eWallet 5.0 beta - store data securely on your PC or PDA

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eWallet 5.0 beta - store data securely on your PC or PDA

by Brad Linder Dec 1st 2006

People have a tendency to think I'm weird for carrying a tiny computer with a 3.7-inch screen in my pocket with me wherever I go. But having a PDA for me means not having to carry around an mp3 player, a calendar, address book and video game system. I'm not quiet ready to throw out my wallet yet, but you could make the case that it's actually safer to encrypt and store your credit card info on a PDA than to carry a wallet filled with cash and credit cards.

Illium Software's eWallet is one of the leaders in credit card and password management. Illium just launched a public beta of eWallet 5.0 with a variety of new features. While eWallet really shines on a PDA, you can sync with a PC, or run a PC-only client. In fact, eWallet 5.0 beta runs on Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE/5.0/Smartphone, Palm OS 4.0 or higher devices, Windows XP and Vista, and UMPCs.

Some new features in 5.0:

Synchronize unlimited wallets with unlimited PCs
Synchronize to a server or another PC on a network
Synchronize to removable storage devices like USB drives or removable hard drives
Support for Vista
New icon set
Create a wallet with no password for less secure data.

There's a 30 day free trial of the beta. eWallet 4.1 costs $29.95, so I'd imagine that's what the full version of 5.0 will run as well. There are several free programs that let you store and protect sensitive data on a PDA, but few are as full featured or provide as many syncing options as eWallet.

Now if only I could get New Jersey to issue my driver's license in a digital format.

Tags: credit card, CreditCard, ewallet, illium, password

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Diddle said 5:43PM on 12-01-2006

I've been using v4 for a loooong time and I love it! Hopefully they have some worthwhile changes for upgraders. Handy to store all my data on the PPC.

MASA said 8:31PM on 12-01-2006

Is that a real cc number?

Diddle said 8:49AM on 12-03-2006

Yeah it's real - it's Cpt. Kirk's Visa! LOL

rightnumberone said 1:04PM on 12-04-2006

No, it's not really even Kirk's VISA

The last 4 digits of Kirk's real Visa Card are 1701.

Come on. Everybody knows that!

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