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Ilium Software's eWallet 5.0Unless you are one who has made a concerted effort to shun technology, chances are that you are like most people in the world today and have multiple bits of private information that you need to keep secure. Whether it be PINs, bank account information, passwords or credit card numbers, the vast majority of us have what seems like an endless flow of these types of information. The news today is replete with stories of stolen identity and credit card fraud and it can be a daunting task to keep it all secure. Compounding this problem is the mobility of our world today. I carry around much of my personal information on my Windows Mobile device so I can access it quickly and easily when I am on the go or traveling. Having that information secure is of paramount concern in case my device is lost or stolen. My resolution to this problem came a few years ago from the team at Ilium Software in their application eWallet. eWallet allows you to secure your personal information in a single file which can be accessed on your device or desktop and that file is encrypted along with having a password attached to it. It has proven to be one of the most used applications I have had for any of my mobile devices including my Handheld PC days. It is an application that I believe every Windows Mobile user should have on their device. With the latest version of this award winning application, Ilium has once again hit the mark. eWallet 5.0 takes an already outstanding application and makes it even better. All of the features that have been in eWallet since the 3.x days are still there: complete customization of wallet cards, custom categories, and 256-bit encryption. What has been added though in 5.0 takes the application to a wholly new functionality and usability level. With 5.0 you can sync to virtually any type of device and media type: USB cards, your PC, other PCs on your network and remote locations via FTP. Further, that synchronization process has been completely overhauled, making synchronization more reliable and faster. Top it off with an new easy-to-follow companion tool and a completely new icon set and easier customization of those icons and you come to appreciate how far this application has come along. If you are a user of eWallet already then 5.0 will prove to be a worthy upgrade. If you are new to eWallet now is the time to get it!
eWallet 5.0 requires approximately 4.5MB of storage space on your Windows Mobile device and can be installed in either main memory or on a storage card. Installation is done via ActiveSync but the 5.0 version of eWallet supports the upcoming Windows Vista platform and its Mobile Device Center. This new version requires that you have at least a Pocket PC 2003 or higher. For your Windows PC you will need approximately 12MB of hard disk space to install the application. By default, eWallet creates a start-up wallet called My Wallet. You can also create your own wallet files or even multiple wallet files should you choose to do so. Creating a new wallet file can be done either from the desktop version of eWallet or the Windows Mobile version. However, it is important to note that if you create your new wallet file on your device synchronization will be done via ActiveSync and not SyncPro, the Ilium synchronization tool. The advantages to SyncPro are numerous but the key new sync features in 5.0 involves this part of eWallet. With SyncPro you are able to synchronize your wallet with USB cards/sticks, a PC on you network such as a server or an FTP server. These options are not available in ActiveSync. It is my recommendation that if you are going to create a new wallet that you create it from your desktop so you can take advantage of all of the benefits SyncPro offers. If you do decide to create a wallet on your device you can go back later and convert wallets to use SyncPro instead of ActiveSync.
To create a new wallet on your desktop, click File>New Wallet to start the creation wizard. The wizard will walk you through what you want to name the wallet and it's location (which is now in My Documents in version 5.0), the password for that wallet as well as a hint for it in case you forget the password. New in this version you can select to have the wallet not require a password in order to be opened and viewed. If you choose this option you are warned that anyone can open and view the contents of this wallet should your device be lost or stolen. Unless you are storing non-private information I recommend that you password the wallet just to be safe. Finally you are asked if you plan on synchronizing this wallet with a mobile device. If you choose no then the file is created and you are ready to add categories and cards to it. If you choose to set up synching, you are prompted to determine how you want to synchronize your new wallet.
As mentioned before, SyncPro allows you to synchronize your wallet file to a multitude of locations including FTP servers and servers on your network. By default, if you choose to sync with a mobile device, your device will automatically appear in the SyncPro locations of where to sync too. If you want to add a location click the Add button and enter the proper information and creditials. If you are synchronizing with a Windows Mobile device, you can choose how to have that file synchronized and which device - your PC or your device - has priority. For example, you can set up SyncPro to sync the data in your wallet between the two so if you make an update to your wallet either on your PC or on your device, it will synchronize that change with the other. Likewise you can set it up to where your PC or your device has priority and will overwrite the other.
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