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AE Keyboard Mapper

Submitted Sunday, June 22, 2008
Award History: 
2008 Nominee
Allows you to remap keys of almost any external or built-in hardware keyboard or keypad connected to a Windows Mobile device. You may use it for "localizing" keyboards (if OEM driver does not support your language) or just to remap a few keys (e.g. convert AZERTY keyboard to QWERTY).
Allows you to remap keys of almost any external or built-in hardware keyboard or keypad connected to a Windows Mobile device.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$15
(Touchscreen Version): 
$15
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
Non-Touchscreen Device
Alexander Eltsyn

AE Button Plus

Submitted Sunday, June 22, 2008
Award History: 
2008 Winner
2008 Nominee(Smartphone)
Allows you to remap the application buttons, volume slider, phone buttons, and soft keys to fit your personal needs. It can also distinguish up to four different key-press events - single, double, triple and long. You can run any application, emulate hardware button keypresses, or create a Virtual Application Button. Also includes built-in Task Manager, Uptime Monitor, Memory Monitor, and more.
Allows you to remap the application buttons, volume slider, phone buttons, and soft keys to fit your personal needs.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$7.99
(Touchscreen Version): 
$7.99
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
Non-Touchscreen Device
Alexander Eltsyn

SoftKey Manager

Submitted Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Award History: 
2008 Finalist
A freeware softkey editor for Windows Mobile, allowing you to change the defaults of your Today screen softkeys. Features include: Set Today screen Left and Right, softkey names and shortcuts, set a softkey to anything in your Start menu, set a softkey to any file on your device, set a softkey to an Internet Explorer Favorite, reset to defaults, and a built-in soft reset. The file size is 40 KB. The Current Version is 1.0.
A freeware softkey editor for Windows Mobile, allowing you to change the defaults of your Today screen softkeys.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$0
(Touchscreen Version): 
$0
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
Fantastic Bytes

HButton

Submitted Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Award History: 
2008 Nominee
Allows you to assign an unlimited number of applications to one button. For each button, you can create a list of applications that should be assigned to this button. Just press and hold the button until the name of the application you want to start is shown on the screen.
Allows you to assign an unlimited number of applications to one button.
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
Ondrej Pavlicek

Double Launcher

Submitted Saturday, June 23, 2007
Lets you launch up to four different applications from each Pocket PC hardware launch button, including the Record button. Allows each button to be pressed, pressed and held (like tap-and-hold), double-pressed (like double-clicking a mouse button), or double-pressed and held, launching a different app in each case.
Lets you launch up to four different applications from each Pocket PC hardware launch button, including the Record button.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$9.95
(Touchscreen Version): 
$9.95
Works With: 
Pre WM5
Orthanc Software

BtnPlus

Submitted Saturday, June 23, 2007
Award History: 
2007 Nominee
2008 Finalist
A button enhancer.
A button enhancer.
Works With: 
Pre WM5
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
momidi

Scissors Mobile 2007

Submitted Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Adds the missing editing capabilities to Outlook Mobile. Edit documents easier while managing your e-mail. You can copy a section of one e-mail message to forward to a colleague, copy information between your tasks, contacts, and messaging, and move information between Outlook Mobile and third-party applications such as Notepad Mobile.
Adds the missing editing capabilities to Outlook Mobile.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$14.99
(Touchscreen Version): 
$14.99
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
Non-Touchscreen Device
Orneta

buttonMax

Submitted Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Award History: 
2007 Nominee
2008 Nominee
A button-mapping application that allows easy access to 3 applications/settings per hardware button. It can record complex macros and play these back via a button press or as alarmToday custom alarms. Possible macros include beaming your business card via infrared with a single button-click (no extra software required).
A button-mapping application that allows easy access to 3 applications/settings per hardware button.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$19.95
(Touchscreen Version): 
$19.95
Works With: 
Pre WM5
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
pocketMax

VITO ButtonMapper

Submitted Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Award History: 
2006 Finalist
2007 Winner
Assigns two actions per hardware button to launch programs, enter system settings, and more. ButtonMapper can handle button settings for each program separately, and enables assigning of stylus tap emulation to buttons. As a result, hardware buttons can perform any actions of any application (button presses, menu selections, etc.). Macros recording provided.
Assigns two actions per hardware button (single-press & hold) to launch programs, enter system settings, and more.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$9.95
(Touchscreen Version): 
$9.95
Works With: 
Pre WM5
WM5
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
VITO Technology

HotButton Plus

Submitted Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Award History: 
2007 Finalist
2008 Finalist
A program that makes it easier to operate your Pocket PC Phone Edition device with one hand. You can assign it to a hardware button to launch it, use your D-Pad to make phone calls, launch applications, and get system status.
A program that makes it easier to operate your Pocket PC Phone Edition device with one hand.
(Non-touchscreen Version): 
$9.99
(Touchscreen Version): 
$9.99
Works With: 
WM5
WM6
Use With: 
Touchscreen Device
Burr Oak Software