. He had no idea of what the device was, but he (and after a little demo :roll: ) wanted one!! Nice to find some more honest people!
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11-02-2002, 07:06 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by bdeli
The contact button at the bottom will pop up a dialog box with the owner info details.
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Hrm... I would prefer it just showed it. If some nice old lady found it and turned it on, she woudn't have a clue about icons.
As has been asked, is this its own password protection or does it just put a nice UI on the integrated Pocket PC security?
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11-02-2002, 07:39 PM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by pdadave
How secure is it? The standard PPC protection is very secure (as far as I have heard). Does this base itself off that?
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Yes, it's really just a skin for the built-in password.
I've also asked the author for a digital clock, since I can't read the analog one very well. ;-)
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11-02-2002, 09:12 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
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In my beta testing of VisKeyCE, I found it to be incredibly effective. I once spent a few hours trying to crack my 8-point 'password', actually a series of points on an image of my choosing. I couldn't quite remember the password, as I'd been sleepy when I created it the night before. Lost a bit of data between backups, as a hard reset was the only way out. Fully landscape compatible, uses any image you like, and they supply a skinner for the PC if you want to use that way to generate images of a size to fit standard portrait mode. Thay say it's about a billion to one shot to guess a 4 point password, so imagine the security with a 10-point password!
http://www.viskey.com/viskeyce/index.html
If you are wanting owner info on the screen, just insert some text into the image you choose using any decent image processor software (Pocket Artist makes this easy).
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