December 11, 2002

PDA Password Keeper

Every PDA should come with software for helping you manage your passwords, bankcard numbers, pin number, and all of that other stuff that consumes our daily lives. The Palm OS doesn’t ship with it and Pocket PC’s don’t either. It’s a real shame.

So the 1st piece of software I just had to have would be for my passwords. I discovered Handango.com, a Palm and Pocket PC software site, during my Pocket PC research so I headed there to search for a solution. A quick search of the site using the word “passwords” quickly resulted in a couple dozen options. Handango.com is great about providing screen grabs of the product and at least enough information to point you towards the vendor site for more detail but it doesn’t do enough.

There were too many options to make a decision on my own so I headed off to [Pocket PC Magazine’s] web site for a little help. A review of Code Wallet and Ewallet that recommend both got me started quickly but I ended up with a product called PassWord Juggler by My Pocket Technologies because I liked the price $19.95 and the U.I. The package included software for both my desktop and my (as yet un-named) Pocket PC; a must as far as I was concerned. Try entering seventy passwords into your Pocket PC. I still can’t figure out which of the four input methods to use. I don’t have enough experience with Password Juggler to judge it just yet but I’m sure I’ll have more to say in the future. I was disappointed to find that the desktop application doesn’t automatically synchronize with the PDA application; just doesn’t make sense to me but overall it’s working well.

I’m still getting to know my Pocket PC and well; I just can’t seem to name it.

Posted by Cale on Dec 11, 2002

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