1. Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW from Microsoft Download Center
2. Extract the downloaded package by running vm_web.exe /x
3. Go to the folder of the extracted package & open the file baseline.dat in any text editor
4. Look for the ‘gencomp7788’ section and change this two entries from 1 to 0:
   • InstallOnLHS=0
   • InstallOnWinXP=0
5. Save the file baseline.dat
6. Run setup.exe /web

More detailes at product page

The Chaos Organizer contains many useful tools that allow you to perform bulk, semi automatic and full automatic tasks on the device data.

The program turns exhausting tasks to easy simple and efficient.

Main features:

• Bulk operation to delete, Edit & merge contacts
• Automatic remove duplicate contacts, tasks and appointments (because of
  errors in synchronization or sync from few resources (desktop, Gmail, exchange…)
• Semi automatic option to merge two contacts of the same person(e.g. two
  contacts for the same person, one with the email and one with phone number)
• Automatic search for contacts with missing data (names, email & phone
  numbers)
• Automatic change & set the display format (SaveAs)
• Automatic contacts’ names arrangement – split name when first & last name
  appear in one field and extract names from email address.
• Automatic Delete Non Digits from phone numbers
• Finger friendly user interface for touch screens.

The application requires .Net 3.5
that you can download from Microsoft.
or if you want only the cab file,
search the net for the NETCFv35.wm.armv4i.cab file.

The Red Frogfish company is not responsible for any loss of data due to usage of the application. It is highly recommended to backup your data before any use of the program.

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One of the major leeks of the Win Mobile is the fact that the GUI are stylus-oriented but not designed for finger-based use.

This controls are also not have nice looking (not to say ugly) and not even close to the modern looking applications that have a finger-based UI as Apple iPhone and other devices

Since Microsoft doesn’t supply the needed controls I started to search for alternatives to use in my applications.

As expected I found few commercial solutions and also some free SDK libraries, here are the list of them.

 Commercial:

• Resco MobilForms Maybe the most complete framework for mobile development, also the most expensive as I know. Price: from $749.95
• beeMobile4.net Another rich library.  Cost 259.95 €
• Mirabyte The core component of Mirabyte controls is Touch ListBox, a flexible multipurpose list control that can be used for any kind of menus, lists or item viewers. Price: 49.95 EUR
• DevSlide: Finger friendly.NET components library for MS Windows Mobile application development. price from 499 $

Free:

• Fluid Touch Controls Library Open source library, As the Mirabyte, based on Touch ListBox and few other controls by michyprima
• Manila Interface SDK   by michyprima , A collection of few very nice touch controls, including list, buttons, radio and check boxes.
• SliderList control by Obelix, Kinetic scrollable list with functional items, very easy to implement, I used it in my DataController application.
• Sense Interface SDK  by eboelzner. Another collection touch controls, in addition to the michyprima’s SDK it have a very good numeric selector and TrackbarItem.

• Great looking product.
• Very intuitive, no need to search too much for anything, all in the place it’s supposed to.
• Good integration with the base phone features, like when you select missed calls from the home screen will bring you to the PhonEx Missed Calls.
• Contacts browsing interface.

Features include (from the product page):

• Convenient and intuitive interface
• Interaction using simple touch (without stylus)
• Today plug-in
• Address book
• Photo contacts (including SIM contacts)
• Individual tune for calls (including SIM contacts)
• Expanded call history for each contact
• Image library
• Favorites group
• Full-screen incoming call
• Full-screen Dialer
• New and easy Phonepad
• Convenient contact search
• Personalization
• Broad options capability

Product site: http://www.iconsoft.com/?language=en&menu=62e094db10fc83b1

Updated version: 1.0.2.1: Menu option changes.

Updated version: 1.0.2.0: Small GUI bug fix.
Updated version: 1.0.1.9: Performance improvements.
Updated version: 1.0.1.8: Checking .Net version bug fix (thanks Souti)
Updated version: 1.0.1.7: Gui fixes.
Updated version: 1.0.1.6: Small bug fix  and some GUI improvements.
Updated version: 1.0.1.5: Reduced application size and some GUI improvements.
Updated version: 1.0.1.3: Option to close all open data connection from the application screen

Download: DataController.cab

• 25 shortcuts on Home: Add 25 shortcuts to your home screen of the Manila 2.5.
• BsB Tweaks: Gathering Many Tweaks and registry changes.
• F i n g e r K e y b o a r d 2: Great SIP keyboard, with lot of skins and shortcuts options.
• Iconsoft: PhonEx opens up new possibilities for easy interaction using simple touch, without the stylus, while retaining all the capabilities of a Windows Mobile palmtop computer.
• PHP Registry Editor; good registry editor.
• Start Menu – 3/4/5/6 Items Wide:  Change the start menu of the HD2 Manila to 4 or 5 items wide.
• TCPMP Finger friendly: Movies player
• TorchButton: Using camera LED as flashlight.
• cleanRAM: Release memory for Windows Mobile devices.
• Data Controller: My favorite ,  Prevent your data connection(GPRS) to start up.

It lists all GPRS connections, and allows you to disable them so that they won’t be used.

The tool is especially useful when going to another country then the data connection cost a lot during the roaming.

This application is almost similar to the famous MoDaCo Nodata but with Manila touch screen interface and without nagging popups.

Download: DataController.cab

The application requires .Net 3.5 that you can download from Microsoft. or if you want only the cab file, search the net for the NETCFv35.wm.armv4i.cab file.

To install the tool just copy the executable file and open it.

Usage: Select base directory to change, select if you want to run search also sub folders and replace options: Text inside the files and/or file’s name, then click on Start in the Files list area you’ll get a list of all the files that where changed, if you click on of them you’ll get a list of changes in that file in the Changes list area.

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