Windows Phone Thoughts: More Tools Than You Can Poke a Stick At

"PpcToday Tools is a collection of 11 small utilities for your Today screen. You get a Task Switcher to quickly and easily switch or close programs, take screenshots, quickly power off your device or perform a soft reset. A Clock is available with both analog and digital display. Both Battery and Memory Tools are included to give you full control of available resources. For fun, a small "Joke of the day" program is included. In addition, a Screen Saver program featuring a PpcMatrix Screen saver is included. A Notepad is also available from the today screen, enabling you to quickly jot down important notes without worrying about which keyboard to use. PpcLaunchBar gives you quick access to 10 programs x 4 categories, for a total of 40 programs from your Today screen. PpcLauncher gives you quick access to all the shortcuts created in PpcLaunchBar from any program by using a tap-and-move gesture on the PpcTasks icon. PpcPowerPanel gives you power off, soft reset and hard reset."



This has to me the most variable collection of tools in one software bundle that I've seen yet. Screen saver? Joke of the day? Well, I'm sure we all have the occasional moment where such tools may be of use. PpcSoft have just released a Version 4.0 update of PpcToday Tools and it is free for existing customers. The main enhancements come by way of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition support, and a few added features to PpcMemory, PpcJokes and PpcBattery. You can buy it or try it at Handango. [Affiliate]