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Handy Weather - Weather application for Windows Mobile

Handy Weather

Handy Weather


Most of the new devices comes with a weather application by default, but if you want more detailed analysis and information regarding the weather pattern you have to look for other alternatives. Today we are going to look @ Handy Weather from penreader.com.

Handy Weather once installed places a Today Screen plugin which displays the current weather conditions and the forecast for the next four days. The today plugin look neat and professional and the state of the weather is displayed by some nice icons the temperature is also displayed. The weather information is obtained from Intellicast ( one of the most trusted weather source )

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Handy Converter - Currency & Unit converter for Windows Mobile

Handy Converter

Handy Converter

All of us would have been in situations when you wanted to quickly check some conversion be it celsius to fahrenheit or km/h to miles/hr. Handy Converter from is an all-in-one unit conversion solution for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and to top it off its got an Currency Converter that you can update on the go either by GPRs, Wi-Fi or when the device is connected via ActiveSync.

Features :

  1. supports conversion between 57 major currencies
  2. Exchange rates updated from Bank of Canada
  3. GUI user friendly interface
  4. Multiple language support
  5. Conversion types supported
  • temperature
  • length
  • weight
  • area
  • volume
  • speed
  • power
  • torque
  • size ( Clothes / Shoes )

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SecuBox 1.4.2 - safe storage for files on your Pocket PC

SecuBox menu

Recently I received an email from the folks @ AikoSolutions.com and they wanted me to review their encrypted file storage application for Pocket Pc and Smartphones called SecuBox . How many of us store personal and sensitive information on our mobile devices ? Most of us do. When we consider security related products for pocket pc we dont give much importance to them, but with increase in the use of mobile devices in our everyday lives we should be more concerned about the data we have on these devices. SecuBox created an encrypted partition for sensitive data. All information written to this encrypted storage is automatically encrypted on the fly using industry standard AES 256-bit encryption.
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