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Extracting ROM files for third-party development?

Now that bal666's awesome utility gives us the ability to decrypt/encrypt the NBF file, we can view and/or extract the ROM files that are normally not available to us otherwise.
One big hoopla that Windows Mobile 5.0 was supposed to have was the native ability to access the camera through their APIs, so that third-party developers could create applications without having to deal with each and every different type of camera technology in different Pocket PC and Smartphone devices.
Of course, it's apparent that HTC has still used their own software and drivers and has not given access to anyone outside of HTC. Not like Microsoft had their own Camera application (I don't know if there ever was one, but there isn't a Microsoft one on the Universal).
Developers such as ComVu with their neat PocketCaster software, are having such a difficult time making a single Windows Mobile 5.0-ready application, and have resorted to making different versions for different devices.
So... where am I going with this? Simple. Let's dump out the contents of the NK.NBF file and see if we can make our own applications with the APIs and drivers that HTC has embedded in the ROM.
I, for one, am looking forward to a internet-based videoconferencing application, much like Microsoft Portrait. Skype also announced video calls on PCs with the new version 2.0. Perhaps someone could send them some code to get video capability on the Universal?
That front-facing camera is beckoning to be used...
On a sidenote, PPL: Pocket Programming Language, allows you to easily create applications (self-contained EXE files, as a matter of fact), and also allows direct access to DLLs and APIs...
Put these two concepts together, and you can see the potential.
Create an application to...
... toggle the camera flashlight.
... do internet videoconferencing.
... do face recognition security.
Create your own camera app, phone app, game using images from the camera, etc. etc.
Another thing, though I'm not sure, but perhaps it's possible to rebuild your own ROM... remove Voice Speed Dial? Embed Voice Command, Resco Explorer, remove stupid applications or unused portions? etc. etc.
What does anyone else think about this?

BtT,
This sounds great, even having only a magician which will likely not being supported in projects like this. I still want to create my own rom with at least all the patches installed in rom. Camera & Album are taking at least 1Mb from my precious storage & apps like resco explorer are indeed must haves.
So I'm looking rorward to progress & tips in this thread & when I succeed with simple magician rom cooking I'll let you know. Don't expect any new camera apps from me, no time & no development for anymore .
Regards, M

http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/FS2005/presentations/FacultySummit_2005_Lieberman.ppt
I just realized that Windows Mobile 5 SDK contains a "common camera API" which is likely the method that third-party developers will take (or have taken) to access the camera. I have emailed Skype to see if their new 2.0 desktop version that has Video Calling can be somehow implemented on the Pocket PC, now that it is technically feasible.
I'm surprised the guys behind Microsoft Portrait haven't jumped on this yet.

SMS via Personal Computer

Escuse me for my bad english.....
There is a program for Mobile 5 or 6 for sending SMS message via Personal Computer and Hermes via ActiveSync????
Thanx

I know there is an addon for outlook 2007 for sending sms messages but I haven't used it so I'm not sure of any details.

_felix_ said:
Escuse me for my bad english.....
There is a program for Mobile 5 or 6 for sending SMS message via Personal Computer and Hermes via ActiveSync????
Thanx
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http://www.callwave.com/landing/widgets.asp
You can use this. I use it through my google homepage.

I think what you need is: http://www.jeyo.com/companion.asp With it you can send normal sms messages from your phone from your desktop while connected through activesync/wmdc
The outlook plug-in mentioned must be from the same company i.e. http://www.jeyo.com/extender.asp
have a look. the apps are not free though

Yeah, what you are looking for is called the Jeyo Mobile extender. I use it, and 't works perfect. Download the trial from the site, and if you like it, buy it. its only 20 USD or so.

that callwave service is AWESOME! i wish there was some way to run it on my tytn though; explorer doesn't load the page... there should be some app that lets you do it!!

_felix_ said:
Escuse me for my bad english.....
There is a program for Mobile 5 or 6 for sending SMS message via Personal Computer and Hermes via ActiveSync????
Thanx
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PM me for the jeyo files..

capture ur phone screen to your desktop
what i do is i have a software which let me control my pocket pc on my desktop it opens up the phone screen on my laptop and i can just move around and do anything with it, u can use VNC viewers i use
Remote Display Control (v2.03)
The Remote Display Control application is a way to remote the display and keyboard/mouse/touch screen of a windows CE device (it works on both wm5 and wm6 version of pocket pc also i am using it on hermes) to a desktop. The application itself uses TCP/IP and can work over ActiveSync connections (to the Host Desktop, no routing off of the host), via Ethernet (to any reachable Desktop, does not include any support for proxy servers etc) or dialup.
Remote Display control works on any platform running Windows CE version 2.11 or later.
Three different types of people use this application:
Marketing/Sales: Useful to demonstrate applications on the device, can be used to get the screen display on a large screen (much better then an Elmo in most cases).
PM/Devs: Useful to get screen shots of applications or for developers that are happy not switching keyboards/displays too often when doing UI tweaking or bug fixing.
BSP Developers: BSP's (Board Support Packages) are the low-level software written to allow Windows CE to work on a device. This includes the OAL (OEM Adaptation Layer) and drivers for the hardware device. The client will function as a display driver so that people who either don't have the hardware or haven't written the driver yet can use this in place of the real display/keyboard/mouse driver, with remote connect it could be installed into headless devices as an alternate way to manage them.
Installation directions:
Connect device to desktop via ActiveSync 3.1 or higher.
Run RemoteDSP.exe from the desktop.
Features:
Desktop - You can click and type as if you were on the device.
Desktop - You can Zoom by 1, 2 or 3 times.
Desktop/Device - For devices that support cursors you can use tools\Send all mouse move and you'll have the amazing remote dancing cursor. Don't bother doing this for non-cursor devices, you'll just make everything slower.
Device - After configuring correctly with hostname and refresh time it you can run "cerdisp -c" either via Start/Run or on PocketPC create a .lnk file that has "19#\windows\cerdisp -c" in it (no quotes). It will run and connect automatically.
Device - Supports 2 bit, 4bit, 8 bit and 16 bit displays
Device - Run's as a Dialog with a ShellNotifyIcon (i.e. icon in the tray).
Running Remote Display Control:
Via Active Sync connection -
1. Ensure that the device is connected the the desktop using Active Sync 3.1 or higher.
2. Launch desktop host by clicking Start -> Programs -> Remote Display Control - Remote Display Control Host.
3. On the device, tap on Start -> Programs -> cerdisp.
4. Tap OK -> Connect
5. Leave Hostname as PPP_PEER and tap OK
Via Ethernet -
1. Ensure that the host PC has an installation of the Remote Display Control host.
2. Launch desktop host by clicking Start -> Programs -> Remote Display Control - Remote Display Control Host.
3. On the device, tap on Start -> Programs -> cerdisp.
4. Tap OK -> Connect
5. Enter the machine name of the host PC as it appears on the network in the Hostname box and tap OK.
NOTES:
The desktop version number must match the client version number.
Cursor based devices will have the cursor may blink at every screen capture.
REDISTRIBUTION :
This application is subject to the End User License Agreement at http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/powertoys.asp
No support is provided.
Not for redistribution.

Remote Display Control (v2.03)
The Remote Display Control (v2.03) application work's great!
In my opinion better than Jeyo for Outlook, although a great idea, didn't work for me entirely. I wanted to keep all sent items on my device and more often than not, it wouldn't connect, even though ActiveSync had. I was using Outlook 2003 + ActiveSync 4.5. Don't worry, I'm not looking to solve this problem. I gave up after experiencing this several times.
Cheers naufil, pointing me in the right direction.

chamelion said:
that callwave service is AWESOME! i wish there was some way to run it on my tytn though; explorer doesn't load the page... there should be some app that lets you do it!!
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Yah, callwave is pretty cool. I jumped the gun and signed up for their free voicemail service. I cancelled it like 20 minutes after that. It brings your voicemail's to your desktop(i use a mac and adds them on a widget). But it replaces your providers voicemail so you get voicemail notifications through a text (not the voicemail symbol) and have to call their voicemail number to retrieve from your phone... valiant effort but didn't want to give up my voicemail notification... or something like that.
It would be cool if a operator would adopt their system.

naufil said:
what i do is i have a software which let me control my pocket pc on my desktop it opens up the phone screen on my laptop and i can just move around and do anything with it, u can use VNC viewers i use
Remote Display Control (v2.03)
The Remote Display Control application is a way to remote the display and keyboard/mouse/touch screen of a windows CE device (it works on both wm5 and wm6 version of pocket pc also i am using it on hermes) to a desktop. The application itself uses TCP/IP and can work over ActiveSync connections (to the Host Desktop, no routing off of the host), via Ethernet (to any reachable Desktop, does not include any support for proxy servers etc) or dialup.
Remote Display control works on any platform running Windows CE version 2.11 or later.
Three different types of people use this application:
Marketing/Sales: Useful to demonstrate applications on the device, can be used to get the screen display on a large screen (much better then an Elmo in most cases).
PM/Devs: Useful to get screen shots of applications or for developers that are happy not switching keyboards/displays too often when doing UI tweaking or bug fixing.
BSP Developers: BSP's (Board Support Packages) are the low-level software written to allow Windows CE to work on a device. This includes the OAL (OEM Adaptation Layer) and drivers for the hardware device. The client will function as a display driver so that people who either don't have the hardware or haven't written the driver yet can use this in place of the real display/keyboard/mouse driver, with remote connect it could be installed into headless devices as an alternate way to manage them.
Installation directions:
Connect device to desktop via ActiveSync 3.1 or higher.
Run RemoteDSP.exe from the desktop.
Features:
Desktop - You can click and type as if you were on the device.
Desktop - You can Zoom by 1, 2 or 3 times.
Desktop/Device - For devices that support cursors you can use tools\Send all mouse move and you'll have the amazing remote dancing cursor. Don't bother doing this for non-cursor devices, you'll just make everything slower.
Device - After configuring correctly with hostname and refresh time it you can run "cerdisp -c" either via Start/Run or on PocketPC create a .lnk file that has "19#\windows\cerdisp -c" in it (no quotes). It will run and connect automatically.
Device - Supports 2 bit, 4bit, 8 bit and 16 bit displays
Device - Run's as a Dialog with a ShellNotifyIcon (i.e. icon in the tray).
Running Remote Display Control:
Via Active Sync connection -
1. Ensure that the device is connected the the desktop using Active Sync 3.1 or higher.
2. Launch desktop host by clicking Start -> Programs -> Remote Display Control - Remote Display Control Host.
3. On the device, tap on Start -> Programs -> cerdisp.
4. Tap OK -> Connect
5. Leave Hostname as PPP_PEER and tap OK
Via Ethernet -
1. Ensure that the host PC has an installation of the Remote Display Control host.
2. Launch desktop host by clicking Start -> Programs -> Remote Display Control - Remote Display Control Host.
3. On the device, tap on Start -> Programs -> cerdisp.
4. Tap OK -> Connect
5. Enter the machine name of the host PC as it appears on the network in the Hostname box and tap OK.
NOTES:
The desktop version number must match the client version number.
Cursor based devices will have the cursor may blink at every screen capture.
REDISTRIBUTION :
This application is subject to the End User License Agreement at http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/powertoys.asp
No support is provided.
Not for redistribution.
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Where is that "cerdisp" thing? I keep on trying to activate this on my desktop but it doesnt do anything. Plus I cant find the cerdisp. I have a Rhod400.

ianshmian said:
Where is that "cerdisp" thing? I keep on trying to activate this on my desktop but it doesnt do anything. Plus I cant find the cerdisp. I have a Rhod400.
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you must install on phone memory to get it work

Network Directories (for Music, etc)

Has anyone head of a way to trick the OS into thinking a directory is local when it's on the network?
The idea is to share a directory full of music for example, and be able to play any of the 3500 tracks from the popular music players over a 3G connection. Without having to deal with Orb or webpages or any of that nonsense. The interface is key...would be great to do this at the OS level.

There is no "trick" here.
When a directory is not on your actual hard drive the contents needs to be delivered by some protocol over the network.
This means that:
a) There has to be a server on the machine where the directory actually resides.
b) There has to be a matching client on the receiving device.
Presuming that your cell network does not limit ports and your PC has a static IP you can even use windows file sharing to access the content. Of course this would not be very secure over internet.
You could also use and FTP server.
As for "OS level" Win Mobile has the client for windows shares built in so that is about as native as you can go but like I said it is not something you want to use over the internet (unless you have not concerns what so ever about who is poking around your PC).

Thanks levenum. Any clue how one would map the windows share?
The question was aimed at seeing if anyone might know of a client-server application that existed which did the same or better job than WM natively, using windows shares. FTP rarely supports block-level reads, and I'm fairly certain the clients out there don't either (much less map).
Ports etc. would of course be forwarded, and the system would need to be secured. Or even read-only, it doesn't matter...it could just be a r/o samba share on a hardened box. Security can be a non-issue if done right.
At the moment I only see how I can "open path" from File Explorer. I don't see a way to map it though =/
(WM6)

Good point.
I am not sure about mapping, never tried it but here is what I did manage:
First, in Total Commander (PPC version) you can save links to shares.
Now when I open a share with TC I get two things:
1) The transfer is much faster than with the built in explorer (even though there is no change in the connection, the explorer just seems to pause to "think"
2) When I double click on a file which is associated with a program, say an MP3 TC knows to launch the program and give it access to the file without copying it to device first.
I have never tried opening a network file from "open dialog" of a player directly though.

Ahh, okay. Yeah, problem is when trying to open say, a playlist of files. I could see the possibilities of possibly streaming video this way ad-hoc, but without mapping, playing lots of music is pointless. Thanks though.

I found that Resco Explorer can map a file share. I will try it out when I get home and am able to temporarily open a hole in my firewall.

[ ]Video Security - Can i be a remote spy???

so i have been thinking about my homes security and i have some questions...
i have collected quite a few expensive gadgets and they need protection!
So, i have been tinkering with my **** logitech orb web cam and it now supports motion detection. now call me crazy but i would like to be able to receive on my diamond, the video that has been recorded by a motion detection enabled web cam set up in my home. i'm trying to get my logitech web cam to save on my HP media smart server, running windows home server, not default on my laptop, and be notified by either sms that there is new video on my server or the video itself sent to my diamond. i would also like to be able to connect remotely to my laptop and be able to activate the camera software from a desktop link or something like that.
now i swear this is diamond related in the fact that i would like to use the device as a controller.
i have not used remote desktop on my diamond yet, i could not get it working.
i'm not sure if this is a app request, idea, or util so ill follow the forum template rules once this thread takes shape.
please shed some light on how one could make this happen. i think it could be useful to all of us, at home or place of business or your just want to bust your stupid parents snooping around your room.

so you are looking for an app that does the following:
act as webcam streaming server, but only when motion is detected, and when it does detect motion, it must notify you via sms, plus: you need a simple app for youre diamond to vie the stream..
i dont think I would be able to do this, but if you can clarify exacly what you want thinking WITH you is more easy...
on the other hand, i am sure the pc part has already some usefull apliactions wich are able to act as a server. but im not sure about the notification sms..
it would be ideal if that sms contained a link that you follow to open youre browser to view the stream...
what i know what is possible, there are apps for the pc that record video and send it via e-mail...
just use google for webcam security..
maybe there are pplz around here that can adapt software for u...
but i u seach im sure there are apps out there wich can do that... the only app you need is a browser capable of viewing video streams..

Would be good an app who detect movement, and then make several actions:
- Upload a photo/video on an FTP
- Save photo/video
- Play an AUDIO alarm
- Send an mms with the photo/video
- Send a warning sms
- Make a call (and let you listen what's happening)
....all when Movement is detected via the pda camera

Improvise
What you are trying to accomplish is mostly already possible. You'll need to do some research and some creative thinking to get it to work though. You will most likely not get an all-in-one solution to this issue.
It sounds to me like the motion detection and subsequent video capture is already taking place via the software you have installed for your web cam.
Basically you need two things: A way to be notified of a new video file and a way to view it.
I'm not aware of any existing application which will send an email (which can arrive as an SMS) based on a new file being created in a directory, but as a programmer I can asure you there's not much to it.
There are however many solutions which would allow you to view a video file on your WM device from you computer at home and remote desktop is not the way to go here. Your best bet is probably good old http since most video applications will handle "streaming" to file to you as you watch. You'll need to familiarize yourself with IIS (Internet Information Server; I'm assuming you're using Windows) and create a "virtual directory" pointing at the folder where the video files arrive. You'll also need to take the necessary steps to open port 80 so that your computer at home can host via http (this means configuring your router and your computer's firewall). Once this is done just pick your favorite video player and choose "open URL" or something similar and type in http://YourExternalIP/YourVirtualDirectory/YourVideoFile.
I'll leave it up to you to figure out how to best make yourself aware of new files.

As LucidObscurity says there already are several solutions available to this through the combination of existing discrete applications, although .
My setup does does what you desire although goes quite a bit further so it may be overkill for your requirements. However, as food for thought it may still be of interest. It consists of:
- A series of Panasonic BL-C1 IP cameras distributed around my house (running on the wired house network, although wireless versions are available) - these are quite discrete cameras and don't have the typical 'camera look' hence are aesthetically compatible with partners, guests etc (most people I've pointed them out to hadn't noticed them and then didn't believe they were cameras)
- The motion detection/analysis software ZoneMinder - the 'brains' - this monitors the cameras, detects motion (in zoned areas) and records the events as required (it buffers the images so you can capture what happened before the trigger too)
- The SMS tool MercurySMS (and VGSMail gateway) used to alert me via text when motion has been detected (the texts contain various event-related details/stats and a link to the recording)
- A handful of other scripts used for small housekeeping tasks e.g. scheduling the starting/stopping of the system, realtime offsite backup of recorded material (there's no point me capturing a thief on video if he then goes an nicks my PC!), etc
- My Diamond, or any other device with a web browser, used to interface with the system - controlling/configuring it, accessing live/recorded video etc. A web front end is essential in my opinion - you don't want to tie access down to a single platform/device.
Whilst it's not a setup that is up-and-running out of the box now that's it's fully configured it works well - very well. False alarms are practically nill and it doesn't miss a thing. Remote access via the web is powerful and as simple/complicated as you want - on holiday my girlfriend regularly fires up the quick 'snapshot' montage to keep an eye on our cats (we do have a dedicated 'catcam' monitoring the catflap so we can see the history of who came in/out and when).
I'm sure there are some all-in-one solutions available but they likely come at a cost and perhaps do not have the power and flexibility of a modularised solution - it'd be worth seeing what's available though.
Mathew

thanks for all your replies. great read.
i just want all my systems, Windows Home Server, Vista Home Pro and WM6.1 to come together. i will take a look into the apps you have linked to and see whats what.
i already have the ability to record with motion detection. when a new file is created in a folder on my home server, i want to be notified and linked to or streamed. i have remote access to my file via browser [ blazeitup123.homeserver.com ]. i can't get the logitech software to actually save to the server because it says i dont have the rights. i'll try and fix that tonight after dinner, but saving to the server is very improtant because my laptop could be stolen and then the whole setup was pointless. i want to incorperate my diamond into this process as much as possible, like with the remote activation and so on.

Wooow this is one of the coolest threads I read in a long time.
Although I'm not as advanced as some of the members regarding computing, I was thinking:
-Cam software streaming to remote address.
-When motion is detected, cam starts recording, thus creating movement in the remote address.
-When new connection(movement) is detected, you activate a new RSS feed.
-You get RSS notification on phone.
-Connect to remote address and check the stream.
What about:
A spy cam on the Diamond, I mean that you could hide your phone somewhere and point it at a certain spot you want to view. Then remotely access the phone and view the live stream?
Since the phone is so small its an easy hide.
Greetings to all and luck in all your great projects!

you should actually look here...
http://www.incax.com/

Looks good. I've also found Wapcam
(Seems to alert via e-mail to you could use either push e-mail or an email-to-SMS gateway for instant alerts)
Mathew

shogunmark said:
you should actually look here...
http://www.incax.com/
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looks like great software. ill try the trail and it only 20 dollars to buy . seems very simple to. i want something more server based because my laptop would be the first thing out the door.

Security
Blazeitup123 said:
looks like great software. ill try the trail and it only 20 dollars to buy . seems very simple to. i want something more server based because my laptop would be the first thing out the door.
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Perhaps you should invest in a big dog.

I m using this one:
http://www.accordiva.com/
U have there SecuRanger 2 Support 4 video channels
or one Camera only: SecuExpress 2
SecuExpress 2
both come with WM application for remote / viewing etc..

Take a look at orb.com. It has the ability to sms or email you if it detects movement. You could then connect to your home webcam through the phone's' browser.

...a good spy, like a 007 , should be able to SPY also without his PC
The only one that i've found is Invisible Shooter... for symbian os there are a lot of those apps (no pc needed), but for the pda there aren't many... (see the post #3)

Recommended software?

I haven't bought any software for ages for WM, wondering what people think is a must have for the Touch HD?

Check out my signature for loads of games and programs
Also, some might not work due to the HD's VGA screen.

It depends on your needs and personal preferences really.
For me, among my favourites are:
1) SoftMakers for word processing, spreadsheet, presentation. This is a must have for me.
2) Meta Trader 4 - for real time share prices, commodity prices, exchage rates, etc.
3) SPB Mobile Shell for time, weather, sound profile change, message alerts, program launching, and photo dialing. Also an excellent way to put internet browing history and favourite on the desktop. Greatly enhance even the camera function.
4)AGEPhone for Voip Call
5)MobileGolfScorer for playing golf
6)Coreplayer for musics and videos
7)HiCalc as calculator
8)TomTOm 7 for navigation
9)Lexisgoo as dictionary
10) Audio Notes Touch for recording telephone conversations
11)Cash Organiser for expenses recording, investment tracking, etc
12) eWallet for keeping password, bank account details, software licence number, warranty details, etc
13)FtouchSL for making the entire winmo experience finger friendly and stylus free
14)GroupSMS and Flash SMS to provide added SMS funtionalities
15) GoogleMap for fun and occasional mapping information
16)MemMaid for memory housekeeping
17)MiniLyric for Karaoke and learning to sing
18)MoBlue to enhance the bluetooth file transfer capability
19)Netfront browser to complement Opera Mobile
20)Pocket Mechanics Professional for device housekeeping and management
21)PPCPimBackup for backing up and restoring contacts, appointments, etc.
22)PsShutXP - a neat little utility to shut down, reset the device.
23) Resco File Explorer - a must have. A finger friendly way to manage files and folders
24)Resco Registry editor - a finger friendly way to manage your registry
25)Resco Picture Viewer - for viewing photos
26)SKTools - for tweaking the device, such as hiding unwanted software keyboard, making time appear on every screen, optimise the device's performance, etc
27)SIPChange - for changing the default software keyboard.
28)Slick - for chats
29)SMS Chat - a finger friendly way to send and read SMS message. Also get threaded SMS features
30) Sprite Backup for backup and restore of device
31)SynchroTime - for correcting the time of the device
32) FdcSoft Task Manager - for disabling unwanted processes and speed up the device.
32)WM5torage - still one of the best way to copy large files to and from PC quickly.
33)Youtubeplay - for downloading files from youtube so that I can watch it again and again in a supersmooth manner. I can also play the video directly without saving it.
34)WMWifirouter - for making my device into a wifi hot spot.
35) Tengo is my favourite software keyboard.
There are many others, such as travel guides, wine guides, etc.
Hope this helps

eaglesteve said:
It depends on your needs and personal preferences really.
For me, among my favourites are:
1) SoftMakers for word processing, spreadsheet, presentation. This is a must have for me.
2) Meta Trader 4 - for real time share prices, commodity prices, exchage rates, etc.
3) SPB Mobile Shell for time, weather, sound profile change, message alerts, program launching, and photo dialing. Also an excellent way to put internet browing history and favourite on the desktop. Greatly enhance even the camera function.
4)AGEPhone for Voip Call
5)MobileGolfScorer for playing golf
6)Coreplayer for musics and videos
7)HiCalc as calculator
8)TomTOm 7 for navigation
9)Lexisgoo as dictionary
10) Audio Notes Touch for recording telephone conversations
11)Cash Organiser for expenses recording, investment tracking, etc
12) eWallet for keeping password, bank account details, software licence number, warranty details, etc
13)FtouchSL for making the entire winmo experience finger friendly and stylus free
14)GroupSMS and Flash SMS to provide added SMS funtionalities
15) GoogleMap for fun and occasional mapping information
16)MemMaid for memory housekeeping
17)MiniLyric for Karaoke and learning to sing
18)MoBlue to enhance the bluetooth file transfer capability
19)Netfront browser to complement Opera Mobile
20)Pocket Mechanics Professional for device housekeeping and management
21)PPCPimBackup for backing up and restoring contacts, appointments, etc.
22)PsShutXP - a neat little utility to shut down, reset the device.
23) Resco File Explorer - a must have. A finger friendly way to manage files and folders
24)Resco Registry editor - a finger friendly way to manage your registry
25)Resco Picture Viewer - for viewing photos
26)SKTools - for tweaking the device, such as hiding unwanted software keyboard, making time appear on every screen, optimise the device's performance, etc
27)SIPChange - for changing the default software keyboard.
28)Slick - for chats
29)SMS Chat - a finger friendly way to send and read SMS message. Also get threaded SMS features
30) Sprite Backup for backup and restore of device
31)SynchroTime - for correcting the time of the device
32) FdcSoft Task Manager - for disabling unwanted processes and speed up the device.
32)WM5torage - still one of the best way to copy large files to and from PC quickly.
33)Youtubeplay - for downloading files from youtube so that I can watch it again and again in a supersmooth manner. I can also play the video directly without saving it.
34)WMWifirouter - for making my device into a wifi hot spot.
35) Tengo is my favourite software keyboard.
There are many others, such as travel guides, wine guides, etc.
Hope this helps
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does al this software work properly on the blackstone if you dont mind me asking anyone

I use flexmail from webis every day!

I would be interested in hearing from anybody who uses email program that incorporates mailling list. What I hope we can do is to create containers that each holds as many email addresses as we choose. Then, when we create or forward mails, we enter the name of that container into the email address instead of enter all the emails individually.
Anyone knows of such an email program?

A lot of those feels a bit redundant on the blackstone. Can anyone confirm if FtouchSL works well together with touchflo3d?

I agree. I used to be a big FtouchSL fan but to be really honest I just don't need it anymore with the blackstone. THe list of "must have" programs for me has shrunk drastically after getting this device. I'm a business user and I mostly do TONS of e-mail and sms, a decent amount of web stuff, listen to MP3's at gym, and GPS nav. My "must-haves":
1. Touchpal, in landscape or protrait I am much faster with this than on my old hermes hardware keyboard, and compared to the miniscule keys on the touch pro?? No comparison... Touchpal also lets me go back and forth between chinese and english in the same sentence without clicking anything which saves me TONS of time
2. AE Button Plus or Magic Button- you'll need something to remap the volume buttons to scroll up and down, there are a couple of places where the touch-scrolling will just let you down on this device and annoy you, programs list and call history are two that come to mind.... I also prefer to map the back button to screen toggle so I can use landscape mode for typing, I find this to be faster at rotating the screen than the g-sensor based solutions (gsen, gyrator) and causes zero stability issues
3. HD Tweak- fantastic freeware from XDA's own, complies wth app to date so always has the latest tweeks and fixes, I like this better than Schaps old tool...sorry!
4. Total Commander- obviously the stock file browser still sucks in WM. I like TC, others prefer Resco.
5. PIM backup- when the inevitible ROM flash comes...you'll want all those sms, e-mail, and contact info to be easilly restored.
THis next one I don't consider "must -have" but it is pretty cool, though I don;t use it that often:
1. COre Player- why fiddle around with converting vids and all that? Just buy the darn player and watch the vids. I personally am never going to watch entire movies on this little screen but every now and then it's nice to be able to load some cartoons or something for a train ride.
That's all I've got on there now besides a few extra g-sensor games (my wife LOVES them) and to be honest, I am loving this phone more than any other device I've ever had.