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desktop program on windows mobile ?

Hello,
I might sound naive but would it be able to run a desktop simple application (such as a dictionnary in my case) on my windows mobile device ?
Thank you in advance for any tip

No.
Different OS and different processor architecture mean your WM device wouldn't have a clue as to what to do with this app.
There DOS emulators that can run old apps with varying degree of success bu nothing for windows as far as I know.

dam said:
Hello,
I might sound naive but would it be able to run a desktop simple application (such as a dictionnary in my case) on my windows mobile device ?
Thank you in advance for any tip
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As it's been pointed out, it's pretty futile to try to emulate anything. Use a remote controller application - see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288506 for more info
EDIT: I've just noticed you've already read the article

There is a DOS emulator for ppc though.

BTW, there are a lot of dictionaries for the Pocket PC, including even Japanese. Did you read my related articles?

dictionary
Menneisyys said:
BTW, there are a lot of dictionaries for the Pocket PC, including even Japanese. Did you read my related articles?
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No, I looked around, but could not find your article. I would be glad to have the link.
I also found out that roadlingua dictionary shell (http://www.absoluteword.com/roadlng/) might be a solution, as I can create my own data base. I might be able to tune the one that is working on my desktop and implement it on this shell (french<>japanese). I will give it a try this w.e.
I also found these dictionaries for Japanese<>English (most of them freeware)
・EBPocket
・WordNet 2.0 - Dictionary & Thesaurus
・EDICT V05-003
・F2J2
・EBPocket本体のダウンロード ：フリーソフト
・英英辞典+類語辞典（ WordNet 2.0 - Dictionary & Thesaurus ） ：フリーソフト
・和英(+英和)辞書（EDICT V05-003） ：フリーソフト
・仏和・和仏単語帳（F2J2） ：フリーソフト
thanks to
http://x01ht.blog82.fc2.com/blog-entry-9.html (it is in japanese)
thank you all for your support

dam said:
No, I looked around, but could not find your article. I would be glad to have the link.
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http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1137&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 and http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1161&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

dictionary
Thank you very much, m(..)m
I will write some feed back on the japanese <> french/english dictionary
Cheers

best ppc internet browser

I know thunderhawk may be the best as far as viewing webpages, is there anything else that comes close?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296615
Menneisyys wrote about browsers it seems

Picsel browser is the best I've used. NetFront is meant to be great I hear.
V

Minimo (firefox mobile beta)

combustion8 said:
I know thunderhawk may be the best as far as viewing webpages, is there anything else that comes close?
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On a QVGA device, without frames and copy/paste support, maybe. Otherwise, particularly if you have a VGA device, go for something else; for example, Opera Mobile or, to a lesser degree, the PIE + new (!) PIEPlus 2.2 combo OR NetFront 3.4 TP.
Please see my previous articles & comparisons of all these browsers so that you'll see what their particular strengths / weaknesses are and how they compare; these articles can all be found here in the forum.

pieplus works good for me. minimo is more than my device likes to handle (plus bad bookmark support).

OdeeanRDeathshead said:
pieplus works good for me. minimo is more than my device likes to handle (plus bad bookmark support).
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Yup, Minimo runs pretty slow on some models / ROM versions.

Minimo is very slow to load but once it has, it is fine on my orbit overclocked of course. I like to use tabs so it is handy. Loads more features than PIE.

For me, the best browser is the almost new Opera Mobile 8.65. It got new options to download images and to import IE Favorites, among other new things, and it's very fast.

Could you please post a link to the Opera 8.65 for pocket PC.
I have checked their site and the latest version yet available for download is 8.60 which I am already using and it provides no way to import the Internet explorer favourite links. So I guess 8.65 may be a beta version. A link for download would be most helpful, though I could see the version 8.65 for the Symbian S60 which will obviously not work for us the PPC users.
Thanks and Regards

http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/

srmz said:
Could you please post a link to the Opera 8.65 for pocket PC.
I have checked their site and the latest version yet available for download is 8.60 which I am already using and it provides no way to import the Internet explorer favourite links. So I guess 8.65 may be a beta version. A link for download would be most helpful, though I could see the version 8.65 for the Symbian S60 which will obviously not work for us the PPC users.
Thanks and Regards
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Here is the link, with the new features. But it's true that when you try to download, the version is 8.60u2 (?).
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/winmobileppc/index2.dml
I attached some captures with the versión page, the "Save Image" option and the "Import IE Favorites" option.

VivaErBetis said:
Here is the link, with the new features. But it's true that when you try to download, the version is 8.60u2 (?).
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/winmobileppc/index2.dml
I attached some captures with the versión page, the "Save Image" option and the "Import IE Favorites" option.
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WOWZ! great news! I'm off to thoroughly test it!

Menneisyys said:
WOWZ! great news! I'm off to thoroughly test it!
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Yeah, it's the old 8.60u2 only, last modded last December.
Where did you acquire your beta from? Is there a public link / source anywhere?

Menneisyys said:
Yeah, it's the old 8.60u2 only, last modded last December.
Where did you acquire your beta from? Is there a public link / source anywhere?
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I got it from a blog pointing to the page that I posted before and to a download link. But the download link is dead. So I guess that it may it be a pre-release version. Another thing, It doesn't asks for a registration code. It's very strange.
It runs very well (except the flash support that doesn't runs or I don't know how to make it runs). Even the "old" trick to translate cache and other files to the SD card runs well...
I got the CAB in my Desktop so, if someone wants to try, it I will upload it.

VivaErBetis said:
I got it from a blog pointing to the page
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Can you post the original URL of the blog itself? google didn't find anything.
VivaErBetis said:
Another thing, It doesn't asks for a registration code. It's very strange.
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Must be time-bombed?
VivaErBetis said:
It runs very well (except the flash support that doesn't runs or I don't know how to make it runs
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According to the linked page, it relies on the external Macromedia / Adobe Flash 7.0 plug-in.
I got the CAB in my Desktop so, if someone wants to try, it I will upload it.
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Of course I'd be REALLY interested in getting it

Here it is
*an URL was here*
Menneisyys' comment: sorry, as a moderator, I'm also responsible (to some extent) for what files the XDA-Dev forum (or, at least, the threads I contribute to and, therefore, am bound to know the contents of) contains. This is why I've removed the link after speaking to the Opera folks: the file turned out to be a pre-release betatest version, in no way to be distributed. That is, someone from the betatest team has leaked the pre-production, NDA'd test version - at least this is what I think the case is.
Thanks again for the URL and the effort you've provided me the file (it's really appreciated); sorry, again, for my having to remove the link.
Could you please also remove the file from RapidUpload as well? (If it takes too much effort, then, don't do it. Just don't spread the URL.)

Thanks!
BTW, in the meantimne, I've edited my post

Menneisyys said:
Must be time-bombed?
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May be, Opera usually allows 30 days of trial... But the prior version allows to enter a registration code and this one, not.
Menneisyys said:
According to the linked page, it relies on the external Macromedia / Adobe Flash 7.0 plug-in.
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I've it installed for PIE since a lot of time. I've reinstalled it but no results... I've looking in the Opera.ini but I found nothing.
By the way, there is a question about this version posted in Opera forums:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=180783
No answers... for now.
Regards.

There's an answer there now:
For the record, Opera Mobile 8.65 for WM is still not released. And this page should not be public. :smile:
When the release is here, this will of course be announced. At least now you know what to look foward to. :wink:

Much Improved Opera Mini

Hello again Kaiser Funsters, I've done a quick sweep of XDA-Dev and strangely I cant find a thread about this yet, however I have found a group that is offereing the much improved opera Mini experience via a russian mod.
except they've ported it into English!!
they haven't ported the new 206 version yet but you'll be impressed with the improvements they've mede with the standard Mini Opera Jar.
take a look
http://operamini.club.hu/keret.cgi?/opera_en.html

Sideburnt said:
Hello again Kaiser Funsters, I've done a quick sweep of XDA-Dev and strangely I cant find a thread about this yet, however I have found a group that is offereing the much improved opera Mini experience via a russian mod.
except they've ported it into English!!
they haven't ported the new 206 version yet but you'll be impressed with the improvements they've mede with the standard Mini Opera Jar.
take a look
http://operamini.club.hu/keret.cgi?/opera_en.html
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What is improved?
Screen shoots?
Nadavi.

Yeah, I'm going to need some release notes or something. I'm not brave enough to just start running java programs from a random Russian website on my phone

I took the plunge and tried it . Not the smartest security risk - BUT I don't have any real data on the phone and I can always re-flash. Its a pretty interesting update. Once you install files from the links above, the newly installed Opera mini has built in links to the developers site that has FAQ's, instructions, basically full documentation - BUT its mostly in russian. I don't speak russian sooo... I can't help with the details. Basically, file downloading is MUCH improved (more like firefox for the PC), linking is better.. lots of cool stuff.

hey guys i am a native russian speaker and i got to tell you this is definately not a russian website

webdk said:
hey guys i am a native russian speaker and i got to tell you this is definately not a russian website
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Its Hungarian...

webdk said:
hey guys i am a native russian speaker and i got to tell you this is definately not a russian website
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No it isn't russian, it's hungarian
look at the url: http://operamini.club.hu/keret.cgi?/opera_en.html
.hu is Hungary

For me, the package by Shlomki remains the biggest breakthrough in making Opera Mini easier to use...having Opera Mini as a shortcut in the \Programs folder just has to take the cake!
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Posted by Shlomki in this thread (post #17): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1740111#post1740111
Default CABs Ready!!!
I made 3 cabs for easy installation of this hack.
What it does:
1. Installs MortScript (Default to Internal Memory, because of links and shortcuts)
2. Installs script to Windows dir and imports Reg values (to be independant of MortScript folder)
3. Creates a shortcut for OperaMini in the programs folder!
These CABs are for ARM processors and for Pocket PC only - not smartphones.
All you need to do is install.
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Dictionary for WM6.1

Hi
Is there any free dictionary English for WM 6.1?
Pardon me if this has been asked earlier
Regards

hey,
im slightly confused by that, your rom is wwe yes so you could use the built in one for that purpose although a bit inconvenient i guess. If your after a stand alone app then thats a good question to which i dont know..... i'll take a look

I was asking for a stand alone app
How to use the built in one?

Btw I know about Lexisgoo Dictionary but I dont like that

I use MDict (http://www.octopus-studio.com/product.en.htm) and the Wordnet database(12MB) for dictionary lookups.
I also have a Wikipedia database(732MB) for other general information loaded on my storage card.

markvan said:
I use MDict (http://www.octopus-studio.com/product.en.htm) and the Wordnet database(12MB) for dictionary lookups.
I also have a Wikipedia database(732MB) for other general information loaded on my storage card.
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I have downloaded MDict
Will you please give the link of downloading Wordnet Database?

I can't remember where I got it from, but I've added it to my website. You can find the link at the bottom of this page:
http://www.jaml.com/pdasolutions.php

you can find a few dictionaries in www.freewarepocketpc.net

markvan said:
I can't remember where I got it from, but I've added it to my website. You can find the link at the bottom of this page:
http://www.jaml.com/pdasolutions.php
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Thanx mate

Where can I find dictionaries for Mdict (*.mdx)? Mainly a Portuguese Dictionary.

Open Document Reader

Hi all
i'm searching for something to open opendocument files
i mean, the file made with openoffice and other ISO/IEC 26300:2006 compliant programs (i.e .odt, .ods and like)
[i cannot post link... btw wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument ]
i tried Thinkpad free (i got for free in my SGS) and also other apps i don't remember (even one i paid for it x.x ) but noone will open my odt files ;_;
the only solution i got is Offiviewer who don't "read" document files, but send them to a server who convert into pdf and send back... :\
do you know an app who can let me read my documents?
ty everyone for the help

Sorry for answering such an old answer, but maybe the thread's author is still following this...
A colleague and I were working hard on such an app. It's released on the Android Market for a while now, and it's called OpenOffice Document Reader.
Feel free to tell me what you think and suggest new features (yes, we're working on editting ).
I'm going to create a new thread for this app in a few minutes here on XDA...
Have a nice day
Tom