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PIM Backup - Windows Mobile 5 and 6

August 22nd, 2009 admin

PIM is a FREE Windows Mobile backup utility. This simple backup tool allows a Windows Mobile 5 or 6 user to backup and restore contacts, appointments, tasks, messages, calls and other personal information residing on windows mobile based pocket devices. The user can choose to backup Windows Mobile information in binary or text based formats. The Binary backup method is the most reliable, however the text based backup method allows the user to easily see and edit or modify the backed up contents.

PIM FREE Windows Mobile backup tool Screenshot:

Authors Website: dotfred.net

Download available from:

http://www.dotfred.net/PIM/PPCPimBackupV2.8_wm2005.zip

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Bible Readers - Part 1 - Windows Mobile

June 6th, 2009 admin

For this next series we will be taking a quick look at some bible reader programs for Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Palm. First up, Windows Mobile:

BibleReader™ for your Windows Mobile Smartphone is a free, full-featured Bible reading and study application

Now you can have all your Bibles, devotionals, and Christian eBooks available to you wherever you go. Whether it’s a single favorite version or a library of resources, with Olive Tree Bible Software you can have it installed on your phone for quick reference or serious study.

BibleReader can be downloaded for free from Olive Tree here: http://www.olivetree.com/download/

American Standard Version Bible and other Bible versions are available: http://www.olivetree.com/store/product.php?productid=16554

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Music Players - Part One

April 6th, 2009 admin

Most phones (regular or smartphones) that you buy come with some sort of music player. These music players typically work for a majority of the population. Then there are the people like me that want to see what all the options available are…

So I bring you a review of some of the FREE music players that are available on the internet – in all three categories – Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry.

(Remember: What you see below is just my opinion. I encourage everyone reading this to try out all the options and make an informed decision for themselves!)

I will start with Windows Mobile.

Windows Mobile: Options available – WinVibe and MortPlayer.

WinVibe

My first impression was that it looked like a Mobile version of the desktop program Winamp. (Actually the classic version of Winamp.) I also made the mistake of downloading the wrong one for my device. For the Treo 700w/wx you would be looking for the QVGA. VGA is for a larger screen than the Treo has, and the W in WVGA stands for Wide – which is MUCH wider.

Once I got the correct version installed (again QVGA – Which stands for Quarter VGA) I was all set. Opening audio files was as simple as hitting the eject looking icon, and I found the it had the added options for auto-selecting subfolders, and having it choose to open the same folder on startup.

The part of it that I didn’t like as much, is that the player seems to take an extended amount of time to load the program, actually 3 to 5 seconds. It might seem like a trivial amount of time, but compared to the alternative program (and the default Windows Media Player) it was a long time. ALSO, I didn’t like the default keyboard controls, but (in it’s defense) it has a crazy amount of custom settings that allow you to keymap it any way you want.

MortPlayer

Right off the bat I had a hard time with this app because I kept thinking of Mort from Family Guy. How can a program be great with a name like Mort. (Sorry to all the Morts out there!). My first impression was WAAAY off. I love almost everything about this program. From the look of it, to the multiple options that are available wit the interface (Car View, Playlist View, etc). It has made it’s way into my “must-have list of Windows Mobile Apps!