Pocket PC

Access Panel is a handy input method that lets you insert large chunks of predefined text in a few quick stylus taps. This includes dates, times signatures, addresses, contact information and salutations. One of its handiest features is quick access to your contact information. Rather than having to look up someone's home address, email address or contact details in the contacts application and copy and paste it into the document you're writing, you can access that contact information directly from within the application you're in using Access Panel. As it installs as an additional input method, it's easily accessible from every program.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.developerone.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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Battery Pack 2003 is a must-have utility for anyone who has a Pocket PC. This program is packed with useful features that the Pocket PC OS should have had in the first place, such as: a proper close button; battery and memory indicators in the task bar; a program launcher and battery/memory indicator on the Today screen; verbal notifications of low battery and memory; and an automatic "cleaner" that deletes unwanted temporarily files.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.omegaone.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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Button Mapper lets you map two programs per hardware button. What makes this program unique is that you can have application-specific button mapping, so that each hardware button will launch a particular program depending on the application that you're currently in. It also allows you to assign stylus tap actions to each hardware button, so rather than tapping on a menu item all of the time, for example, you could assign that action to a hardware button within that particular program.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.vito-tech.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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Calligrapher is the premier natural handwriting recognition program for Pocket PCs, and lets you write all over the screen in print, cursive, or a combination of the two. Additional features include a spellchecker, macro command utility and support for different languages. This program is a much-improved version of Transcriber, the handwriting recognition program that ships with all Pocket PCs, using the same basic recognition engine that's been enhanced for superior performance.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.phatware.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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Clear Speed is a utility that's been specially designed for the HP iPAQ 1910. Running this application gives the 1910's processor more power, increasing the set clock speed from 200MHz to 300MHz. This application gives you more bang for your buck, as the 1910 is cheaper than its 300 and 400MHz cousins.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.revolution.cx
Operating system: Pocket PC 2002.
Requires: HP iPAQ 1910 Pocket PC.

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Want to assign more programs per hardware button? Enter Double Launcher, which lets you set up to four programs to launch per button. With five hardware buttons on most Pocket PCs, this adds up to 20 programs that can be easily accessed with a press, double press, press and hold or double press and hold.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.orthancsoftware.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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The QWERTY keyboard is not the ideal input method on a Pocket PC, as the most commonly used letters are on the outer edges. Unlike a normal hardware keyboard, where you can use 10 fingers to access all of the keys quickly, input on a Pocket PC requires using a stylus and tapping each letter on the touchscreen. Fitaly keyboard attempts to alleviate this problem by using a specially designed keyboard layout that places the most commonly used letters in the middle. This reduces stylus travel time and guarantees much faster text input entry once the new keyboard layout has been memorised.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.textware.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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Icbar has much of the same functionality as WisBar (as they're both based on the same source code), but it adds some additional functionality such as the ability to skin the menu (bottom) bar as well as the top bar, giving your Pocket PC a fully customised appearance. A large library of compatible skins are available on the developer's Web site, letting you mix and match different buttons and backgrounds. Additionally, it's relatively easy to create your own skins.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.ictinus.com
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Launcher is an easy-to-use plug-in that places a row of user-defined program icons on your Today screen. This lets you quickly access frequently used applications and files with a single tap, saving you the trouble of finding the program you wish to use through the Start menu and programs folder.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.scottandmichelle.net
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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Enabling you to push your XScale Pocket PC to the limits, Pocket Hack Master lets you take full control of your Pocket PC's innards, including processor speed, memory and LCD multipliers, SDRAM latency and refresh rate. It also includes a Scale function that automatically adjusts the processor speed depending on CPU load. A great tool for the Pocket PC power user.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.pockethackmaster.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2002.
Requires: Pocket PC with an XScale processor.

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Soft Reset is a simple utility that lets you apply a soft reset to your device without using the Pocket PC's soft reset hole. Mapping this to a hardware button, placing it in the Start Menu, or including a shortcut to this program in a program launcher guarantees a speedy soft reset whenever it's required.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.eitcenter.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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If you're handy with your thumbs but don't want to shell out for an expensive hardware thumb board for your Pocket PC, you can get the next best thing with Spb Software's Spb Full Screen Keyboard. This is a program that takes over the entire Pocket PC screen, emulating a thumb board, with an input area at the top of the keyboard to display the line of text just entered. You can then hold your Pocket PC horizontally and use your thumbs to speedily enter text.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.softspb.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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Speed Stepper is a simple overclocking program best suited for the HP iPAQ 1910, letting you change the processor's speed to 100, 200 or 300MHz.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.elevatedstudios.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2002.
Requires: Pocket PC with an XScale processor.

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Turbo Tray is an easy-to-use freeware overclocking application that lets you quickly toggle between different predefined speeds via the system tray. For those who would like to try overclocking with minimal risk, Turbo Tray is a great program to use.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.elevatedstudios.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2002.
Requires: Pocket PC with an XScale processor.

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WisBar is a skinnable task bar replacement that provides functionality missing in the Pocket PC OS: namely the ability to close applications rather than minimise them; and also the ability to see running task icons in the task bar, enabling you to easily switch between them. WisBar also places battery and memory icons in the task bar, letting you see at a glance the status of your Pocket PC.

Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.pelmarinc.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2000 or Pocket PC 2002.
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As with Turbo-Tray, XScaleCtrl is an overclocking application with predefined processor speed settings. Rather than residing in the system tray, though, it appears as an additional control panel applet in the Pocket PC's setttings. It also has a wider range of possible processor speeds than Turbo Tray, justifying the additional cost.

Licence: Shareware.
Online: http://www.wibble-wobble.com
Operating system: Pocket PC 2002.
Requires: Pocket PC with XScale processor.

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