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Essential programs/hardware

TOWA BT patch
Sprite Backup
Resco Explorer (includes regedit)
GPRS monitor
Non essential but nice
Tomtom Navigator 2
Hardware
quick sync/charge lead
usb-car adapter
emergency AA battery pack
Backpack is on order from expansys
What do you guys think is essential / nice to have ?

Spare battery is good. Also I couldnt live without my San Disk SD WLAN and 512mb SD cards.

Any of you recommend a replacement launcher?

I use Magic Button. Nice prog to view open apps in the background and is freeware. Allows quick swithing to today screen.
Also nice is Task Manager. Shows all processes and is also freeware.
And for single hand phone operation: Finger Clix
Can be downloaded here, 7 days trial for free: http://www.pocketgear.com/ppcw/software_detail.asp?id=10595

FINGERCLIX
FingerClix is the best phone dialer for the XDA (I and II). The whole concept of one hand dialing has changed, and using the XDA became even easier than standard mobile phones.

a hack to move around installed programs
Anyone know a way to organise installed programs so that you can decide what folders they appear in ?

Using the File Explorer, open Windows, then Start Menu.
You will see a list of shortcuts of the same programs that you get when you click on Start.
Open the folder named Programs.
Here, you have the shortcuts to all your programs
Now, you can create new folders, cut and paste shortcuts from one folder to another...
The fastest way is to access all this through your PC via ActiveSync. It is faster to move the icons, and you can create shortcuts to programs that you had to copy directly to your XDA, and put the shortcut in the Programs menu...

THANK YOU
Thank you very much,
the best solutions are always the simplest,
Thanks heaps
cheers
Clive

Finger Clix is FREE...yes FREE full version for I-mate owners. Just download it from www.clubimate.com
It is excellent software. I use it all the time.

On the UTILS...making XDA2 useful
I like small menu. Customized cascaded menus, task mgr etc. Uses the start button. small menu Plus
http://www.tillanosoft.com/ce/smenu.html
Other Utils....
Touch Keyboard. Simple, rock solid, just uses the cut & paste concept.
http://www.orthancsoftware.com/TKeyboard.htm
Double Launcher Great util assign 2 or 3 tasks to each button.
http://www.orthancsoftware.com/DLauncher.htm

I would Agree FingerClix is excellent, But i cant get the full version from the club imate site, as a member it is saying its $25 can anyone help with a link to get the free version.
Ans if you dont have this you should get it, as it makes using the i-mate one handed so easy
John

Handango
try on handango.com
best

FingerClix is $10.
Get it from PocketGear
The unlock key changes according to each device ID.

cant find it on emule

FingerClix
Go to:
http://www.imaginet-software.com
You'll find it in Products
The price is $9.95

PIEPlus
Another program that I find essential for internet browsing, is PIEPlus:
http://www.reensoft.com/product/PIEPlus
It has many features, mainly it skweezes the web page to fit perfectly in the screen of the XDA. You can open many windows (with possibility of open in a new window for a link), full screen mode, Identify PIE as IE5.5 or IE6.0, ...much much better thant any other software (Skweezer, PocketPlus, FtxPBrowser,...)
Unfortunately it is not free ($15)

Need to display actual PDA screen on attached PC - ideas??

I'm a .NET server-side developer who's 100% new to PDA programming. I know the various SDKs exist but I haven't downloaded them or their associated emulators. I've skimmed the MS docs, but I haven't played with them to see what they can really do.
I'm looking for the sort-of opposite of an emulator.
We have PDA-connected software that we're demo-ing at a tradeshow. But the real demo is of the server-side stuff we've built; the PDA is essentially a dumb terminal using only its built-in browser & Outlook.
We need to run the demo on the real PDA but have the results visible to a large audience. So the goal is to somehow make the PDA's screen appear on our VGA projector that'll spray the image on the large screen behind the presenter.
Right now our first-cut plan is to have the PDA connected to a PC via the sync cradle. Then all we need is some software on either the PC or the PDA that'll drag the real-time screen image to the PC.
Does anyone know of such a program?
In the alternative, do the MS SDK emulators include the full functionality of a typical PDA, such as browser & Outlook so I can simply use the emulator and the PC's network connection to simulate the browser/Outlook & over-the-air connectivity, with no real PDA in the demo? The demo doesn't need any telephony capability, just TCP/IP connectivity.
If the emulators do have that capability, which one(s) do I need? There are a bunch of SDKs and emulators available & I don't really have time to grab them all and uninstall - reinstall hunting for the right one. We're looking for something that's American-market compatible and we don't much care which specific hardware device(s) it's emulating.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'll return the favor somehow.

hi,
if you need to show the PDA acreen on your PC monitor then you can use aprogram called PPC controller.
it even anables you to control the PDA from the PC.
http://www.soti.net/
hope thats what you are looking for.

Thanks, that was EXACTLY what I was looking for.
It'll also be a big hit around here for a bunch of other uses. All that and inexpensive as well.
Thanks again, and the next time you have some server-side .NET headscratcher, send me a note. I owe you one.

Another option is the free powertoy for PocketPC MS Remote Desktop Control and Activesync.
If the device has Bluetooth like the XDA2 then you can ActiveSync using Bluetooth and the presenter can wander within about 10 meters of the PC with the bluetooth connection and teh projector.

VNC software to control Wizard

Is there any VNC software avilable for the XDA Mini S? I would like to connect to my XDA Mini S from my PC to take screenshots and control it.
Thanks in advance

hi,
you can used one of the powertoys from microsoft.
Remote Display Control (v2.03)
download from the ms homepage -
andreas

I tried that program cus I used to use it for my Ipaq hx4700 but it didn't work

logmein.com is what i use for remote control

haasiesoft said:
hi,
you can used one of the powertoys from microsoft.
Remote Display Control (v2.03)
download from the ms homepage -
andreas
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I have not tried this on the Wizard (currently waiting for one) but I have used SOTI Pocket Controller extensively on many PocketPCs over the years. I find it much better than the MS tool. Not free but not expensive.
www.soti.net
(I have no connection with SOTI)

I use the attached tool for quite a while now, on wm2003, 2003se and wm5 devices, it works great.
I got it somewhere overhere i believe, so the credits go someone else..
copy the 2577 folder to the root of your storage card,
then eject, and insert the card, the first time the device will
ask if you want to run autorun, and you do, so, accept it.
from now on every time you insert your storage card, it will make a
screenshot in that folder 2577, no matter what screen you are in or app.
you are running (for as far as i know then)
good luck with it !

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, in the end I manage to grab a copy of Pocket-Controller Professional

APPLICATION WHICH HELPS YOU TO CONTROL YOUR UNI FROM DESTOP

Hi,
i am looking for an apllication to control myuniversal from a desktop computer.I have read it somewhere but i can't find the topic. What i want, is to use my PDA directly from desktop PC. As i remeber tha application was able togiv the full control to the PC and you was able to reach, run all appliacation and others from desktop monitor as if the desktop monitor would be display.
I need this because my screen had broken and before i send it to the service i need to use my PDA.
THX
Kucsi

Try Microsoft Remote Display Control from this web link - but like with most applications you'll need to install it and run it on the Exec before you can connect to it so this may not be of much use...
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/wce/downloads/ppctoys.mspx#ELD
Start the "Remote Display Control Host" on your PC
Then on my Exec the key combination get this running once installed is:
Windows key->P (Open start menu and get to programs listing)
C then right arrow twice (Program is called "cerdisp" so on mine it's the 3rd application who's name starts with C, the first 2 being Calculator and Camera)
Enter then OK (Start the application and bypass the Microsoft copyright message)
C and then Enter (Connect and then accept the default hostname assuming you are using ActiveSync)
I hope this helps!
G
p.s. In my experience if you are using 640x480 this application only works in landscape. Not entirely sure why.

You want Pocket Controller from SOTI.
I use it at work - makes it easier to reply to texts - looks like I'm working while I'm actually arranging which pub to meet at that evening after work :wink:

That microsoft one is slick. Thanks!!! I have a wizard but this thread had recent activity so i checked it out. nice little app!!!.

You may also wnt to read http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=514&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 - it lists and compares ALL the available solutions.

Extend desktop to PPC

Is there a free bit of software that will allow me to use the ppc as an extended desktop.
I have played with side window, but would rather not pay for it as i don't think I will use it enough lol

RDC is another option

Would that extend the desktop (use the ppc as a monitor)?

yes..its a short form for REMOTE DESKTOP SHARING..just as u do in wiindows..btw which device do u have and which OS ?

I am on windows XP with an htc touch running wm6

daverage said:
Is there a free bit of software that will allow me to use the ppc as an extended desktop.
I have played with side window, but would rather not pay for it as i don't think I will use it enough lol
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With MyMobile you can do that!
You find it here

Not quite what i need, i use that to control my ppc, what I want is to actually use my ppc as a second monitor, but thanks NatroXz

if u have WM6..remote Desktop sharing is already their..just configure it to connect it to ur computer

ok, so that is letting me remote control my pc, how do i get it to act as a monitor instead? thanks so far!!

sorry a bit off subject
basically my mouse has died on me and i was wondering wheather there is a app to turn my ppc into a touch pad which would connect via activsync and control my pointer on my desktop pc ?????
thanks

yep, look up ppc tablet (not free mind)
http://www.aacompserv.com/AACompWeb/Modules/PPCTablet/WhatIsIt.aspx

Check out http://www.innobec.com/en/products.php for what I am looking for. It is good, but I want to find a free way of doing it, as it is quite handy having somthing like notepad open in the ppc whilst i work in the main screen

thanks for the reply i downloaded to software you recommended but it did not install on my x51v .
i ran the cab file and went through the set up ............it said it is installed but could not find it anywhere on the ppc looked in programs and file explorer ....nothing!
i ve got a axim x51v with a cooked a03 rom
thanks for your help
PRE

os x
I was just looking for a program like SideWindow for OS X - I can't find anything. Does anyone know of something that will let me use my WM6 device as an external monitor under OS X?
-GB

So i´ve tried sidewindow.. @ my ppc (htc p-3401 wm5) and the ppc screen stay a little bit white, it lose the phone signal(what?! conflict ?) and nothing works..
tehre´s any equivalent software? or anyone knows how to fix the problem with sidewindow?