Database Users

Which Programs do you use on your Wizard?

I'm kinda curious which programs you got installed on your Wizard.
I'd thought it would be nice to exchange our experiences here.
I'll go first
SBSH PocketBreeze v5
Adds alot of the functions of your phone directly on your Today screen, like your agenda, tasks, notes, messages and you can add other functions like pcoket msn, tomtom, etc aswell.
Works very well!
TranCreative Magic Button
A taskmanager which adds the ability to add programs you're running to your startbar, close single or all running programs and some other nice features.
Has a few problems with closing down active sync and call application.
ScaryBear Software Check Notifications
Cleans up duplicate entries in the database of your phone to increase performance.
Can't life without it
C. Ghrisler & Co. Total Commander
Alternative file explorer which supports registery editing and much more!
Good alternative to the build in file explorer
TCPMP The Core Pocket Media Player
Mediaplayer which support almost every type of media file there is, runs very smoothly and very stable.
Can't life without it
TomTom Navigator 5
Navigation software for PDA, but works well on your Wizard. Support traffice, weather and much more (extra services).
A pain to get it installed on your Wizard, but when it works you don't want anything else. Running v5.21 now.
Worms PPC
Do I need to say more...
Still looking for a better taskmanager and a snes emulator optimized for the Wizard.
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So, what are you using?

Have you tried SmallMenu? Works great on the Universal, should work fine on the Wizard.
It's a task manager and launcher in one. Commercial or free versions available. Wish I'd written it!
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Tnx I'll check it out.
Trying out PocketPlus now, working great now. But it's a trial version.

Pocket plus 3
i have installed Spb Pocket Plus v3 on my new Wizard. it installs fine until i soft reset it then the dam thing would start it just hangs on the deadly o2 screen.
Has anyone had this problems. how do i sort thing out without uninstalling it.

Best RSS reader app?

Need some recommendations for a good RSS app. i am trying Egress out but i dont like the today plugin as it wont allow me to customise which channels are displayed on the today screen.
so what do people around here recommend then (i dont mind not having a today plugin if the app itself is really good)?

pRSSreader has worked well for me

If you own marsware weatherpanel, you can download newspanel for free (in beta) it nicely displays rss with pics on your today screen!
here is a screenshot
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I used to use pRSSreader. It's very good - and free.
Newsbreak, from Ilium Software, isn't free, but is my current fave.

I have tried many but currenty using A6.Times News... The interface is very nice and easy to use. It is young in the market but many enhancements are coming soon and the support has been stellar from the developers. Here is the link:
http://www.alien6tech.com/TimesScreenshots.aspx
Developers are very open to suggestions and respond in a timely fashion. ONe main feautre it is missing for me is a Today screen plug-in but I am told this is coming soon.

tarponfly said:
If you own marsware weatherpanel, you can download newspanel for free (in beta) it nicely displays rss with pics on your today screen!
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Where is this NewsPanel? I searched their forums and site but it seems like the company is in disaray? Their forums are nothing but SPAM postings.

I use NewsBreak which is quite good.
Not free though

tarponfly said:
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Nice theme, that is WA? With which theme?

keitht said:
tarponfly said:
If you own marsware weatherpanel, you can download newspanel for free (in beta) it nicely displays rss with pics on your today screen!
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Where is this NewsPanel? I searched their forums and site but it seems like the company is in disaray? Their forums are nothing but SPAM postings.
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Go to www.marsware.net. Logon to the bit on front page. 2 betas are shown

gavinfabl said:
Go to www.marsware.net. Logon to the bit on front page. 2 betas are shown
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What is "the bit"? I don't see what you are talking about.

well I tried Newsbreak and thought it was completely crap. not anywhere near as good as prssreader. no today plugin either, which is what I want it for. but the fact that I can't seem to get it auto update is frustating. any fellow users got any idea's?

free calendar app?

any free calendar enhancement program for the wisard out there?(outlook calendar)

For the today screen or general app?
Today screen use calendar +
General app- i use 'My calendar' a bit old but better than built in app - you can see what your appts are on the month's screen and when you click on the month shows list of the appts.
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download here http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16141&associateid=262&afsrc=1

calendar
found a program calledocketBreeze at:http://www.sbsh.net/products/pocketbreeze/
its not free, but its the best program i have seen so far!!

There is spb diary and spb pocket plus as well (but not free) both good but some users have reported them buggy and switched to pocketbreeze.
I would choose pocketbreeze if I bought one.

Amen to pocketbreeze. Well worth the money paid.

Not free but.................
....................excellent value for money and very very cheap !! IMHO
PocketBreeze for a Today page plug-in www.sbsh.net
Pocket Informant for full featured PIM www.pocketinformant.com
You can try both in full for free before you buy...........................Go on, you know it makes sense !! LOL

meschle said:
For the today screen or general app?
Today screen use calendar +
General app- i use 'My calendar' a bit old but better than built in app - you can see what your appts are on the month's screen and when you click on the month shows list of the appts.
download here http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16141&associateid=262&afsrc=1
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this log don't work with WM5 on QTEK 9100 !

It does work on my K-Jam! (the My Calendar software)
Wouter

monamibouli said:
meschle said:
For the today screen or general app?
Today screen use calendar +
General app- i use 'My calendar' a bit old but better than built in app - you can see what your appts are on the month's screen and when you click on the month shows list of the appts.
download here http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16141&associateid=262&afsrc=1
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this log don't work with WM5 on QTEK 9100 !
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works on my qtek with wm5 - i use it all the time in preference to the built in app.

It is slow with switching from one month to another. Pocket Informant is much, much faster. But still a nice freeware app.!
Wouter

Finger Friendly Open Source RSS and Podcast Application

I am NOT the developer of the application , Plus this thread was Created in Development and Hacking coz others can develop on this application as it is open source , I just happened to find this application.
Posted Via : [http://www.1800pocketpc.com]
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>>> Video : 1800pocketpc.com
BeyondPod is an Open Source, RSS feed reader and podcast manager for Microsoft Smartphone and Pocket PC. Using BeyondPod you can subscribe for RSS feeds, read the feed content, download and listen to associated podcasts directly on your mobile device.
Download + Source from developers Site : http://www.beyondpod.mobi/
BeyondPod is Licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) v2.
May be the chefs can Cook this in to the ROMS

Hi, i've tried it already some week ago, and it crashes when i try to go to the Tools page.
What i've notice, except the good and clean looking, is that the "finger friendly" feature is just the feeds big buttons. In my MioA701 with WM5 there is no finger scroll.
Good one, anyway, for what i could see, there are many options (like download audio or stream it)

I am sure the video had finger scrolling ( may be they just used good old FTouchFLO for scrolling )

alfibus said:
Hi, i've tried it already some week ago, and it crashes when i try to go to the Tools page.
What i've notice, except the good and clean looking, is that the "finger friendly" feature is just the feeds big buttons. In my MioA701 with WM5 there is no finger scroll.
Good one, anyway, for what i could see, there are many options (like download audio or stream it)
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Just had a look on the BeyondPod furum and he as fixed the problem something to do with version of .net you're using?
Looks good might give it a try.

Anyone want to live on the cutting edge, BeyondPod's beta releases can be found here : http://www.beyondpod.mobi/beta, currently at v2.7.1.7.
Skyntchev, the developer is very receptive to user comments and feature suggestions, and he fixes any bugs fairly quickly. This is definately a great podcast caching program. I highly recommend it.

the0ne said:
I am sure the video had finger scrolling ( may be they just used good old FTouchFLO for scrolling )
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I know for sure that BeyondPod relies in some cases on TouchFLO to do some of the scrolling - at this point primary for the feed browser. The scrolling in the rest of the application is built-in inside BeyohdPod.
Unfortunately we could not find a good way to add built in support for Finger Scrolling in the browser at this time (may be somebody can help with that).
The Crash on Tools happens if an old(er) version of the .NET compact framework was used. The latest development build should have that fixed.
If anyone is interested in helping with the development - please feel free to contribute. There are several places that we are currently "stuck" and some help will be very welcome. (You can drop an e-mail to "support" at beyondpod.mobi)

rss program?

Hi there. I saw in this forum many good programmers. Can any of you make a RSS program with embeded photos like newspanel???

RSS Hub is my choice of reader, and will probably always be. Even supports podcasts, and auto updates.

The New Viigo beta, for SURE! Has TONS of features, at least give it a look:
http://viigo.com/beta

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398571

I like BeyondPod. It works well for me.

pRSSReader. does its job simply and perfect

I know there are a ton of free ones but I've always gone bake to SPB Insight because it actually downloads the whole article and not just a link. Does anyone know of a free one which also has this feature? Basically in the morning before I set off to work I connect to my wireless network and update all my channels, there is no 3G available in my area, nor where I work, no wifi at work either, which is why I like to have whole pages downloaded. I have HTC RSS hub built into my rom but it only gives me brief headlines wanting to connect to the internet to view the whole article. Seems like a waste of time to me.

uniqueboy said:
I know there are a ton of free ones but I've always gone bake to SPB Insight because it actually downloads the whole article and not just a link. Does anyone know of a free one which also has this feature? Basically in the morning before I set off to work I connect to my wireless network and update all my channels, there is no 3G available in my area, nor where I work, no wifi at work either, which is why I like to have whole pages downloaded. I have HTC RSS hub built into my rom but it only gives me brief headlines wanting to connect to the internet to view the whole article. Seems like a waste of time to me.
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pRSSreader does that too AFAIK

Try Egress.

ZzFDKzZ said:
Try Egress.
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I really like the Egress 4.0.0 interface however it has horrible memory leaks (Once I uninstalled Egress the memory leaks stopped). I have yet to try 3.3.0.
I really like pRSSreader which you can find at the below URL. The new 1.4.x release really improved the UI. However, there are a few small bugs that the author David Andrš is really working hard to fix.
http://code.google.com/p/prssr/

all this programms are good but not any can show pictures in today screen like new spanel.