Recommended Software

TomTom
Navigator. Excellent route planning software from mobile
navigation experts, TomTom.

In-car navigation is big business with satellite navigation systems
running into thousands of pounds. If you happen to have a Pocket
PC, you can achieve the same results for a fraction of the cost,
thanks to TomTom Navigator.

You can use this software to replace your in-car map books, and
as a searchable street directory, but it comes into its own when
coupled with a GPS receiver. You can plan
a route to your chosen destination, and when your journey starts,
see a moving representation of your car as you travel – best of
all, you’ll get spoken turn-by-turn directions. Also runs on Symbian devices
and Palm OS PDAs.

For more, see our TomTom Navigator page.

MiniGPS
/ Where I Am – For
Symbian OS phones such as the Nokia 7650,
3650 and 6600,
as well as the Siemens SX1, and
Sony Ericsson P800/P900,
this impressive little application lets you work out where you
are from the nearest cellbase. OK, so it’s not true GPS satellite technology, but clever enough to use local GSM
base stations to work out roughly where you are. In a city like
London, it’s surprisingly accurate, able to pinpoint you to a
street corner!
For each cell, You can add a description of each cellbase (i.e.
"Work", "Home", etc). So, what’s the point of your 7650 knowing
where you are? Well, the application lets you do things with this
information, such as send a text message to someone when you enter
or leave an area, sound an alarm when you reach a cell, change
your profile or background image when you get to work, or switch
off the phone when you leave an area. I’ve used this excellent
app to wake me up when my train’s nearing home, send an "I’m home
safely" text to my other half, and send progress reports when
I’m completing a journey. Very clever, and with a host of uses!
O2
customers can enter cell IDs at the following site, to view the
location of the cellbase on a map: www.webmap.o2.co.uk/.

For more on location services, see our Locate page.

Crypto
– Password protect
any EPOC file
– Freeware file security utility for the Series 5 and Revo family
that lets you lock individual EPOC files.
Available from salvis.com

Pocket
Diet Tracker – Keep
in shape If you’re looking to shed a few pounds, but lack with willpower,
a little help from some software may make life a little easier,
and having it on hand helps to ensure that you keep a log of what
you’re eating, and how much exercise you do. This Pocket PC app
allows you to create a profile with details of your age, height
and current weight, then estimates what range you fall within. You
can set a target weight (or ideal weekly loss), and track this against
your actual weight. It comes with a built-in database of common
foods (although this is an American list), and you can add your
own foods to this list. It’s then a case of adding your food intake,
exercise and weight, and running a range of reports on the stats
to see how well you’re doing. You can see from the screenshot that
I’m slightly off-target!

Useful popups tell you if you’re exceeding your fat, carbohydrate
or calorie intake, look at performance over a date range, draw graphs
of intake vs energy expenditure, and keep an eye on your body fat
percentage. Superb little app that makes the process slightly less
painful by always being on hand, easy to use, and with a little
red line showing you how well you’re doing.