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Any Good Program for Handwritten Notes

Anyone use any good program for writing post-it style notes in WM6 with the stylus. You can do it in the built-in notes program but its pretty basic (no editing etc). Thanks.

TSoma said:
Anyone use any good program for writing post-it style notes in WM6 with the stylus. You can do it in the built-in notes program but its pretty basic (no editing etc). Thanks.
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I'm unsure exactly what you want to achieve. If it's just short details for a meeting, an address and time taken during a call for example, then whats wrong with using the transcribe feature combined with notes? That works for me and it also allows editing. If it's something more sophisticated then the next step up is pocket word which you can also use the transcriber in to recognise your handwriting as well as providing spell checking etc. I'm unsure what features that you need are missing from those options.

Take a look at PhatPad. It is very expensive however!

hi,
u could try Calligrapher(best notes writer by pocketpcmag)..u can remove Transcriber program fr the device while using this program.

Applications that just excel over the rest?

I guess I'm hitting on a topic that has had endless discussions and has just plain been posted thousands of times, so it's probably a big annoyance for most of you; however, I have yet to see a concise and informative post or even a website anywhere that helps me get applications for my first Pocket PC, an AT&T Tilt. So if it's not too much trouble could you guys please help me out here? Please follow this format for each application you post:
[Category] - Pricing/Freeware
Application:
Description:
Positives:
Negatives:
Rating: 1 being worst - 5 being best
Where to get:
Example...
[Scheduling] - Freeware
Application: TodayAgenda
Description: TodayAgenda displays appointments and tasks on your today screen up to 30 days in advance. It replaces the default Outlook plugin with a lot of more features. (Straight from the site)
Positives: Great features, Very customizable.
Negatives: Can lag a little bit sometimes, Some features that Spb Dairy has that it lacks.
Rating: 4
Where to get: http://tiews.info/index.php?show=&lang=en
I think if we follow this format, we can give this thread a longer life expectancy as well as alleviate many of these types of posts. Even though I expect this to be an thread for great applications, if you feel the need to criticize another application please do so in a thorough manner following the format. Thank you for taking your time to read this and I hope to see some amazing applications!

[PIM Manager]: $29.95
Application: Manages your contacts, tasks, diary & Todo lists.
Description: An impressive all round product to help assist with managing your data in a simple but complex interface. Pocket Informant doesn't just simply let you work with your daily events through lists and grids, but with the new Events and Journal views you can look at your life's past and future in an easy cohesive environment. Even create contact links within your appointment or tasks' subject and notes let you quickly access a named contact without having to resort to links or a search. Most suprisingly, this power doesn't come at the cost of a complicated, cluttered interface.
Positives: Very customisable, easy to use, all in one management.
Negatives: None that I can complain about
Rating: 4
Where to get: http://www.pocketinformant.com/

For me the best application which in fact has prevented me from shifting to Symbian is SoftMaker's Office.
Category = On purchase. This is a suite of Spreadsheet and word processor.
Positives = So powerful that it can do almost what the PC counterpart can do. I need extremely complex spreadsheets even including conditional formatting and drop down lists. Never once I have encountered a situation where there was a mismatch between the desktop and the device. Round trip integrity of documents is just perfect.
Negatives = Not really many except for the steep price but I guess I do not mind this much as the overall functionality it provides is just great.
website = www.softmaker.com

[Category] - Pricing/Freeware - $40.00 - $60.00
Application: - CalliGrapher
Description: - Writing Recognizing Program
Positives: - Actually works...It has a function call Write Pad which allws fast printing across the bottom of the screen. I can take meeting notes very quickly during meetings. I gave up my Palm TX to go back to a PPC speciffically because of this ability.
Negatives: - There is a learning curve.
Rating: 1 being worst - 5 being best - 5
Where to get: http://www.phatware.com/calligrapher/index.html

[Taskmanager] - Freeware
Application: wkTask
Description: Task- and discrete Batterybar
Positives: Very nice and customizable, uses almost no CPU (especially compared to MagicButton which does the same but is quite ressource hungry)
Negatives: Notification icon might get hidden behind the taskbar (just set it such that there's enough space, still automatic would be nicer )
Rating: 4.5
URL: http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html

Business (power user) - Worldmate FREE Worldmate Pro $74.95
Application: Worldmate
Description: Multiple apps for travel..Weather, Conversions, flightinfo and organiser
Positives: All of it.
Negatives: renewable yearly license (covers data subscriptions for weather and realtime flight info)
Rating: 5
Where to get: Online.
UTIL - Freeware
Application: MOJOPAC
Description: Used in conjunction with Softkick card export, gives a carry around vitual PC.
Positives: Carry more than just a Pocket PC
Negatives: Really needs a large SD card to be fulfilled.
Rating: 5
Where to get: Online

Tomeraider
oops - doublepost

Tomeraider
[db / ebook reader] - £19.95
Application: Tomeraider
Description: "TomeRaider is a text database browser and reader for handheld devices and Microsoft Windows made by Yadabyte"
Positives: Not just an eBook Reader but SO much more. On my SD card, I have a file containing the whole of wikipedia - it is very, very fast too. You wouldnt know that there were literally millions of articles. I also have IMDB on it too - lots of files available (4000 according to the site) - you can even author your own
Negatives: None found as yet
Rating: 1 being worst - 5 being best: "5+"
Where to get: http://www.tomeraider.com

[GPS navigation] - around $150, depends on country
Application: iGo MyWay Plus
Description: excellent GPS navigation software
Positives: Best interface that I've ever seen in any GPS software. Extremely convinient and easy to use. Fast, reliable. A lot of infromation on the screen, yet nothing is ever covered by anything, you get the whole view. Has a very large selection of maps. Not sure about others, but California map is very well detailed - last update was in Jan 08 with over 2 million POIs. Nevada map is ecellent too, other states probably the same. Supports TMC, internal/external GPS, speed cameras, excellent voice guidance, day/night skins, various transportation devices, toll road avoidance, and much more stuff.
Negatives: Does not get traffic updates from the web. Rest is minor glitches: If device goes to sleep, it may not return from it if iGo is running (happens very rarely). If phone is on vibrate - switches it to "silent" mode... although maybe this bug has to do with my config/device.
Rating: 1 being worst - 5 being best
Where to get: http://www.i-go.com/en/

Excellent idea! Should hopefully curb the "Just got my HTC xxx - what programs should I put on it?" posts!
My contributions
[Synchronisation] - £16.00/Free trial
Application: Easy Sync by Pocket Wizards
Description: Excellent program that lets you sync any files from any location on your PC to any location (including microSD) on your PPC
Positives: Much better than Active Sync file transfer. Leave all your files exactly where they are on your PC. Set up a sync partnership for that file using the straightforward wizard and choose where on your device you want to sync the file to. Choose your update frequency and job done - whenever you change the original file, the synced copy also updates. Can set up uni or bi-directional sync, so changes made to PPC version are automatically transferred to your PC file at next Sync. Can be set to trigger when ActiveSync starts up for a fully automated process. Also allows for sync of entire folders.
Negatives: The only one I can think of is that it is compatible with .NetCF 2.0 only, not with 3.5. Other than that, very smooth and stable. Well worth the money.
Rating: 5
Where to get: Handango etc
[Utilities] - Freeware
Application: GroupSMS
Description: Easy way to send SMS to multiple contacts
Positives: Allows you to choose multiple SMS recipients by ticking the boxes, rather than choosing them one by one. Can set this up for different contacts groups too.
Negatives: Can only set up groups via Outlook, although this function is on the creator's To-do list
Rating:4
Where to get: www.shubaroo.com - lots of other great little apps on this website too!

App Launcher
[App Launcher/Today Plugin] - $15
Application: UltimateLaunch 1.2
Description: Tabbed app launcher and today plugin. Animated tab transitions, unlimited tabs, gestures.
Positives: Very customizable, unlimited tabs, custom icons, low memory usage.
Negatives: Learning curve to configure, uses icons instead of png.
Rating: 4
Where to get: http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Launcher-Applications/UltimateLaunch-56169.shtml

[SIP Keyboard] - Usually $19.99. But at the moment, $12.98 for two licences. Give one to a friend like I have!
Application: TouchPal 2.0 Professional
Description: Finger/thumb-friendly predictive keyboard with a special technology called T+ where you tap and slide each key in a different direction for different symbols, letter, case, number etc. Many many features including multiple languages, dynamically-resizable keyboard, fast custom word input. Innovative design.
Positives: way too many to list. accurate and quick predictive input due to design of two letters on one key, powerful, looks great, excellent support people who will consider your feature requests VERY quickly, excellent value. Still looks like a normal qwerty keyboard.
Negatives: Some people not used to predictive input may undergo a little learning curve. Try it, it's much faster and with this one, it usually has the word you want as the first one so you can just keep on typing!
Rating: 5+
Where to get: http://www.cootek.com/
Pros:

Engineers...

SO, i would like to know from you that are engineers or engineering students, how you use your smartphone/pda for.
I am a chemical engineering student and I've found lot of interesting software, most of them calculators, unit conversors and dictionaries. Beside that, using the pda to organize myself and keep information allways with me is great.
So, if you could indicate some more different softwares i would be very happy. I was looking for some app that gives me data that I usually need old fashioned tables for, like steam properties, or fluids porperties at different conditions. Also, what is the best unit conversor, that allow to convert combination of units. And I believe that there could be even other ways to take advantage of my device.
So, I'm waiting for your opinion and indications.
What I can indicate is Space Time, an amazing calculator for advanced calculations, and Math Tablet that would retire my HP calculator if my device's screen could be more responsive. Also, Lexisgoo is a great dictionary to get god definitions for english terms.
Thanks... best regards

Im a computer engineering major (finishing up second year) and i use it to basically take pictures of circuit designs and email it to myself for view on computer. Im very sloppy by hand
Chemistry Bible, sounds like a good software for [email protected]
http://www.vasantham.net/chemistry.htm

Thanks ekw!
This software should be good for chemical scientists, or at least it would be if I had my PDA on the beginning of the graduation...
Chemical engineers are actually concerned more about industrial process conditions, (transport of energy, mass and momentum) and fluid/solid conditions, most of them physico-chemical. Old school chem. eng. would use a lot of tables for various data.
And I bet you could use more your device. It is at least much more powerfull than any other pocket calculator you have.

At the risk of sounding old...I use the HP48GX calculator emulator on my Hermes. I even have all my custom programs from college installed. It also has the default Engineering Library with basic formulas and diagrams. After some years in the industry, I can tell you I pretty much just use Pocket Excel and the HP48 scientific calculator. I also use Outlook tasks to document everyday activities (very important in today's workplace...) and synchronize them to the PDA to have the answers handy, in case I run into one of those manager types.
What would be cool is to run LabVIEW and Matlab on my PDA. Then I would be invincible

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At the risk of sounding old...I use the HP48GX calculator emulator on my Hermes. I even have all my custom programs from college installed. It also has the default Engineering Library with basic formulas and diagrams. After some years in the industry, I can tell you I pretty much just use Pocket Excel and the HP48 scientific calculator. I also use Outlook tasks to document everyday activities (very important in today's workplace...) and synchronize them to the PDA to have the answers handy, in case I run into one of those manager types.
What would be cool is to run LabVIEW and Matlab on my PDA. Then I would be invincible
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nice!
I've tested some HP emulators... but i've found that they're not so usable since the screen is smaller and the response from the touchscreen is also slower...
I've found other scientific calculators for the PDA that are better, like Math Tablet...
But on class i'm still using my hp 28S calculator (now, that's OLD, it's almost my age but it's still a very nice to use calculator.) that I've got from my brother. Actually, I got my PDA instead of buying another graphic calculator.
Pocket Excel (or better, PlanMaker) is definetly one great tool too, I've used several times already. Matlab and Maple would be awesome, but I've read somewhere that those ARM processors aren't the best for math procedures...

I've just finsihed my Mech Engineering. During my course I mainly used my smartphone for a pendrive. Also for my project guide to check up on my project report using Word and Adobe(not the entire thing of course .) I've demoed a few CAD drawings on it as well. Used the engineering calculator quite a few times. I've video taped a few practical sessions as well for future reference.
Now I'm planning to do my Msc in IT, so bascially I have the C# IDE running and also the MySaifu J2SE JVM, so I can basically test my programs on the go.

PikoWiki

Here is something I came across today. Some of you might enjoy it.
PikoWiki Optimizes Wiki-Editing for Phones
If your net-connected phone or PDA lacks an easy-to-sync note-taking application, or you just prefer the open-ended nature of wikis, PikoWiki is one of the better mobile-friendly wikis out there. A super-slim interface gives you all the tools you'll need to make and edit notes and lists, and search or browse your pages. Those with basic HTML knowledge don't have to learn a single bit of wiki style, and anyone can try it out on the demo pages provided. The real benefit, of course, is getting at those same notes from any other browser you find yourself at. PikoWiki is free to sign up for and use.
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http://lifehacker.com/395248/pikowiki-optimizes-wiki+editing-for-phones

Anyone have a simple calculator to replace my broken one?

I tried putting a new skin on mine and now it won't work. and after uninstall, i'm completely screwed. help please.

RPN option
I don't think this is what you're looking for . . . BUT for us old engineering type geezers, there is a great calculator option available.
If any of you are familiar with the HP41 series of calculators (HP41CV, HP41CX), made in the early/mid 80's, you'll know they are considered classics. I still have mine from 1982 (as my sole calculator). So does my brother.
ANYWAY . . . there is a website, www.HP41.org, that is a "museum" to these calculators. It also includes EMULATORS of these scientific calculators.
The PC version of the HP41 is truly amazing. Whoever did the graphic interface is a genius. It looks and moves (clicks) just like a video of the real thing, using your mouse, or your keyboard's numerical keypad for simple arithmetic.
There is also a version for PocketPCs. Graphically, it is not as sophisticated as the Windows PC version, but it is still quite good.
WARNING: This calculator uses RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) input. So it has a learning curve involved. However, if you are addicted to RPN notation, and can't go back to using nested parentheses for even the most basic of computations, here it is, free.
Go to http://www.hp41.org
Click on "Emulation" in the left hand column.
Under the section, PocketPC, click on the link, "eV41."
Download the zip file to your PC.
Unzip.
Activesync your TP.
It will load a copy both on your PC and your TP.
Enjoy.
However, you don't really want the eV41 on your PC. Uninstall it, and go back to Emulation page, and download the link, V41, for your Windows PC. You will be impressed.