yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] papamopps:
best today app : Ultiamtelaunch

today plugin: Batterystatus with bseather

calendar: todayagenda
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks! Of them, I've nominated S2U2 and S2P. I haven't done the same to S2V as there're some better alternatives.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Nominated. I've created a new category for iPhone-alikes; will be listed in there, together with other, similar apps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks, I've thought of nominating SkyFire too. However, as it's US-only (it does work from outside the US, though), I've decided not to because, then, several judges (outside the US) wouldn't be able to test it at all.

Also, it still needs some heavy bugfixing (see for example the major CPU usage bug) and is still in beta stage (we try not to nominate apps that are still in beta).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Keland44:
oh okay that's coo i guess it would be either opera 9.5 and netconf(sp???) those are pretty good sucks skyfire can't be used outside of the states it's works pretty well on my wizard
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nmilosev:
Best Start App, QuickMenu
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] johnny69blaze:
What programs are better than s2v?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ya Boi D:
My vote is A_C's S2U2 , S2P , S2V. Also SkyFire, HHC, FlashBundle , & UltimateLaunch.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JNasty:
Gotta throw my vote on ICSControl. Who would have thought that a ppc could be a full fledged wireless router/access point?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
it does work outside the US - it's just that you need to ask someone in the US to activate it for you. Then, it'll work anywhere in the world, over any connection (see my SkyFire review if interested).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
yup, I'll definitely nominate it, along with WMWifiRouter and, probably, WalkingHotspot - already created a brand new category for them.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
As far as FlashBundle is concerned, I've created a new YouTube category; will nominate this title too. Speaking of YouTube, I'' also nominate milesmowbray's player (hope he'll answer my PM....)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
As far as iPhone-alikes are concerned, EyePhoto is definitely better ( http://vitotechnology.com/en/products/mobile-photo-viewer.html ), albeit commercial and, with the recent version, is pretty slow. The VITO folks have promised they would revise the JPEG parsing / rendering algorithm to make it (much) faster. If they don't succeed at this, I'll nominate s2v instead in the new iPhone-alike category if there won't be a sufficient number of other nominees there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] galaxys:
As mentioned in an earlier post, I also vote for BatteryStatus!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
It was nominated, IIRC, last year too - also this year.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Aqrab:
1 for UltimateLaunch

2 for s2u2

3 for s2v

4 for s2p

5 for opera
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks, all of them nominated, except for s2v (which MAY get nominated, depending on whether the VITO folks are able to fix the bugs in their competing product).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fuzzvirus:
User Customization for ROM Flashing. This made life easy to so many people
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
Battery status.

one and only.

more:

totalcommander 2.5

today agenda

alreader (russian, NOT allreader, freeware)

vjtoggletoday,

vjvolubilis,

vjbluesync...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Hal Goldstein:
Awards tidbits

What a great thread! Werner just alerted me to it. A couple of points:

www.pocketpcmag.com/awards contains all the rules and info

http://www.pocketpcmag.com/survey/nominationsfeedback.htm is a form you can use to suggest nominations to Werner (along with or instead of this thread so Werner has it for sure)

If you are interested in judging this year, please read this and contact me http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/main.asp#How_can_I_become_a_judge

Schedule is at awards site. In late June we'll publish late draft of 2008 nominees for public input

Hal Goldstein

Publisher, Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine

hal @ thaddeus.com
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ljepava:
1. opera 9.5

2. acrobat reader 2.5 le

3. isilo

4. wm torrent

5. resco explorer

6. sktools

7. wisbar advance

8. resco keyboard

9. pocket music
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] zkyevolved:
I vote opera mini, Jive talk alpha and ... hmm... S2U2
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] The Reaper:
i) s2u2

ii)s2v

iii)Battery Status

iv)Pocket Music

v)rl Today
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
FPSECE

Can you imagine playing PlayStation games on your Pocket PC where ever you are?

With FPSECE we have made that reality.

And it's 100% free to use and to download.

http://fpsece.net/
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Aqrab:
they released the powerfull resco explorer 2008 final

i vote for it :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ark666:
Hi, for me adv. config. tool from Schaps is the most innovative tool for ppc.

Cheers.:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
OMini and S2U2 nominated; will think about Jive.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Sure it's nominated.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks! S2U2 is definitely worth nominating. S2V will be nominated if the VITO folks fail at enhancing their competing, in general, better, but definitely slower viewer. Pocket Music is nominated too; so is Battery Status.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Yup, definitely nominated. It has its own category (32+-bit consoles) and was a winner last year too.

(I REALLY hope they come out with 0.10 before long. I've even donated them 10 euros ;) ).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Syberia 2

http://tetraedge.com/syberia2.htm

Ancient Evil

http://www.ppcstudios.com/ancientevil.shtml

Rage Of Mages II: Necromancer

http://www.lith.com/sites/rom2/

http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=4527&section=PPC

The Sims 2

http://www.eamobile.com/Web/US/en/mobile-game/The-Sims-2-24603

http://store.handmark.com/p/2526/The_Sims_2_for_Windows_Mobile_Pocket_PC

Fish Tycoon

http://www.astraware.com/all/default/fishtycoon

Plant Tycoon

http://www.astraware.com/all/default/planttycoon

Worms World Party

http://minibrand.handango.com/minib...Id=87381&productType=2&sectionId=0&siteId=366

Tennis Addict

http://minibrand.handango.com/minib...Id=22575&productType=2&sectionId=0&siteId=366

SimCity Societies

http://www.eamobile.com/Web/US/en/mobile-game/SimCity-Societies-26882

GTS World Racing

http://www.astraware.com/all/default/gtswr

Call Of Duty 3

http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...&N=4294911021 93275&R=224452&productId=224452

Pocket GBA

http://sunbug.net/products/emul/PocketGBA.html

Quake Mobile

http://www.pulsemobilegames.com/quakemobile.php

Pocket Quake 2

http://quake.pocketmatrix.com/
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] showaco:
For smartphones, Chome configurator by TLogix and Chome Weather by OrganicM, both here on smartphone excalibur forum.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
?

Why this post is not sticky anymore?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Because of the sticky rollup thread here
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Oh, yes.

I forgot.

But rollup is not good.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Then say so in that thread! :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
No1 cares...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
I'm sure if enough people object to the new model, then the decision will be reversed, but saying "no2 cares" is both rubbish, lazy typing, and reducing the chance that your voice will be heard. You disagree with the idea, and yet have no believe it'll change, and so you will essentially lead to the continuation of the idea you dislike as you will not voice your opinion...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
I mean you saw that poll result.

So, any chance?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Minimo

Minimo

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/

A small, simple, powerful, innovative, web browser for mobile devices

Features

Minimo uses Mozilla Technologies to produce a highly usable web browser for advanced mobile devices. Features include:

* Fast access to your mobile content via Homebase start page

* Best support for modern web standards (Javascript and AJAX).

* Social Bookmarking

* Tab browsing

* RSS Support

* Proven security (TLS, SSL3)

* International support

* Cross platform capability

* Widget and Extension support
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
TBH, although Minimo looks and sounds good on paper, it's no where near as fast as Opera Mini, and renders pages about as well as IE...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Thanks for reply.

It means this browser is not good to be a nominate.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Thanks for the list. Most of these titles are already nominated. As far as SimCity Societies is concerned, it doesn't have a native Windows Mobile version, "only" a Java MIDlet. We, geneally, don't nominate MIDlets, except for Opera Mini. However, in this case, I may reconsider this as it's really cool - I've too devoted an entire article to the game at http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=250297
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
It is - it saves a LOT of space.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
I don't think I'll nominate it - it's slow, unstable and no longer developed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] theelite:
Weatherpanel hasn't been updated in over 3 years, kinda makes it on the outs of a 2008 award doesn't it?

I'll take the constantly updated SBSH Pocketweather over it.

My favorite plugin of this year is UltimateLaunch
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Thanks...

From Mozilla moderator:

Minimo was only a test project to find out how a portable browser should work. It will be replaced in the future by Mobile Firefox.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
When that gets released (if ever) it'll probably be good...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Counter-Strike Pocket PC

Hexic

http://www.astraware.com/all/default/hexic

Mozaki

http://www.astraware.com/all/default/mozaki

Traffic Jam 2

http://www.astraware.com/all/default/trafficjam2

Championship Rummy All-Stars

http://www.dqsoft.com/mobilerummy.html

Pocket NES:

http://pocketnes.retrogames.com/

Pocket Nester

http://pnester.sourceforge.net/
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Yup, hope they DO release it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Both are nominated - there even is a separate NES Emulation category. (Albeit, frankly, I prefer SmartGear the best.)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Thanks...

I hope you will add these best security software:

Norton Smartphone Security

http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=pf&pvid=nss1

Kaspersky Mobile Security for Windows Mobile Version 7.0.0.33

http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_mobile_security
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Strange...

Which is the 2007 winner of Pocket PC: Utilities: Security?:

http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category_WandF_2007.asp?cat=Security#Security
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Mobiola Web Camera

http://www.warelex.com/products/webcam/index.php
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wearefree:
Pointui 1.51a for interface

and A_C's S2 series.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ruebyi:
A_C's

S2P

S2V

S2U2

Mort's

Mortplayer

Mortscript

Mortbuttons
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] volwrath:
heh well it hasn't been updated for years BUT IMO it is still the best weather app out there along with StoryRs beautiful Phatfinger skins. I actually have an older version of pocketweather that I didnt upgrade due to WP. If WP ever stops working I suspect Ill move over to pocket weather however.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Nice idea - I'm using their stuff on Symbian S60 and love it. Will nominate it for WinMo too.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
No word from the VITO folks - that is, I nom s2v in "iPhone-alike".
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
Probably a bit late, but do you really think "iPhone-alike" is a good category? For my taste, it's way too limited in some aspects (isn't it possible to make a nice, finger friendly app without emulating iPhone's way to do it?) and way too unfocused in others. Which app doesn't implement at least some "iPhone-ish" ways this days for better handling?

I think it'd be better to put the "iPhone-alike" apps into the categories they belong to. Music players, contact management, alternative SIPs, picture viewers, calendars, launchers, lock utilities, and so on. Why do an unnecessary split? It also makes it hard for you to decide which category to use. E.g., the current betas of MortButtons and -Player support finger gestures (and Buttons has some animations), and were finger friendly ever since they existed. But does that make them "iPhone-alike"? Or on the other hand, S2U offers way more features than the iPhone. And comparing S2U to PCM Contacts or S2V is a comparing apples with oranges, imho.

I think, gathering "iPhone-alike" software would be great for one of your "bibles", or some other kind of "special". But not for comparison in your "Best Software Awards".
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Thank you...

The other rival is:

Cool Camera:

http://www.ateksoft.com/features.html
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
This is just a temporary solution for this year. Next year, when there are much more touch/finger-controlled apps, I will surely create a much more detailed category. Not this year though as, for example, I just wouldn't have enough nominees for eash individual subcategory (I need at least three for exach to warrant a category).

My aim was also creating a category for new / free, touch-controlled titles that don't really have a chance against established ones (think of s2v vs. Resco Picture Viewer or Spb Imageer). By separating these titles from the, technically, much superior (but not finger-controllable) apps, I give them a chance to win or, at least, be a finalist. This is why, for example, s2v is in the new category, while for example MortPlayer (which is also touch-capable) is in the old - the latter is definitely a sound contender to the titles in its original category; hence, I didn't find it necessary to put in the new. If we have a "Touch-controlled audio players" category next year, I'll surely relocate it, though.

This is why I only have one iPhone-like "catch up" category; this year having pretty different programs. This will surely change next year, depending on how many new apps are released.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
Yes, I can see the problem...

Generally, I'd say "touch-capable" is mostly a handling criteria, and many programs adapt it that way (e.g. PI5, most media players, ...). Maybe a future version of e.g. XnView or Resco viewer implements finger gestures, too?

But then, there are those "minimalistic, but easy to use and nice to look at" tools, that wouldn't have a chance against "feature monsters", even though many users would prefer "small, good enough, easy to handle".

A special category is probably really a good makeshift currently, though I don't like the name that much... But I don't have a much better idea.

As some food for thought for later awards: What about having multiple "winners/finalists" per category? Many magazines already split into "best product" and "best value for money", so maybe something like a special "small & beatiful" award (in need for a better name) might be a solution? I'm a bit reluctant to the idea that someone has to check multiple categories to get an overview over e.g. contacts/time management (some might love PI or AF, others iContact, PCM, or ThumbCal, or maybe even multiple apps, depending on the current needs), music players, and so on...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
Preliminary draft of the 2008 nominations posted - see http://www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/category_all_2008.asp

Feel free to comment on it, preferably here so that I can comment on your thoughts.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
I think MortButtons would fit better in "User interface / menu improvers" than in "Task managers". While MortButtons does offer a task list, too, the focus is on user created menus. Thinking about all the Cube clones, it even borders to "iPhone-alike" (even though it existed before iPhone and HTC Touch...).

I also think the nominees in the iPhone-alike category are a bit few. What about all those great contact managers that popped up recently, for example?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
1. Thanks, I'll recategorize MortButtons.

2. Yup, I wanted to nominate some but never had the time to thoroughly test and compare them.

So, people, which do you think the best iPhone-like contact manager is? Do you know of a better touch-friendly contact manager than PocketCM?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
EGYPTIAN PROPHECY - Fate of Ramses

SECRET OF THE LOST CAVERN
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Westward (Astraware Limited, www.astraware.com) is not a adventure game.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
SPMark For Win Mobile

http://www.futuremark.com/products/spmark/spmarksymbianos9/The Smartphone Benchmark

SPMark™ is the most comprehensive benchmark for modern smartphones. The retail version works on the latest Symbian OS v9.x based Series 60 and UIQ phones, Windows Mobile v5 and v6 phones and MAEMO Linux OS phones. SPMark enables you to professionally measure and compare performance and power consumption across various smartphones and workloads. The Professional Edition can also be ported to other platforms. SPMark gives an easy-to-understand SPMark score which is fully comparable with that of other phones and between different Operating Systems.

SPMark for Symbian OS v9, SPMark for WinMobile and SPMark for Linux contain the same workloads, and conversely the results of non-graphics tests obtained with both products are comparable between each other.

Real Usage Scenarios

SPMark includes performance and power consumption tests for 3D, 2D and system workloads. 3D tests include an advanced 3D gaming scene and theoretical tests for 3D performance measurement. 2D section features 2D content displaying and image manipulation tests. The system tests in SPMark represent the real usage of a smartphone, e.g. adding entries to calendar and looking up contacts.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chiahungyeh:
A_Cs S2 serial are really the best ppc software.

almost everyone install the s2u2.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
I'm quite happy with PCM, but a lot of people here seem to prefer iContacts. FingerFriendlyFriends is quite popular, too, even though it's not Freeware. FunContact seems to be last in line... (I've got the feeling I forgot one... Any help?)

btw: Is there a good alternative to ThumbCal? PCM Calendar is a bit too "alpha" imho...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
I personally prefer iContact of that lot. Far more lightweight, and more to the point...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Nero Mobile Pro

http://www.nero.com/enu/mobilepro-introduction.html

Norton Smartphone Security

http://www.symantec.com/norton/smartphone-security
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Menneisyys:
I don't think it's worth nominating - have you read my related articles & reviews? There're much better multimedia players out there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ennoinfo:
s2U2, S2V and S2P

s2U2, S2V and S2P
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
Yes...

But it's not just a player.

It's like Nero Windows, but without burning feature.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Noonski:
Maybe he has already gotten credits or awards.

But at the moment I'm in love with MORT.

(you wouldn't want to see those love babies)

I also love A_C's work

But using Mort's Apps is opening new worlds for me at the moment, even if they might be older apps.

So Mort Script and MortButtons get a big up from me.

Call me crazy.

And if the apps are to old for these awards, I'm all for S2V and S2P.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mort:
Shouldn't I know about that? ;-)

Lucky for you I currently don't have a jealous girl friend... ;)

No worries, they're already nominated.

MortScript even got the award last year, and as far as I see it, there's not much change in the competition in that category...

With MortButtons, there's hard competition, like Winterface or Mobile Shell, but probably it'll even help to have MortButtons in this category at all, so people get to know it.

(btw, @Menneisyys: you wanted to move MortButtons to "User interface / menu improvers" after my comment on that, it's still in "Task managers" on the nominations page... But probably the page is just out of date?)

Well, and finally MortPlayer is a bit limited by the playback code I use (MAD/Tremor/GSPlayer "wrapper" - I'd be too hard to write all that myself...), which limits playback formats and doesn't allow things like crossfade (esp. plugins use global variables, so it's impossible to keep two files open at the same time), and the startup time isn't the best due to features like extensive skinning support and Favorites, so TCPMP/CorePlayer and PocketPlayer will always be better there... Not to mention I should finally get the new manual done and release a new update. The current 3.31 beta is way more stable and feature rich than the "stable" V3.3...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sina™:
What happened to pocketpcmag.com?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ralpheboyo:
S2P

...I would vote for s2p but the dam thing cannot play playlists....very very very basic functionality, which i am sure the majority NEED/want....(on conduits pocket player at the mo, which will get my vote).....dont mean to offend anyone but the app updates are slow and none consistent....so another reason why AC does not get my vote for s2p

BUT....s2u2.....whole diff story...this will get my vote!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] twolf:
Can I add my flash applications? I went to the site and didnt discover where to add them... :S
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tito12:
Despite Mort's modesty, MortButtons is my favorite
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] juju-35:
SASHIMI!

It is the only tool that makes installing and re-installing and re-configuring all those other nice software handy!

ThrottleLauncher if they fixed their bugs is a nice one too...

and finally weatherPanel, the best weather app I have seen around!

Juju
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Tenchi4U:
- anything A_C put out

- iFonz

- HButton
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] WIzard200x:
My TOP Apps of 2008 :D:D

#1 Jocky's HardSPL (Without whom none of this would be possible, I salute ya )

#2 APBilbo's Throttlelauncher ( getting better by the post)

#3 iContact (stangely enough my third most used and skinned application)