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Treo Software Roundup - v103108

Fri Oct 31, 2008 - 9:38 AM EDT - By Neal Martin

WM Software

WM New:

Task2Gather

VITO Technology has released its online project & task management utility Task2Gather. Task2Gather saves tasks in the web cloud for users to access them any time they need. Task2Gather key features are intuitive user-friendly interface, hierarchic organization, and easy task sharing!

Task2Gather is very flexible and serves equally well both for organizing and supervising work flow in mid-size companies and also for managing personal to-do or shopping lists! The hierarchic structure allows users to divide any project or task into unlimited number of sub-tasks.

Task2Gather provides an easy way to communicate for project participants through comments. Everybody in a team stays updated on the latest changes as there appear notifications for unread comments. Apart from comments there are also displayed all history changes for every task and project!

AND, Task2Gather is mobile! Task2Gather supports such useful for task management features as assigning deadlines, colors, progress (in hours) to tasks, synchronization with Outlook tasks. All this is available for Task2Gather users on the go. They can finally take their business with them!

Head over to the download page and check it out and grab it here for only $4.95!


Budget Manager Deluxe v4.0

Budget Manager, by Lakshmi Solutions LLC, will help you to keep track of all your expenses and to manage your budgets. It will help you to see where you are spending your money, where you can save money if you manage yourself better, and will help you monitor your budgets to achieve your desired savings!

Features:

  • With Budget Manager you can easily plan and create budgets to track you expenses, your incomes and your savings. With the Budget summary screen you can easily monitor your budgets and compare the current month to your last month information. With the Transactions screens it is simple and fast to mange your transactions, assign them to your budgets, and view them by budget and/or time periods.
  • The application has Analysis tools that will show you summarize information across all budgets, it will indicate potential savings per period, and will show you savings historical information on tabular and graphical screens.
  • Configure Budget Manager to your needs, setting security password to protect your information, setup the purge process to maintain only the amount of data that you need on your device, select your country currency, configure the looks of the application, etc.
  • The Deluxe version includes a PC companion, very similar to the software on the Mobile Device, to facilitate data entry on the PC. From PC companion the user can export Budget and Transaction data to a word file or to excel as a CSV file for printing or analysis. You can also sync your data between your PC and your Mobile Device.
  • The application contains a budgeting Tips screen for the novice users, and Help features describing each screen.

Is it worth a small investment to help you create and keep track of a personal budget? If so, buy it now!

Get Budget Manager Deluxe here for $14.99!


Mobility Skin Suite v1.1

Mobility Skin Suite, by Juni's PocketPC Skins and Themes, is a take on an official default style user interface. This is for when you want a nice clean default look, but unlike anything else out there.

The suite includes VGA and nonVGA (so-called QVGA resolution) versions, as well as 240x240 QVGA square screen support for devices such as the Treo 750.

WINDOWS MOBILE TODAY THEMES
There are three today themes included. One is a multi-hued green theme, one is a more minimal green theme, and the last is a green Earth logo.

POCKETWEATHER
Weather icons and layouts for PocketWeather 2, also includes tiny icons for use in Pocketbreeze 5.4. There are two included layouts, one for use outside of Pocketbreeze, and for use inside Pocketbreeze.

POCKETBREEZE and CONTACTBREEZE
PocketBreeze and ContactBreeze displays your agenda and contacts on the today screen and also lets you use any other today plugin inside PocketBreeze (such as PocketRSS)

The skin works in any mode (vertical or horizontal). You need PocketBreeze version 5 or higher for the skin to work. All of the Pocketbreeze icons, buttons, and categories are skinned.

WISBAR ADVANCE 3
Wisbar Advance skins the top/bottom bars and WM softkeys and provides you with a task manager, skinned system buttons and much more.

You get a sleek skin for WisbarAdvance 3, replacing the dull default look of the Windows Mobile OS. The skin supports phone edition devices. All supported features are skinned.

ILAUNCHER
iLauncher is a handy program launcher which features battery/memory/storage card indicators keeping you up-to-date with the status of your system at a glance.

Included are replacements for all iLauncher indicator meters, and 10 extra tab icons - completing the look of the suite.

Features:

  • The suite includes VGA and nonVGA (so called QVGA resolution) versions including 240x240 square screen today themes.
  • Three different today themes.
  • WisbarAdvance 3 skin.
  • Weather icons, including 16x16 icons and theme layout for PocketWeather.
  • PocketBreeze and ContactBreeze skin.
  • Meter indicators and Tabs for iLauncher

Great-looking skins!

Get it here for $8.00!


Just Tones v1.0

Just Tones, by 1TouchMobile, lets you search for and set Ringtones using a simple and efficient interface. Search for a contact or ringtone using a Smart Search. Play an existing ringtone for a contact. Search and select multiple contacts from the main screen and set a ringtone for them. Once a contact is selected, the search term is reset and ready for a new search. Just Tones supports playback of mp3, wma and wav files.

Need to set a ringtone for a 'Company'? You can do that with Just Tones. You can also set a ringtone for a particular 'Category' (Personal, Business, Holiday etc.). Contacts can be sorted by Firstname or Lastname.

Features:

  • Set Ringtone for Single or Multiple contacts in one operation
  • Group ringtone using the 'Company' or 'Category' field for a contact
  • Sort contacts by Firstname or Lastname
  • Play/Stop ringtones from the main screen as well as the ringtone selection screen
  • Contacts are displayed along with their ringtone
  • Supports mp3,wma and wav formats
  • Search contacts using a T9 search

This sounds like a marvelous way to personalize both your business AND personal ringtones!

Get Just Tones here for $7.95!


WM Updated:

ActiveCaptain Mobile

As I mentioned here, ActiveCaption Mobile had been released for Palm OS - well, here's an update. ActiveCaptain Mobile is now available for your Windows Mobile phone!

ActiveCaptain Mobile's powerful marine navigation tools, chart archive and electronic guidebook is now available for millions of popular Windows Mobile phones. It's like TomTom® for your boat!!

ActiveCaptain Mobile provides three applications in one program. On its own it's a chart archive providing the capability to store thousands of marine charts on a mobile phone. Users can explore possible destinations and plan future excursions from anywhere with full color NOAA charts. International charts will be available soon.

The addition of a data plan for the mobile phone turns ActiveCaptain Mobile into an online visual marine guide by displaying data from the ActiveCaptain web site. The web site has over 8,000 registered users and over 30,000 marinas, boatyards, anchorages, and local knowledge markers. Access markers to your mobile phone and they are displayed directly on real nautical charts providing a living electronic guidebook.

You can download a free trial here. Registration is $19.95 and includes charts for one US NOAA region. A bundle of all 14 US NOAA regions covering the entire US coastline and the Great Lakes is only $49.95.


FunContact

VITO Technology has updated it FunContact to version 2.16!

Does your contact management routine need a facelift? FunContact adds the impressive phone control to make your contact list trendy. Scroll, call and manage contacts with just the flick of a finger! Now your Windows Mobile touch screen is at its best with integrated finger-sliding management. Scroll through your contact list, call log, favorites and much more! Stunning visual and navigation effects make this the perfect enhancement for your smartphone!

Features:

  • Slide finger to scroll contact list
  • Create a favorites list of the numbers you call the most
  • Sort contacts by first name, last name or company
  • Call log with detailed information
  • Keypad for dialing and T9 contact lookup
  • Full integration with standard contacts
  • Stunning graphics and usability
  • 2 SKINS
  • Joystick support

Minimum Requirements:

  • Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 Phone Edition

If you haven't seen this one yet, watch the videos! This program looks awesome and gives your mobile phone an iPhone feel!

Get FunContact here for $19.95!!


Rampart Chess for Pocket PC

Rampart Software Development has updated its great Chess for Pocket PC to version 2.6!

If you're a beginner, or ready to take on Garry Kasparov, Rampart Chess is the Pocket PC chess program for you. It features high resolution, beautifully-rendered chess pieces, a very powerful chess engine with 10 levels of game play, a two-player mode to challenge your friends, and a fully editable chessboard to set up legendary chess games or puzzles. Use Rampart Chess to learn the game, sharpen your skills, and enjoy hours and hours of challenging fun.

Features:

  • A powerful chess engine featuring 10 levels of game play, and an Aggressive mode featuring more frequent attacks
  • Large opening book of chess moves
  • Ten levels of game play
  • Choose from four different chess piece sets
  • Stunning VGA graphics for Windows Mobile 5.0 and 2003 SE Devices
  • Full Portrait and Landscape mode support
  • Works great on Windows Mobile Treo devices
  • Wide array of customizable board colors
  • Full navigator button support
  • Two-player mode and computer vs. computer mode
  • Multiple chessboard sizes including full-screen and small screen containing additional information
  • Built-in chess rules describing all the pieces and such moves as castling and en passant
  • Hint mode
  • Unlimited Undo moves
  • Automatic saves allow you to return to an incomplete chess game at any time
  • Edit mode allows you to set up any position
  • Quick buttons allow you to access the most frequently used functions with just one tap
  • Clear, easy-to-use interface
  • Built-in program instructions

If you're a chess lover, you should check this one out!

Get it here for just $12.95!


A3VS DVD Catalyst 3: Award Winning All-in-One DVD to PocketPC Converter

A3VS has updated its DVD Catalyst 3 All-in-One DVD to PocketPC Converter to version 360.5!

DVD Catalyst 3 converts DVDs and movies quickly and easily into a format that can be played on a portable device (Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Sony PSP, Creative Zen, Smartphone, PocketPC and more) It offers a multitude of different video types it can create, allowing it to even create video files for non-listed or brand-new devices.

Features:

  • One application supports all devices. No need to purchase an iPod video converter, a pocketpc video converter and a psp video converter, DVD Catalyst 3 does them all.
  • Unrestricted trial. 7 days of full access to DVD Catalyst. No 5 minute test conversions, the files you create with the trial version are 100% identical to the full version. After the trial expires, just install the purchased version and continue where you left off.
  • Automatic black bar (letterbox) removal. For all conversions, DVD Catalyst 3 can remove black bars. It doesn't matter what kind of screen your device has, movies will always look full screen.
  • Unique 1-click interface. While a WIZARD-like program is helpfull for the first 2 conversions, clicking through each option every time you convert a DVD gets anoying after a few conversions. DVD Catalyst 3 is uniquely designed to convert movies with as little clicks as possible. All your settings can be remembered, and after one conversion, you never have to play with the settings again. You can even set it up to start a conversion automatically whenever a new DVD or video file is found.
  • Supported devices. Includes an ever expanding list of conversion profiles for all the popular devices on the market, including Pocket PC, Smartphone, XBOX 360, Playstation3, PSP, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Touch, iPhone, AppleTV, Archos, Zen. If your device is not listed, just email us the specifications of your device, and we'll do what we can to make it work. There is no need to purchase the same program for other devices.
  • Multi-Device queue. DVD Catalyst 3 is the ONLY application on the market that allows you to queue up as many devices as you want for conversions. If you have a variety of devices and you want to watch movies on all of them, DVD Catalyst is your best choice. Queue up your iPhone, the Wife/Daughters Nano and your son's PSP in DVD Catalyst 3, pop in a DVD and click 'Go'.
  • Converts from DVDs, ISOs and Video files. Whatever format your video content is in, DVD Catalyst supports it. Convert from AVC, H264, MP4, DIVX, XVID, WMV, 3GP, MPEG, AVI, MPEG4, TiVo, DVR-MS (SD), TS, FLV, ISO, MDF and more.
  • Converts to all common video formats. Whatever video format you need your files in, DVD Catalyst 3 offers more output options than anything else. Convert to AVC, H264, MP4, DIVX, XVID, WMV, 3GP, MPEG, AVI, MPEG, MPEG4, FLV and more.
  • Automatic batching. Multiple DVD drives, video files, video folders are all automatically queued up for conversion. You can even have DVD Catalyst 3 monitor your Video Recording folders (from MediaCenter, TiVo desktop etc) to check for new files whenever they are available.
  • Automatic (0 Click) conversion. You can have DVD Catalyst automatically start a conversion when a DVD is inserted; a new video file is added to your folders. All of the options in DVD Catalyst 3 can be set for automatic mode, including cropping and language/subtitle selections. You can have it run automatically when your computer starts up, so you never have to see the program again. Install it on a Home Theat
  • re PC (HTPC) and when it's done with a DVD, it will be ejected without ever having to click a button.
  • Can handle more DVDs than before. No need for additional software (AnyDVD is not needed)
  • Complete freedom. While the default settings in DVD Catalyst 3 provide a good quality video file, you can (if you want) change every aspect of the conversion to your needs. One Pass/Two-Pass, Framerate, Screensize, Volume, Birghtness, Contrast and more, are all adjustable and changes will be remembered the next time you run DVD Catalyst 3
  • 80 page PDF manual. While you do not need to read the manual to be able to use DVD Catalyst 3, all of its features are explained in detail. It includes documentation on various aspects of getting video content on a portable device, as well as example scenarios on how to set it up for certain tasks.
  • Support. All DVD Catalyst users who had questions for us are impressed by the way we provide support. We always answer within a day, and mostly even within a few hours. We do not pile up support quests, and we actually do what we can to help. On our website we provide a support forum as well as email support for assisting our users with whatever issue they might have.

Need we say more? Check it out!!

Get it here for $19.95!!


Coming Soon: Agendus for Windows Mobile Version 3.0

An exciting new version of Agendus for Windows Mobile is on its way. Version 3.0, due for release by mid-November and in beta this week, has some new features that are sure to please.

  • New Views: There is a Business Card Mode, which allows you to view contact details and perform a number of actions (i.e. emailing, calling, sending a SMS) from the card itself. We’ve also added a Photo Dial Mode that provides tap-to-dial capability.
  • Templates: Popular with those using the Palm OS version of Agendus, Agendus for Windows Mobile will provide the time-saving ability to store templates for Meetings, Tasks and Calls.
  • Free Time Finder: Another popular feature from the Palm OS version of Agendus, it provides a quick way to scan the calendar and identify potential slots for meetings.
  • Agenda Walkthrough: You will now be able create a checklist of what you need to go over during a meeting, task or call by simply opening up the item's note and enter your list of important discussion topics preceded by a " " or "-".

You can get Agendus for WM Pocket PC Standard Edition here for $19.95 and the Pro Editions here for $24.95.

Stay tuned, and we'll let you know when version 3.0 comes out!


Free Halloween Theme Pack

To get into the Halloween spirit, here is a Free Halloween Theme from Mobiletopsoft.com. made by Lyma Design.

Automatic Installation, just connect your device and click to install themes.

Compatible with Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003/SE and 2005.

Get it here for Free.



Well, that wraps it up for this week's roundup. I'll be back next week to round up the latest Treo/Centro software! Have a Happy Halloween everyone!





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