Here's another great app. This file manager is a full-featured app and it includes file encryption, backup, zip compression, samba networking (both client & server!), BT and IrDA beaming & receiving, a registry editor, FTP capabilities and a built-in viewer for some kind of files. What more could someone ask from a PDA file manager?
The app also supports a drag-n-drop mode, a one and two-way pane viewing, it has multi-selection, and an advanced 'Find' dialog among other things. The file manager works well and it delivers what it promises.
On the PalmOS side, again, the version of the file manager sold is a much simpler and less-full-featured version. Still, it's a good option though as the program is able to utilize the HiRes and HiRes+ of PalmOS just fine.
I don't have any gripes for the File Manager at all, except maybe for an option to change the view kind of the tree sub-window. Also, I don't quite like the sneaking of the "Encrypt" capability added on my *desktop* Windows Explorer shell menu without a clean indication that this was for my desktop file manager and not for my PPC one. Maybe the desktop add-ins should be highlighted with a different color during the installation of the program.
Overall: 9/10 (PPC)
Overall: 8/10 (PalmOS)
Resco Keyboard PRO 4.33 (PPC)
It was always striking me as weird that the PPC platform was using the virtual keyboard solution as the default one while PalmOS had Graffiti. The PPC has 4 alternative input methods (including a graphiti-like option) but the virtual keyboards seem to be faster to deal with. Resco's keyboard Pro is a great additional solution to the existing keyboard for several reasons: First of all, it is able to support two languages at the same time. I am now able to input both english and greek characters without changing localizations and the like from preference panels! A simple stroke will change the keyboard layout on the fly for me!
Then, there is gesture support, auto-repeat support, a choice of three layouts for the numeric keypads (one of them includes a calculator!) and of course, skins (however, the default is actually the best from a usability standpoint). I found the Resco keyboard look and usability way better than the default Microsoft one which is more difficult to point with the stylus because of its brightness and non-bold characters on the keys. To start using the Resco keyboard you will need to soft-reset the machine btw (because it's a kind of a driver).
Overall: 10/10
Guardians (PPC)
Here's a great vertically scrolling shoot-em-up for your PocketPC. There is not much to say about the game, it's a classic shoot-em-up, graphics are great (especially on my VGA screen), sound effects are superb, difficulty is sane through the levels. The game defaults on auto-shooting which is a good thing as most PDAs have a terrible arrow-pad in regards to their usability for games. If you like shoot-em-ups, or you simply looking into killing your time while waiting for a bus or a train, Guardians will be a good companion.
Overall: 8/10
Conclusion
People who have read my reviews in the past know that I am not an easy person to please. However, the folks over at Resco have some fine apps over there. In fact, the Pocket PC world would have been a half-baked platform for me without these applications. To express how much I appreciate the quality and usefulness of these apps, I can only say that I wish that Microsoft buys the company and integrates these apps as defaults to the OS. That's how good and refreshing they are.
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