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.
Awady ScreenOff A small handy tool to turn off your Pocket PC screen without turning off the device itself
The Tribe 2 for Pocket PC The Tribe 2 for Pocket PC - Life of a hideaway tribal village goes all plain to see. A small thatch hutment is pitched in the jungles beneath a dormant volcano. Nor chucklesome aborigines all rapt in hunting and gathering coconuts, neither you can yawn through the seen. After sunset the neigbourhood resounds with a slam bang clatter of tom-toms
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
QWERTY Backlight Timeout Changer QWERTY Backlight Timeout Changer - On many of the Windows Mobile devices with hardware keyboard there is no way to adjust the backlight on the keys to your liking. This little application lets you set the timeout to whatever you want
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
ColorPicker ColorPicker - An amusing freeware that will let you personalize every one of your screens, without exception, by modifying the color of the components you want (title bar, menu backgrounds, etc...), like the Appearance tab of Windows Display Properties.
Also there are schemes available. In short, everything you need to see life through ... rose-tinted lenses
AutoBacklight for HP iPaq 415x PPC AutoBacklight for HP iPaq 415x PPC - HP iPaq 415x is a great Pocket PC, but its backlight control system doesn''t support backlight brightness change automatically when connected to (or disconnected from) AC power (charging). Most of the other HP iPaq PPCs have this feature though.
This AutoBacklight utility solves the problem
disCali disCali - disCali disables the "Align Screen" that pops up whenever you press the middle D-PAD button + Message Button.
Instructions:
1. Install the cab.
2. Run "disCali" form Start Menu > Programs, this will disable the align screen function from your entire device until soft-rest (even from the control panel).
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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
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)
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
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
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
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
