Windows Mobile Pocket PC & Symbian Smartphone software and freeware, reviews, tips & tricks

Feb 24 Protect your Pocket PC Phone Edition device from being stolen
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Software, Pocket PC,

Ever dreamed for the chance of retrieving back your Pocket PC Phone Edition device if its being stolen? Now you can do it with a new application from Carty Studios called Ultimate Theft Alert 2.1.

The software performs a check for your SIM card every time the device is cold-booted and if that SIM wasn't yours, it send an alert SMS to a predefined number specified by you. Its nice idea is a little funny because the thief' unsupposingly is sending you his mobile phone number right from his pocket. Yeah it Feels good !

One more good thing is that Ultimate Theft Alert 2.1 runs completely in a separate thread and doesn't let the thief know that its been running or installed or an SMS is been sent from his number.

The developers are currently established a price of 2% of your device' cost - approximately $15 USD as to them.

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Sep 11 Protect your Symbian phone from theft with Guardian 2.0
Published by Baksanir in:Symbian, Freeware, Tips,

Guardian is the new antitheft system for Symbian Series 60 devices.

Every time you switch on your Symbian based mobile telephone, Guardian proceeds with authentication of the inserted sim card and if authentication fails, Guardian send a notification sms message to a previously set telephone number.

In addition, the system features remote control functions, i.e. deleting your photographs/phone book/text messages/video/audio data in case of loss or theft of your mobile phone (see Plugins section).

Guardian is available for Free download at Symbian Freeware site.

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Jan 24 ProTrader Mobile - Trading Pocket PC Terminal for Forex market
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News,

PFSoft Company has the right to be proud to present the release of the new client terminal for ProTrader, the information and trading platform for Forex, which is fully compatible with Windows Mobile/Pocket PC. ProTrader client for Pocket PC supports the majority of functionality of trading terminals for regular PC.

It allows working with positions and orders, powerful charting and technical analysis, online quotes and news, alerts, chat with dealer and contains many other tools, agreeable to the standards of modern conception of trading on financial markets and exchanges.

ProTrader client for Pocket PC application is the third trading terminal in the ProTrader platform. Due to this release, ProTrader trading system gives the independence of hardware and operation system to the Trader as it described below:

1. ProTrader Java client can be used by beginners and for fast access without installation, providing all base functionality for the trader.

2. ProTrader .Net client is the best choice for professional traders for regular work on powerful workstations.

3. Finally, ProTrader PocketPC client – is very convenient tool for the advanced group of traders ( both professionals and beginners ), whose main credo is mobility and independence of traditional wire connections.

Learn more about ProTrader at PFsoft's website

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Jun 01 pRSSreader and RSS Joho Freeware readers for your PPC
Published by Baksanir in:Freeware, Pocket PC, Software,

Recently at Freeware Pocket PC site has been released two new Free RSS Readers for Pocket PC devices. They both support reading RDF and RSS feeds on your Pocket PC.

RSS Joho is software for the purpose of aggregating news feeds in RSS (XML) format. Also provided is an interface to worldwide weather data based on RSS (XML). RDF is partly supported, Atom is not. However, MP3 podcasts in an RSS feed can be received and downloaded.

Note that this software is still experimental and requires Visual Basic runtimes.

RSS Joho is available for download here.

pRSSreader is an application for reading RDF and RSS feeds on Pocket PC. It is very small application (takes about 300 KB of your PDA memory) and can read RSS 0.90, 0.91, 0.92 and 2.0, RDF 1.0 and Atom 0.3.

pRSSreader v1.3.1 Features:

* Site Manager - Site manager allows you to subscribe to sites you want to read. You can group your feeds into folders and you can set up feed options such as displaying on the Today screen, caching options, etc.
* Items - pRSSreader can mark feed items with three states: new, unread and read. Those states are preserved between starts of pRSSreader. You can sort the feed items or you can hide already read items.
* Sequential reading - Once you start reading, you can read from the start to the end without getting back to the main window to switch between items or even feeds.
* Customizable - pRSSreader is quite customizable. You can set up appearance of reading dialog, change font sizes, enable clear type, set the location of cache or an external browser for viewing the whole messages and many more.
* Caching - pRSSreader have quite powerful caching abilities, it can cache images included within feeds, enclosures and it can also cache online pages for offline browsing.
* Cache Manager - Use Cache Manager for maintaining your cached content. You can delete whole cache as well as single files (from 1.3.0).
* Import/Export - You can import your OPML file from the Internet or from your local file system as well. pRSSreader can also export your OPML file.
* Updates - You can update your feeds manually or you can also let pRSSreader to update your feeds automatically. Then they will be updated periodically (you can select the update interval).
Today screen - pRSSreader has integration with Today screen. It can simply display the number of new/unread items or can cycle feed names or even items from a feed. The plugin is compatible with Pocket Breeze.
* Summary View - The summary view shows you the number of new/unread/total items in your feeds. You can also use it to switch between your feeds very quickly.
* Keywords - You can enter a list of keywords and pRSSreader will show you feed items that includes those keywords (from 1.3.0).
* Proxy Support - pRSSreader supports HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxy servers (from 1.3.0).
* HTTP Authentication - pRSSreader can access HTTP pages protected with Basic or Digest authentication (from 1.3.0).
* Localizations - pRSSreader is localized into Czech, Dutch, French and Spanish language (from 1.3.0).
pRSSreader is available for download here.

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Jan 03 PSC Awards BIO-key and Cingular for Wireless Information Sharing
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News,

Wall, N.J. –January 3, 2006 – BIO-key International Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in wireless public safety solutions and finger-based biometric identification, and Cingular Wireless have been awarded a contract valued at more than $270,000 to equip a seven-county consortium of fire, police and EMS agencies in south central Tennessee with its public safety communications software.

This collaborative effort between police, fire, emergency management and communications agencies will give first responders access to mission critical information using BIO-key’s MobileCOP solution in conjunction with Cingular’s nationwide* EDGE wireless data network. It will give public safety officials, regardless of their agency or county jurisdiction the ability to quickly communicate and share information with each other.

The primary focus of this project is to provide homeland security-related services, deter domestic terrorism and promote regional data sharing, according to Lawrence County Director of Emergency Management Joe Baxter. Law enforcement officers in Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, and Wayne Counties will soon be able to communicate with each other on the computer network, as well as access their individual department’s record systems, do reports, or even run license tags through their own data terminal in the vehicle.

“We’re very excited about the possibilities with this technology,” Baxter said. “We have a very good group of forward-thinking County Executives who make up the District 8 Homeland Security Council.” The District 8 Homeland Security Council is co-chaired by Lawrence County’s Ametra Bailey and Maury County’s Jim Bailey. The executive committee that carries out the council’s projects is comprised of the EMA directors of the seven counties.

“The need for communication and information interoperability is a well documented homeland security requirement, but, unfortunately, little has been implemented yet nationally. This integrated, cross-agency, cross-county solution for the Tennessee counties by BIO-key and Cingular will give public safety officials a leadership infrastructure capability to access critical information and services they need to protect their communities,” said Michael DePasquale, CEO of BIO-key International.

The consortium will equip 150 vehicles with laptops enabled for MobileCOP and the high-speed Cingular EDGE network, the largest national wireless data network in the United States. Cingular’s EDGE network is available in 13,000 cities and towns and along nearly 40,000 miles of major highways across the U.S. with typical data connection rates of 70-135 kilobits per second (Kbps).

“Public safety organizations across the country have come to depend on the state-of-the-art wireless solutions from Cingular and BIO-key for their communications needs,” said Laura Johnson, director, enterprise solutions, for Cingular Wireless. “We are pleased to bring this expertise to the seven-county consortium to assist them in providing the residents of south central Tennessee with a higher level of security and safety.”

With BIO-key’s Cingular-enabled MobileCOP solution, as many as 500 public safety providers will have mobile, real time, silent, secure access to local, state and national criminal justice databases for information on suspects, vehicles, and weapons. MobileCOP will also allow users to quickly send messages to others on the system, complete reports in the field and automatically track their activities. Another important component is automatic vehicle location technology that will ensure the closest available units responding to calls for service.

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Aug 01 Psiloc GSync for Symbian
Published by Chris in:Symbian, Software, Google, Smartphones,

Here’s a simple and quite useful Symbian application. Psiloc GSync is going to sync your Symbian smartphone to something. I guess that’s clear from its name. But what does it sync to? Well Psiloc GSync will sync your SMS/MMS messages with your Gmail account.


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May 26 PTGMAP Free GPS navigation for Pocket PC
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:GPS, Pocket PC, Freeware,

PTGMAP is a simple software designed for GPS navigation with garmin and polish format vector maps on Pocket PC devices equipped with GPS receiver. It can also be used for editing map objects such as points, polygons, polylines, address items, waypoints, tracks, routes and others.

PTGMAP Features:

* Auto Moving / Rotating Map
* Streets and POIs Finder
* Creating and Editing Waypoints and Routes
* Tracks Recording
* Saving Tracks, Waypoints, Routes in *.gdb and *.mps Format
* Creating and Editing Map Objects
* Saving Maps in Polish Format
* Convenient File Browser
* Night View



More information and download link for PTGMAP you can find here.
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Nov 16 Public Beta of Anthelion 2: Celestial Vigilance - Now Available
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Games,

Anthelion is a brand new 3D space fighter game from PDAmill for the Pocket PC. As an ace fighter-pilot for a band of space pirates, your job is to eliminate alien scum and collect as much space booty as you can! Anthelion features our incredible 3D graphics engine, fast-paced space combat, a compelling story, kicking aliens in the tentacle and over half an hour of music - all designed for the Pocket PC.


From Developers :
"Two years ago we rocked the mobile gaming scene with Anthelion proving that devices were capable of realtime 3D graphics, and that shooting up bad guys from a far-away galaxy can be a lot of fun. Now it's time to share a secret with you - for some time we've been quietly working on a sequel of even greater proportions. Anthelion 2: Celestial Vigilance is our upcoming sequel to Anthelion. The game consists of even more action, easier controls, superior full-3D graphics, and VGA support. That's right! The game also runs smooth on VGA devices, making full use of the fantastic displays and being the first 3D VGA game not dependant on HW acceleration. The BEST part is that you can download the Public Beta version for free this week and try the game before it's released."
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Nov 18 Public Linux Software Development Kit - PowerVR MBX
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News,

Imagination Technologies has announced the public availability of its latest SDK and toolset for PowerVR MBX content development. This latest public PowerVR MBX SDK adds support for Symbian OS, the operating system that powers many of ’s most popular smartphones. Symbian OS is supported across ARM Versatile and Texas Instruments OMAP2420 platforms.

The public SDK enables OpenGL ES 1.x application development for PowerVR MBX enabled mobile devices across a wide range of OS including Windows PC Emulation, PocketPC (including the Dell Axim X50v/X51v), Symbian (Version 8.1 and 9.1) and Linux (2.4 and 2.6 Kernels). Symbian OS is supported across ARM Versatile and Texas Instruments OMAP2420 platforms.
Says David McBrien, VP business development, Imagination Technologies: “Our public SDKs enable developers, professionals and enthusiasts alike, to actively create content using PowerVR MBX technology. The latest in our series of public PowerVR SDK releases increases the platforms supported with the significant inclusion of Symbian OS. The great strength of our SDK is a comprehensive developer’s toolset, which is the rocket-fuel behind content enablement for PowerVR MBX devices.”
Tools in the latest PowerVR SDK include a comprehensive model exporter; exemplar demos; PowerVR Texture compressor and compression library; a 3D Studio Max exporter; VGP Vertex Program compiler with detailed performance information (clock cycle counts); and an extensive tools library (including fixed/float point maths, matrix and vertex maths, tangent space calculation, geometry import, software bounding box/transform library, print3D for rendering 2D text on-screen, and texture utilities.)
PowerVR MBX has rapidly been established as the de facto standard for high performance graphics and video on mobile phones and PDAs. Imagination Technologies, one of the world’s top ten IP companies (source: Gartner), provides PowerVR IP to partners including Freescale, Intel, Philips, Renesas, Samsung, Sunplus and Texas Instruments. Widespread acceptance of PowerVR by the world's top silicon companies is creating a new, pervasive mobile gaming platform. This has been eagerly adopted by leading mobile device manufacturers and service providers including: NEC, Sharp, Panasonic, Sony Ericsson, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, SK Teletech, NTT DoCoMo (FOMA) and Dell.

As well as access to advanced OpenGL ES 3D hardware functionality the SDK provides full details and specifications of the PowerVR MBX specific OpenGL-ES extensions, which open up features such as PVRTC texture compression and vertex programs.

The demos included in the SDK feature examples of a wide range of effects enabled by PowerVR MBX. These include: dynamic reflections; different texture filter modes; Polybump technology; spherical harmonics lighting with VGP; physics based particle effects; cell-shading; multiple differently coloured spotlights; morphing (in combination with multi-texturing); and matrix skinned characters in combination with DOT3 per pixel lighting.

The public SDK is available now from www.pvrdev.com. Further SDKs are available to professional developers, manufacturers and operators under NDA. For more information about PowerVR MBX see: www.powervr.com. For further information about OpenGL ES see: www.khronos.org.
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Mar 28 Push Email ROM update for i-mate JAMin available
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, i-mate, email,

All of you who use i-mate JAMin are in luck, the latest English ROM update includes AKU2 for Direct Push Email is available now. It looks like the manufacturers of Windows Mobile 5.0 devices have understanded that this update makes their devices more usable and wanted.

You can download i-mate JAMin AKU2 ROM update from here.

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