I am new to forums so please forgive me if I don't know what I'm doing. I'm looking into some software to add to my axim.

Battery Pack Pro, SPB Pocket Plus, or WisBar Advance 2?

MemMaid, Pocket Mechanic, or...?

Any freeware or are these versions best?
Pros and cons and any other comments please.

Thanks for your time and Merry Christmas!

Well, I'm a big Battery Pack Pro fan, and I also use Wisbar Advanced 1.3. I wasn't wild about 2.0, so I stuck with the free version of Wisbar. I've used BP for almost a year, and didn't really care for SPB Pocket plus, but there are many fans of the SPB app . . .

Best Regards,

Wooch

Wisbar advance is pretty nice...i only have used the free version but supposadly, the non-free one is really nice...if you are looking for a free software similar to wisbar, id run icbar. thats what i am currently using

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I like SPB PocketPlus for everything except PIE enhancements. The close button, file explorer and Today Page management enhancements are worth the price. Sure you could duplicate all these enhancements with freeware but I like the idea of just dealing with one app.

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There are more important apps than any you mention.

Firstly, you need a good file explorer. The built in explorer is not very nice and I find it difficult to use. I much prefer explorers that map all memory - like Explorer on your desk top. Resco Explorer 2003 is generally reckoned to be the best, but it has become rather expensive. Very nearly as good but much cheaper is Advanced Explorer which costs about $2.00.

Secondly, you need a good backup utility. Again the built in backup is not very good. Much better is Sprite Backup. Among its many advantages is that it compresses backup files to about 50%, it produces self extatacting backup .EXE files which do not need the program to be running to restore and it can be scheduled to do automatic backups either daily (strongly recommended) or weekly. This can be a real life saver. If you buy the Premium Edition you can also backup to your PC and you get two very nice extra programs :

PocketMon - a today screen plug in which monitors the battery charge, main memory, SD card and CF card memory state, and the processor activity (interesting but not all that useful) and :

Space Detective - a useful memory analyser.

If you get these two you probably will not need BatteryPack Pro or SPB Pocket Plus as well, as they do much the same things.

I use both MemMaid and Pocket Mechanic, they do different things. I also use SK Tools which does not have the easy interface of MemMaid but is a lot more powerful.

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Thanks for the input so far! How about:

WisBar Advance vs. Wisbar Advance 2?

Advanced Explorer vs. Total Comander?

Pocket RAR vs. other freeware?

Weather to go?

Again thanks for the input and Merry Christmas!

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You do not say what version your Axim is, nor what OS you are running.

Wisbar Advance is freeware. Wisbar Advance 2 costs about $8.00 I believe, But neither run properly/or at all on WM 2003 SE and/or are not VGA compatible.

Advanced Explorer is virtually as good as Resco (I find it hard to tell the difference). It also has a Recycle Bin (the only explorer that has). It costs about $2.00. Total Commander is free but does not map memory.

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After using WA 1.x Advanced, I installed 2.0 and had some problems with it on my X3i, so I reverted back to 1.x. I love WisBar, and I highly recommend

Best Regards,

Wooch

Thanks again everyone for the input. I went with WA2 and it works great so far. I'm very inpressed. I have an Axim X30 high by the way. Where can I find Advanced Explorer? Thanks again for helping a learning as I go newbie!

This link will tell you about Advanced Explorer and let you download it.

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