PDAStatus is small open source windows mobile plugin for Windows Mobile ‘today’ screen. It contains customizable set of status icons:

Battery - Shows current power % and AC/Line mode, opens system Battery page on tap
ROM - Shows available ROM, opens system Memory page on tap
RAM - Shows available RAM, opens system Task Manager
SD/CF card - Shows available SD memory, opens card root directory
Display backlight brightness - Shows current level of display backlight (shows value depending on AC/Line mode), on tap opens device-specific backlight manager
Balance - Shows current SIM-card balance, query and reply parsing options are customized in plugin settings. On tap proceeds immediate query
Phone - phone module status, turns on/off phome module on tap
Wifi - show current wifi module status
Bluetooth - current bluetooth status, turns on/off on tap
SMS - current SMS store status (number of unread messages), opens standard tmail.exe on tap
VOIP

kudos to Anton D. Nagy @ pocketnow.com for the find.

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Want push mail from an IMAP server (like Gmail) on your windows mobile device? Then this project is for you. This program runs as a service and subscribes to IMAP IDLE commands to know when new messages arrive at the IMAP mailbox. It will then tell Pocket Outlook to send/receive.

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TOMBO is a notes application for pocket PC.

Features :

• Text file base tree view notes management.
• H/PC Pro and Win32 version have two pane view.
• File name auto-generation.
• Encryption. TOMBO uses 128bit Blowfish Encryption Algorithm based on GnuPG.
• You can choose encrypted/plain by each notes. Plain memo can view without password, so you can control accessibility and safety.
• Easy operation.
• Share notes both desktop PC and PDA. You can encrypt notes on PC and read it on PDA using ActiveSync.
• Regular expression searching.
• License is GPL. You can use TOMBO free.

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BeyondPod is FREE, Open Source, RSS feed reader and podcast manager (podcatcher) for Microsoft Smartphone and Pocket PC. Using BeyondPod you can subscribe for RSS feeds, read the feed content, download and listen to associated podcasts (enclosures) directly on your mobile device.

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Users can select a picture from their device or take a picture and use it for their background. And then they can draw and edit the picture using Mobile Sketcher. At the bottom of the screen we allow user to select different colors for the pen’s ink: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown, white, and black.

Usage scenario : An insurance agent arrives on the scene of an automotive accident, he/she takes a picture using Mobile Sketcher and then adds notes and sketches to the picture for claims processing.

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Altimeter for windows mobile devices. We have a background that symbolizes “altitude” which is appealing to end users. Plus it gives the program a lot of style and class. On the left side of the screen if you look carefully, you will notice we have an attitude ruler, which has a marker that rises one pixel for every foot higher the device travels up to 180 feet.

At the bottom of the screen we are allowing the user to read all the main stats off the GPS so the application is even more useful. We show altitude in a large bold font in the middle of the screen for impact.

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