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.
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
ScreenOff ScreenOff-A tiny utility that does exactly what it states. It turns your Pocket PC display OFF. Preserving precious battery power, yet still keeping it alive to let it continue processing any applications that are executing. The press of any button or a Notification Alarm will immediately turn the display back ON
Ambient Color Ambient Color - The application Ambient Color brings colored light into your life. You can choose your favorite color or select continuesly changing colors.
The applications comes with to cool sliders for settign the color itself and the color changing speed. Further you can use your mobile phone as remote control for your Windows computer
DevState DevState - This is today plug-in for Pocket PC 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0. This enables to add mainly 3 functions on your today screen like below:
- Displays Memory/Storage status.
- Displays Battery/Power status and it has following function.
>> Soft reset.
>> Turn off your device
Prog Reso Swap Prog Reso Swap-this program enables you to easily switch individual applications on your Pocket PC Windows 2003 SE between low-resolution QVGA and high-resolution VGA. This is only useful for Windows Mobile 2003 "SE" (Second Edition), and users of VGA Pocket PCs like Toshiba e800
TCD (Taskbar Clock and Date) TCD (Taskbar Clock and Date) - With this little program you can change the look of your date and time shown in the Windows Mobile taskbar.
What's New in This Release:
· Added CheckBox for choosing a date separator ( "/" "-" "
ScreenCap ScreenCap, or Screen Capture saves a screenshot with whatever is currently on the Pocket PC screen.
ScreenCap is very easy to use. Start ScreenCap and then start which ever program's screen you wish to capture. When you have the screen you want to capture on the Pocket PC, press one of the buttons on the Pocket PC
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
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)
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
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
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
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
