Hey all. This is for all the Jornada 525 users out there like myself. (And other people looking for good freeware as well) I've been reading through Pocket Matrix posts about the Jornada 525 and it's amazing how little support there is for this device. And it's also sad how quickly people willing to ignore the Jornada 525 and it's users completely. (Not everyone, certainly)
Jornada does have a decent list of supported software if you dig hard enough. I'm not sure what all you've all tried, but here's some of my favorites:
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http://ce.syntact.fi/snails/ - Snails. Currently the best game on the Jornada 525. It's not free, but there's a superb demo and it's cheap to register.
http://ppcsg.org/links.php?node=01/03/21/4674028 - A link list of 110 freeware pocket games, a good deal of which work great with Jornada.
http://www.iomogu.de/iomogudownload4ce.htm - Iomogu, a great freeware puzzle type game. Lots of fun, and a color version coming shortly.
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProduct ... &catalog=1 - Incredible freeware maze generator.
http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/pocket_chesspartner.htm - Best chess program I've seen for the Pocket PC. Not free, but a really great demo with no time limit.
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProduct ... &catalog=1 - Wonderful freeware Yahtzee clone. One player, one player vs CPU, and two player support with great graphics.
http://www.cnstarsoft.com/ - Haven't checked out the rest of these, but FreeMine is great! A pixel perfect clone of the windows Minesweeper. I've tried several clones, and this is by far the best I've seen. freeware.
http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/Translate? ... g_table=-3 - YameCE. The greatest NES emulator I know of. Even better than Pocket NES. Also emulates a few other systems, but I haven't tried them. free
-apps-
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/c_main.html - JWPce If you're at all interested in Japanese, this is -THE- program to have. It's also free, so get both the desktop and the Pocket PC edition. Incredible software... not only for the word processor, but for the built in dictionary!
http://www.gigabar.com/ - Pretty cool, and free, but it doesn't work well with some full screen apps.
http://www.snoopsoft.com/pocketpc/ - Great product, I'd hate to run my Jornada without it. I use the free demo, it's a little old... but so is the Jornada, so it doesn't really matter.
http://www.dex-plor.com/ - The demo works great.
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By the way, the maker of MameCE says it does in fact work with the Jornada 525. But no matter how many attempts I make or what I try, I can't get it to work. I start MameCE, load the game, and get a black screen every time. I have the newest version, the roms loaded properly, enough free memory, and all the other common mistakes are not the issue. Has anyone ever got it working? I don't want much... I'd just love to play a little Pac-man on my Jornada at the very least.
Well, I Hope there's a few pieces of software in that list that you will enjoy. If you know anything good I've left out or have any Jornada tips, reply or email me. Good luck 525 owners.
