Personal mobile software roundup: March 1-20, 2006

- Gary Thayer, editor

March 20, 2006 -- (MobileVillage) -- Here is roundup of noteworthy new or updated mobile personal software, including links to the latest new or updated software on Handango.

MemWine announced a mobile Web interface for its free Web based MemWine application. MemWine enables users to save details about wines they've tried to a worldwide database with over 12,000 labels. The database allows search by wine label, country, region, varietal, and expert rating. Users add vintages of the wines they've tried or wish to try. For details see memwine.com.

PhatWare released version 4.7 of its PhatNotes notes organizer for desktop PCs and Pocket PC 2003 and later devices based on Windows Mobile versions 4 and 5. PhatNotes allows users to create notes and organize them by type, subject, creation and modification date. The newest version supports a wider range of square screen devices and features an enhanced Today screen add-on that allows users to open, delete or rename notes and access linked notes and attached files directly from the Pocket PC Today screen.

PhatNotes 4.7 also includes a new Properties dialog box that allows users to change note properties, such as color, priority, category and authoring date, for single or multiple notes from the notes list window. PhatNotes Professional Edition includes a new database utility designed to compress the PhatNotes database on the Desktop PC. PhatNotes 4.7 is available at phatware.com, and pricing varies depending on edition. The new version is a free upgrade for all registered users of the corresponding edition of PhatNotes 4.x.

SFR Software has released version 3 of its visKeeper password protection software for Windows Mobile / Pocket PC devices. visKeeper can be used to store account information for banking, shopping, contacts, notes etc. Data may be entered in predefined templates, or users can create their own. visKeeper stores entries in a tree structure. Data is encrypted with 128-Bit Twofish. New features in version 3 allow users to create any number of folders and subfolders; create notes for clear and secure storing of large texts; create any number of templates for your new entries. Also new is the option of three login methods: Picture, Text and PIN Password. Besides the standard PIN and text password, visKeeper also provides a visual technology, where the user may apply an image of his own choice for password query.

The software is available at Handango (Pocket PC edition and Professional edition) or at viskeeper.com.

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