yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Flipside:
S2U2, S2V, S2P by A_C +1 for those, and I'd like to add Emunutz for his HTC HomeCustomizer and Chi Tai Dang for Battery Status :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] motisu:
I would like to nominate Slither2006's SCLPC++ cube. It is a fantasticly useful tool in its present form and with the changes that he has stated will be in the next version, I really think that it deserves consideration. It may just be a retrofit for older PDA's, but for the vast amount of older models out there, it gives a new lease on life.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Bobo Xni:
Hi,

for me....

S2U2, S2V, S2P by A_C

BYE, Bobo ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] romualdrichard:
S2U2, Batterystatus, PocketCM, PCM Keyboard

For me
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Yup, BatteryStatus was one of the apps last year I specifically contacted the author of to be able to nominate his app - a really excellent one!

Thanks for the other suggestions.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
See above - one of my most prioritized tasks was tracking down him and nominating his stuff last year. And, thanks for the suggestions :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Wowz! Thanks for mentioning them! I think I'll write a dedicated article on them - I love small "retro" games like these. (Ever seen N.I.'s Retro Games pack?)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thekenster:
s2U2, S2V and S2P

All 3 are Great!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks for the suggestion - I'm not sure I'll add it because the category (Button Enhancers) will be one of the categories that will be greatly reworked now that there're a lot of brand new button enhancers out there (see the related Bible at http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...ton config tips for Opera Mobile & Mini users ). I, however, may still consider it for nomination, given that Mort's other, two apps are of really high quality.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks for the CUBE & the like suggestions; I've promised the Spb folks back in February, at MWC, that I'd publish a generic overview of all phone / iPhone-like enhancers, including their titles. I think I'll give it a high priority and even create a new Awards category for them.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jackleung:
Agree. And his instant bug fix and support is excellent too!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] motisu:
If we are already getting into this type of category, you should also include Ftouchflo and its newer commercial version Ftouchsl. These give fingerscrolling capabilities to all the older, non-touch PDA's.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mr_deimos:
Actually, mortbuttons is not a button enchancer/remapper, but a heavily customizable onscreen menu. It has up top 5 main menus with ability to switch between them with a finger gesture (with few different transition effects), and unlimited number of sub-menus, it also contains a task manager and can serve as a simplified file manager/browser, or start menu browser.

All in all, i highly recommend this program for making our devices more touch-friendly (works great with ftouchflo down-up gesture instead of a cube).

I used to play around touch commander another finger-friendly launcher, but i didn't really like it. After spending some time to configure it, mortButtons is way better - has much smaller memory footprint, looks better (actually, due to its heavy customizability and alpha-blended png support the only limit is your imagination), has no external dependencies (no .NET CF needed) and it's free :)

More info:

http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=page&entry=mb_overview&action=view&menu=14

and

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=349598

And here's how my MortButtons main menu and one of sub-menus look like (the background is transparent and buttons are alpha-blended, so you can see the window below MortButtons trough them, in this case a Today screen):
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] flaviopac:
Best Keyboard: TOUCHPAL

Best game: PocketGravity

Best contact app: PocketCM

Other great softwares: S2U2, S2V, Mortscript, MortButton
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] the0ne:
congrats to u mate , looking forward for the results of the awards
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kidnamedAlbert:
i agree with you. and also ftouchflo or ftouchsl.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] the0ne:
Best Keyboard: TOUCHPAL

Best contact app: PocketCM

Online Backup : Dashwire ( its in Beta , but a very promising app, NOT xda-dev developed )

Backup : PPC PIM Backup

Others : vjlumosii , VJCandelaLite , S2P , FtouchFLO
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ruebyi:
Best todayplugin: UlitmateLaunch!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hav0c:
Batterystatus, Total Commander, S2.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] miljbee:
For me the bests of the bests are Mort's appz. This guy is a god !

MortPlayer

MortButtons

MortScript

But there is also some other I couldn't live without :

plug Today : TodayAgenda

FileMan : TotalCommander

PIM : WebIS Pocket Informant

KB : PCM Keyboard

Browser : NetFront 3.5

There is also some great appz I could live without :

Shell : SPB Mobileshell 2 (althought I don't find it perfect, I think that taskbar gesture is a really great concept, I also love the weather part)

Photo : XnView

File compression : Pocket RAR

I would also like to mention FtouchFLO and FTouchSL. It doesn't work perfectly on my X51V but with some little more work it could become a must have for every PDA users.

Finally, I really would like to see all Mort's app as winners of their categories.

Last but not least, a category is missing :

Forum/community : I vote for xda-dev !
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Hope they do come up with the final version of it before finally finalizing the nominations list (betas of commercial (!) programs can't be nominated).

Thanks for the other suggestions!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iceblue11:
A_C - FTW!!!!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Vukile:
*The complete S2 series by A_C

*FTouchFlo and configurator (It would be useless without it)

*MortButtons, the bare essential.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] die_Melle:
Totaly agree!!!!

ThumbCal is also very great! :)

Greetings, Melle.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dbrotzen:
smartWatchM by MoneyToo enabling a SonyEricsson bt watch accessory with rather limited use for SE smartphones, suddenly become an almost limitless support for WM devices. I bought a WM phone and the watch just to try it out.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisd1a1:
slithers c++ cube, one of the best free launchers there is

(from ppcgeeks) superdaves c++ opera mini4 launcher, a very simple app that enhances the usablity of om4/4.1
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] indiana77:
Hi

Great initiative !

S2U2, QuickMenu, pocketcm contact & keyboard, Mort player & script, Shap's ACT, PIM backup
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] scwilson8382:
I total agree with these but you can't forget APBILBO's Throttle Launcher with Gullum's HTC today skin. Its what HTC forgot in the back room at the factory.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gregoryx:
+1 on QuickMenu (for the money, for sure) and pBar in the same breath.

+1 on Ultimate Launch (for simplicity, flexibility, and price)

+1 on all A_C Apps (S2U2, S2V, S2P) for adding the finger-touch where relevant

+1 on PocketCM - best contact manager AND threaded text messenger

ADD AEButtonPlus? or is it older than this year?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
Must be something like the gread god Om... Though I'm not even able to turn into a tortoise. ;)

That reminds me I finally should update the 2.51 beta (the new image library is now PPC2002 compatible, and I'd like improve a thing or two in the Today plugin)... But currently I'm spending most of my free time with MortPlayer (i780 and other "weird screen sizes" support, alpha channels).

Regarding the category, mr_deimos said the most important stuff. While you can use MortButtons similar to HButton (iterate to item with application button, then wait for timeout), which once was also it's only use, I'd rather see it in the same catecory as all the cube clones. Esp. since it makes a really good team with rlToday (or other launcher Today plugins) or "real" button managers (e.g. short press to run Word, long press to run a MortButtons menu with other office applications).

I once thought about renaming it to MortMenu or something similar, but that'd cause quite some code changes, and by now MortButtons has become some kind of trademark, too. And you could relate the "buttons" part to the ones on the screen, too...

OK, enough about my stuff. Some soft I like:

- rlToday (though it really could use an update...)

- PocketPlus

- PCM Contacts + Keyboard

- MyMobiler

- TotalCommander

- PhoneAlarm

- WBA3

- TodayAgenda

- SKTools

- SPB Weather

- XnView
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shantzg001:
May I suggest my random theme/wallpaper schdeuler, application executor with loads of options, "ShantzTodayChanger" :P

http://tech.shantanugoel.com/projects/windows-mobile/shantztodaychanger
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] freddex:
My impression goes to the Mort's collections. The Force is simply just... strong.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roozbeh:
Well i like my SmileySMS to be in the list.

at least i am using it ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mugglesquop:
PointUI!!!!

excellent interface, smooth and runs well.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] brunoisa10:
A_C's programs are very good

and UltimateLaunch very powerfulllllllll (what I need with today plugin and launcher and a really excellent Cube !!!!)

I like too V2R Multidesk (I can have 8 today desk with different themes and different Today Plugin) and really not expensive (8 euro) , very good program on my P3600 , not from XDA but very good for today desk

and iFonz
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iabaligod:
Nobody's mentioning it, so I will.

Larna's iContact, the first and the best finger contact app.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DJ_Nitro:
Talking about button enhancers, I stick with Hundera's Hbutton, pretty useful! :D

+1 to A_C's and Tene's apps. ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Forgot about iContact! It is awesome, and is not bloated with features like PocketCM. I'm not saying PocketCM is bad, it just feels less slick on my aging prophet...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] BigDogPooh:
Ac's programs all of them are awesome..

Ifonz--still early in design, but by far the best iphone type interface

pocket CM

Thumbcal..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bryangopan:
I totally agree with you for the touchpal one , its reall fast . .. almost 5 to 6 times without stylus ...

only thing isyou have to get used to it ... i never knew but touchpal V3 is released http://www.cootek.com/intro-what's new in V3.aspx
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
my type:

quick menu.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iggy:
Sorry Menneisyys, but I am on the site and all I see is the list of 2007 Winners, I can't find anywhere I can nominate apps.??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] aleadam:
I think is all there:

http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category_all_2007_newquery.asp

Ale.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] evilc:
+1 for UltimateLaunch

Also, I would nominate FingerFriendlyFriends

Plus the new PocketPlayer v3 has a really nice finger friendly music browser
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] EGMine:
Out of curiosity, does anyone know the last date that we can make a nomination?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
MainConcept Mobile Player

http://www.mainconcept.com/site/dev...er-windows-19271/platforms-19277.html?L=77324

DirectShow® compliance, user-defined aspect ratio, full screen mode, play list function, sound control, playback control

MPEG-4 SP/ASP video, AVC/H.264 video and AAC audio playback

Supports third party DirectShow codecs installed in the system

Supports MPEG-2 TS, MPEG-2 PS, AVI and video only file formats

Real-time QCIF (CIF resolution video playback for Intel XScale Wireless MMX processors)

Seek forward and backward options - provide the ability step-by-step positioning through a movie

Played stream information

Ability to work as an RTSP client (opens RTSP URLs for playback)

Ability to work as an RTP client (opens RTP URLs for playback and SDP files)s

Software Requirements:

Windows Mobile 2003 SE with DirectShow® support

Windows Mobile 5.0 with DirctShow® support

Hardware Requirements:

ARM-based CPU (WMMX-enhanced CPU like Intel® XScale PXA27x is required)

32 MB RAM

QVGA or VGA screen

About 4 MB of free storage space

GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA or Wi-Fi modules for the network (RTSP, RTP or UDP) playback
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
About 15th of July?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Do you happen to know whether this is (or will be) sold for end users? While I don't think it'd beat CorePlayer at H.264 / HE-AACv2 (which will be added REALLY soon, according to the CP folks) decoding effectivity (ever seen how bad the Nero player is at these tasks?), I'd definitely want to see a new, competing player.

(Currently, it's only offered for OEM's; we don't judge OEM-only stuff.)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks guys! As soon as I get ready with my YouTube Bible, Digital TV Bible and my W3C speech on Saturday, I evaluate and answer all your new posts.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
MainConcept develops best/high-end H.264 decoders for all platforms.

Adobe Flash Player 9 uses MainConcept H.264 decoder.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ilativon:
After reading your review, I bought WM Download Accelerator and it really helps me in downloading audio book.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bartan:
i should say +1 to this

and as everyone said s2xx all thankz a_c
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] abdelrahim:
sk tools is the best software
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sergiopi:
I add my 5 cents....

In EURO currency :)

I have ATHENA, DASH, HERMES. ATOM Life.

Having an HTC phone is quite common to have cube, HTC HOME as defaut appz (or as add-on), or CHOME having a WM6 Standard with a newest ROM.

From my wife's Atom life owner experience I learned a lesson: SPB mobile shell 2 is THE enhancement needed for a "non HTC" phone and a "non technical user"

First lesson: Language

Doesn't matter the rom language: just install the SW in your language and the device control interface is in your language (not all obviously, but 90% of the common things)

Second Lesson: Home page

Is mainly used to have weather, clock, reminders, appz access and having it in your language.

SPB have a weather application giving daily forecast, divided into moning, day, afternoon, night and this is GREAT if you are a motorcicle driver (of if you have kids) :).

The calendar for the all month is shown and many other things not included in HTC Home. Moreover you have 4 "home": one for daily duties, one for comunications (or more than...), one for applications/settings, one for Infos

Third Lesson: Themes

I've installed the Iphone theme from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2145541&postcount=458

and I my wife liked this also http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2146954&postcount=488

Much better than any other HTC home or cube modification I've ever seen.

Fourth Lesson: Ease of Use (also if you need glasses to read)

My wife is miles far from us: she needs a PDA for managing the family routine , stay in touch with sisters and friends and doing some google search.

WM6 interface isn't for her, HTC Home and Cube enhanced the experience, SPB is the solution On the other side there is my son: he is using the TyTN, is eighteen YO and in the last ROM he deleted the HTC home to install SPB MS2!

The other app we use? S2U2, iphone theme obviously

Conclusion is: best application for non HTC devices? no doubt!

P.S.

I think MWG should pay a fee to me :D for the devices they've sold after many friends have seen the 3g, 1 Gb internal storage, XSCALE 624 MHz processor, RDS Radio, double speaker stereo surround device with SPB MS2!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Zakkoholic:
These are my favorites :

SPB Mobile Shell 2

SPB PhoneSuite

iContact

Thumbcal

rltoday

Mortscript

SmileySMS

ShantzTodayChanger

TomTom6

Conduits PocketPlayer 3

And of course all S2 apps ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mrfantastic:
PPC PIM Backup I believe should be in the running I wouldnt have flashed any new roms to my phone without it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mr_deimos:
I'l like to propose another nomination - Marshall WaitCursor 2 (MWC2):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=383161

It's not a extremely sophisticated and feature-packed program, and does only one thing - replaces the ugly windows "busy" cursor. But it does it really good :D It allows to use custom animations with transparency and custom cursor position :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sakeroni:
just my opinion...

interface: pointui 1.5a / SPB mobile shell

contact manager: pocketCM / iContact

web browser: skyfire / opera 9.5

enhancements: A_C suites / ftouchfl

keyboard: resco keyboard 5.1

audio recorder: vito audio notes

today screen: rltoday

dialer: dxc iphone dialer

:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks you guys and gals. I've contacted all devs you've recommended so that they enter their stuff into the mag's database. I'll try to review (& compare) the apps I don't know in record time so that I can finally decide whether to nominate or not.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] volwrath:
I suppose this one can't get nominated, since its ceased development, but my favorite WM6 program is: ....

WEATHERPANEL (with Phatfinger QVGA I theme) Perhaps we could get the developer started again if he won an award. This program is much better than SPB or SBSH's offering.

Best Today Plugin: Ultimate Launch

Best Keyboard: TouchPal

Best audio player: S2P/PocketPlayer

Best screen lock: S2U2

Best GPS Satellite App: GPStest

Best Utility: Card Export

Best Web Browser: skyfire/opera9.4

Best GPS Offroad: Tracky

Best Picture Browser: Xnview/S2P

Best Scripting: Mortscript

Hope these arent too late
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jeffreynew23:
AC S2P

Great Work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mollusk:
Thanks for the mail, can't believe I missed the topic ^^ I'm currently in the process of updating/polishing all of the games I could consider adding to the database, so I'll be adding them 1 by 1 this week :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sdlopez83:
* interface: HTC HOME w/ Home customizer

* contact manager:iContact

* web browser: opera mini 4.1

* enhancements: Quickmenu 2.7

* keyboard: touchpal

* audio recorder: vito audio notes

* today screen: Today Agenda

* dialer: dxc iphone dialer

* GPS: GPS Gate
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] GSLEON3:
Here is the SW of the year as far as I'm concerned. This is something NOBODY else has come close to accomplishing.

JockyW has created a program called "FrankenKaiser" (I named it, because "It's alive, It's alive"). This SW allows you to recover devices with nuked spl's. It works by first security unlocking your bricked device, then by writing a new patched SPL into ram & doc.

This is an amazing development as it will allow developers to test Patched SPL versions & unlockers wothout the fear of bricking the devices.

I did the original field testing of the program & it is truly amazing.

Fixes task 2a bricks on top of being a great spl test tool.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Kaspersky Mobile Security

Kaspersky Mobile Security is a convenient and reliable solution that protects smartphones from Internet attacks, malicious programs that target mobile platforms and SMS spam. It also provides protection for confidential data stored on a smartphone should the device be lost or stolen.

http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_mobile_security

Functions

Anti-theft protection:

Protection of personal data for a lost or stolen smartphone. To protect personal data stored on a smartphone if it is lost, a user can block his/her smartphone or delete files, messages, and the list of contacts remotely. The user can also find out who the “new owner” of the lost device is.

SMS-Block. In the event of the loss of a smartphone, a user can send a “hidden SMS message” to it, which blocks access to the smartphone until a pre-set password is entered.

SMS-Clean. This function is similar to the SMS-Block feature, but, rather than blocking the smartphone, it cleans the device’s memory and memory cards.

SIM Watch. The SMS-Block and SMS-Clean functions are only available if a smartphone is enabled and the original SIM card is installed. If a smartphone is stolen, the “new owner” will most likely immediately replace the original SIM card. The SIM Watch function will prevent the “new owner” from accessing any personal data without the initial SIM card inserted in the device. If the initial SIM card is replaced with a new one, the SIM Watch function will send the original user the new telephone number of the device without the “new owner’s” knowledge.

Antivirus protection:

All incoming or modified SMS, MMS and email items are automatically scanned for malicious programs. On-demand scanning of the mobile device is available at any time. The user can pre-set the best time for antivirus scanning and it will be performed automatically. If an infected object is detected, it is stored in the quarantine folder or deleted.

Firewall

The user can select one of the integrated IP firewall protection levels. Depending on the level selected, one or more connections will be restricted to provide user security.

Anti-spam for SMS/EMS/MMS.

Telephone numbers of known spam sources, any incorrect numbers (for example, text numbers) or unwanted words or phrases can be added to a blacklist to ensure that such messages are always blocked. You can also add the addresses from your contact list to a white list. In the Symbian version, MMS messages are also filtered.

Automatic updates.

Antivirus databases are updated automatically at intervals set by the user. Updates are available via WAP/HTTP (GPRS, EDGE, WiFi, etc.) or via a PC during synchronization.

System Requirements

The program runs only on smartphones and communicators that support the receipt and sending of SMS messages and uses one of the following operating systems:

Symbian OS 9.1, 9.2 Series 60 (Nokia smartphones only)

Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] @rj*n:
A_C S2 Series

my vote's on S2 Series ummm yh they may not b not innovative:rolleyes: but they are the best out there:cool:.. nothing comes near;)!!!

and yh for keyboard Cootek TOuchPal does it's best!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Keland44:
screen lock: S2U2

Instant Messanger = IM+ & JiveTalk still in beta but looks promising (can't use it on wm6.1)

GPS = Googlemaps still in beta but looks promising(my location is great especially when you don't have gps on your phone)

Touch Control: FTouchFloSL

Task Bar Mod: QuickMenu

Battery App = Battery Status

Browser = Skyfire still in beta but looks pretty promising

Online Backup = Dashwire still in beta, don't think it works on wm6.1

Backup = PPC PIM Backup

Storage App = WMStorage