Having previously looked at the history of Windows Mobile, how it has come to this point with Windows Mobile 6 and discussed the functional capabilities of the latest Windows Mobile OS lets now take a look at some excellent Windows Mobile applications. Those listed below do not cover all of the market segments, that would take too long, but those that are mentioned provide a considerable upgrade to your mobile computing experience. With excellent user interaction, slick visuals, reliability and a great price tag, these Windows Mobile applications will enhance any mobile users work and play.
Opera Mobile - $29.95
The best in class mobile web browser application, certainly superior to the mobile version of Internet Explorer. Considerable time and effort has gone into creating a GUI that is perfect for the mobile platform. Just like its big brother, Opera mobile comes with customization add-ons, Flash support, and a high level of security.
Live Search Mobile - FREE
This multi-faceted search facility offers superb browsing, downloading, SMS and more. Providing quick access to software, maps, news, live traffic reports and other important real time information.
IM+ Mobile Instant Messenger - $29.95
A universal messenger service catering for interconnectivity between MSN, Yahoo, AOL and ICQ. Connects to 3rd party messaging services seamlessly with full rights access. No drop off in service and delivers real time interaction via one engine.
FlexMail - $19.95
A highly impressive email management application for the mobile platform. Setup, configure and manage mailboxes on POP3 and IMAP. Synchronize data securely and effortless.
Spb Insight - $19.95
Excellent mobile newsreader application. Pleasing on the eye, unfussy GUI providing all the latest news, information, images and article feeds. Best in class in terms of connectivity, up-to-date service and optimum utilization of screen real estate.
Pocket Artist - $19.95
Combining graphic design application delivery on a mobile platform is a considerable challenge, but Pocket Artist is a brilliant application in this domain. Impressive features include paint, image, clipboard functions and there are advanced options to touch-up, filter, blend and tweak imagery.
Pocket QuickView - $14.95
Unfussy image viewing and screen capture application for mobile image management. Works well with multiple formats - .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .pcx and smooth transition of animation and screenshot capturing. Also a nice touch is the thumbnail preview facility.
Pocket Slides - $19.95
Excellent presentation application for the mobile platform. Offers more than just viewing capabilities as most windows mobile applications do. Allowing for creation, editing and playback of presentations. Graphics deliver seamless transition, animation and easy management of slide delivery.
TextMaker - $49.95
A brilliant little word processing application that delivers much of the functionality you would find in a standard desktop word processor. Transfer and sync documents, edit and replace, with hundreds of formatting options.
Mobipocket Reader - FREE
This e-book reader is a fantastic tool for per page formatted reading. Supports formats such as Open-e-Book, XML, HTML and CSS. Optimizes screen real estate with fully justified text and eliminates the need for scroll bars. Easy to navigate contents, cover pages and indexed pages.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Handheld Edition - $14.95
The most complete educational reference guide specifically designed for the handheld technology platform. Complete with over 25,000 entries and works well on the mobile platform, being built on concise paragraphs that make it easy to navigate between relevant content and subject matter.
Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary - $49.95
A comprehensive English explanatory dictionary available for Windows Mobile. With an extensive dictionary database holding 250,000 definitions and 2 million word forms and synonyms, it is responsive to search and find, via a clean user interface.
SlovoEd Multilingual Dictionaries - $42.95
These translation and explanation dictionaries covers over one hundred language groupings, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Russian and many more. Super interface and easy, laid back search facility makes use highly informative.
TrueTerm Thesaurus $69.95
An intuitive and editable thesaurus for the mobile. Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Dutch and Swedish. Keyword lists and synonym call up make end user operability a breeze.
Spb Traveller - $49.95
A highly impressive business and travel organization tool. With a comprehensive database of over 10,000 cities and real-time services such as weather, currency rates, news and media and travel assistant options.
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