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Software suggestions?

Hi. I'm currently waiting för my Qtek S100 and now I'm interested in what software I should buy to get what's missing in Windows Mobile. I currently use an iPAQ, så I have some knowledge about common programs, but I would like to know what programs are suggested for the phone part of the Qtek. Money is not an issue.
Regards
Lobo

I use
Smart Filter,
MyProfiles,
Sunnysoft+ phone edition
PhotoContacts

Thanks for the reply. What are the programs for? Any other suggestions? Come on I know there are a lot of ppl out there

indeed a good suggestion. Maybe we can make a list of essentials.

My top 10 apps are,
1)Spb PocketPlus2 <--- Close button that really closes. ZIP support in File Explorer and many more.
2)PocketZenPhone <--- A phone profile. A MUST HAVE!! better than JGUI buggy apps (no hard feelings dude :lol: )
3)Dashboard Minute Tracker <---- Track Phone minutes on a daily/monthly basis. Includes configurable plans, alerts, graphs, call log export, and signal strength!
4)PocketMusic <--- Nice interface and it plays OGG too. :lol: i love my oggs.
5)Bejeweled2 <--- Drive me NUTS coz i cant beat my GF high score
6)MorphGear <--- Awsome Emulator
7)Bryht Flash Player <--- Play your flash clips and game in full screen.
8)CabInstl <--- Makes installation in the chosen place, instead of by default, as standard installer.
9)RealOne Player <--- ...must i say anything?
10)Hope someone will make a camera apps or games. B4 the magician, i used to own a NK6600. I juz missed those camera games like Mosquitos, Killer Virus and etc.

Top Warez:
Spb PocketPlus
WisBar
VITO Sound Explorer
World Mate PRO
Beta Player
Cash Organizer
eWallet PRO
Spb Full Screen Keyboard
CalliGrapher
MemMaid
PhatPad
Resco Photo Viewer
Resco Explorer
Pocket Artist
Pocket Mechanic
Pocket RAR
Spb GPRS Monitor
Sprite Backup
Agenda Fusion

realyyyy nice!!
When im more learned with this phone i will post my topten to! SPB pocket plus is also my no. 1

ezzkht said:
Top Warez:
Spb PocketPlus
WisBar
VITO Sound Explorer
World Mate PRO
Beta Player
Cash Organizer
eWallet PRO
Spb Full Screen Keyboard
CalliGrapher
MemMaid
PhatPad
Resco Photo Viewer
Resco Explorer
Pocket Artist
Pocket Mechanic
Pocket RAR
Spb GPRS Monitor
Sprite Backup
Agenda Fusion
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why do you run Pocket RAR? SPB gots his own zipper i thought.
All i want is no crap and just the needings and the goodies

i also want to know if there is some other camera software. (No not becouse of the quality). I saw an Ipaq with a cool camera screen... someone knows this?

sipdawg said:
why do you run Pocket RAR? SPB gots his own zipper i thought.
All i want is no crap and just the needings and the goodies
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SPB only unzip. Pocket RAR unzip and unrar. RAR has better compression then ZIP. Maybe some prefer RAR rather then ZIP. As for me, i prefer RAR

Nice! Now I have a ton of new stuff to look up and try. If I get my freakin phone!

RAR files are sometimes much smaller than ZIP files, but in the worst case, they become same size as ZIP, but never larger!
RAR is much more better than ZIP, also it does support archive recovery & its possible to fix damaged RAR files easily. :wink:

my favorites softwares r :
1.Gsplayer (freeware) very nice music player supporting Mp3 ogg and more
2.HotButton Plus - Make your magician a perfect mobile phone .MUST HAVE!!!
3..Spb Pocket plus 2.2 good software done a lot of things
4.Wordbook best english dictionary ive tested so far easy to use
5.Memaid cool software
6.MultiIE --- I just love the small tab in the PIE .
for the game I will go for Zuma
very good fun :twisted:
These softwares above cause me no problem at all.........

My applications are:
Resco Media Suite
Spb: Poket Plus, Time, GPRS, Keyboard
Pocket Informant
Phone Dashboard
Pocket Tweak
CheckOnIt
Double Launcher
eWallet
GoogHelper
HandyMenu
HandyLauncher
MemMaid
MortPlayer
PhatNotes
TextMaker
HP Mobile Printing
Sprite Backup
SunconPocketPC
XCPUScalar
Contacts button
WordBook
Greetings,
Jacek

GSplayer
Has anyone got gsplayer to work through a proxy on a XDAII ported to SE. I can browse via Active Sync but I cannot get to shoutcast via GSplayer even though I have put the same proxy address in both connections and gsplayer.
Help will be greatly appreciated.

my essentials:
PhonePlus - must must have for easy dialing and using phone features.
Phone dashboard - good for statistics
truefax - have plenty of bugs but when it works it worth it.

Yazzon said:
My applications are:
Resco Media Suite
Spb: Poket Plus, Time, GPRS, Keyboard
Pocket Informant
Phone Dashboard
Pocket Tweak
CheckOnIt
Double Launcher
eWallet
GoogHelper
HandyMenu
HandyLauncher
MemMaid
MortPlayer
PhatNotes
TextMaker
HP Mobile Printing
Sprite Backup
SunconPocketPC
XCPUScalar
Contacts button
WordBook
Greetings,
Jacek
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Do U have some problems with pocket informant...cause if I want to call somebody from my contacts it always opens the PI5 contacts and it is veeery dificult to call someone with one hand....and without the pen.
regards,
Primoz

Essential software:
Pocket Backup - backup Duh (no. 1 app)
Agenda Fusion - for all your info needs (no. 2 app)
Rest is just handy stuff, like:
nBop (see ultimate mp3 thread)
SPB GPRS monitor (came with my Compact)
MySports Training - keep my workouts organized
And I almost forgot (these two apps are so small and integrate so well, I ovelooked them)
Calender+ And Task+ (more info in today screen)

MultiIE trial version
Hi There, when can I find a trial version?
Thanks,
Udi

Re: MultiIE trial version
udibd said:
Hi There, when can I find a trial version?
Thanks,
Udi
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handango.com
&
pocketgear.com

SPB Pocket Plus 3.1 vs. WisBar Advance 2...which is better?

SPB Pocket Plus 3.1 vs. WisBar Advance 2
I have searched everywhere on the net and there are such mixed emotions as to which utility is overall better (based on stand alone performance, plug-ins you add, themes etc.)
So I turn to this orgi of experts....
What are all your opinions (be detailed if necessary)???
(Please state which one of the two you are currently using if you are using either.)

I use Spb Pocket Plus 3.1 and tried Wisbar 2.x, the reasons I still run PP 3.1:
- I like tabs on my Today Screen to sort my stuff instead of going through menus, submenus and sub-sub-menus
- It performs better on my Vario than Wisbar
- It has a SafeMode for booting/removing programs that otherwise would have to be deleted by hand.
- I like the meters that come with PP3.1
- I like the interaction with Spb Diary 1.7 ( Messages, Contacts, Notes, Tasks, etc. )
- Its ease of use and simple customizing functions
- I prefer the taskmanager more than the wisbar one
But all in all its a matter of PERSONAL TASTE. Some swear on PocketBreeze/Contact Breeze others Spb PocketPlus & Diary for example.
So best thing is - try it - see how it performs on YOUR machine and then go ahead an purchase which suites you best.

hi
may be you can try WAD with WA2 from lakeridge software to. :wink:
regards

i wouldn't directly compare which one is better since they don't exactly do the same things
wisbar is more for skinning and interface while spb is more like utilities and plug-ins
i used to use both together, but i found that wisbar was slowing my device too much, not that it's bad, but i didn't care to skin it anymore

i also prefer pocket plus 3.1
if your using a Wizard device it seems to perform the best and integrates w/the other utilites very well! (i also have spb diary and weather and time)
i've noticed that since i've went to using spb based products/plugins the perf on my mda is way better! (tmobile mda usa w/kjam aku2 rom)
before i was using seperate apps for task managing and today screen info and had to reset daily. now i can go a few days with out a soft reset..
just my .02
oh yea, once you get pocket plus, extended themes will work! and you can make your own via a free add-on to the windows theme maker..

Need your advice: Which is the best Today Plugin?

I Heard some things about spbplus, ilauncher and others. Now you as experinced users please advise me about which one I must install.
Thank you

I would go with:
Pocket Breeze & iLauncher
They are from SBSH and my favorite Today Plugins. Spb Tools are great too - but slow down the Wizard much more compared to the SBSH Tools.

DREAMBOXER said:
I would go with:
Pocket Breeze & iLauncher
They are from SBSH and my favorite Today Plugins. Spb Tools are great too - but slow down the Wizard much more compared to the SBSH Tools.
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Bingo !
Fully agree on this, specially the support at sbsh is fantastic
Cheers
hrb

I installed SBSH PocketBreeze & iLauncher yesterday & think they're great, definitely recommend them

Don't forget Resco Explorer today plug-in, i couldn't live without it.

Another nice thing with PocketBreeze is that it uses the D-Pad; I'm into the no-stylus mode. Also it allows tabs-- I run PocketWeather (very nice), Backup, and ContactBreeze. Although ContactBreeze is merely "OK" in my book.
Separately, I run LVM time, which gives a narrow Date/Time strip on today and also puts the time in the taskbar, screening out the battery. It's free!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=45084

I have the Rescoe Explorer today plugin. How does it compare to PocketBreeze? Is one better or faster than the other, or should they be used together?

I am a big fan of SPB PocketPlus. Its not free but imo its the best one around. Its got a battery indicator, the requisit today screen tweaks like icons, indicators and tons more.

Pocket Weather
Is SBSH Pocket Weather transferable between devices i.e. if I pay $10 now & install on my Wizard will I be able to transfer it to a Prophet later?

Rather broad question...
*muttergrumble* dupe reply

Rather broad question...
It's a rather broad question, isn't it? What is the best Today Plugin for what? Launching applications? Showing the weather? Showing your agenda? Controlling a media player?

I am using WisBar Desktop, You can make as much as You want windows
with shortcuts of programs like desktop version.

mattucd said:
I have the Rescoe Explorer today plugin. How does it compare to PocketBreeze? Is one better or faster than the other, or should they be used together?
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They do totally different things, so can be used together.

I use spb pocket plus and pocket breeze. Pocket breeze is a must have,IMO

Best PPC software

I am moving from Plam os to ppc.
I like to know what would be your must have software.
Now i have
Pocket informant
memmaid
expenseplus
Trying
spb diary
spb pocket plus
Missing from my palm a software compare to
handyshopper (list management)
Big Clock (Alarm, time, world time)
Any more suggestion will be appriciate
Like good dictionaries, traduction (french, english, spanish, portuguese(brezilian)
Map, i do travel a lot in america (North to south)
and Europe
Don't have GPS yet but might add that to my qtek.

wm5newmenu by saman
vjokbutton by vijay555
lvm time today plugin
pocketmax phone alarm
treo 700w speedial today plugin
resco file explorer
phmtools
tcmp

Where can i get the "treo 700w speedial today plugin " from?

tjohnso1 said:
Where can i get the "treo 700w speedial today plugin " from?
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Here you are got it from here:
http://www.smart-mobile.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=923090&sid=351df8e9913f5d55c12a81f9ccc37111
:wink:

Hey thanks.

ak123456 said:
I am moving from Plam os to ppc.
I like to know what would be your must have software.
Now i have
Pocket informant
memmaid
expenseplus
Trying
spb diary
spb pocket plus
Missing from my palm a software compare to
handyshopper (list management)
Big Clock (Alarm, time, world time)
Any more suggestion will be appriciate
Like good dictionaries, traduction (french, english, spanish, portuguese(brezilian)
Map, i do travel a lot in america (North to south)
and Europe
Don't have GPS yet but might add that to my qtek.
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I am using handyshopper on my Jamin (Prophet) --- also moved from Palm

phoneAlarm (a must with auto-profile changing and notification managment, billing etc.)
interWrite (international keyboard support - only one that works with hardware keyboard Think outside bluetooth)
AEButton Plus (just indespensible with up to 4 actions per button, that's 56 actions at the tips of your fingers; a small problem is remembering them all
Wisbar Advance
Wisbar Advance Desktop (just adds so much to how your ppc is organized and how it looks)
Omapclock (enough said!)
TCMPC (much better than WMP in every possible way)
I also use a bunch of progs I wouldn't call musts, but they are useful-
Resco World Cup 2006
Resco Explorer and Registry add-in
PocketLan
Z2Remote2PC
Photo Contacts
etc.
For lists, I think List Pro is the best thing out there... syncs with amazon for library inventory descriptions, and with desktop lists

krale said:
For lists, I think List Pro is the best thing out there... syncs with amazon for library inventory descriptions, and with desktop lists
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Hey, where can I get this thing? More info? Sounds interesting...

My top 10 PPC apps :
MemMaid
Agenda Fusion
xBar
Spb PocketPlus pack (Backup, weather, Today plugin, etc)
Resco Explorer 2005
XNView Pocket
OmapClock
FlexMail 2006 (WebIS)
Pocket WakeUp (French application to wake you up ^^)
Resco Diamonds

ingenious said:
krale said:
For lists, I think List Pro is the best thing out there... syncs with amazon for library inventory descriptions, and with desktop lists
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Hey, where can I get this thing? More info? Sounds interesting...
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Here's the description
Catalog your collection quickly and easily,
then carry it with you on your Pocket PC or Palm
Collectorz.com and Ilium Software have teamed up to bring you the perfect solution for cataloging your collection and viewing it on your Pocket PC or Palm device. The Collectorz.com programs for Windows let you enter your collection with ease, then Ilium's ListPro software lets you view your collection data while on the road, in the store or at a fair. Never buy duplicates again, you will always know what you own.
About ListPro by Ilium Software
ListPro is a multifeatured list manager for use on your Palm or Pocket PC device. Great for everything from simple to-do lists to a database for your favorite collection. Features include multiple column types, linked fields, alarms, import, export, unlimited note fields and much more. For more info: visit the ListPro website.
Use the Collectorz.com templates for ListPro to view your Collectorz.com data on your mobile device.
The two products are available from collectorz.com and iliumsoft.com/site/lp/listpro.htm
I've tested it out, and it works very well. If you have access to a barcode scanner, you only need to scan your book's barcode, and then you get all the info about the book from websites and inputed in the fields of the program. Amazing time-saving stuff. You can catalogue hundreds of books in less than an hour.

Hi ak123456, here is link to some of the mentioned above programs with discount for forum readers.

Without a doubt, the best app I've found for the Pocket PC is SBSH's PocketBreeze (details here).
It is a Today screen plug-in that makes the default Calendar, Tasks, Contacts and Messaging apps sing by providing an intuitive interface and quick access to features. It can also work with Pocket Informant which I notice you already have. Spb Diary is a copy of PocketBreeze and lacks a lot of the customisation features.
Aside from that, I've tried Spb Pocket Plus and while I found it quite good, it slowed down my device and had more features than I needed. I replaced it with SBSH's iLauncher (details here) which I embed in the PocketBreeze muti-tab interface and find it much leaner and snappier.
Other apps I use are:
- Dinarsoft MemMaid
- Dinarsoft Handyswitcher
- SBSH's PocketWeather
- Resco Explorer.

agree on PocketBreeze but nothing on Notes
PocketBreeze is by far the best application (after 10 years of Palm, HP, Toshiba, Axim, SPV C500 and now Qtek S200)
Since Notes were uncategorized on PPC, I search for a nice application to organize them. Phatnotes is great but not on my S200. Support says it has to do with security and certificates. After installing it ActiveSync produces an error on synchronization, uninstall and everything is fine again on the best pda I have had so far.

Best 10 Apps

Hello all,
I've just bought a shiny new Ameo. Overall, I'm very happy with it. The keyboard is a bit of a challenge when your hands cover as much acreage as mine, but im sure i'll get used to its idiosyncratic layout and lack of num lock. in time.
So now i'm thinking about which apps to install.
What do you guys think are the essentials? The apps my ameo shouldn't be without?
cheers!

Tomtom 6
MS Live Search
Voice Command

live search - good shout. installed it.
built in gps; i'm lovin it.

Coreplayer (check the other threads in this forum for how to setup) for DivX/XVid playback.
iGo2006 (instead of TomTom6, it's much better ;-) ).
Avantgo client for News/RSS.
Mobipocket Reader for Books.

Also:
AEB Buttons 2.5.2
WM6 Remote Desktop
Skype

Some that I forgot because I'm so used to them being there:
SPB Diary 2.0
SPB Weather
SPB Time
Skype^^ - definately - the VOIP functions of skype actually work using the Athena, the processor in the Wizard wasn't quite good enough.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned ozVGA or MrTrueVGA.
It HAS to be the first thing you install (I prefer ozVGA), closely followed by VJBigPhone and WA2.
Then of course it all depends on what you do with the device, or intend to do.
I really like coreplayer, Resco Explorer and the reg. edit addon
I wouldn't mind some suggestions for an instant messaging program that handles both MSN messenger and Google talk. IM+ 4.33 and 4.35 keeps crashing for me.
Edit: As for num lock. Yes you can do that. Takes a lilttle fiddling with the special button though. 4 presses in a row to lock the "blue keys", 4 presses to "unlock". A little silly, but you get used to it.

my apps...
- IM+ I'm running this without any issues.
- pRSSreader as it's free. I disable the today plug because it makes my phone run slow and i think sometimes lock up.
- WiFiFoFum.
- WM6 Remote Desktop, much better than the WM5 Remote Desktop client.
- TomTom6
- AE Button Plus
- Magic Button
- Resco Explorer (ftp addon, registry addon and works great to connect to other computers on your network.
- SmallMenu Plus
- Sprite Backup
- Total Commander
- VGA software already mentioned above
- Pocket Informant
- BlueTooth and Wifi icons for tray. Someone posted them to the Athena forum recently.
I want to hear what others have installed also. I want to add more and more and more.
Edit: MortPlayer (just an awesome and FREE audio player)

Best photo editing?
What's the best photo editing software for the Athena/WM5? Just looking for something with a lot of options when editing pictures.

Calavaro said:
I'm surprised nobody mentioned ozVGA or MrTrueVGA.
It HAS to be the first thing you install (I prefer ozVGA), closely followed by VJBigPhone and WA2.
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I use WA2 but VGA Skins looks ugly oversized......is there a tweak to make it working correctly?
What skin do you use? (QVGA?)

I like the following:
1) Microsoft Voice Command
2) Sling Mobile Player
3) Spb Pocket Plus
4) Spb Diary
5) Spb Insight
6) Marsware Weather Panel
7) SBSH Pocket Weather
8) Sktools
9) Pocket Mechanic
10) Sprite Backup
11) Tweaks2k
12) Vxutil
13) VxIpConfig
14) Tiger Woods PGA Tour
15) Ppc Webcam
16) TCPMP beta version .81
17) Resco Explorer
18) Resco Registry Editor
19) Resco FTP App
20) Resco Radio
21) TomTom 6
22) Verichat (no longer sold/supported)
23) IM+
24) ScaryBear Check Notifications
25) Adobe Reader LE

Thanks for the tip apphoen!
apphoen said:
Coreplayer (check the other threads in this forum for how to setup) for DivX/XVid playback.
iGo2006 (instead of TomTom6, it's much better ;-) ).
Avantgo client for News/RSS.
Mobipocket Reader for Books.
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apphoen...thanks a bunch for an excellent tip. iGo 2006 with UK maps is absolutely brill! I much prefer it to TomTom 6 and have already uninstalled from my Ameo. I much prefer the options in iGo but lack the speed camera warnings. Will test it out some more and if all goes well, will probably invest further.
Thanks again for a great heads up.
Apps I cannot live without:
WA2
Resco Explorer 2007 with all plug-ins
TCPMP 0.72RC or Coreplayer
David Andr 'Batti'
AE Button Plus v 2.51
WM6 Remote Desktop
Winmobileapps Call SMS Blocker (but will be trying Spb Phone Suite soon)
WM5torage - must have
SKTools - must have
Resco Pocket Radio v1.60
Resco Photoviewer v6
RARLAB Pocket RAR
Windows Live
Zombienexus WM6 3G Video Calling Dialler skin
Silent Services btIO - normal audio through BT headset
iGo 2006 (just converted from TomTom 6.1)
int13 PacMad (looks sweet on the 5" screen and plays beautifully) as does the following VGA games:
Spb Brain Evolution
Spb Xonix II SA VGA
Real Dice Dominoes, Sudoku Master II & Mahjong
Acky's XP Breakout

danieletroiano said:
I use WA2 but VGA Skins looks ugly oversized......is there a tweak to make it working correctly?
What skin do you use? (QVGA?)
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I use the default WA2 skin. Then I just take my favorite tsk and adapt it to VGA (96 dpi), and maybe change a few colors. I don't do to much since the default is nice enough.

I really like the look of iGo, so I installed it after a hard reset and configured it. Since synchronising with my Exchange account to get my contacts, it now loads up saying it is searching for contact addresses and performance might be reduced. No matter what I do, it then exits the application after around 30 secs or so. Any ideas? I really don't want to go back to TomTom!!

findus said:
I really like the look of iGo, so I installed it after a hard reset and configured it. Since synchronising with my Exchange account to get my contacts, it now loads up saying it is searching for contact addresses and performance might be reduced. No matter what I do, it then exits the application after around 30 secs or so. Any ideas? I really don't want to go back to TomTom!!
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Christ! No idea! I'm not on an exchange server so it found my contacts fairly swiftly with no problems.
Sorry I can't help with that one.

Here's my pick of the top Pocket PC Apps:
NewsBreak 2.0
SlingPlayer Mobile
WisBar Advance 2
Pocket Weather
TomTom Navigator (I run 5.21)
Opera Mobile
HTTPMail Provider
eWallet
You can Google for all these products, or else see the list with hyperlinks.
-Krip

mackaby007 said:
I much prefer the options in iGo but lack the speed camera warnings.
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Speed camera warnings for I-go are available from pocketgpsworld.
The only thing it lacks is traffic warnings...shame

findus said:
I really like the look of iGo, so I installed it after a hard reset and configured it. Since synchronising with my Exchange account to get my contacts, it now loads up saying it is searching for contact addresses and performance might be reduced. No matter what I do, it then exits the application after around 30 secs or so. Any ideas? I really don't want to go back to TomTom!!
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I use push mail from an exchange account and haven't had this problem, although come to think of it I haven't added a further contact recently. Will try and report back.

apd said:
Speed camera warnings for I-go are available from pocketgpsworld.
The only thing it lacks is traffic warnings...shame
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Only for the UK though, eh?

apphoen said:
Only for the UK though, eh?
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The speedcameras? Yes