Windows Mobile backup program – Sprite Backup

Sprite Backup - what it backs upThere are “free” backup programs, if you have a search around XDA Developers.  Sometimes “free” is a code word for pirated.  I much prefer to purchase my software.  So I  purchased Sprite Backup.  Which is want I’ve done.  Sprite Backup is one of the few programs I’ve found which  backs up phone call and SMS logs.

Sprite Backup - warning If you select an item which is being sync’d to another device, such as a PC with Outlook, Sprite Backup will warn you.

After you’ve selected the backup location, Sprite Backup will ask you to restart your Windows PDA.  This is so Sprite Backup can backup files in use by the operating system.

Sprite Backup - Backup progressOn the loan iMate 9502 I had, it backed up 30.51MB.

Now I handed over $29.95 for this program, so I am happy with it.  I like that fact that it creates self-extracting backups.  Handy for when you are moving to a new device.

What I didn’t like, was that I wasn’t able to take a Windows Mobile 6.5 backup, and restore it to a Windows Mobile 6.1 device.

I should have known better of course.

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Humour

Windows 7 TV Ads – Back to the past?

If you’re going to advertise your computer operating system on TV, it’s a good idea if the software being displayed is current.  And not take a shortcut because you’ll think no one will ever notice.
Let’s take Miriam and Kevin, who have been flogging Windows 7 on Australian TV.

Now if we zoom in on the Outlook [...]

PDA

Angry Birds iPhone game.

I don’t own an iPhone, but I know people who do.  They showed me the “Angry Birds” game, and boy, it looks addictive.

Only $0.99 in the iTunes store.

Printing

HP Printer Status Notification Pop-up messages

HP makes it easy to hate them.  And I’m not the only one who does.  Angry Technician does a fine line of HP hating.  Today’s hate post topic?  The HP Printer Status Notification Pop-up (SNP) message:
 
One of our customers complained about the message.  They don’t want to be bugged by any printer messages.  I don’t [...]

Flowers

Cactus Rhipsalidopsis

Cactus & Dintorni: Cactus Rhipsalidopsis

PDA

The HTC Snap is a great little phone.

I carried the HTC Snap for a week, and was surprised how much I actually liked it.  It has the same Windows Phone operating system as the Samsung Blackjack II I loathed in my The Good, the Bad, and the “Git Off My Lawn, Boy” post.

The difference I think, is the processor speed.  The [...]

Freeware

Piriform Defraggler disk defragmenter.

I like Defraggler, as it:

is free.
is available as a 64-bit version.
allows you to exclude specific files and folders, and
has scheduling built-in.

Downsides?  None that I can see of.  Perhaps it could detect that the Windows Disk Defragmenter is running in the background, and warn you that running two disk defragmenters at the same time is [...]

BlackBerry

How to “CTRL-ALT-DEL” a BlackBerry

To reset your BlackBerry, three simple keys are all you need to know. Left alt, Right shift and Right del.  Pressing those three keys, at the same time, will cause your BlackBerry to reset. (the BlackBerry 9700 pictured has the three keys circled).
Resetting your BlackBerry weekly is [...]

Health and Safety

What the heck is “Automation Surprise”?

Well, as it turns out:
Over two decades ago, Wiener (1989) described the concept of ‘automation surprise’, where the reaction of flight crews to the unexpected actions of an automated aircraft system was, at times; ‘What is it doing? Why did it do that? What will it do next?’ (Sarter and Woods, 1995; Sarter, 2008). [...]

It's A Bug

Windows 7 + 4GB RAM + NVidia USB chipset = FAIL

Which summed up my Windows 7 PC.
The FAIL bit was that when I’d do a large USB file copy, without fail (no pun intended), I’d get a DRIVE IS NO LONGER RECOGNIZED error.
Then all my USB ports would fail to work.  To recover, meant rebooting my computer.
The problem got REALLY annoying.  I’d be copying [...]

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