I’ve been a long time Windows Mobile (Pocket PC) user having had various iPAQs and mobile devices over the years. I recently treated myself to a new HP iPAQ 614c Business Navigator in doing so I wanted to load some software and games on the device. I’ve built up a nice little library of the best (in my opinion) software available for Window Mobile.

There is a LOT of freeware out there for Windows Mobile, however you could spent months trying stuff out, installing, un-installing etc. So what I’ve done is collated what I consider to be the best software, utilities and games available. I’ve kept the list all freeware and opensource, enjoy…

Essential Windows Mobile Freeware

Special mention needs to go to Pocket PC Freewares, which is my main source for software.

SMS Toolkit is a Java based GUI for interacting with mobile phones. It’s main purpose is to send, receive and read SMS messages. It uses the SMSLib API so is compatible with most phones available assuming there is a means to connect them to the PC (Cable, Bluetooth, IrDA), but see this post at the SMSLib forums for details of tested phones. Summary of Features:

• View the status and information about your phone/device.
• Compose and send SMS messages
• Reading, deleting, forwarding and replying to SMS messages
• Command console for interacting with the phone directly via AT commands

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