AutoLight - HTC Topaz (Diamond 2) auto adjust backlight function is a good idea with a not very good implementation. It must be said to HTC excuse that the light sensor is very noisy, especially at low light conditions.
Some alternatives do exist but are not very good or are Compact Framework application (not a very good idea for background application).
AutoLight is supposed to be a better implementation for the auto adjust backlight function.
Requirements and compatibility
AutoLight was developed for HTC Topaz (Diamond 2) with WM6.1 and it critically depends on HTCSensorSDK.dll, HTCUtil.dll and on a 10 levels backlight starting from value 1.
It has been reported to work with WM6.5 and on Rhodium (Touch Pro 2) and it might work on some other HTC phones.
AutoLight is a native application with a very low memory usage. On the other hand the Configurator requires Compact Framework 2 but it should be closed after the use.
The Configurator is designed for WVGA screens.
Screen Alive Screen Alive is a simple application that easily and temporarily overrides your screen power settings so that the screen will not dim or shut off while Screen Alive is running
O2Flash O2Flash - Flashlight application for Windows Mobile. O2Flash is integrated into the O2Compass installer, but if you need it alone...
What's New in This Release:
· The application does not let the phone to sleep, so the flash doesn't turn off when the screens turn off
SpoonTorch SpoonTorch - Does your phone or PDA not have an external light on it? Do you want to use your phone's screen as a light?
This application lets you quickly create a white screen to use as a torch.
· Single tap of the screen to make the whole screen turn white. Tap again for the menu.
· Switching to fullscreen, backscreen brightness is set to maximum
Kai's Flash Light Kai's Flash Light - Use your Pocket PC as flashlight in the dark
Any color selectable
Adjust Brightness
Fullscreen and clear screen (without buttons)
New: Lightning Background in any interval from 100 ms to 5 sec.
Device don't Power Off!
System requirements:
Pocket PC 2000, 2002, Windows Mobile 2003 & SE, 5.0, 6
Screen Switch Screen Switch is a Pocket PC software that turn off screen of your PDA to save battery. It's very easy to use. Run the program, and the screen will be off. But the PDA is still working. It's useful to play music like mp3. To turn on the screen again, push the power button. Update Description:
v1
Kai's Flash Light.Net Kai's Flash Light.Net - Use your Pocket PC as a flashlight. You can use the whole brightness of the screen, set color, choose from different lamps and let it blink
ColorChange A program for painting the screen in a certain color
Pocket LAMP Pocket LAMP is the universal program for Pocket PC. The program can turn your pocket computer into a lamp, flash and siren. You can use this program in different situation of your life
Other Software by developer «Mauro Venturini»:
URL2Opera URL2Opera - As strange it might be OperaL.exe does not accept a .url file as command line parameter. Therefore, it is not possible to simply associate .url files to Opera and open them with it.
URL2Opera is a small application that extracts the URL from the .url file and passes it to Opera. This way the association became possible.
Install
Run URL2Opera.cab
SWE SWE This application plays a .wav file during a phone call. It can play the sound on the earphone or the speakerphone.
Usage:
Copy the .exe on your phone and run it
Select a .wav file using the Sound... button.
Test the sound using the Test button and regulate the volume using the + and - button
Schedule Reset Schedule Reset - Schedule Reset is a small utility that offers various enhancements for your Pocket PC:
- Soft reset of your device every day at a specified time.
- Optional warning sound and countdown before actual reset (just in case you are using the device).
- Optional execution of a script before the reset to delete garbage files, backup, etc
SetSIP SetSIP - Changing SIP (software keyboard) type is both cumbersome (that small finger unfriendly arrow near the SIP icon) and slow (the selection menu does not pop up for a noticeable time). Worse on Topaz (Diamond 2) the menu has 2 levels: one for selecting between Touch Input full QWERTY and Phone Keypad and one for selecting other SIP types
AutoAudioRoute AutoAudioRoute - At last VOIP works decently on many Windows Mobile 6.1 phones and it can be accessed using the standard dialer/phone application. The only problem is the sound trough the speakerphone instead of the earpiece
Sicve Tutor Assist Sicve Tutor Assist - The Italian Sicve Tutor system checks that the mean speed of vehicles between verification "portals" is below the speed limit (typically 130 km/h)
GPS Receiver Reset Utility GPS Receiver Reset Utility - Sometimes GPS receivers (at least my Hamlet HBTGPS20) stop working correctely (no or unstable fix). Hamlet advice is to reset it using a desktop Windows program that they provide. Unfortunately, this requires a BT enabled desktop or laptop PC. Very unpractical indeed!
This small utility can be used to reset GPS receivers