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Better late than never (hopefully), it's time once again to rustle up some apps for this week's Software Wrangle. This week the featured new software for WM Standard is Mobiola Screen Capture and Diccionario Ingles - Spanish to English Dictionary and Phrasebook. Updated software includes Softick Card Export and Bejeweled. Free software is DashWire.
WM Professional new software is Cliquick and ppcStopwatch. Updated software includes SpoonAlarm and Spb Mobile Shell. Freeware is Pocket Lemmings.
Let's jump in to this week's Wrangle!
WM Standard: New
The first new WM Standard app is Mobiola Screen Capture v1.0.7 by SHAPE Services.
Mobiola Screen Capture allows you to show your device screen on your PC real-time; do snapshots, record videos, share it on Skype. Connects via WiFi, Bluetooth or USB.
Try it now!
Note: Trial version limits single connections to 5 minutes and has 7 days evaluation period.
Compatible with Windows Vista.
Features: - Shows SCREEN CAPTURE from your phone on PC screen real-time - Connects via WiFi(NEW!), Bluetooth or USB - Snapshot functionality - Record video with MS MovieMaker or other video recording apps using webcam driver component of the application - SHARE your SCREEN on SKYPE, IM and other video conference applications. Just select "Mobiola Video Source" as web camera in this applications
Get Mobiola Screen Capture v1.0.7 for $19.95 here.
The next new WM Standard app is Diccionario Ingles - Spanish to English Dictionary & Phrasebook v1.0 by Mobifusion Inc.
Diccionario Ingles is a very helpful reference guide for Spanish speakers who are learning English. The English word is described completely in English as well as in Spanish. For each word, find the English definition followed by the Spanish. It is perfect for those who want to learn both these global languages. English and Spanish definitions are presented in a very simple format. The definitions are given together so that a user need not look for the Spanish translation in another section. It includes hundreds of sample sentences and number of commonly used idioms and phrases. It can be particularly helpful for translations. The content of the dictionary includes:
Features: - Staff - Preface - How to Use this Dictionary - Pronunciation Guide - Spelling Table - A – Z Vocabulary - Table of Numerals - Metric System
Get Diccionario Ingles - Spanish to English Dictionary & Phrasebook v1.0 for $14.95 here.
WM Standard: Updated
Softick CardExport for Windows Mobile v3.13 by Softick, is our first updated software for WM Standard this week.
Softick Card Export for Windows Mobile is a tiny application which allows you to use Windows Mobile device as a convenient USB card reader. By using any file manager, including Windows Explorer, you can access your files and folders on memory cards inserted into Windows Mobile device similar to USB thumb drive.
Now you can forget about annoying synchronization delays when all you need is an access to the storage card on your handheld.
Softick Card Export for Windows Mobile provides a direct access to the card from the desktop computer, so you don't need to remove your card from the device and reinsert it into card reader.
Now any application can save files directly to the card inserted into device, because Card Export for Windows Mobile provides fully compatible USB Mass Storage media for operating system, it can be accessed as removable drive.
Get Softick CardExport for Windows Mobile v3.13 for $14.95 here.
Bejeweled for Windows Mobile Smartphone v2.61 by Astraware is next. If you've played Bejeweled before, you'll know it's a real "gem".
Amazingly simple to play - Unbelievably hard to put down! One of the rare games that you can play all day 'just one more go' at a time.
Choose from a relaxing and absorbing easy game, a frantic timed game, or just swap the gems to your heart's content in Endless mode, as you tap adjacent pairs of gems to swap them and make matching horizontal and vertical lines of three or more.
Features: - Addictive Gameplay - faithful Conversion of the online game - High quality graphics and animation - Really addictive gameplay - Instructions and tips included to get you started - Automatic hints to help you play - Did we mention it was addictive?
Get Bejeweled for Windows Mobile Smartphone v2.61 for only $19.95 here.
WM Standard: Freeware
The free app for WM Standard this week is DashWire at www.smartphone-freeware.com.
Dashwire's FREE service takes your mobile phone contacts, SMS, calls, photos, videos, voicemail, and settings to the Web, making it easy for you to set-up your phone, backup your stuff, and share your experiences with sites like Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed & Twitter.
- Full contact sync between your phone & the Web
- Read, reply, and create new text messages from your computer - threaded by conversation
- Instantly upload photos & videos to the Web where you can view, edit, organize & share
- Single click media upload to Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed, Twitter & Bebo
- Update your status on Facebook & Twitter
- Visual voicemail on your computer
- Set Web favorites, ringtones & speed dials from your computer
- Transfer contacts & settings from your old phone to your new one
You can get DashWire for Free right here.
WM Professional: New
The first new WM Professional application for this week is Cliquick v2.08.01 by Cliquick.
Are you a texting fiend? Would you like to be able to type faster on your WM device? Take a look at this app and see if it's for you.
Cliquick is the fastest and easiest mobile text input solution. Double your typing speed using finger-sized keys keypad which covers only a small part of your screen area. So simple and brilliant, you won't believe no one has thought of it before! Extra keys for commonly-used letters is the difference!
- Functions just like all the other pre-installed keypads on your device
- Works in conjunction with any text application (browser, messaging, notepad)
- Seamlessly integrates to the device's "Auto-completion" and "Speller"
- The technology is applicable to all languages and already supports English, Korean and Hebrew
- Available for all Windows Mobile handsets and will be available soon for most other OS
You can get Cliquick for $9.95 here.
Next up is ppcStopwatch v1.0 by Nixie. Programs like this are handy when you are timing an athletic event, or just seeing how fast your kid can fun the 50-yard-dash.
ppcStopwatch turns your Pocket PC into a full-featured stopwatch with unlimited lap and split times. It also gives you the ability to save the splits to a file or e-mail them to any of your contacts. ppcStopwatch features dual-split (cumulative and lap) timing. The split time is the interval of time measured from the start of the timing event. The lap-split time display shows the lap count, lap time interval since the last lap, and split time since the start of the event.
Features: - Save split times to a file - E-mail split times to any one of your contacts
You can get ppcStopwatch v1.0 for $9.99 here.
WM Professional: Updated
The first updated WM Professional app this week is SpoonAlarm by Gil Bouhnick of SpoonTools.com. Gil has brought to the WM community a full-featured alarm for your WM device.
The SpoonAlarm is a simple and useful alarm application, combining a friendly interface with a loud mp3 based alarm capabilities. With a couple of clicks—you can setup your next alarm, select your favorite mp3 song, configure your preferable snoozing option and all—using a friendly user interface designed to work with no stylus.
Designed to replace the default Windows Mobile ® alarms functionality, the SpoonAlarm is simple and intuitive to use, and includes few ‘must have’ features like: - Finger Friendly user interface - Support for both mp3 and wave files (to wake up with) - Recurring Alarms - Configurable Snooze - 2-3 Clicks to configure alarm - Countdown clock
Pick up SpoonAlarm and donate to Mr. Bouhnick here.
Next up is Spb Mobile Shell v2.1.1 by Spb Software House.
Spb Mobile Shell introduces the next generation user interface while keeping all advantages of a Windows Mobile device. Spb Mobile Shell is the first program a Windows Mobile user needs to install. It dramatically improves the standard user interface and adds features that most users expect from a modern PDA phone.
Features: - All functionality in one tabbed window - Full screen dialogs for Weather and Time - Animated transitions - Navigation with gestures - Quick panel selection with taskbar gestures - Now Screen: the most important information at one screen - Spb Menu: phone style menu - Weather forecasts - Photo speed dial - World time - Launcher - Color based themes - Spb Contacts: smart contact search
Get Spb Mobile Shell for $29.95 here.
WM Professional: Freeware
This week's free app for WM Professional is mToday v0.1 by Vicott Wong and found over at www.freewareppc.com.
Using a very small memory footprint on your device, mToday is an application for you to switch between two today screen profiles to enable/disable pre-defined today plug-ins quickly and conveniently.
Installation Notes: - Download the CAB file and transfer it to your device. Do not open the CAB file as if it is a ZIP file. - On your device, launch your file explorer and locate the CAB file. - Tap on the CAB file to start installation.
Usage Notes: - Tap on the settings icon (second from the right) to go to the settings page. - Tick the today plug-ins you wish to enable for each of the 2 profiles. - Go the menu and save the profiles. - In the main screen, you can click one of the 2 icons from the left to switch to profile 1 or 2. - Alternatively, you can use the shortcuts created from the settings screen to trigger one of the profiles immediately.
You can get mToday v0.1 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.
