How many apps

[spmwinkel]

Originally Posted by waveydavey

I'm surprised you guys devices still run!

Well for me, most software is installed on my microSD card so really the only way it could slow down my device is if it is running all at the same time. (At least I'd think that would be the only way it could slow down my device)
And that's why it's very important to have a good task manager! By default pressing the X button closes my applications, except for a few programs I want to keep running in the background (I select them myself, they are the Messages app, my RSS reader and my Twitter application). And as part of my daily backups my device gets a soft reset every morning before I wake up so everything is fresh when I start the day.

Originally Posted by fowljr

SBSH Winterface or Spb Mobile Shell (depending on mood)

You might want to check the Vito website, they've got something nice as well. And I think I have to do some searching on the SBSH website!

Originally Posted by windows

Amazes me how few of you have PIM software loaded?

I've tried PocketInformant, AgendaFusion and Extreme Agenda and of the three, I preferred PocketInformant. However, it does way too much for me and I feel that it is slower (both in starting and performing actions). It may have much more features which makes it way better than the built-in app (certainly if you ask the developer, Alex Kac!) but for me the built-in app fits my needs better.

[fowljr]

Whoops, I meant Vitol Winterface there, I'll edit!

[Bassey]

Re: PIM.

I'm with SPMWinkle. PI does way too much too slowly and has a habit of killing my devices. I find the combination of desktop outlook, exchange synch and Pocket Breeze suits my needs perfectly. Data entry is largely done from the desktop and synched over. I can then manage everthing from the today screen in PB using the DPad. Data entry on the device is fairly minimal and I find PocketOutlook works just fine.

Oh, and even with all of those apps (possibly excepting GoogleMaps) installed to the device I still have 54% memory free after a reboot. And the device backs itself up and reboots every day.

[windows]

Strange I find PI is fast enough in operation, no lagging or problems at all here. For me I have to use third party apps to manage my PIM duties as the standard tasks application is just not meaty enough to get the job done.

[Bassey]

Ah, well I don't use Outlook tasks at all. I stick with ListPro for that. Maybe if I spent more time on PI I'd find a way of integrating it that was less obtrusive but, so far, having installed it on three separate occasions over the last few years, it has always killed my device to the point I've had to rebuild from scratch.

[firstbuddha]

here's my list from Remove Programs:

A_C S2P (Slide2Play)
Arena Games Stuidos Help 2 Speak
Astraware Hidden Expedition Titanic
Business Card Reader
Total Commander
Google Maps
HTC Touch Keyboard + Keypad (SIP)
Iambic GoogHelper
JUVS HTC Album
Lingvosoft French --- talking phrase books
Lingvosoft German "" ""
Lingvosoft Italian "" ""
Lingvosoft Spanish "" ""
Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX
MS Cubicle Chaos (Game)
MS Fire Drill (Game)
MS Killer Commute (Game)
MS Live Search
MS Stock Scramble (Game)
MS Task Master (Game)
MS Voice Command
MoDaCo AppToDate
MoDaCo DupeDeDupe (Duplicate remover - as I'm currently updating my contacts/calendar!)
MoDaCo NoData (to kill data connection when roaming)
Palringo
Saman SMSDeliveryReceiptFix (makes delivery reports have contact name, rather than number in)
SBSH.net MyList
Schap's Advanced Config Tool
Schap's Black Keyboard Skin (for the HTC Touch keyboard)
SK Tools
smartmadsoft smartWatchM (s/ware for my Bluetooth watch)
Spb Backup
Spb Brain Evolution
Spb Diary
Spb Imageer
Spb Mobile Shell
Spb Phone Suite
Spb Pocket Plus
Spb Time
Spb Traveler
Spb Wallet
TCPMP
TomTom Nav 6
Tweaks2K
Visual TIO Pocket Emulator (TI Calculator emulator)
VITO Active Trace (DEMO at moment)
VITO AstroNavigator II
Windows Live
yadabyte TomeRaider3
Yahoo! Go

In addition to the above I have 3 beta apps in test. Also plenty of CABs of older apps and games that are kept on the storage card.

[spmwinkel]

Good to know I'm not the only one who is so scared to keep .cab files on my Storage card. In case of an unexpected hard reset and backup failure (or just if I want to try an app again) I always keep the .cab file on my microSD card.

I will give some of the games of your list a try, never heard of the MS games...

[firstbuddha]

try this link for more information about the Microsoft Games Pack (and here for the MS MarketPlace info - but they show incorrect picture there).

Although it was for older devices (I originally had them for Pocket PC 2003, but they work fine on my Kaiser).

[windows]

Hells bells the longest list yet!

[Bassey]

50 apps in the list (I couldn't count them without getting a headache so I copied and pasted the list into an Excel spreadhsheet ) plus the 3 betas gives us 53 apps ladies and gentlement.

So, who wants to call Guinness Records?