Weekly Software Wrangle 19
Fall is here, and it's time for Software Wrangle 19! Throw on your horse blanket, saddle up, and get ready to lasso and wrangle some Windows Mobile apps!
This week, WM Standard new software is Dashwire and Business Professional Ringtones. Updated software includes Elecont Weather and Tank Ace 1944. The free app this week is WeatherBug Direct.
WM Professional new software are Meon and Lyma Power Budget. Updated software includes MeTeoR Digital Multi-Track Recorder and Efficasoft Outliner. Freeware is Media Remote v1.00.
WM Standard: New
First up this week for a WM Standard app is Dashwire. Dashwire makes it easy to connect your mobile device to your desktop or laptop and the web.
Dashwire’s FREE service helps you sync the contacts, text messages, calls, photos, videos, voicemail, and settings from your phone to your private, cloud-based Dashwire account – making it easy for you to backup your stuff, search & interact with your info, and share your experiences with friends and sites like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, FriendFeed and more.
Your phone is constantly connected to the web, so that the stuff done on one automatically shows up on the other in just a few seconds, helping you access & share your stuff whether you’re on the go or in front of your computer. No cables or effort required!
It’s like MobileMe for the rest of us – but for FREE!
Get Dashwire for FREE here.
The next new WM Standard app is Business Professional Ringtones v4.0 by ExecTones. Don't want a Britney Spears or Hannah Montana ringtone livening up your board meetings? What about the sound of a barking dog or Jar Jar Binks?
Business Professional Ringtones is a collection designed and authored for the working professional. This is the ONLY truly professional collection of tones and notifications.
Features: This package includes: - 200+ ringtones and notification sounds. - A huge collection of notification sounds for MMS, SMS, Voice Mail, and Email. - NO VOICES, RAPS, BARKS, or MUSIC. - Perfect for the workplace, getting that promotion or sale. - No hidden fees, subscriptions, or recurring billing. - Real ringtones and digitally mastered tones.
Get Business Professional Ringtones v4.0 for $17.95 here.
WM Standard: Updated
Elecont Weather v1.0.738 by Elecont is our first updated software for WM Standard this week. Do you grab your umbrella or your sunscreen when you go out for the day?
Elecont Weather is worldwide 10-day, hour by hour weather forecast and current weather conditions plugin for Home/Today screen. The forecast is displayed with animated effects and multiple icon sets / layout types. Weather data is supplied by WSI Corp. the leader in weather-driven business solutions. Free to try.
Features: - Detailed 10-day weather forecast for day and night. - Most accurate hour-by-hour weather forecast. - Current conditions with air pressure, ultra violet index, humidity and wind info. - Weather data is provided by WSI Corporation (the world's leading provider) - Animated effects on today screen with multiple icon sets. - Resolutions up to VGA and themes are supported. - Multiple home screen weather layout schemes and today screen placement. - and much more.
Get Elecont Weather v1.0.738 for $14.95here.
Tank Ace 1944 for Smartphone v1.01 by RESETgame is the next updated app this week.
Do you like to drive tanks over rugged terrain, lob artillery shells into the far hills, and blow up lethal opponents lurking around every bend? If so, then Tank Ace 1944 is the game for you.
In Tank Ace 1944 you command a World War II tank charging to occupy the enemy capitol. Allied and Soviet Tank Aces advance on Berlin; German Aces advance on London and Moscow. At least that''s what the orders from HQ say. But since you face overwhelming odds and are forced to scavenge supplies as you go, you might just find yourself retreating instead.
Features: - Play one of three aces: Allied, German, or Soviet. - Three tanks: Sherman, Tiger, or T34, each with movable turret and cannon. - Destroyable 3D landscape. - Perspective or overhead view. - Three difficulty settings. - Enemy trucks carrying rounds, fuel, and armor. - Save / Resume game.
Get Tank Ace 1944 for Smartphone v1.01 for $9.99 here.
WM Standard: Freeware
The free app for WM Standard this week is WeatherBug Direct at www.smartphone-freeware.com.
The power of WeatherBug, on your Today Screen! Customizable weather forecasts so you know how to prepare for Mother Nature, whether you are in your home town or on the road.
You can get WeatherBug Direct for Free right here.
WM Professional: New
The first new WM Professional application for this week is Meon, the Light Quest from Manbolo.com. A special thanks to Jean-Christophe Amiel and his programming colleagues who comprise Manbolo.com!
In 1997, Professor Tagishaki, from Tokyo Quantum Mecanics institute, found new elementaries particles that he called Meons. In this puzzle game, you must solve more than 120 levels to free Meons. Use Prism, Splitter and other various tools to light all the Meons and solve the Light Quest! Incredible graphics and infernal puzzles available on your Smartphone and Pocket PC.
Features - More than 120 levels to solve - Intuitive gameplay for touchscreen - Support every screen size (176 x 220, 240 x 240, 240 x 320, 320 x 240, 320 x 320, 640 x 480 etc...) - Multi-language version - Available on Windows Mobile Smartphone, Pocket PC 5 and 6.
You can get Meon, the Light Quest for $5.95 here.
Next up is Lyma Power Budget v1 by Lyma Design.
Lyma Power Budget is a desktop and Windows Mobile budgeting utility. Input your reoccurring income and expenses for a clear breakdown of your leftover amounts. Includes charts which allow you to visualize the differences. Multiple accounts can be used so that you can see which account is under or over budget. Also includes a calendar view so that you can see which income or expenses are due.
The application also features a shopping organizer where you can add items that you wish to purchase. These items can be checked off as they are bought.
Users of Windows Mobile Pocket PC's can synchronize their data to and from their device and work with the powerful mobile application.
You can get Lyma Power Budget v1 for $24.99 here.
WM Professional: Updated
The first updated WM Professional app this week is MeTeoR Digital Multi-Track Recorder v1.11 by Limelight Software Limited. Harness the power of your WM Pro by mixing and editing sound on the go!
MeTeoR is a digital multi-track recorder designed specifically for the Pocket PC. The program features up to 12 tracks of high quality audio, a built in mixer and multi-effects processor. MeTeoR is ideally suited for creating musical compositions, and also a great tool for journalists and business people who need to splice and piece together voice notes, narration or dictation. Compositions once mixed can be exported to standard file formats for use on your desktop PC.
Pick up MeTeoR Digital Multi-Track Recorder for $29.95 here.
Next up is Efficasoft Outliner v1.1 by Efficasoft Co., Ltd.
Efficasoft Outliner is a classic, efficient & effective tree list/outline manager. There's no limit how you use this universal organizer, all is up to your imagination.
Fully supports Windows Mobile Pocket PC (2003, 2003SE, WM5, WM6), screen rotation and VGA (480x640) resolution.
Features: - Designd outline view & customizable interface. - Online subject editing & color highlight. - Task reminder alarms. - Start/due date, priority, status, progress. - Export to tab-indented text file.
Get Efficasoft Outliner v1.1 for $10.95here.
WM Professional: Freeware
Media Remote v1.00, a FREE app available for download at freewareppc.com from predrag, is software that enables you to remotely control media (MP3/Video) playback on your computer.
It is created to enforce laziness - using Media Remote on your Smartphone it is possible to change a song that is playing on your computer from the comfort of your bed. Also it can be handy if you are living in a duplex home and have speakers all around the house and want to showoff.
Remote control of video playback is one additional useful functionality. To run it you need to install .NET Framework 3.5 on your your computer and mobile device while having Winamp as default MP3/Video player.
You can get Media Remote v1.00 for FREE right here.
Have Software You'd Like Us to Include Next Week?
That's a wrap for this week's WM Weekly Software Wrangle. I welcome all software developers to email us if you have any new or updated software to announce. Just email your news to me at: brian.hart@wmexperts.com.
