Freeware Pocket PC Games

SnapFiles has a great list of freeware games for your Pocket PC available for download. Old classics include Othello, Chess, Pinball, and Tetris; it also includes some new inventive titles such as Christmas Rush and Warring States.

Check it out for yourself, and download some free games, at SnapFiles.

Bob's Pocket PC Software Collection

Tanker Bob has listed his collection of software he's got running on his Dell Axim X50v. It looks like a pretty good list of some of the more useful applications available.

Check it out here.

PocketPC PowerToys

Microsoft has released a set of software tools they are calling "PowerToys," for the Windows Mobile platform. They include such tools as:

1. A theme generator
2. An expense tracking tool
3. A remote display tool for showing your handheld's desktop on your PC
4. A new and improved password application

Plus a few more. You can download PowerToys at Microsoft Technet.

101 Educational Uses for Your Handheld

Everyone loves lists, so you might be interested in this one: 101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer. Some notable items include:

6.Take attendance
16.Keep an inventory of books and other instructional materials
45.Record voice notes
61.Gather data on temperature, light, voltage, pH, and more with data probes
93.Build a robot controlled by a handheld device

Check out the link if you want to find out even more ways to effectively use handheld technology in education.

Introduction to Windows Mobile

Rich Hall over at Pocket PC Magazine has written a great article which gets right down to the question, What is Windows Mobile? It's a great article for any of you who want a good introduction to all this. Link: What is Windows Mobile?

Use your Handheld as a Touch Screen for your PC

Innobec has created some software that will let you use your Pocket PC as a touch-screen extension of your computer desktop. In their own words, "The expensive desk ornament that used to be your cradled PDA can now serve a useful purpose." Read more about it at Innobec's website.

Undercroft RPG

Version 1.14 of Undercroft was just released. It is available for Windows Mobile 2003 as well as Windows Mobile 5.0. There's also a Windows XP version. Here is what they say about its features:

• 20 hours of total play time (on the average).
• Quest based gameplay with elaborate plot and plenty of sidequests to gather extra experience
• 5 characters with unique skills and spells.
• Hundreds of items, over 60 kind of enemies.
• Enhanced interface overcoming many disadvantages of older games and keeping all the extensive functionality quickly on hand
• Sophisticated graphics with strong fantasy atmosphere
• Plastic level design with holes, bridges, roofed and opened areas and other features unseen in classic "dungeon" RPG before
• Classic, but also very untraditional weaponry (e.g. chains for assassins, sabreteeth for summoners etc.)

While it might be a bit of a fun diversion, I am unimpressed with the graphics. I am even less impressed with the poor English translation. What kind of a game has a monster called Fat Dead?

Anyway, check it out at Rake in Grass Games if you're interested. It's $19.95, but you can download a free demo.