The virtual wallet market is popular with software developers. Nearly all PDA users make use of some sort of virtual wallet program to store their credit card numbers, email passwords or other personal data. eWallet, already regarded by most as the leader in its field has improved on its already excellent reputation with version 4, a feature packed virtual wallet application which is near perfect.

Whatever information you want to keep safe, eWallet is designed to help you entering and retrieving your data with the least hassle possible. Like most virtual wallet programs, it includes a range of categories to choose from as well as a ‘custom’ category option. However, because eWallet’s range of categories is so expansive (check out the ‘internet settings’ option with space for IP addresses, default gateways and more), you may find that you never even need to create a custom category.

When you create a new card (a card can represent an actual credit card or any other record), you’re immediately given a range of customisation options which exceed the offerings of other programs. Change the colour of your card, add a custom .ico icon file, or even a sound effect to make each entry unique and easily recognisable. Cards can be created in the main set of your data store or in unlimited levels of subcategories, offering a level of organisation which is simply unavailable in other applications.

eWallet’s level of security is also impressive. With frequent requests for your passcode, you can be sure that no one can simply pick up your PDA and gain access to your cards. eWallet offers 256-bit encryption where some of its competitors still don’t encrypt your data at all. It also offers you the option to set password hints on individual items, a handy and popular data-protection technique often employed on websites. With top level stability, eWallet can be relied on to stand up to the job, even if you use your virtual wallet application frequently.

As you may be able to tell, we were pretty happy with this version of eWallet! It has so few flaws that the biggest issue we had was with the non-alphabetic listing of icons in the card-editing screen – hardly a critical issue. Synchronisation via SyncPro is actually far better than using ActiveSync, given that it doesn’t need to upload/download the entire database each time it syncs: SyncPro is capable of only updating the latest changes you’ve made, saving you precious time.

eWallet performs its core role with simplicity and ease of use and then offers you a higher level of customisation than any of its competitors. It’s not only the best in its category but one of the few absolute ‘must have’ programs for Palm, Pocket PC and Windows Smartphones. With practically no negative points, it just can’t get a higher recommendation!

Download eWallet 6.1.3 in Softonic

Blackjack! Aces Blackjack™ is a classic blackjack game with a few extra twists. Play in classic style and use the included reference card to improve your game or kick it up a notch and go for the high scores!

Included in Aces Blackjack™ are Aces Time Crunch and Aces Hand Challenge. With Aces Time Crunch, race against the clock as you try and see how much money you can win. Aces Hand Challenge is similar to how blackjack tournaments are played, you have a certain number of hands to see how well you can do! Be careful, Aces Blackjack™ is very addicting with all the options and games included!

Game Features:

• Set the number of decks between 1-10
• Play the Aces Time Crunch game for high scores as you race against the clock!
• Aces Hand Challenge game lets you see how much you can win in a set number of hands
• So every hand counts!
• Included Blackjack reference card to help you improve your game
• Included card shoe with yellow cut card indicating how much of deck has been dealt
• Great sound effects with on/off option and volume control
• Play in portrait or landscape mode
• Supports hi-res and all screen sizes
• Navigational key and stylus support
• Statistics for games and your career statistics
• Play 1 of 4 game speeds
• Set the table limits
• Choose to allow splitting of hands
• Split up to 3 hands
• Choose whether to allow Double Down or not
• Choose if you want the dealer to offer you Insurance
• Set betting to automatically start at the previous bet amount
• Setting to pause at the end of a hand
• The game is automatically saved for you so that you can resume it later

Download Aces Blackjack 1.0.12 in Softonic

It’s hardly a secret that Microsoft’s native handwriting recognition software for Pocket PC leaves much to be desired. Calligrapher 8.3 fills the gap left by Microsoft and adds plenty of extra features to sweeten the deal.

Calligrapher allows you to enter text directly into the main window of any application, rather than forcing you to write in the small field at the bottom of the screen. This makes for a lot more freedom than in other handwriting recognition tools, gives you more space to work in, and clearly helps the program to recognize characters and words more accurately.

As well as the standard features, Calligrapher boasts a built-in spell checker which is a nice touch, but it is the accuracy of the recognition engine which really impresses. You’ll need to take some time to learn how to use this application, but it’s easier to use than many of its competitors so this is shouldn’t prove to be a major issue.

In all, Calligrapher 8.3 is a major improvement on your Pocket PC’s default handwriting recognition software and is recommended to anyone who has struggled with Microsoft’s disappointing effort.

Download CalliGrapher 8.7 in Softonic

Use Chronos to to save valuable time and avoid looking at the clock every minute. Chronos fills the gap in Windows Mobile operating system by offering:

• Unlimited number of highly customizable alarms
• Unlimited number of countdown timers
• 2 multi-stage lap timers

Chronos alarms offer complete control over alarm behavior:

• Alarms can be set to signal only on certain days of the week, they can be one-time or repetitive.
• Alarm can notify you by playing sounds (unique: MP3 support), turning on/off vibration, blinking the LED.
• You can select custom sound stored in memory or on the storage card.
• The sound can be played with ascending volume and in loops (i.e. as many times as you need).
• Vibration (requires hardware availability of the feature) can be set to work before or with the sound. Pulsation is customizable too.

Countdown timers are used to notify you when certain amount of time elapses. Countdown timers can have two time periods (second period starts after first period of time is complete). You can completely customize sound and vibro notifications for the timer (in the same way as for alarm). Settings of each countdown timer can be saved as a template for future use.

Two multi-stage timers let you count time of some action and compare results of two attempts. You can use timer to fix intermediate results (for example when you run 5 laps, you can track time of each lap).

An extensive, full featured 'time tool' for your Pocket PC.

Download Chronos 3.9.4 in Softonic

If you need to carry a powerful calculator around all the time for either your work or studies then perhaps it's time you minimized your baggage by installing PocketCAS on your Pocket PC.

PocketCAS is a free scientific calculator that allows you to perform complex equations on your mobile device. In fact, it's just as powerful as even some of the most advanced pocket calculators on the marketing. Among its capabilities, PocketCAS enables you to perform symbolic and numeric integration and derivation of non-trivial functions, and to solve differential equations.

PocketCAS also boasts support for a huge range of linear algebra problems, like solving linear equation systems, multiplying and inverting matrices, finding eigenvalues (and eigenvectors, of course) and much more.

The PocketCAS environment is fully programmable and it contains a number of predefined keys for much quicker inputting.

Bear in mind that PocketCAS is designed to perform advanced mathematics, and if you just want a calculator for more simple equations, this one may confuse you a tad, especially as there is little help inside the program.

Nevertheless, PocketCAS makes for an excellent scientific calculator for Windows Mobile.

Download PocketCAS 1.2.1 in Softonic

Pocket Player 3.2 is a rockin' way to enjoy music and video on your Pocket PC or Smartphone. Through multiple media and playlist formats, Internet connectivity, plugin extensions, and an intuitive interface, Pocket Player means less taps, more music!

What makes pocket player different?:

• Full music and video support: MP3, WMA, WMV1 2, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and WAV!
• Protected WMA support, u-Law, A-Law, AU, and ADPCM WAV (used in Voicemail attachments) playback
• 10-band Equalizer and Preamp, with presets!
• Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP): browse and play content from your desktop!
• Web radio guide and podcast streaming, with pause, auto-resume and seek functionality!
• Voicemail playback (WAV attachments), integrates to your Inbox!
• Visualizations and downloadable Album Art support
• Media Browser, handles 1000+ tracks with ease!
• Full Pocket PC and Smartphone support, including version 2002, 2003, WM5 and Windows Mobile 6 compatibility!
• Skinnable (Pocket Player, WMP, and WSZ skins)
• Skin hue adjustment: change skin colors
• Themed and skinned Today plugin
• HTTP, Windows Network, Shoutcast, Icecast streaming
• ID3 v1/v1.1/v2 reading; scans device in background
• Gapless playback with variable crossfading
• Automatic Microdrive buffering support
• "Local Content" playlist auto-detects all tracks on device
• Playlist manager, auto-generating smart playlists!
• Pocket PC Notification Icon playback controls
• DSP Plugin support, including Bass Boost
• User-managed Bookmarks support; jump to a file and time
• For Podcasts and audio books: "Seek to last position", Auto-resume
• Hardware button mapping, button locking, one-handed navigation, including support for the Smartphone scroll wheels
• Bluetooth Remote control and headphones support
• Optional sleep timer
• Automatic screen shutoff

Download Pocket Player 3.7 in Softonic

Many of us want to lose weight but few of us have the motivation to keep up our diets. iFitOne offers a way of tracking your weight loss in great detail over time.

iFitOne is certainly a comprehensive tool, allowing you to take care of every aspect of your weight loss program. You start by filling in a profile in which you outline details about your current physical state. You then define a target weight and dimensions that you want to hit, and the date by which you want to reach it.

From then on iFitOne is all about tracking your progress. There are daily logs for you to record what you eat, your mood and your current weight and measurements. All this information can be entered quickly and simply without the need to key it all in manually. iFitOne even lets you enter activities into your daily logs to track your exercise regime.

The data you enter in iFitOne every day can be used in a number of different ways, whether it's to generate graphs or to examine your daily goals and whether you've met them. It takes a little while to get accustomed to the iFitOne interface because windows seem to pop up all the time and there are lots of options to navigate.

However, if you want some assistance in getting into shape, iFitOne makes for a convenient assistant.

Download iFitOne 1.0.1843 in Softonic

If you use a Windows Mobile Pocket PC then you'll probably have noticed that the built-in clock on the today screen isn't particularly thrilling.

If you want to add a more attractive and functional clock to the main screen of your device then you could give Pocket Digital Clock a try. The application replaces the network provider information section on the Today screen with a large white-on-black digital clock display. The clock displays hours, minutes and seconds, and it also shows you the date above the timepiece itself.

The program is a bit awkward to install - you need to reset your device after installing the CAB file and even then I had to play around a bit with files and registry keys. Once it's running it looks pretty slick though and has a very small memory footprint so you shouldn't notice any adverse effects on your device's performance, like so many plug-ins cause these days.

Ultimately though, Pocket Digital Clock doesn't really add any amazing new functionality to your device. The fact that the preset Windows Mobile time and date display appears above the clock highlights the fact that this app is merely duplicating what you already have.

However, if you want a clearer way to quickly check the time, Pocket Digital Clock does an adequate job.

Download Pocket Digital Clock 1.1.8.1 in Softonic

Ever find that one countdown timer just isn't enough? Me too, and that's why I installed TouchWatch on my Pocket PC.

Imagine you need to do several things at once like boil an egg, run a bath, marinade a chicken, and wash some clothes in the washing machine. Ordinarily you would need four separate watches or timing devices in order to track how long each one has got left. Not with TouchWatch though, because the program lets you run up to four timers simultaneously.

Configuring the timers in TouchWatch is a simple affair. You just need to touch one of the four timers on display and use the corresponding arrow buttons to set the hours, minutes and seconds (you can't enter these manually, unfortunately).

Among the other features of TouchWatch are the ability to set auto notification and vibrate notification. You can also customize the background image and notification sound, although you'll need to enter the path to these files manually as there is no 'Browse' button.

It still feels very much like a Beta release (which it is) but TouchWatch is nevertheless an easy way to run multiple countdown timers.

Download TouchWatch 1.1 Beta 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 2.06 in Softonic

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

One of the first games I played on the NES was Duck Hunt. Many an evening was spent with a blaster in my hand aiming at pixelated fowl on the TV.

Now you can recreate those halcyon days on your Palm thanks to this new version of Duck Hunt. The game sees you take on the role of a hunter, shooting down as many drakes as you can within the three minute time limit. The more ducks you kill, the more your score.

Duck Hunt is a simple concept with a simple control system. All you need to do is tap the ducks with your stylus as they fly past the screen. You'll need to reload your ammo after so many shots by clicking on the 'Reload' button in the bottom corner. Be careful not to hit the precious red pigbirds or the fishermen, or you will lose points.

The graphics and music in Duck Hunt are great fun and the gameplay is pretty addictive. The only drawback is that the game becomes quite repetitive after a while. The backgrounds change as you progress through Duck Hunt, but there's little variety in the terms of the targets or the gameplay.

Duck Hunt is very well presented and it's amusing diversion for a while, but there's little diversity to keep you coming back to the game.

Download Duck Hunt 1.01 in Softonic

They say that keeping fish is a relaxing stress-reliever. Well, install Insaniquarium and you may disagree with this theory.

Insaniquarium is a colorful game in which you must keep a tank of fish thriving. You need to feed the fish regularly by tapping on them to release a flake of food. You'll know when they get hungry because they turn green. This is more difficult than it sounds because the fish in Insaniquarium are a greedy bunch and they often cluster together, making it hard to single one out for a dose of food.

There's plenty more to Insaniquarium than just feeding hungry mouths. Along the way, you'll have to collect coins to buy new fish, better food, and even weapons, which you'll need to defeat the alien intruders that come along from time-to-time.

Insaniquarium may be a little strange but it's actually a pretty decent game. There are four different game modes to keep you occupied and the graphics and sound effects are quite amusing, even if the music gets a bit annoying.

Insaniquarium provides an interesting diversion for any fish fanatics out there.

Download Insaniquarium 1.00 in Softonic

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

What can we say about one of the most addictive, amusing and competitive games on the market? How about, … now you can play it on your PocketPC!

You heard right! One of the most hair-raising arcade games of all times is now available in its PPC version. And what's more, this reedition is very loyal to the original. All the characters, scenes, weapons, objects and extras are all on your PocketPC.

With graphics identical to its most recent 16-bit versions and very similar audio effects together with the high level of addiction and an awesome playability, SuperBomber is quickly recognised as a first-rate title that your device should not be without.

What's more, thanks to the connectivity resources offered by your device, you can play in multiplayer mode with up to four simultaneous players.

Classic, highly enjoyable game you can play alone or with friends.

Download SuperBomber 0.95 in Softonic

Accessing applications and resources on your Pocket PC can sometimes be a bit fiddly. So, perhaps it's time you installed an application launcher on your Windows Mobile device.

Elecont Launcher is a fully-featured quick launch plug-in for your Today screen, designed to provide you with speedy access to your favorite programs, web addresses, documents, or control panel items.

Setting up Elecont Launcher proves very easy. You simply need to click the icons you want to appear on the Today screen from the list displayed. Here you can even set up quick links to files on your device that you regularly need access to. Other things you can customize are the size of the icons (small, medium, big, very big), sounds, and the interface language.

Elecont Launcher certainly offers a finger-friendly way of accessing apps and files from the main Pocket PC display. However, you should be careful about adding too many shortcuts with Elecont Launcher, as your Today screen can end up looking a little overcrowded.

If you're sick of having to wade through countless screens to get to your favorite apps, then Elecont Launcher is well worth a try.

Download Elecont Launcher 1.0.74 in Softonic

4Pockets Auto Tuner is real-time chromatic instrument tuner for your Pocket PC. The tuner can accurately determine the frequency, musical note and octave of any input signal without the need to pre-select target notes or strings.

Auto Tuner automatically calculates the nearest musical note to that being played on your instrument and accurately determines how many cents the note is away from the true frequency. Simply tune your instruments so that the actual frequency of the note being played matches that of the true calculated target frequency. This allows you to easily experiment with different tunings as it eliminates the need to pre-select note frequencies.

The program incorporates harmonic error correction technology and the ability to compensate for notes played in wrong octave, allowing you to tune using either open strings or harmonics.

Download Auto Tuner 1.52 in Softonic

Bejeweled is the official handheld version of the incredibly popular online puzzle game

Amazingly simple to play - Unbelievably hard to put down! One of the rare games that you can play all day ''just one more go'' at a time. Choose from a relaxing and absorbing easy game, or a frantic timed game, as you tap adjacent pairs of gems to swap them and make matching horizontal and vertical lines of three or more.

In recognition of the Handango Champion Awards, Best Game Application 2003 we are excited to offer the all new ''Game of the Year'' Edition featuring the original PopCap pulse-pounding music soundtrack by famed Future Crew composer Skaven.

Bejeweled Features:

• Addictive Gameplay Faithful Conversion of the online game
• High quality grey or color graphics and animation
• Sound Effects
• Really Addictive Gameplay
• Two Modes - easy for relaxation, and Timed for a frantic game
• Export High scores to the Astraware Bejeweled Internet High Score Table
• Instructions and Tips included to get you started
• Automatic Hints to help you play
• Did we mention it was addictive?

Download Bejeweled 2.61 in Softonic

The early Nineties were something of a boom-time for platform games. Titles like Wonderboy, Alex Kidd and Nicky Boom all featured heroic boys on a quest to save their world.

Nicky Boom, a popular hit on the Amiga back in 1993, has now been ported to mobile devices, and recreates the magic of the original very well. The outline of the story is that Nicky's grandfather has been captured by the evil witch Zoldrane, who wants to steal his secrets. Nicky Boom must get to his granddad by traversing a series of perilous levels, conquering all the various creatures that Zoldrane has turned into her dastardly army.

Nicky Boom proves to be a really fun platform romp that brings the memories of those childhood days spent smashing snails and beating up beetles flooding back. Just like the original, the mobile version of Nicky Boom offers huge worlds to explore, secret areas to unlock, and power-ups and weapons to collect along the way.

The graphics in Nicky Boom are pretty good, although I was a bit disappointed by the rendering of the main character. Due to the way the sprite is drawn he's often difficult to spot against red or orange backgrounds, which can become annoying. The backgrounds are nice though and there's a diverse array of imaginative baddies to battle along the way.

There's plenty of fun to be had with Nicky Boom, and it's pretty in-depth for a mobile title.

Download Nicky Boom 1.1 in Softonic

Music is great for dancing to, but did you know that it's also makes the perfect accompaniment to chopping wood, playing tennis and making sandwiches? Install Jaybot's Catchy Cadence on your device and you'll find out why.

Catchy Cadence is a free game where you must test your rhythmic abilities by tapping the screen to the beat of a song. It includes more than a dozen games each with its own song and unique storyline and graphics.

What I loved about Catchy Cadence is the sheer diversity of the gameplay. One minute you find yourself hopping on pipes as a robot in a futuristic world to techno music, while the next you're entering a latin dancing competition in a Simple Simon-style beat-matching game. The graphics in Catchy Cadence are colorful and well rendered and all the scenarios are wonderfully presented.

In terms of the music, Catchy Cadence doesn't contain any licensed tracks, so you won't recognize any of the tunes. Nevertheless, the original songs are very catchy and you'll find yourself humming many of them for some time after you've finished playing.

The control system is ultra-simple and you just need to tap the screen in the right place at the right time. Mastering the games in Catchy Cadence is not so straightforward though, as they move at a very fast pace most of the time. Because you can't progress to the next game until you've completed the previous game, this can become frustrating.

Although there's no two-player mode to speak of, Catchy Cadence still has enough to keep you coming back for more, and the novel Extras menu, where you can unlock songs and other goodies provides a good incentive to stay glued to your screen.

If you're a fan of games like Guitar Hero, Rockband or Frets on Fire, then you'll love playing Jaybot's Catchy Cadence.

Download Catchy Cadence 1.0 in Softonic