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3jam Reply-All Text Messaging is just released application for Windows Mobile Smartphone platform which lets you easily reply to multiple people at once.

3jam adds reply-all to text messaging and makes it easy to text with several friends or co-workers at once! Use the 3jam application to compose your message, select your recipients and hit send. The recipients only need to reply to your text message to participate - they do not need the 3jam application. 3jam does not charge for the service and you simply pay your regular text messaging fees to your wireless provider - one text message per reply. Version 1.0 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes.

3jam Reply-All Text Messaging is available for free download at Smartphone Freeware site.

Gil Milow, who develops for Windows Mobile, has just made available his latest application, which purpose is to sync your Pocket PC's Pocket Outlook and Google Calendar. It is called ActiveGcSync and supports two-way sychronization and auto-updating in the background.

ActiveGcSync which syncs Pocket Outlook and Google Calendar is available for free download at Freeware Pocket PC site.

Adisasta has just released version 2.1 of their bittorrent application for Windows Mobile devices called WinMobile Torrent. It allows you to create, leech and/or seed torrent files from within the Application. It supports multiple and simultaneous download of torrents with numerous functions to manage, control downloads and peers in a user-friendly interface.

WinMobile Torrent version 2.1 sports many new features and enhancements making it a very worthwhile upgrade. Among the new features added are: selective download that enables you to download certain files within a group of files; multiple trackers support; intuitive multi-tabs user interface with one-handed navigation using WM 5.0’s softkeys and navigational hardware keys; create, leech and seed torrent now can be accomplished with ease within the application; redesigned core module that provides faster and more effective performance; wizard screen for torrent creation, speed guide setup dialog and many more.

WinMobile Torrent 2.1 Features:

* Create (v.2.1), Leech, Seed torrent within the application
* Selective download to only download files that matter to you (v.2.1)
* Multiple trackers supported (v.2.1)
* Unique User interface that facilitates single-handed operation for WM 5.0 devices (v.2.1)
* Speed setup guide that provides default setting for the most effective performance (v.2.1)
* Create torrent wizard that enables you to create torrent from your mobile device (v.2.1)
* Extract a completed file from a torrent without having to wait for the torrent to be completely download.
* Easily open, copy or paste a torrent file from Windows Mobile file explorer or open it from Pocket Internet Explorer's download dialog.
* Organize all torrents that have been processed into one single directory.
* Display over all and individual leeching/seeding graphics.
* Expand download item to view all its peers and their connection status.
* Log view and file to track download activities.
* Add, connect, disconnect or delete peers.
* Pause and resume download.
* Check tracker's scape information.
* Display individual torrent's block status within any file in the torrent.

More information about WinMobile Torrent 2.1 can be found here.

Auto launch of different tasks on your smartphone is very useful feature. It allows automating your repetitive and routine tasks in the most natural way. Unfortunately, standard Windows Mobile OS does not have such functionality, but now there is application that can do this for you and it name is CT Scheduler.

CT Scheduler adds a new functionality of automatic launching programs, documents, media and other files in accordance to your time plan. Tasks can be scheduled to launch based on definite time, dates and days of the week. It is very convenient, because the workday schedule and weekend and holiday schedule can differ. The program has an ability to activate and deactivate scheduled items. There is no need to delete and create them again.

CT Scheduler v1.1 is available for free download at Smartphone Freeware site.

Now, blogging from your phone is easier than ever. Whether you use Blogger, LiveJournal or Wordpress with PicoBlogger 3, you can publish and download videos, photos, and audio files. Turn AutoBlogger on, to experience one-click mobile blogging.

PicoBlogger 3.1 is maybe one of the best mobile blogging (moblog) application for your camera Symbian based phone.

PicoBlogger 3.1 Features:

1 Community Dashboard
* View media or comment on it .
* Tooltips with post information .
* See the latest mobile blog postings .
* See the latest comments from other users.
* View the most popular mobile blogs .
* Manage your blog accounts.
* Manage your downloads.

2 Easy Publishing
* Create and post to any moblog service. such as wordpress and Blogger.
* Tag your posts with ease Attach multiple photos and videos .
* AutoBlogger enables one-click blogging. Proximity and contextual metadata appended to the post.
* Posting media is unobtrusive taking place in the background .

3 Quick discovery
* Find any video or photo by searching for tags or post.
* Find users based on profile and location.
* Search all blogs.
* Find popular content.
* See all the latest commented media .
* Find content and people publishing near you by searching for by content posted in the same location.

4 Integrated Messaging
* comment on other users content .
* Receive and respond to comments made on your blog in real time .
* keep in touch with your whole community on the road.

5 Feeds and notifications
* Get notifications of comments made on your blogs .
* Subscribe to channels and other peoples blogs .
* Receive notifications of your subscriptions .

6 Download manager
* Easy download of Videos to your mobile phone.
* Manages all your downloads in a queue .
* Notifies user when download is complete.
* You don’t have to wait while the video downloads.
* It downloads in the background while you are free to do something else with your mobile phone.
* Click on video to download .

PicoBlogger 3.1 is available for free download at Symbian Freeware site.

After the release of free vertical internet search application for Palm OS Boopsie, now we have a Boopsie for Windows Mobile Smartphones.

Boopsie is a mobile search provider. The Boopsie client is a thin, yet powerful, layer between you and what you are trying to find. Boopsie does not contain the data; it creates and uses special indexes to find the data on other content providers sites.

In short - you can type less using Boopsie. Boopsie uses a multi-term prefix incremental search. As you type letters, Boopsie is dynamically searching to find what you are typing - and showing your results in real-time. So, you get immediate feedback and minimize spelling errors. Once you see what you are looking for, you click on it and Boopsie links you to the appropriate web page. Google, Yahoo and others use a traditional form based search. You have to type the whole set of words you are looking for and then hit a Go or Submit button. Then, you have to look thru a bunch of results to find what you're after.

Boopsie currently supports current channels: Amazon Books, Amazon Grocery, Caltrain Schedule, Celebrity Photos/Search, CitySearch SiliconValley, Date and Time, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Epicurious, Fandango, IMDB, Sports Scores, Surf/Ski reports, Stock quotes, Thesaurus, Wikipedia, etc.

Boopsie for Windows Mobile smartphone is available for free download at Smartphone Freeware site.

Boopsie is just released freeware multiple vertical internet search application using multi-prefix auto-complete for Palm OS.

Boopsie uses a multi-prefix search - which means you only have to type the first parts of words instead of the whole thing. So, searching Wikipedia for Desperate Housewives is as easy as typing des hou.

Boopsie uses a category search combined with keywords. So, to find the current temperature, select Wunderground Weather, then type lag bea or zip code 92651 for Laguna Beach, CA.

Boopsie currently supports current channels: Amazon Books, Amazon Grocery, Caltrain Schedule, Celebrity Photos/Search, CitySearch SiliconValley, Date and Time, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Epicurious, Fandango, IMDB, Sports Scores, Surf/Ski reports, Stock quotes, Thesaurus, Wikipedia, etc.

Boopsie is available for free download at MobileTopSoft's Palm OS software archive.

Idea Pad v3.3 has just been released for Palm OS based devices. Idea Pad is very nice and impressive application which lets you easily draw a diagram - mind map, concept map, or flow chart - and convert it to a text outline, and vice versa.

Diagrams can be exported to any desktop graphics program, and Outlines can be exported to any word processor via the Memo Pad. Idea Pad is quite useful if you are searching way how to brainstorm new ideas, illustrate concepts, plan presentations, and create organizational charts.

Idea Pad v3.3 Key Features:

* Easy-to-Use - Idea Pad is designed to be intuitive and easy to use. You'll be creating and editing diagrams and outlines in no time.
* Quick Input - Automatically import existing To Do lists into Idea Pad.
* No Drawing Required - Just enter your text and move the shapes around, Idea Pad handles all the drawing.
* In Color - Although it works with any device running at least PalmOS 3.5, Idea Pad includes support for color devices.
* Sharing - Use the beaming and export capabilities of Idea Pad to share your files with others.

Idea Pad v3.3 is available for free download at Freeware Palm site.