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Are you running on the windows mobile platform? Then this list is for you! Some of these might not apply to all versions like Vito Copy Paste and Note Pad are only useful for non-touch screen WM5 and 6 phones like the Dash. Let us know if we missed any of your favorites! Check here to see if we have the Application Unlock your Mobile Phone.

Metro - Metro finds your way in public transport systems in more than 350 cities around the world (Paris, New York, London, Tokyo, any city with a subway & many more!). FREE, FAST & ACCURATE. Many more features to discover: - Directions and information! FREE!

Egress - Egress is an advanced yet easy to use application which displays your favorite RSS/ATOM feeds directly on your PocketPC. Now supports Podcasting! Free 30 days $12 to own

Celetask - The best Task/Process Manager on Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC! Allows for reboots and full access to kill tasks. I only installed this after I could not kill certain process via Task Manager. Free to try for 30 uses and $12.95 after

Total Commander- is a file manager, a program like Windows Explorer to copy, move or delete files. However, Total Commander can do much more than Explorer, e.g. pack and unpack files, access ftp servers, compare files by content, etc! Features: - Copy, Move whole subdirs - Inplace rename, create. This is a beta version and free! Works great have not had an issue with it.

Voice commander - This is an amazing offering by Microsoft. If your on WM5 and don't have this built in to your OS this is a must have! It reads your caller ID, appointments and other information to you out loud. It emebeds the persons name or phone number that is calling in between rings - a great resource! $40 a lot of money but if you are often in the car - this is for you!

Vito copy paste - Sometimes every Smartphone user has to face the difficulty of transfering text from one edit box (any default editable field) to another on your Smartphone. Say, you need to copy a phone number from e-mail and send an sms to this number. In this case, thou funny it may sound, you still have to use a banal pen to write down the number and use it later for writing an sms. This is a big drawback of Windows Mobile platform for Smartphones. VITO CopyPaste has been developed to solve this problem with edit boxes and make Windows Mobile for Smartphones more functional. FREE!

Ztelnet - A professional Telnet / SSH client, designed for network system administrators, end users and web designers, working with Unix/Linux/BSD systems. This new, operating system independent version comes with extended functionalities, including smart phone support, ability to save, restore and edit sessions, virtual scrolling screen with adjustable size, floating keyboard, different font sizes, support of all possible display sizes and orientation, and many more. They also have ZAFtp secure ftp program and ZAtunnel utilities all for FREE!


Pocket Ping - Porting PING.EXE to your PocketPC. FREE!

TCPMP Media Player - Best freeware media player plays everything!

Orneta notepad - The Award Winning Notepad Mobile, by Orneta is a simple and easy to use text editor and viewer for Windows Mobile based devices. The simple and elegant design, is very powerful and feature rich. You can create, view and edit simple or complex documents with ease. Notepad Mobile supports any type of text file, from simple notes and memos, to complex HTML and XML documents. Notepad Mobile is so powerful you can even edit and create Start Menu shortcut links as well as Home Screen layout files. The possibilities are endless with Notepad Mobile, winner of the Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards 2003. Free to try - 10$ to buy.

What do you use?? What did we leave off?? Hit us up in the comments!

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