I need to open a new email message in Pocket Outlook today. Keep in mind that’s different from just programmatically sending an email from my application.

Here’s how to programmatically send an email from your application:

   1: Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.EmailMessage email = new EmailMessage();

   2: email.From = "From";

   3: email.BodyText = "BodyText";

   4: email.To = "To";

   5: email.Subject = "Subject";

   6: email.Send("AccountName");

 Here’s how to programmatically create a new mail message in Pocket Outlook and more:

[Source: Open a Specific Email Account in Pocket Outlook? - WM Experts]

• To open inbox for MyMail:
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail
• To additionally launch a new message with no recipient for sending:
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to ""
• To have the new message pre-addressed:
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to nobody@nowhere.com
• To add a cc (copy to):
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to nobody@nowhere.com -cc somebody@somewhere.com
• To add a bcc (blind copy):
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to nobody@nowhere.com -bcc somebody@somewhere.com
• To have the new message pre-addressed to multiple addresses:
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to nobody@nowhere.com;somebody@somewhere.com;thatguy@thatplace.com
• To additionally add the subject line "Call Me Tonight":
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to nobody@nowhere.com -subject "Call Me Tonight"
• To additionally add a message in the body:
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to nobody@nowhere.com -subject "Call Me Tonight" -body "at 555-1212"
• To attach the file "Recipe.xls" in the "My Documents" folder:
  • tmail.exe -service MyMail -to nobody@nowhere.com -subject "Call Me Tonight" -body "at 555-1212" -attach "\My Documents\Recipe.xls"

If you have ever used Total Commander for Windows then you know how fast it is. It gives the command prompt a run for its money.

I was looking around the other day, and notice there is a version for Windows Mobile and it is FREE. Grab it here.

Main features:

• Copy, Move whole subdirectories
• In place rename, create directories
• Delete (no recycle bin)
• Zip and unzip
• Properties dialog, change attributes
• Built-in text editor
• Search function (also for text)
• Select/unselect groups of files
• Select with [Sel] button
• FTP client
• Registry editor
• LAN access
• Send/Receive via Infrared (OBEX)
• Brief, full and large icons mode
• Single or two file window mode
• Option to hide all files in ROM
• Directory hot list as in Total Commander
• Directory history through drop down list
• Tree view
• Configurable button bar
• Simple help function
• Supported languages: English, German, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Swedish

ceSnipURL:

Features:

• Auto places URL’s from clipboard into conversion window on application launch
• After conversion the snipped URL is placed on the clipboard for use in your SMS/email or application of choice
• Very simple one screen application
• Built in checking for update via the about screen

MPlayer is one of the most popular Linux/Unix media player. Now, thanks to XDA-Developers forum member amitv_17, the porting to Windows Mobile has started.

This application pretty much plays anything, and is a great application to have install, ready and waiting.

Here’s another option:

The Core Pocket Media Player is an open-source media player for Windows CE / Windows Mobile-based devices.

Here’s an article that list tons of shopping Web sites that have a mobile interface.

Shopping Search, Via Mobile Phone

Has lots of information on these sites and more:

• Amazon
• eBay
• Froogle
• PriceGrabber
• Yahoo! Shopping

Live Search Mobile is like the Swiss Army knife of Windows Mobile apps. Or maybe it is more like having your own butler ready to take care of just about anything you need. About the only thing it won’t do for you is drive your car. Who knows, maybe the next version.

 Local information and navigation

• Find local businesses and restaurants, and click to call them
• Get turn by turn driving directions
• Explore interactive maps with satellite imagery
• View current traffic information and find cheap gas1 stations
• See movie show times by theaters

Web search from any phone with Internet access

• Search the full Web
• Find the latest news items
• Search images and photos
• Get instant answers for weather, stocks, maps, etc

Easy to use, and optimized for your phone

• Choose the customized version that’s best for your phone
• Speak your questions—no need to type
• Browse business listings by categories

What a feature of many modern applications that just about everyone loves? Tabs. Visual Studio has them, Internet Explorer has them, and on and on.

What about Internet Explorer Mobile? It doesn’t have them be default but it is easy for you to add them.

Here’s how:

Install Web Viewer for Windows Mobile.

Features:

• Tabbed Browser
• Standard Navigation Buttons (Back, Forward, Refresh, Stop)
• Open links in new tab
• Duplicate tab
• View Source (customize external viewer/editor)
• Remember closed tabs
• Remember typed URLs
• Full Screen mode
• Hide Tabs Option (to increase viewing area)
• Various Tab Options (Close, Close Others, Reload All)

Digg.com is probably one of the most well known and most used Web 2.0 sites on the Internet.

Check out the article on Digg.com on Wikipedia.

But today we live in a mobile world, is there any we can have our Digg and not be chained to our desktop?

The answer of course is YES.

Here’s a couple of easy ways to have your Digg on the runn.

Digg has mobile enabled Web site at http://m.digg.com/.

 

And there is another mobile Digg site at http://mobits.com/digg/.

 

See I told you Digg was popular, and dgm8 proves it.

And last but not least, there is Digg River.

If you haven’t been hiding under a rock for the last couple of weeks you’ve likely heard of the iPhone application: I Am Rich.

Basically, it is an iPhone application that costs $999.99. That’s right, it costs more than the iPhone itself. Heck, that’ll pay for many months of the data plan as well.

Well, for better or worse, when it comes to Windows Mobile, everyone is a developer and the app has been “ported” to both Windows Mobile (and Palm OS which just cracks me up).

Windows Mobile: I Am Rich

Palm OS: I Am Rich

iPhone: I Am Rich

Here’s a video of the original application running on someone’s iPhone:

Here’s some of the coverage this application has gotten:

IPhone Apps: $999.99 iPhone App "I Am Rich" Probably Only Applies to Developer

Slashdot | 8 People Buy "I Am Rich" iPhone App For $1000

Digg - Worthless, $1000 "I Am Rich" iPhone App Disappears

Here are a bunch of applications to allow you to control your desktop from your Windows Mobile device:

Remote Desktop Mobile - [Download]

[Image Source: Remote Desktop: A Mobile Killer App - RussellBeattie.com]

[Image Source: Windows Mobile: Remote Desktop Client « Inspect My Gadget]

[Image Source: MobileViews Blog :: Windows Mobile Remote Desktop Connection]

zaDesktop - [Download]

[Image Source: zaDesktop freeware for Windows Mobile]

LogMeIn - [Link]

[Image Source: LogMeIn available for Pocket PC users]

PocketPC VNCViewer Client - [Download]

[Image Source: VNCViewer for PocketPC]

I wanted to add an application I was working on to my Windows Vista’s System Tray. This is one of those things that is completely trivial once you already know how to do it. It’s actually easy enough that most people find their way thorough it on their own, eventually.

Here’s a quick cheat sheet, if you will, that will show you everything you need to know so you can “knock em out da box”, Luke.

First, you’ll need to add a NotifyIcon to the form.

Here are the key parts of the NotifyIcon we will be concerned with:

NotifyIcon.Text: Gets or sets the ToolTip text displayed when the mouse pointer rests on a notification area icon.

NotifyIcon.Icon: Gets or sets the current icon.

NotifyIcon.DoubleClick: Occurs when the user double-clicks the icon in the notification area of the taskbar.

NotifyIcon.ContextMenu: Gets or sets the shortcut menu for the icon.

The DoubleClick event is a good place to add logic to open a main form, and the ContextMenu allows the NotifyIcon to almost be an application on its own.

Note:

You can change the NotifyIcon’s Icon at runtime as a way to alert users to various things happening.

It’s good to set any forms in the application to ShowInTaskbar = false. This helps keep clutter out of the user’s taskbar.

“The climate is made up of “weather”; whether it is nice out depends on whether it is raining or not. A wether is just a castrated sheep.” – Source

Windows Mobile Weather Application Reviews:

• Weather App Smackdown! - Week o' Weather Apps
• XDADeveloperWiki Software Recommendations
• Weather Freeware for Pocket PC

Windows Mobile Weather Applications

Spb Weather PAID

Spb Weather is a very powerful weather forecast Today plug-in. You can customize weather views, skins and even the weather forecast data source. Spb Pocket Plus users can save space on their Today screen running Spb Weather as a tab.

WeatherPanel 2.0 PAID / FREE

Version 2.3.0 has been released! New features include a more powerful layout engine, allowing for a totally customizable display, and new detail screens (summary, stats, radar, and compare).

Weather Watcher Mobile FREE

Weather Watcher is your personal Windows mobile weather station. Automatically retrieve the current conditions, hourly forecast, daily forecast, detailed forecast, severe weather alerts (US only) for over 77,000 cities world-wide.

WeatherBug Mobile Weather PAID

Plan your day with confidence – always be informed and prepared.