I wrote a software application for my Windows Pocket PC Phone (HP hw6955 if anyone cares) for tracking and managing my fuel economy and vehicle maintenance.

I was thinking about making it available as freeware if anyone was interested in using it as well. Currently it's targeted at Windows Mobile 5/6 devices, but I think it should work on Mobile 2003 devices too.

It is able to work in US, Metric, or Imperial interchangeably and does some basic fuel economy stats including City / Hiway and temperature data. It is also able to record vehicle maintenance costs and calculate an operating cost per mile or km. It also has a reminder system for scheduled maintenance like oil changes and stuff.

Anyway, if anyone is interested just post a reply. If I get enough interest it will motivate me to write up some documentation and do a bit more final testing then post it sometime in the next few weeks.

 

Sounds great, I would love to see that.

 

Same here i would love see that application and might be able to help with documentation

 

Any hope to make it work with palm tungsten 5?

Thanks

 

Sounds great. I would be interested in trying it out.

 

I would be interested as well...

I have a windows mobile 5 phone (Cingular 8125) that I keep a mileage spreadsheet on. I am curious about this little app, though.

Thanks!

 

Not anytime soon. I toyed with the idea of doing a Java version which should make it run on more kinds of devices, but with summer knocking I know I won't be spending much time doing this stuff. Maybe next winter. Now that I see a few people are interested, this weekend I'll try to get the installer tested and post it. The wife and daughter are going on a Girl Guides trip, so that will leave me with some time...

 

I am interested (for when i get my Treo 700wx). I can also help with documentation and hosting if you don't want to put it in Sourceforge.

 

Count me in too...I'd like to try this app out.

 

OK, finally after much tweaking and a fair bit of procrastination, here it is for those interested. Although this program is built for Win Mobile 5 or higher I found an issue with running it on older Pocket PC 2003 devices (at least using the emulator to test), so I spent a bit of time creating a work around so it should work on them too. I also created a web site for registrations because I thought it would be nice to know how many use this free software. You can read about it, download and try this out at my new web site:

www.droid13.com