| Controller app: | PDA Controller 2.0 | VH PocketPC Capture 0.9 beta | PocketVncServ v0.8 | Pocket Controller 5.05 build 833 | dotPocket 2.1 | MS PowerToys 2.03 | rCE 0.06 |
| Price | $15 | Free | Free | $30.95 | $25 | Free | free |
| Op. system compliance: PPC2k | + | - | ? | + | + | + | + |
| PPC2k2 | + | - | ? | + | + | + | + |
| WM2003 | + | + | + | + | + (supposed to be compatible; for some reason, didn't work with my iPAQ 2210, though) | + | + |
| WM2003SE | To a certain degree (no VGA / no Landscape) | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| WM5 (x51v/HTC Wizard) | To a certain degree (no VGA / no Landscape / no keyboard) | - | + / + | +/+ (5.05+) | +/- | + (with forced VGA) / +; both require the manual cerdisp2.exe copy! | + /- |
| VGA WM2003SE/ WM5 | - (absolutely no VGA support) | + | -; must be forced to VGA / - (QVGA; it can also be forced to VGA) | +/+ (WM2003SE-wise, 5.0+) | +/+ | + / +; /Windows/cerdisp2.exe must be explicitly hacked to VGA; it defaults to QVGA | +/+ by default, no explict hack needed |
| Landscape support and snapshot image support: Right-hand landscape auto-orientation change; images taken from the app (if it supports it) correctly oriented? | - (absolutely no landscape support!) | + | Not automatically; after a reconnection, yes. No snapshot capabilities. | +/+ | +/+ | Doesn't automatically change; after reconnection, it's OK. No snapshot capabilities. | Doesn't automatically change; after reconnection, it's OK / -; no snapshot capabilities. |
| See previous test, left-hand landscape mode | - | + | See above | +/+ | +/+ | See above | See above |
| Manual orientation change to take pics of for example Thunderhawk or most landscape games? Correct orientation of images taken with the app? | - | - (crashes) | - | +, even with keyboard shortcuts (F8) / + | + / -, shot must be rotated by hand | - | - |
| GAPI support? | ? | + | ? | + | + | + | + |
| Built-in video recording capabilities? | + (built-in codecs only: Apple Quicktime, Windows Media Format and standard AVI) | + (with external, DirectShow-compliant capture apps) | - | +; With any codec present on desktop; may also include the mouse pointer | +; with only one codec; may also include the mouse pointer | - | - |
| Generic capabilities and speed: Clipboard synchronization | + (must be explicitly forced to copy the contents of the clipboard, unlike with, say, SOTi – pretty awkward. Furthermore, it sometimes just refuses to work) | - | - | + | + | - | -, but you can explicitly send text to the application (File/Send Text...) |
| Zoom? | 2* | - | - | +, 0.25/0.5/0.75/1.2/1.5/2/3 with choosable dithering; with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+number) | - | +, 1/2/3 | - |
| Remote TCP/IP access? EDGE-based (175 kbps) speed test | +; very slow | - | +; very slow, orders of magnitude slower than Pocket Controller | +, excellent! No password protection; client doesn't even notice that it is connected by the server | ?; Theoretically, it's able to connect via TCP/IP; in practice, it didn't work with my devices | +; client must connect to server and not vice versa, unlike in Pocket Controller; that is, it will work with Pocket PC's behind firewalls. If you use it from a VGA device via TCP/IP, do not force cerdisp2.exe to VGA because, at times, you may only get a black screen! | - |
| Does it support snapshot image taking? Formats? | BMP, JPG | - | - | BMP , GIF (not compressed!), JPG | BMP | -; only third-party apps | -; only third-party apps |
| Speed (over USB)? | + | slow | n/a (USB connections are not full TCP/IP connections and, therefore, strictly TCP/IP-based applications are unable to connect to the PDA via a simple USB ActiveSync connection) | +++ | - | - | --- |
