Freeware/Shareware 

Prices listed are suggested retail price. Unless otherwise indicated, products are delivered on floppy disk. Listings do not represent an endorsement by Handheld PC Magazine, it's editors or publisher. We have tried to include a comprehensive collection of products available by second quarter, 1997. However, there will be gaps due to information not arriving by our printing deadline. If you have a product to announce in our next publication, please send an e-mail message to tom@thaddeus.com

File Transfer

Scotty

Scotty, a graphical FTP client for Windows CE, allows you to connect to any FTP server and upload or download files. One version is for SH-3 processors (Casio, Compaq), a second version for MIPS processors (NEC, Philips Velo). Type: Shareware Price: $29.95 US CONTACT: Ruksun Software Technologies, Pvt.; Phone: 91-212-678286 or 91-212-678288; Fax: 91-212-627264; E-mail: info@ruksun.com Web: http://www.corus.com/wince/ or to Download Added 5/21/97

Finance

Personal ATM

Allows you to take your banking on the road. Download your financial data from your desktop computer to your H/PC. Later, transfer data back to your desktop and update your files. Uses QIF file format on the desktop, the format that is imported and exported by Quicken and Microsoft Money. Type: Shareware Price: $29.95 US (check or money order); CONTACT: Bruce Brown, AnyWare Consulting, PO Box 61632, Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Web: http://users.aol.com/anyware/wce/patm/ default.html Added 5/21/97

Games

Block Force

This is a Windows CE version of the famous falling bricks game, Tetris. Keep the blocks from piling up to the top by moving blocks to the right and left (and rotating them) as they fall. Type: Freeware CONTACT: Ruksun Software Technologies, Pvt.; Phone: 91-212-678286 or 91-212-678288; Fax: 91-212-627264; E-mail: info@ruksun.com Web: http://www.corus.com/wince/ or to Download Added 5/21/97

Space Invaders

The Windows CE version (by Scott Ludwig) of the popular arcade game. Type: Freeware.Web: http://homepages.enterprise.net/craig/hpc/invaders.zip Added 5/21/97

Pocket Jongg

A strategy game, related to Taipee or Mahjongg, but following different rules. Type: Shareware. Web: http://www.c-labs.com/clabs/pocketJongg /default.asp Added 5/21/97

Internet

bMobile

Go Wireless! bMOBILE gives you the freedom to access your critical data on the Internet any time you need it. You no longer need to be tied down to a corporate network, a phone line, or even a cell phone. Wireless access is available for your Handheld PC now! Use all your favorite Windows CE internet applications to browse, mail, chat, read news, track stocks, etc. Type: Demo Version; Price: $29.95 plus S&H; CONTACT: bsquare Development Phone: Toll free (US) 1-888-820-4500, 425-519-5900 Address: Delphi Building 3633 136th Place SE, Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98006; E-mail: support@bsquare.com; Web: http://www.bsquare.com/development/index.htm Added 5/27/97

Ice

ICE is the first IMAP4 client available for Windows CE. It is an on-line e-mail client, with a native Windows CE user interface. ICE is designed to let a busy mobile user quickly browse through his/her most important messages, without having to download either the entire message or the large attachment(s). ICE also allows the user to send mail messages (compose, reply and forward) using SMTP. Type: Shareware Price: $29.95 US CONTACT: Ruksun Software Technologies, Pvt.; Phone: 91-212-678286 or 91-212-678288; Fax: 91-212-627264; E-mail: info@ruksun.com Web: http://www.corus.com/wince/ or to Download Added 5/21/97

mobileNews and mobileIRC╘

mobileNews allows users to keep up with USENET news while mobile. It supports the NNTP standard, multiple news servers, integrated e-mail and address books, and server authorization. mobileIRC, extends the power of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to users of Windows CE. Price: $24.50 each or $39 for both CONTACT: AdageUS; Phone: 203-230-9472; Fax: 203-248-0042; E-mail: support@adageus.com Web: http://www.adageus.com Added 5/21/97

TelnetCE

The first Telnet client for Windows CE. Allows two computers to connect to each other. Type: Freeware CONTACT: Ruksun Software Technologies, Pvt.; Phone: 91-212-678286 or 91-212-678288; Fax: 91-212-627264; E-mail: info@ruksun.com Web: http://www.corus.com/wince/ or to Download Added 5/21/97

Miscellaneous

HPC Notes

HPC Notes is the powerful notes organizer for Microsoft « Windows « CE. You can create notes providing them with type, subject, creation and modification date, which helps you find required information quickly and easily. With HPC Notes you can search for specific text in a specific field and sort your notes by type, date or subject. You can protect your Notes from unauthorized access with a password. You can send e-mail messages directly from the Note Editor. Interface to your Contacts Database enables you to pick an e-mail address instead of typing it in. HPC Notes uses a compressed database which saves the limited storage space on your Handheld PC. Type: Demo Version ; CONTACT: Cognitive Technology Corporation; Phone: (415) 925-2323; Fax: (415) 461-4010 E-mail: ctc@ocr.com; Web: http://www.ocr.com/hpc/hpcnotes.htm Added 5/27/97

Martin heller’s egg timer

Dr. Martin Heller, Senior Contributing Editor and Programming Windows columnist for WINDOWS Magazine (and the author of half a dozen PC software packages), has released the Freeware Egg Timer. Egg Timer is a simple timer application that can be set to give an alarm varying from 1 second to 99 hours. It allows you to have sounds for the alarm, be interrupted with a message, and/or see a flashing light. There are versions for SH-3 and MIPS, and a combined version that also includes the source code. There is no documentation file, so install the correct timer .exe for your H/PC (SH-3 for Casio, HP, Compaq; MIPS for NEC and Philips) in the root directory of your device. If you don't, you may get error messages if you set alarms without dialog boxes. Type: Freeware Web: http://www.winmag.com/people/mheller/wincepro.htm Added 5/21/97

Wallpaper and PhoneSounds

This file offers assorted backgrounds for the Handheld PC desktop, including animals, footsteps, instruments, star wars, and HPC. Phone sounds are wave files of the tones that telephones make. CONTACT: ddm europe. Web: http://www.ddmeurope.com/hpc/ Added 5/21/97

Free Microsoft Software Downloadable from Microsoft’s Website

MS Pocket Automap Streets

With Pocket Automap Streets, users enter the address they’re looking for, and get a detailed street map showing you the precise location requested. The program comes with maps of 40 selected cities in the United States. Go to Pocket Automap Streets download page. Web: http://www.microsoft.com/automap/pstreets/ Added 5/21/97

Pocket Internet Explorer

Pocket Internet Explorer supports World Wide Web browsing. Now, version 1.1 has more features including security, cookies and caching. Go to Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer download page. Web: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/hpc/software/mspie.htm Added 5/21/97

Power Toys (includes Remote Control)

These small programs are designed to make Handheld PCs more personal and more convenient. Use Remote Control to see and control a Handheld PC from a desktop computer. Create pictures and edit images with Paint. Use Cascading Menus for file and folder access via cascading and scrolling menus. Three new sound schemes are now available including Analog, Metallic, and Organic. Mute turns off all sounds with the tap of a taskbar button. Personalize the H/PC desktop with Arcade, Argyle, Cars, Castle, Chitz, Concrete, Honey, Squares, and Thatch bitmap tiles. Go to Power Toys download page. Web: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/hpc/software/powerr.htm Added 5/21/97

Handheld PC File Converter

This program converts files from a Handheld PC to your desktop or laptop PC without using H/PC Explorer. Convert files in place or convert and copy to a specified location, such as a PC storage card. Go to Handheld PC File Converter download page. Web: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/hpc/software/convertr.htm Added 5/21/97

Microsoft H/PC Explorer 1.1 Free Update

The new release of H/PC Explorer software for your desktop PC is now available. The new version, H/PC Explorer 1.1, adds support for Outlook 97, Word 97, Excel 97 and Windows NT Workstation 4.0. Here are a few details: In terms of synchronization, H/PC Explorer 1.1 works the same way as version 1. Now the setup program allows you to choose if you'd like to synchronize with Outlook, Schedule+, or a combination of the two. File conversion from desktop Word and Excel to Pocket Word and Pocket Excel also works the same as before. H/PC Explorer 1.1 now enables you to dock H/PCs with PCs running either Windows NT Workstation 4.0 or Windows 95. The terms of the End User License Agreement for H/PC Explorer 1.1 have been changed to allow customers to install H/PC Explorer 1.1 on any PC with which they wish to dock their H/PC. While Handheld PCs can only establish a partnership relationship with a single PC at a time, Handheld PCs can dock as guests of another PC to exchange files. If you already own an H/PC, go directly to the download page to download H/PC Explorer 1.1. Select a download site, and click on the link to begin the download and installation process. If prompted, select Open to begin the setup process on your PC. As an alternative, you can choose to save the file and then, once fully downloaded, click on it to initiate the setup process. Get your copy of H/PC Explorer 1.1 On-line: Web: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/hpc/software/hpcexplorer.htm Added 5/21/97

 Patches

Service Pack 1

CASIO and Microsoft discovered a problem with some of the earlier CASSIOPEIAs, and Casio is providing this service pack program to improve the power management feature on the CASSIOPEIA (Models A-10 & A-11). Even though the CASSIOPEIA power is turned off, a software problem may prevent the unit from properly entering the standby mode, and some circuits may still operate. The Service Pack corrects this problem. Type: Freeware. Web: http://www.casiohpc.com/hpcsrvpk1.html Added 5/21/97

Phone Dialing

PhoneTone

PhoneTone for Windows CE generates TouchTone╘ sounds from a Handheld PC, turning the H/PC into a portable speed dialer. The software allows users to retrieve phone messages when at a rotary phone or overseas. It will dial numbers from a contacts database, or from those entered via the H/PC keyboard or onscreen keypad. Price: $20 US Shipping/Handling:$3 standard mail. Bytes occupied on H/PC: 30K CONTACT: Ilium Software; Phone: 888-632-5388 or 313-973-7761; Fax: 313-207-9358; E-mail: info@iliumsoft.com Web: http://www.iliumsoft.com Added 5/21/97

Pocket Dial

This program, by Tony Jones and Steve P. Miller, integrates your contacts database with touch tone dialing via your H/PC’s speaker. Simply hold the receiver of your phone near your H/PC’s speaker, and your H/PC will generate the tones needed to dial. Features include speed dial and customizable prefix rules (long distance, area code, access numbers, etc.). Type: Freeware CONTACT: Thaddeus Computing Web: For MIPS Processors http://www.thaddeus.com Added 5/21/97

Programming

miniBasic

miniBasic is a small, primitive BASIC that runs on Windows CE Handheld PCs. Type: Freeware CONTACT: B&B Systems. Email: bnbweb@mindspring.com Web: http://www.mindspring.com/~bnbweb/ Added 5/21/97

Utilities

FastFind

Fed up of going through heaps of folders to search a file? No good at remembering complete file names? Want to look for files updated in specified date ranges? If the answers to the above questions is a vociferous yes, then Ruksun's FastFind is the right nifty trinket for you. FastFind makes finding files chore a cinch. When invoked, FastFind perches itself in the tray unobtrusively. Whenever you need to search just tap your stylus on the tray icon. Type: Freeware CONTACT: Ruksun Software Technologies, Pvt.; Phone: 91-212-678286 or 91-212-678288; Fax: 91-212-627264; E-mail: info@ruksun.com Web: http://www.corus.com/wince/ or to Download Added 5/21/97

FreeMem

This program gives a running total of the free file and program memory (in KBytes). The task bar can give a constantly visible indication of your free space. Values are updated every eight seconds. Type: Freeware CONTACT: Surerange Analysis Limited P.O. Box 257, Guidford, Surrey, GU1 4FP, United Kingdom; E-mail: surerange@dial.pipex.com Web: http://www.demon.co.uk/sureanal/download.html Added 5/21/97

Pocket UnZip

This program, by Steve P. Miller, brings support for the popular ZIP file format to the Windows CE platform (it also runs on Windows NT). You can extract, test, or view any ZIP file. Pocket UnZip can also help you maximize your PCMCIA flash card storage. Just ZIP up all your data files into a single compressed ZIP file and store it on your flash card. Then use the Pocket UnZip to view those files directly from the ZIP files themselves. Type: Freeware CONTACT: Thaddeus Computing. Web: http://www.thaddeus.com Added 5/21/97