Spb Mobile Shell is the first program a Pocket PC user needs to install. It dramatically improves the standard user interface and adds features that most users expect from a modern PDA phone. Spb Mobile Shell introduces the next generation user interface while keeping all advantages of a Windows Mobile device. Enjoy your Pocket PC!

Features:

• The most important information on one screen Phone style menu
• Weather forecasts
• Photo speed dial
• World time
• Launcher
• Big dynamic tabs on Today
• Color based themes
• Smart contact search
• Auto-hide mode for Today plug-ins

Download Spb Mobile Shell 2.1.2 in Softonic

If you still hold fond memories of those old-fashioned dial phones, then you may want to install Old Phone on your Pocket PC.

Old Phone replaces the default Windows Mobile phone component, adding a real dialing disc in the style of those telephones. You can then 'dial' your number using Old Phone simply by clicking on the number on the display. The dialer will then spin around and the digit you entered will be displayed at the top.

There are a few options in Old Phone that you can tinker around with, such as the ability to toggle between a normal call and a hands-free one, switch back after a set number of seconds, and enable or disable the dialing sound effect (which is very realistic, incidentally).

Old Phone is great fun to play around with for a while, although after a while you get a bit annoyed by its slowness. It can take a couple of seconds for each number dial to animate, so I wouldn't recommend it for making emergency calls!

Ultimately Old Phone is a bit gimmicky, but it makes for an interesting customization for retro fans.

Download Old Phone 1.2 in Softonic

I don't know about you, but I find it difficult to imagine how any of us got around before the invention of Google Maps. The online app is now probably the best way of finding the best route between A and B, and is also great for looking down at your house from the clouds.

Combined with GPS satellite positioning and a mobile phone, Google Maps is a powerful weapon against getting lost, and Google Navigator merges these three things beautifully. The program is able to download maps from the great Google site for offline viewing.

From here Google Navigator can search, view points of interest, plan routes and explore any area of the planet. Like Google Maps, the program includes three viewing modes: map, satellite, and hybrid; different zoom levels, and the ability to save your routes KML

More importantly, if you have GPS, you can view your position on the screen and activate the route planner navigation mode. This works in much the same way as a sat-nav system you'd use in a car and even includes voice instructions to help you get to where you're going.

If you find yourself getting lost on a regular basis, Google Navigator will help you get out of tight situations using your Pocket PC. If you have a GPS receiver too, you'll find this app even more useful.

Download Google Navigator 4.1 in Softonic

Why phone someone when you can chat with them using instant messaging? I guess there are about a million answers to that one, but nevertheless if you're hooked on IM then you may wish to text chat via your mobile phone. Slick is a free instant messaging client that allows you to talk online with your friends via the most popular IM networks.

Specifically, the client lets you connect and communicate with friends on ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM and MSN Messenger. Besides just sending and receiving messages you can also add emoticons (not enough to choose from for my liking though), change your status and add new contacts.

The interface is not too taxing to find your way around and owes much of its design to the popular IM clients. Thankfully, it also brings with it some of the more advanced features of these clients too, including the ability to share files, view chat history, and set up all manner of alerts.

If you're looking for a no-nonsense way of chatting with your IM contacts on the bus then Slick provides a, well, slick, means of doing so.

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SKSchema is a multi-functional scheduler allowing to automatically perform different actions at the time specified as well as to perform actions depending on other programs being launched/closed. The program can be used as an advanced alarm clock and also as a reminder.

SKSchema features include:

• Runs programs, plays sound files at the specific time, with the specified periodicity
• shows a reminder at the time specified along with a signal (a sound file, vibro). A reminder can be postponed
• Sends sms at the time specified
• Makes a phone call at the time specified (it is very useful when somebody should be woken up automatically)
• Switched PDA on and off and makes a soft reset at the time specified
• Closes the indicated programs at the time specified
• Clones an event (for example, to beep every 25 min within 5 hrs)
• Switches a phone on and off (PIN-code input is possible), BT and Wi-Fi on/off
• Emulates a screen tap or a keyboard input
• Supports scripts which are to be executed at the time specified as well as directly from Explorer or with a shortcut in Start Menu
• Watches launched and closed programs (by window name) and performs different actions for these events
• Has an adjustable Today plug-in showing the most immediate tasks and also used for a quick-launch of SKSchema
• It is possible to create frequently used sets of events

A multi functional sceduling tool for your Pocket PC.

Download SKScheMa 1.2.10 in Softonic

Skype is a little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. It’s free and easy to download and use, and works with most computers.

Download, register, install, plug in your headset, speakers or USB phone and start calling your friends. The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. You don’t even need to configure your firewall or router or any other networking gear. It just, you know… works. And now you can use the world famous program on Pocket PC! Is this the end of the telephone?

Download Skype for Pocket PC 2.2.0.45 in Softonic

Skype is great for making free or cheaper calls from your computer. But what if you're out and about and want to speak to your Skype contacts on the move? Then you need iSkoot.

iSkoot is a free program that puts Skype on your Pocket PC. As a result, you can make calls to people, chat via IM and even receive Skype calls to your mobile. You can also use iSkoot to make cheaper international calls using the SkypeOut service.

Setting up iSkoot is a painless procedure. You just need to select your model, download the installer and enter your Skype ID and password once the client is installed (you can create a new account if you need to). Your Skype contacts are automatically displayed and you can start calling right away by clicking on the name. Anyone familiar with Skype will be able to pick it up straight away, but there is a handy online help section if you need some assistance.

Call quality in iSkoot is generally excellent, and data connection speeds aren't really an issue, due to the way the system works. iSkoot basically connects you to a server which is in turn connected to the voice network via a regular mobile call. The only problem with this method is that it means you may get hit with long distance call charges, since you don't know what the number will be until the iSkoot server makes the call. The upshot of this is that if you're using your phone abroad you could end up racking up a large bill calling home as you will get hit with roaming charges. For making Skype calls in your own country though, the service is great as you bypass the need to pay call charges.

Provided you're only using it close to home, iSkoot offers a great way to chat cheaply on your mobile.

Download iSkoot 1.1 in Softonic

CommMgrPro allows you to control your PDA Phone Edition with profiles automatically selected depending on your current location(Phone Cell / LAC) and current time. You can select manually profiles too if you want.

Download CommMgrPro 2.1.1 in Softonic

ProfiMail is application for your everyday life. It is a communication solution for your mobile device. Wherever you go, you have your e-mail with you. With program's user interface, you can see a great part of message on screen at a time, and easily navigate during reading. You can use ProfiMail for your professional work - reading documents sent in messages, comfortably answer to sender, or send documents from device.

You can also use ProfiMail for being in touch with your friends, who use e-mail on a desktop computer. For example, you can send photos taken with phone camera immediately. The program was designed to be as simple as possible, while offering very easy controlling, and many useful functions, essential for comfortable work with your e-mail.

Features:

• Automatic synchronization of messages with mail server
• IMAP folders
• Attachments - view, save, send
• HTML messages with images and hyperlinks
• Built-in File Explorer
• Address book
• Signatures
• Support for POP3 / IMAP / SMTP mail servers
• Writing mails using T9 dictionary
• Multiple email accounts
• Rules and filters allowing selective message download
• Opens and browses ZIP archives
• Support for various character encoding - Western, Cyrillic, Central European, and more
• Build-in image viewer - JPG, PNG and other popular formats
• Text viewer for standard text, HTML and Word documents
• Optimized for GPRS - get headers first, then download messages you're interested in
• Scheduled message download

Download ProfiMail 2.91 in Softonic

Despite all the advancements in mobile technology in recent years, no manufacturer has yet managed to invent a self-powering phone, and as such our devices are often rendered 'immobile' such is out need to charge them all the time.

One of the surest ways to drain the power from your Pocket PC is having the display on all the time. Of course, most of the time this isn't a problem as you don't actually leave the screen on at all times.

However, there are certain applications, such as MP3 players, GPS loggers and desktop syncing tools that, by default, leave your display running while you're using them. In most cases you don't need to see the display and as such are simply wasting precious battery.

BlackMe provides a simple, no-nonsense way of turning off your phone's display when you don't need it on. You just need to assign a key to the program, then strike that key any time you want to power-off the display. Pressing the central button on your PPC's d-pad will switch the screen back on. It really is that simple.

Although BlackMe has nothing in the way of a program interface or special features such as display shutdown scheduling, you may still find it a valuable battery lifesaver.

Download BlackMe 1.2 in Softonic

If you're looking for a complete cleaning, reorgqanising and all round general cleansing solution for your Windows Mobile device, then SKTools comes packed with a bunch of tools to make your life easier.

This is a genuinely powerful maintenance toolkit with so many tools included it's hard to know where to start. All of them combine to ensure that your registry is clean, your hard drive spic and span and that your RAM is completely flushed clean. Tools at your disposal include those to clear your temporary and cache folders such as IE contents, IE history, Mail attachments, Terminal Server client cache, Opera cache, NetFront cache and custom folders. In addition the program finds and deletes temporary, empty and obsolete files, malicious or corrupted registry keys and values, faulty shortcuts and other files that are deemed to be taking up valuable space on your portable device but are not needed anymore. It also of course empties recycle bins and deletes temporary files. The FreeUP RAM tool is probably one of the nicest feature of this toolkit allowing you to free up to 50K-2M of RAM. It can be set to kick in whenever your RAM reaches below a certain point and close tasks that are hogging your RAM. Note however that it can sometimes struggle to deal with excessive RAM usage and end up slowing down your system more than speeding it up.

This is a handy set of tools for Windows mobile devices that does an efficient job although apart from the RAM cleaner, doesn't perform anything you wouldn't normally expect from such a package.

Download SKTools 4.3.1 in Softonic

I've always used a pre-paid mobile as I don't want to be a slave to a network operator for the rest of my life. It's great to have the freedom to pay whenever you like but if you're not careful, you're spending can get out of control and it can end up costing more than a contract phone.

If you're constantly running out of credit or find that you've been spending much more on top-ups since switching from a contract-based plan, then you might want to give LCMinutes a try. The program allows you to efficiently monitor your call spending in real time, saving you valuable dollars and ensuring that you're never run out of credit.

Setting up the program is a little complicated as you need to set up details of your operator and fiddle around setting the tariffs/call plan that you're on. Once you've got the hang of this though, the app works very efficiently, keeping control over the number of text messages and calls you make from your phone to ensure that you're within your credit limit.

In addition, the program lets you filter listings by month, keep a history of call and message charges, create customized balance sheets and also adds a neat credit consumption guage on your Today screen. I tried it out, and felt that these tools genuinely did help me to keep my call times down and save me money in the process.

If you're the kind of person who chops through credit on your pre-paid phone then LCMinutes is well worth downloading.

Download LCMinutes 1.54 in Softonic

Professional protection for Pocket PCs and smart phones based on the proven AntVir malware protection technology.

Your advantages at a glance:

Comprehensive security

Use your Pocket PC under Windows CE and Windows Mobile 5 or your system-based smart phone to be certain you are reliably protected against malware attacks. Your administered data can neither be stolen manipulated nor destroyed.

Simple installation and updating

The program is installed in a matter of seconds through the ActiveSync procedure of the Pocket PC or by transferring the program package on your smart phone. The program immediately is at your disposal without restrictions - the same as all updates.

Systematical information management

The system informs you about every malware detection and offers you the possibility to immediately delete the infected files. Search, status and version information can be retrieved at any time.

Low resource consumption

The specially developed AntiVir malware detection engine only occupies a main storage of 150 till 220 KB and herewith constitutes one of the smallest but yet most powerful search engines on the market.

Download AntiVir mobile 6.41.00.09 in Softonic

phoneAlarm is a Today screen plugin - giving you total control over your Pocket PC Phone. Never miss an important call, SMS or Email again. Automatically switch profiles and quickly access Inbox, call history and control the state of bluetooth directly from the Today screen. Optimised for one-handed and in-car use.

phoneAlarm key features:

• Provides repeating alarms on new SMS, Email, missed calls & voice messages
• 7 Custom Phone profiles with manual / time-based automatic switching.
• Alarm notification on weak battery and phone signal (WM 5.0 only)
• Customise sound, volume and options for each alarm type in each profile
• Mute device and phone volume
• Skinnable user interface (How to create skins)
• Bluetooth and Flight mode control via profiles (also for Widcomm/Broadcomm stack)
• Auto-profile change on <'ActiveSync'> (Work) and <'Power - no ActiveSync'> (Car), also based on time or Appointment category
• 1-hand skin navigation and quick-dialer for last 10 numbers (only for WM 5.0 & WM 2003 SE)
• Icons provide direct access to Inbox, missed call history etc.
• Task-switcher pop-up to close running applications
• Option to cycle radio (off/on) to change user on dual SIM
• English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech, Hungarian, Russian and Chinese user interface
• Supports VGA display
• Optimised for fast performance and maximum platform support
• Simple installation

Download phoneAlarm 2.05 in Softonic

Turn your Pocket PC into a virtual notepad! No notes-folder searches anymore! Browse your notes. Sheet by sheet. Like you would do it with a real notepad! Shopping lists, meeting notes oder a phone numbers during a walk...everthing is no problem! From now on, no keypad usage necessary! Use your handwriting!

MASPware HandNotes simulates a real notepad, starting from appearance to handling. Now its possible to use and administration handwritten notes quick and easy.

Features of the program include:

• Quick and easy browsing (using icons and hardware-keys)
• QVGA and real VGA support
• Serveral pencolors
• Choose pen thickness
• Blank, cross-hatched and lined papers
• Page background colors
• Rubber
• Fullscreen-mode
• Minimize-mode
• Export sheet to graphics file for printing
• Send sheet via email on the go
• Exchange sheets using infrared port

Download HandNotes 3.0.2 in Softonic

I'm no Picasso, but I do enjoy scribbling the odd work of 'art' on the back of a cigarette packet on the way to work in the morning.

Actually, these days I don't use a cigarette packet as my canvas, but rather my mobile phone, which I find to be a much more workable solution. MiTo Team Paint is one of a number of drawing apps for Pocket PC and offers you the chance to doodle onto your device with your finger or stylus, using the touchscreen.

This utility is very much at the low end of the graphic design app scale, and is a bargain basement bin version of the likes of Adobe Illustrator or Corel Painter. There's only really one tool - the pen tool (obviously), which you can use to create pretty pictures on screen.

You can choose one of five different pen widths and change between seven colors, although you can't mix your own from a palette like most graphics software lets you do. Once you've finished your creation you can save it onto your device to preserve forever. Unfortunately you can only save as a BMP file though.

MiTo Team Paint is essentially a very basic drawing tool with no added bells and whistles. It is free though, and is better for the environment than doodling on endless bits of paper.

Download MiTo Team Paint 1.2 in Softonic

You might not realize it, but mobile phones can make for great musical accompaniments for any tracks you might be producing. I'm not talking about sampling ringtones here, but rather using your device as a digital drum machine.

Little Snazzy Drummer is designed to let you do just that, allowing you to build drum loops and play them through your device. Once you've installed the cab file you can start playing around with beats by clicking on the 'Edit' option. Here you'll find five different drum tracks which, when put together, will form your loop or be used as a metronome to keep you in time.

The drum tracks comprise of Bass, Snare, Closed hat, Open hat, and Rim shot. Each track in the sequence has its own timeline where you can set the intervals at which each will sound, simply by checking or unchecking the boxes that run across the track. The track plays while you're editing, allowing you to easily preview the changes live and tinker with each track to keep the beat. Unfortunately, you can't isolate individual tracks though.

Once you've finished your beat, you simply return to the 'Play' menu and it will loop continuously, accompanied by a picture of a little snazzy drummer (who looks more like a big grotesque monster, if you ask me). It would've been nice if this little guy was animated but I guess you can't have everything.

It may not be the most advanced music production tool in the World, bu Little Snazzy Drummer is a very cool app that will help you create drum beats without any technical knowledge.

Download Little Snazzy Drummer 2008 Lite in Softonic

All game data including your local time. Simply to handle and insert match results. But there will be no need to manually insert match results. mySoccer supports live update via internet. If you have a phone edition you can get the results directly on the run through a possible GPRS or UMTS connection. For others mySoccer supports a manual update via file directly from our homepage.

Download mySoccer 2008 2.0 in Softonic

MobiBlogr is a free blog software for Windows Mobile. With MobiBlogr on your Windows Mobile mobile phone, you can blog at anytime and anywhere. EThis means you can enjoy all the freedom of blogging on the go.

Features:

• Standard blogging: publish post to web, edit/delete published post, get recent posts
• Photo blogging: edit and publish blog enclosing local photos
• Richtext editor supporting most of richtext tag
• Full HTML featured viewer
• File Upload, one-click photo upload to your online album
• Built-in gallery view for photo browsing and uploading
• Auto blog/upload newly captured photos

Download MobiBlogr 1.5.1 in Softonic

The speakerphone is one of my favorite mobile phone features of all time, and it's great to be able to talk and have your hands free at the same time.

Unfortunately, setting speakerphone as your default way of answering the phone isn't really possible on the Windows Mobile platform - unless you have SpeakerPhone installed on your device. This simple, free utility automatically switches on the hands-free mode when a call comes in, or even when you make an outgoing call.

Configuring SpeakerPhone is a very straightforward proposition. You simple need to enable the appropriate option in the Incoming or Outgoing call menu in the program. You can also set the application to auto-answer, specifying the delay time.

Once launched, the application will hide itself and display an icon on the home screen, which you can use to open it and adjust its settings. This makes SpeakerPhone very simple to operate, although it would've been nice to have seen some extra features tagged onto the interface, such as in-call volume control or a Hold switch.

But if you just want a quick and easy way of automatically switching your device to speakerphone, this app is ideal.

Download SpeakerPhone – Auto On 1.04 in Softonic