Already some time ago, PocketPC Magazine published a list of winners of the 2006 Best Software Awards. There are several categories and there is one winner for each of them. However, all nominees as well as all finalists are mentioned as well. The reason why I writing about it here is that I believe the list could be a very good place to start with for those who are searching for a useful utility in any of the categories. … or at least, I am using it in this way …

To my surprise, it is indeed possible! … … An xda-developers forum contributor with the nick name Adenin came with a nice tweak that can change the FM band range in HTC Artemis. The registry modifications are the following:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\FMRadio\FMPlayer\Band
0 = 87.5 – 108.0 MHz
1 = 76.0 – 108.0 MHz
2 = 76.0 – 91.0 MHz

You can also set frequency direct in HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\FMRadio\FMPlayer\ChannelValue = MHz * 10 (=> 1100 = 110.0 MHz )

Source: xda-developers

Recentely I tested two GPS utilities for WindowsMobile PDA‘s. The first of them is called VisualGPSce and works very well on HTC Artemis. VisualGPSce is GPS software that displays GPS data in both text and graphical form. Moreover, the data can be exported into a file. You can find more information here.

The second utility I was testing on HTC Artemis is called GPSAuto. Installation runs OK but while trying to access the GPS, the utility freezes and PDA has to be restarted. It is a pity as I would welcome some advanced speed-watching software. Anyway, the product pages are here.

If you would like to unlock the Extended_ROM part of the memory that is usually used for GSM operators’ customization files, just follow the bellow steps:

• In HKLM/System/Storage Manager/AutoLoad/TRUEFFS_DOC1 change DWORD Bootphase from 1 to 2
• In HKLM/System/StorageManager/Profiles/TRUEFFS_DOC1 change DWORD MountHidden from 1 to 0
• Perform a soft reset

Extneded_ROM in my device containes the following files:

Voices folder – collected.ini inside
BPVer_9810.CAB 30K
Bbpw.cab 4 KB
Config.txt 1 KB – instructions for installing the Extended_ROM content
ChgScutAttri.exe 89KB – changes the StartMenu shortcuts’ attributes
iw3in1_Artemis.ARM.CAB 3,44MB – Czech, Poslish and Hungarian UI language localization
MP_CVSDcpl_20060718.cab 96KB
MP_TT6_Voice05_WWE.cab 663KB – TomTom voice
MP_ttn.cab 5,46KB – TomTom 6 Navigator
PP_DefaultPage_WWE.CAB 32KB – default.htm for IE with HTC logem
PP_RemoveBTlnk.cab 2KB – removes the blutooth icon
sunnysoft.cab 7KB – managing utility for UI language localization

Total Extended_ROM size is 14,91MB
Above mentioned files size 9,6MB

EDIT – BE AWARE
Unlocking the Extended_ROM may cause some problems. I found out that after I have unlocked it, I cannot access the files nor I can delete them. Moreover, after hard reset the customization files are not loaded. You can find more info here.