Must-Have Applications

[Wiggin]

Ed's recent request for input about Alarm probs (here (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=193362)) includes a valuable bit of info unrelated to troublesome alarms... namely the Applications you are all using on your PPCs. As I scanned the thread, I was amazed at the wide list of different apps everyone is using, and found a few new programs to investigate. Then I got to thinking, the regular posters in here are a much better source of info about must-have programs than other sources ... :werenotworthy:
I would very much like to see what EVERYONE is using these days, not just those with battery challenges. New threads pop up every few months asking for this info, and it has been a while since I've seen one. So, let's start up the Xmas 2003 List to see what is in your latest crop of must-have apps that compliment the programs which already come loaded on PPCs.

To get it started, here's my current set of programs running on a iPaq 4150.

Acrobat Reader v1.0 by Adobe (www link) (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforppc.html) - for pdf files - free
Agenda Fusion by DeveloperOne (www link) (www.developerone.com) - PIM
Battery Pack 2004 v5.2 by Omega One (www link) (www.omegaone.com) - Launcher & Utils
CalliGrapher v 7.0 by Phatware (www link) (www.phatware.com) - Text input
Check Notifications v1.7 by ScaryBear (www link) (www.scarybearsoftware.com) Utility - free
cLaunch v12.01 by Cai Systems (www link) (http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~welic/claunch.html) - Today Plug-In Menu - free
Codewallet Pro v3.6 by DeveloperOne (www link) (www.developerone.com) - Info Mgr
Golfwits Pro by Siscosoft (www link) (www.siscosoft.com) - Digital Golf Courses
GSPlayer v1.94a by Y. Nagamidori (www link) (http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/gsp_eng.htm) Streaming Media Player - free
HP Mobile Printing v2.0 for Windows Mobile 2003
iPresentation v3.8.2 by Presenter Inc. (www link) (www.presenter.com) PPT viewer
Magic Button v1.5 by TranCreative (www link) (www.trancreative.com) Task Bar App - free
MultiIE v3.0 by Southway Corp (www link) (www.multiie.info) IE Plug-in
Palm Reader v1.3.7 by Palm Digital Media (www link) (www.palmdigitalmedia.com) free
Pocket Backup Plus v2.1.2 by Sprite Software (www link) (www.spritesoftware.com)
Pocket Bible v2.021 by Laridian (www link) (www.laridian.com)
Pocket Monitor v by Sprite Software (www link) (www.spritesoftware.com)
Pocket Music by v2.51 by Pocketmind (www link) (www.pocketmind.com) free
Pocket Quicken v2.01 by LandWare (www link) (www.landware.com)
Pocket WiNc v1.3 by Cirond Technologies (www link) (www.cirond.com) Comm/IP Mgr
File Explorer v4.25 by Resco (www link) (www.resco-net.com)
Regedit v4.25 by Resco (www link) (www.resco-net.com)
Space Detective v1.2.1 by Sprite Software (www link) (www.sprite.com)
Wine Guide v1.1 by Landware (www link) (www.landware.com)
Worldmate v3.1.0 by Mobimate (www link) (www.mobimate.com)

Merry Xmas :)

[Mark_Venture]

Her is what I'm running on my iPAQ 2215.... (download links available HERE (http://marzano.home.att.net/mobile/iPAQ-Software.htm))

4 In A Line game.. Like the old Connect Four game by Milton Bradley.
PaintWinCE by Abi Soft v1.0 its like Microsoft Paint under desktop versions of Windows but for PPC.
Adobe Acrobat Reader to view Adobe Acrobat files on the PocketPC
Aidem Engineering Calculator a scientific calculator
Ambicom WL1100C-CF wireless lan card driver Was using this for my Ambicom Wi-Fi card, but these drivers do not work with Pocket WiNc and do not allow for powering the Wi-Fi card off when not in use. i.e. you have to remove the card to save battery. So now I am using the Senao driver below...
Aol IM (uk version) "AIM for PocketPC allows you to stay in touch with your AOL buddies from your PocketPC. You can send instant messages, communicate with multiple people simultaneously, access your personal AIM buddy list and more."
BizzDev Net Use for Pocket PC 2002 map/use network shares from your PocketPC.
CabInstl by SK "CabInstl is an installer for CAB files. It offers several advantages and also allows to install programs into a specified folder rather than the one created by the standard installer. In addition, you can chose to keep the CAB file after extraction, view details about the file content and associate CabInstl to open CAB files by default."
Cambridge vxUtil (Personal) for Windows CE "vxUtil (Personal) is a suite of internet Utilities including Info, DNS Audit, DNS Lookup, IP Subnet Calculator, Password Generator, Ping..." and more.
ClearView by Westtek the version included on iPAQ cd-rom
Citadel Development Pocket Explorer a Windows Explorer type file explorer for the PocketPC
Flow Simulation Ltd. Calc98 another scientific calculator.
Tom Gigears BatMemTime Great Today screen plug in with battery, memory, etc meters.
HP Mobile Printing for PPC 2003
Ice Computing Shopping List 2.2 a grocery list program
StopTime by Jonathan Sachs stop watch, timer, alarm clock.
Launcher Today Screen Launcher program
Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Pocket PC 2002
MEGA MameCE Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (M.A.M.E) program for the PocketPC. It requires you have MAME compatible ROMS of the games you wish to play.
Microsoft PocketPC Optimized Sites - PowerToy with links to MS recommended Wi-Fi optimized web sites.
Microsoft Portrait instant messaging program.
Microsoft Reader NOTE: I have downloaded/installed the one from Microsoft's web site and told it to over write existing files.
Microsoft Remote Display Control for PPC a Microsoft Power toy for PPC that allows you to view/control the PPC device from your desktop computer.
Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic Runtime for Pocket PC 2003 needed for some programs to run.
Microsoft MSN Messenger for WM2003 update this is the Oct 15 security update needed to be applied to the MSN Messenger included on the iPAQ. Without it, MSN Messenger will no longer connect.
MyIPConfig Win95/98 style IPConfig program shows your IP address, SubNet, Net Mask, DNS servers, etc in a nice screen. "MyIpConfig is a simple utility for PocketPC, which is inspired by WinIPCfg utility from Windows 9x times"
NoteM Mp3 Voice Recorder Record voice memos in MP3 format to either main memory or storage card. The Built in Note recorder only does WAV format and can run you out of memory FAST. NoteM records directly in MP3 format as such it allows for longer recording times using the same amount of storage.
PHM Taskmanager "This is not yet another task switcher application, it's a complete task manager, like the one available in Windows NT4, 2000 and XP."
PHM PowerToys a set of utilities for PPC including task switcher, reset, today plug in and more.
PHM Registry Editor a PPC registry editor.
PocketMind Software Pocket Music Its a free ware music player supporting WMA, OGG, MP1, MP2, and MP3 file formats. Supports Winamp skins and more.
PocketMVP open source player that can play DivX, OpenDivX, MPEG-4, MPEG-1 videos and MP3 Audio.
PocketNester Nintendo NES emulator. Requires ROMS of the games you wish to play.
PocketTune "A metronome and tuning program with support for concert, guitar, and orchestral instruments"
PocketTV MPEG movie player for PPC
Pocket WiNc(PC Magazine version)
Remon de Klein's Tetris for PocketPC Tetris game for PPC.
RegKing Registry tweaks for PPC.
Restart I don't where I got this one, and there is no README included saying it. Just drop the EXE on your iPAQ and tap on it. It can add a Icon to the bottom of your PPC's screen to shutdown or restart your PPC.
Senao International SL-2511CF driver Wi-fi drivers that allow me to power off the card without removing it. Also compatible with PocketWiNc and PocketWarrior.
Sharp Vault it was free when I originally downloaded it. Apparently its not any more. :(
SpaceFinder shows how much spaced is used on your PPC and what is using it
WisBar Advance by Lakeridge Software. Skinnable task manager that allows you to CLOSE applications, switch between them, etc. Currently I am using the CLARITY skin.
Zimmermann Pocket Hosts - Version 1.5 "Pocket Hosts allows you to edit the static host name to IP address mappings on a Pocket PC. This is the handheld equivalent of writing a HOSTS file on your desktop PC."

[Dave Potter]

Software on my iPAQ 1935:

Pocket Backup - a MUST HAVE
Resco Explorer 2003 - another MUST HAVE
WESTTEK - Clearview - view native MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint docs
Prierbsoft - Hor Death Uno - to pass the time in airports waiting for flights
Macromedia Flash Player
MS High Encryption Pack
Spb Full Screen Keyboard - next best thing to a thumb keyboard
Microsoft Power Contacts PowerToy
Visual IT Simple Call - a Bluetooth cell phone dialer
MultiIE - PIE on steriods
Battery Pack 2004
Weather Today - weather forecasts on my Today screen
XEN Games - Strategic Assault - like Command & Conquer for the PPC
Socket Bluetooth Drivers - for my Socket SDIO Bluetooth card
Socket Wi-Fi Drivers - for my Socket SDIO Wi-Fi card
RegKing
FlexWallet - for my private stuff
Nyditot Virtual Display
MS Pocket Streets - came with MS Streets & Trips 2004
ICQ - Instant Messaging
Cirond pocketWinc - Wi-Fi sniffer
ScaryBear - ClearNotify
Calender Plus

Too lazy to add links - sorry!

[jmkeuning]

flex wallet
handy menu
journal pro
nyditot virtual display
pocket quicken
pocket music
spb pocket plus
textmaker
sprite backup
pocket informant

games:
G-pod THE BEST!
espresso run
hyperspace delivery boy
cinco
yachtzee

on the storage card:
acdsee
beiks eng pro
beiks span/english
beiks span conjugator
listpro
stop time
resco file explorer

[Southway]

- MultiIE 3

... oh, but then again I may be slightly biased. 8-)

Pete

[ombu]

Just my opinion, of course everybody is free to dissent, if so, keep in mind you're wrong. :twisted: :mrgreen:

MUST HAVE:
nPOPw (http://www.wibble-wobble.com/wince/npopw/) FREE
Cash Organizer (http://inesoft.com/eng/index.php)
eWallet (http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/ew/ewallet.htm) or Code Wallet Pro (http://www.developerone.com/codewalletpro/pocketpc.htm)
Remover (http://s-k.al.ru/wincepdaru.html#remover) FREE (although it seems it'll be shareware soon)

GREAT & USEFUL:
Pocket Informant (http://www.pocketinformant.com/)
Resco File Explorer (http://resco-net.com/explorer_hpc2.asp)
List Pro (http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/lp/listpro.htm)
HandBase (http://ddhsoftware.com/)

Regards.

[dh]

Of all my apps, this would be the shortlist of must haves, the ones I use everyday:

Work.
Pocket Informant - Best PPC app of all for me.
Web IS Mail - I'm still using PPC2002 so this works for me.
Calligrapher and Fitaly - The two best input methods.
Textmaker - Only way to go for word processing on the PPC
Repligo - Excellent document viewer.

Utilities.
Pocket Backup - Must have this for peace of mind. Saved me a few times.
Total Commander - My main file manager.
Remover - To get rid of all those trials I don't want to buy.
Battery Pack & Journal Bar - Keep my today screen uncluttered and just how I want it.

Fun.
Mobipocket Reader - My favorite eBook reader
Pocket MVP - For music and video.

[sublime]

List Pro (http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/lp/listpro.htm)
HandBase (http://ddhsoftware.com/)


Hey. What's the difference between the two? I've been using ListPro for a while and decided to use the trial for HandBase but found that the latter did nothing that the former could not do.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'd like to know the difference.

Oh yeah, and I made a thread about this a few days ago. Here's my original thread:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/posting.php?mode=editpost&p=192412

Could a moderator merge them? If not, here's my list:

ListPro - Allows me to satisfy my obsessive-compulsive organization fetish. Yummy.
Mastersoft Money - See above; only this program is better/nicer for finances than ListPro
Valksoft Space Reclaimer - Cleanliness is somewhat related to organization, so it turns me on.
Age of Empires Gold - damn fun game. Playing this and/or watching Lord of the Rings makes me want to become an archer and hunt stuff, like, ionno, birds or something.
Monopoly - another damn fun game, even though its easy and the computer is stupid. I still love the feeling when some unlucky bastard lands on my hotelled Boardwalk. Pay me!
Pocket Backup Plus - This is bloody well great. For those of us pissing our pants for fear that our Sandisk cards are gonna peter out any second now, this program allows us to backup to PC. That's cool. And the free PocketMon that comes with it is an absolutely great battery/memory monitor that tells you when to backup your files. Sweet.
CNetX Flash Format - Another comfort buy for us with Sandisks. The "Verify and Repair" makes me feel good.
Spb Pocket Plus - Cool launcher and alarm thingy. This was more of an impulse/boredom buy. Ah well.
TextMaker - A great program that many of us got on sale for much cheaper than regular price, but useless to me. But it was on sale!
Resco File Explorer - Because all the cool people are doing it, mom.
Snails - Free for subscribers. Whoopeee! It's fun until you beat it, then it just takes up space.
Gamebox Classics - First game I bought. Now it collects dust with Snails while I play Age of Empires and think about shooting arrows at chickens. Here chook chooks!
Pocket Informant - My trial version trials were terrible until I stopped clicking the tabs like a madman. As soon as I used the program calmly I had no problems with it. And it's good, too.
Audible Player - Because listening to poetry is easier than reading it.
Fitaly - Stylus entry that allows input entry of up to 80 wpm. I'll soon be at 90 ("soon" meaning a couple of years from now). Oh yeah, and check my signature. I'm coming for you Jenneth. Watch yaself!

[ombu]

List Pro (http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/lp/listpro.htm)
HandBase (http://ddhsoftware.com/)


Hey. What's the difference between the two? I've been using ListPro for a while and decided to use the trial for HandBase but found that the latter did nothing that the former could not do.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'd like to know the difference.

Well, briefly, HandBase is a relational DB with tables, fields, forms, reports and so on, you can use it as a list app but lacks some features List Pro has for such purpose, I would say List Pro is an advanced list app with SOME DB functions, although it's able to calculate totals within lists you can't use it for complex calculations between records and tables, it's meant for other purposes such as shopping lists, structured ideas, etc. Just try some of the free DB's available at DDH site and you'll find the main difference easy.

HTH.

Regards.

[perfect228]

I am new at this, can you guys post a link for me to fix the VB problem for 2003?
Thanks
:cry:

[tanalasta]

Pocket Informant - My trial version trials were terrible until I stopped clicking the tabs like a madman. As soon as I used the program calmly I had no problems with it. And it's good, too.

Glad to hear you've gotton this program to work properly... it's great! I can't live without it :) Best software purchase i've ever made... just hope i'm entitled to the v5 update.

Programs I can't live without:
Pocket informant I love it. Haven't tried AF and don't see why i should! PI is brilliant!
Pocketbackup premium Saved me hours and hours of activesync backups once i installed this program. It's a gem! You can actually hard-reset your device without having to cry.
Resco file explorer/pictureviewer Best picture viewing program in my opinion and the file explorer is so much better than the PPC one. Plus it lets me zip/encrypt files to stop my friends stealing my serial numbers... (which HAS happened :devilboy: )
Pocketbible NIV/LAB Costs as much as a hard copy but you never ever have to reach for a concordance again and you can have it in your pocket 24/7 :D
iSilo Only because I have so many medical texts in this format.
Listpro Use it for all my study notes, lists... recently used it to organise a dinner/LOTR sesh! Lovely to be able to make checklists and view them at a glance!
Batterypack 2004 and SPB gprs monitor My two essential (though gprs monitor is a bit of a luxury) today plug-ins. I don't care about the program bar all that much (though i still love it) but anybody who doesn't have a task-manager/close button should have one!

Thinking of buying anthelion.... but apart from textmaker/repligo/calligrapher i think i have almost all the programs i'd ever want!