In my disgrundlement that you no longer seem to find a cradle in the box anymore, I am searching for another solution in the form of on-screen viewers. So, instead of your device sitting cuddled in a cradle you can have its little screen embedded on your monitor for easy viewing.
The second program I will review in this series is called True Connect by Raspberry Software. After installing it, your handheld screen will automatically appear on your monitor.
True Connect Pro offers the following features:
· SMS Text Messaging Outlook Integration.
· On Screen Connect - Controlling the device in a PC window. A useful feature for devices without cradles and with the ability to display in full-screen mode, excellent for demonstrations.
· Cut/Copy/Paste between PC and mobile device.
· Screen Capture.
· PC Keyboard mapping.
· Full operation of the PC mouse on the mobile device.
· Full operation of the PC keyboard on the mobile device.
· Pocket PC and Smartphone Support (Touch-Screen and non Touch-Screen).
· Simple Plug-and-play. Connect any Windows device and you are ready to use.
· Navigation panel to make hands free calls or use alternative navigation (Smartphone).
· Wheel mouse up/down/left/right scrolling supported.
· Customizable drag edge placement.
· Control all applications and functions on your mobile device.
· Set the PC mouse cursor speed for the device.
There are two other features I should mention. One is that you can use the mouse on the remote device or switch to using it to image on the monitor. The other feature is that the on-screen image can be set to autohide when not in use and slide out when summoned by simply hovering the mouse over a bar dockable on any side of the screen. I really like this feature because it gets the screen out of the way when you don’t need it, but you always know where to find it and get retrieve it whenever you wish. This, to me, is a winning feature that other similar applications lack.
Notice the tool bar above the handheld screen image. It contains icons (from left to right) that pin the screen location, expand the screen 200%, capture the screen image to the clipboard, a settings button, and present a full screen view, which is great for presentations.
The integration of True Connect with Outlook for SMS or text messaging is a brilliant convenience. A new True Connect tool bar appears in the Outlook ribbon that allows you to reply to messages via SMS directly from Outlook. A True Connect folder appears on the Outlook sidebar that contains an Inbox, Deleted Items, Drafts, Outbox, and Sent Items. This feature alone puts True Connect at the head of the pack.
At $29.99, which is probably less than you would pay for a cradle, you have far more functionality than you would with a cradle. Check it out at www.raspberrysoftware.com.
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