Windows Mobile Utilities

Below are a couple of Windows Mobile utilities that I've created, these are things that I've looked for out on the web, but haven't been able to find exactly what I was looking for.

SlimWatch

Slimwatch is a free, simple, touch friendly Stopwatch, Countdown Timer, and Alarm Clock for Windows Mobile devices (PocketPC only). Unlike most of the timers that I found out there, this does not rely on the ultra bloated .NET compact framework. While some of those applications were “small” on the disk, once they are running in memory, some were using from 1mb to 3mb of memory, just for a simple timer!!! SimWatch consumes only about 104-116kb of RAM while running, freeing up RAM for all of those other applications you are running!

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Here's some of the features of SlimWatch:

- Tiny memory footprint (Typically 104-112kb of RAM)
- Efficient, Low CPU and power usage
- Friendly CAB installer
- Touch friendly, all options easily used without a stylus or keyboard
- Stopwatch – Times in hundreths of second
- Countdown Timer – Times in hundreths of seconds
- Alarm Clock
- Clocks run while device is suspended
- Alarms and Timers will wake a suspended device
- Configurable Alarms, with optional vibrate and user specified alarm sound files.
- Compatible with everything from 240x240 (square) to 480x800 (wvga) devices
- For use with PocketPC devices only (Windows Mobile 5, 6, 6.1 and 6.5)

Usage:
Simply copy the .CAB file to your PocketPC and click it, it will be installed onto your device.
To add a timer to the screen, tap and hold an empty area, and a timer will be added to the screen. To configure the timer, tap the “gears” icon to the left of the timer, and you can configure the type of timer that will be displayed.
To start a timer, tap the timer, and it will begin counting. The exception to this are alarm clock timers, which you must tap and hold to enable/disable.
To reset a countdown or stopwatch timer, tap and hold it, and it will be reset.
Timers can be deleted by clicking the “X” icon to the right of the timer.
Timers that are sounding an alarm can be tapped to stop the alarm.

General Settings for the timers can be set by clicking the Menu at the lower right hand side, and selecting settings, where you can configure the alarm types, and the file that will be used for the alarm sound.

The timers can be left to run in the background by clicking the “X” at the upper right hand corner of the application. If you'd like to completely close the timer application, select the “Menu” at the bottom right hand side of the screen, and select “Exit”. Note that any running timers and alarms will be stopped, and alarms will not signal! (The application will warn you if you have active timers running). If you want the timer app to run in the background and wake up when a timer has expired (or an alarm time is reached), simply tap the 'X' in the upper right hand corner, and SlimWatch will continue to run in the background.

Uninstalling:
SlimWatch can be easily uninstalled by going into the control panel, and using the add/remove programs utilitiy.

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