PhatWare has released PhatNotes 5.0 notes organizer software for Microsoft Windows based desktop computers and Windows Mobile smartphones. PhatNotes allows users to create notes and organize them by type, subject, creation, and modification date. The software provides powerful text search with regular expression support, document security and email capabilities.




Version 5 will not include multiple editions of the software. Instead, there will be only one
edition of PhatNotes that supports both Standard (non-touch screen) and Professional (touch screen) devices and includes the desktop software and the synchronization module for ActiveSync and Windows Mobile Device Center for Windows Vista.

New Major Features in version 5:

1. Windows Vista support
2. Windows Mobile 6 support
3. New database manager now supports multiple groups (folders), drag and drop
4. Context analyzer allows dialing phone numbers, opening URLs, and sending emails by clicking on a word that represents a phone number, a URL, or an email address.
5. Full Unicode support
6. New 256-bit strong encryption algorithm for password-protected notes
7. New synchronization module supports Windows Mobile Device Center for Windows Vista and ActiveSync 4.5
8. Improved user interface
9. New MSI-based installer

Desktop PC specific:

1. Nine pre-defined UI themes, including 4 skins similar to those in the 2007 Microsoft Office system
2. New database engine
3. New text formatting features
4. New UI for PhatNotes Alarms desktop utility
5. Customizable context analyzer
6. New multilingual spell checker (allows sharing dictionaries between desktop and mobile device)
7. New Favorites window allows quick access to favorite notes
8. New Shortcut window allows to launch favorite application and open URLs/Files directly from PhatNotes
9. New Alarms window allows quick access to pending reminders

Standard (Non-Touch Screen) specific:

1. PhatSpell - Multilingual spell checker (US English dictionary is included, dictionaries for other supported languages can be downloaded)
2. Support for rich text formatting (Windows Mobile 5.0 or later)

Professional (Touch Screen) specific:

1. Added new buttons and second toolbar for the Note Editor dialog
2. Added new text formatting features (Windows Mobile 5.0 or later)
3. Improved handling of user reminders (alarms)

PhatNotes 5.0 supports mobile devices powered by Windows Mobile 2003 software or later and desktop, portable, or tablet computers running Windows XP or later.

One lucky DiscussWireless blog poster can win a free copy simply by commenting to this post. The draw will be held at month's end (September, 2007).

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