This is a simple text editor for Windows Mobile. It allows you to open text (and other text based) files.

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Why use Notepad Mobile?

There are many alternatives of Notepad Mobile. But if you are looking for stable, hassle-free, low on memory usage, fast to load text editor… Notepad Mobile is your answer.

The application has been developed keeping in mind what Microsoft would have done if it designed a Notepad for Mobile. It would also have had been basic, fast to load and pure text editor.

Over 11,870 downloads within a month of its release!

Product Features

• Open, create and save text files and any other text-based files like HTML files and XML files.
• Supports cut/copy/paste by right click (tap and hold on text area).
• Advanced and easy-to-use “Find and Replace” feature with in-line highlighting that is robust and works well with large files.
• Fullscreen support. More space for editing text than most other editors.
• Supports zoom-in and zoom-out for better readability or to fit long text.
• Change between fixed-width and variable-width font styles.
• Text input area resizes as-per SIP (virtual keyboard) space and available screen size.
• Supports both vertical and horizontal screen orientation.
• Easily integrates with “open-with” explorer plug-in, “Send-to” feature of gsFinder and with other file explorers.
• It is a standalone executable (no installation required.)
• Extremely light-weight, with minimum memory consumption and comparatively faster to load.
• Does not “lock” a file while it is being edited.
• Works with .NET Compact Framework 2.0 or above and is compatible with Windows Mobile 5, 6, 6.1 and 6.5.
• Orientation aware, resolution aware, zero idle-time CPU usage.

Download Notepad Mobile

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Simply extract the downloaded file into any directory (preferably /Program Files) on your Windows Mobile device and run it.

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Do More With Notepad Mobile

If you want to create shortcut of Notepad Mobile in your Windows Mobile Start Menu, you may use the freeware software Shortcut Maker.

For users, who wish to overcome the limitations of Windows Mobile’s native open/save dialog boxes, can install File Dialog Changer.

To associate text (.txt) files or other such files with Notepad Mobile, try using myExtensions.

Additional Information

You may check out this xda-forum post for more information and user testimonials.
Rated 4 out of 5 under MobileTopSoft and FrewarePocketPC FrewarePocketPC downloads.

With so many people downloading this application, it would be prospective towards the development of this application if you could please report bug or request feature on the Project Feedback page.