chconline Veteran Posted November 26, 2005 Veteran Share Posted November 26, 2005 What are some must-haves (software) for your pocket PC? So far I havent had any luck digging some really cool apps. I have a Dell Axim X30 624MHz running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition (Yeah my PPC is old and Dell didnt release WM5 for X30s :( ) Well anyway what are some good apps to install on it? Games, themes, utilities or w/e So far I got: Apps Microsoft Reader + Dictionary BibleReader Utilites: PowerCheck Games 4-in-line A Viking Saga Chinese Chess Space Trader TankZone Tetris Warring States What else do you got on yours, preferably free? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 SPB PocketPlus Acrobat Reader Latest AvantGo SPB Weather Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586854148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 MobiReader beats the socks off MS reader. I've also got Spb Pocket Plus which is a wonderful program. Since you also have the BibleReader, what version of the bible do you have? I have the New Living Translation (wonderful easy to read version) ... and the American Standard, and King James. Games Solitare, Euchre, Hearts, Scrabble, Jaw Breaker (Ballon Poping game), Backgammon, Monopoly and Chess. I'd be happy to send you copies of the games. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586855694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Spb Weather & Voice command. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586855780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturogoga Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 APPS Wisbar Advance - to really close the programs, instead of minimizing them, change the look of the taskbar, check battery status, change the start menu, and more stuff. Mobipocket Reader 5 - For ebook. Works great with their Office Companion. I just load up a book in Word format, convert it, and it looks great. Repligo - To read PDFs, without Adobe Reader, which sucks. Textmaker - A replacement to Microsoft's awful Pocket Word. Still can't believe the Palms have better Office implementation via DocsToGo. Resco Explorer and Today Plugin - Consumes virtually no resources, and lets you add storage, and program shortcuts to the Today screen. Games: Arvale 1 & 2 (RPGs) Skyforce Lemonade Tycoon Age of Empires Gold Edition Legacy Legend 2 Pocket Nester NES emulator Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586870383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Clanger Theremin - make stupid annoying high pitch noises, it's great fun :s http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=clang...heremin&spell=1 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586870495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheazles Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 TCPMP Player - Beats WM hands down. Supports a lot of codecs out there for audio and video files. Pocket Informant - Is a much better PIM than the standard Outlook. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586870665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diffused Mind Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Wisbar Advance - to really close the programs, instead of minimizing them, change the look of the taskbar, check battery status, change the start menu, and more stuff. If you're more of a minimal person, get vBar instead. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586870721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefz Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 My absolute must-haves are: 1) WisbarAdvance 2.0 and WisbarAdvance Desktop - the two most amazing programs you will ever find skinning wise. 2) Marsware's WeatherPanel (not really supported any longer but still is awesome anyway, although SBSH's PocketWeather is supposed to be pretty close) 3) SBSH's PocketBreeze - the only calendar/task/notes/email/more Today plugin you will ever need! 4) SBSH's iLauncher - terrific shortcut/task launcher just like SPB Pocket Plus but also lets you put icons on the system tray. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586871198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 TomeRaider - Buy this and a 1GB storage card. Download the Wikipedia and have a wealth of human knowledge at your finger tips. Best thing ever. PhatPad - Nice phat way to take notes. Adobe Reader 2.0 Microsoft Reader Pocket Nester - always a treat Sky Force - pretty fun. Snails - will hold your attention while taking a crap. I'm not really into the entire PIM aspects of PDAs (my life really isn't that hectic). But I still use mine all the time and enjoy it. A lot of storage is must. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586880691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 I just got my Axim x51 (Xmas came early!), and loaded it up with quite a few apps. For those of you who have Wisbar Desktop, do you think purchasing the code was worth it? ... or is there a way to get it for free ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586885173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
utomo Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Try e-sword for pocket pc, this is free Bible software. http://e-sword.net/pocketpc/ Try resco explorer, spb imageer, Chess genius, MultiIE for you who use wireless in many places, try http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586885493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefz Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 I just got my Axim x51 (Xmas came early!), and loaded it up with quite a few apps. For those of you who have Wisbar Desktop, do you think purchasing the code was worth it? ... or is there a way to get it for free ;) It's soooo worth it! I just posted a screenie of WAD on my Axim x50v in the screenshots thread of this forum, and others have too - you can get your device to look totally different from what it ordinarily looks like! I don't know about where to get it for free, :no: and imagine it would be difficult as registration is tied to the user's name. But it doesn't cost much, and is really worth it. :) I have noticed no slowdowns or memory issues either. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586885704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerus Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Arvale 1, Age of Empires Gold Wow...haven't used mine in a while... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586886723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizbit Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 I have rescoexplorer, WisbarAdvance 2.0 and Tomtom Nav 5 installed on my ipaq. wisbar is well worth a look imo. Al Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586887699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk26 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Resco Explorer. Launcher & Pocket Nav are essential are located at: http://www.scottandmichelle.net/scott/cestuff.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586887752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopper Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 for me wisbar advance phonealarm (today plugin) pocketinformant2005 (calender/contact list replacement) egress (rss reader) spb pocket plus resco explorer/registry Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586895642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtheRIAA Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 How could you guys have missed the best game of all time for the PocketPC?!? Well it was one of the best games for PC and they ported it over to PocketPC. POCKETQUAKE! Absolutely amazing and I have the same handeheld as you and trust me it runs amazingly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586895666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark-x Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I still have the retail edition. Mad rare. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586897886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 ^^ That looks pretty cool, Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 Microsoft Voice Command Today Alarm Plugin AM Tasks+ Today Plugin DTSsysView - Great app manager CWS CodeStore - password app PsShutXP - great restart/shutdown app very cool SBSH Pocket Breeze Wisbar Advance Wisbar Advance Desktop Games: Snails 2 Links Golf Dope Wars Air Hockey 3d Atomic Cannon Xonix Chees Battleships Yahtzee Billards Go the pocket PCs and all their mobile goodness :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586901749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickice11 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 PocketIRC costs $15 but is the best handheld irc client out there. PocketVNC - free VNC client, a little slow but usable when you need to get access to your PC PockeTTY is pretty expensive SSH client but the trial is fully functional but only allows 5 min sessions. This isn't really a big deal as you probably won't wanna use the program for extended use, just when you need to log in and run a few commands. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586901780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I'm loving Morphgear! I just wish I had the cash for Lemonade Tycoon :cry: Right now I'm using: Wisbar Advance 2 Minimo Flash Assist MagicSS TCPMP VisualGuitarTuner Tube 2 Warring States Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586908757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arturogoga Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I'm loving Morphgear! I just wish I had the cash for Lemonade Tycoon :cry: Right now I'm using: Wisbar Advance 2 Minimo Flash Assist MagicSS TCPMP VisualGuitarTuner Tube 2 Warring States Don't bother with Lemonade Tycoon. Granted, it's a great game at the beginning, but once you get all the upgrades (which aren't many), and figure out the trick to do mad cash, it get boring. Fast. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586916193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rqian Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I have a Dell Axim 30v too, and I received my windows mobile 5.0 in early November. It runs pretty well on the device, although occasionally is it slow due to the memory conversion thing that is new in 5.0. Apps: Wisbar Advance 2 Microsoft Voice Command Cobuild dictionary RDCalc I had this application for a while but now I don't have it, but basically what it does is make it possible to view shared file in the network you connected. For example, you can view your shared files on your computer while you are on your PDA. Games: Microsoft Entertainment PocketPak Everquest Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586917709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark-x Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I have a Dell Axim 30v too, and I received my windows mobile 5.0 in early November. It runs pretty well on the device, although occasionally is it slow due to the memory conversion thing that is new in 5.0. Apps: Wisbar Advance 2 Microsoft Voice Command Cobuild dictionary RDCalc I had this application for a while but now I don't have it, but basically what it does is make it possible to view shared file in the network you connected. For example, you can view your shared files on your computer while you are on your PDA. Games: Microsoft Entertainment PocketPak Everquest x50 you mean. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/402154-pocket-pc-must-haves/#findComment-586919522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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