Wednesday, March 6, 2002
On my start menu 2
Posted by marlof in "SOFTWARE" @ 09:02 AM
Andy's post reminded me of something we did around August: what are the favorite applications of the people at Thoughts. My favorite items on the Start Menu (in order of importance to me):
• eWallet - even when my Jornada came with Codewallet Pro, I deinstalled that one and installed eWallet in stead. I've been using eWallet since my Velo days, so I think it's too late for me to change sides now
• Pocket Informant - after a short affair with Agenda Fusion because I wanted to try something new, yesterday I went back to Pocket Informant 3. I'm very happy with the new interface, and have spent some time fiddling with all the new settings. A great program!
• nPop - As I'm still not very satisfied with the Inbox in Pocket PC 2002 ( they do have SMTP-AUTH, but they don't allow you to specify the username and password, so having one SMTP server for all your accounts is hard to setup...), I went back to nPop a while ago. It's small, it checks all accounts in one pass, and is an excellent POP3 server management tool. Big downside: no link to the Contacts database.
• Pocket Quickview - The fastest image viewer I've found, and it also plays the movies my little Ixus 300 generates. Cool!
• IA Phone Manager - Handling my phonebook and SMS is done by this application. I like the interface, and since my Pocket PC and mobile phone have become inseperable, an application like this is a must have for me.
• TomTom Citymaps - Finding your way in a city you don't know was never easier. Even the less than one year old street I live in showed up on the map! And it supports GPS devices too....
• Palm Reader - The best ebook reader for the Pocket PC is made by Palm... sigh.
• HanDBase - I carry with me a few databases to keep track of my DVD and CD collections as sometimes I just can't remember if I have something or not. It's a database even I can use.
Next to those there are others, but I've tried a little experiment last time I had to install a new Pocket PC. I just added the programs at the time I felt I needed them. Those mentioned above were installed within two days. Then there was a big hiatus, and only later I've added additional programs. So I guess these are my favorite third party applications.
• eWallet - even when my Jornada came with Codewallet Pro, I deinstalled that one and installed eWallet in stead. I've been using eWallet since my Velo days, so I think it's too late for me to change sides now
• Pocket Informant - after a short affair with Agenda Fusion because I wanted to try something new, yesterday I went back to Pocket Informant 3. I'm very happy with the new interface, and have spent some time fiddling with all the new settings. A great program!
• nPop - As I'm still not very satisfied with the Inbox in Pocket PC 2002 ( they do have SMTP-AUTH, but they don't allow you to specify the username and password, so having one SMTP server for all your accounts is hard to setup...), I went back to nPop a while ago. It's small, it checks all accounts in one pass, and is an excellent POP3 server management tool. Big downside: no link to the Contacts database.
• Pocket Quickview - The fastest image viewer I've found, and it also plays the movies my little Ixus 300 generates. Cool!
• IA Phone Manager - Handling my phonebook and SMS is done by this application. I like the interface, and since my Pocket PC and mobile phone have become inseperable, an application like this is a must have for me.
• TomTom Citymaps - Finding your way in a city you don't know was never easier. Even the less than one year old street I live in showed up on the map! And it supports GPS devices too....
• Palm Reader - The best ebook reader for the Pocket PC is made by Palm... sigh.
• HanDBase - I carry with me a few databases to keep track of my DVD and CD collections as sometimes I just can't remember if I have something or not. It's a database even I can use.
Next to those there are others, but I've tried a little experiment last time I had to install a new Pocket PC. I just added the programs at the time I felt I needed them. Those mentioned above were installed within two days. Then there was a big hiatus, and only later I've added additional programs. So I guess these are my favorite third party applications.
