Please note that this review is largely a feature comparison between the various packages and is intended to give an overview of the various systems. It is not a code review; many of the packages detailed here do not have their source available for inspection.
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| Publisher | Pragma Systems | Choung Networks | MochaSoft | mov Software | Rainer Keuchel | DejaVu Software, Inc. | Simon Tatham |
| Package | PocketVT | mToken | TELNET | sshCE | SSH for WinCE | PockeTTY | PocketPuTTY |
| Version | v3.0 | v4.0.0 | v2.1 | v1.00.47 | v2.9p2 | v1.10 | v0.1 pre alpha |
| WWW site | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... |
| OSs officially supported [*1] |
WinCE Pocket PC |
Pocket PC 2002 Windows Mobile 2003 Windows Mobile 2003 SE Windows Mobile 5 |
WinCE 3.x Pocket PC 2002 Windows Mobile 2003 |
WinCE 2.0 WinCE 2.11 WinCE 3.0 Pocket PC 2002 Windows Mobile 2003 |
WinCE | WinCE |
Pocket PC 2002 Windows Mobile 2003 |
| Autoconnect on startup option [*2] |
Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| Autologin option [*3] |
Yes | Yes [*4] | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Supports SSH compression | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Supports SSH tunnelling | No [*5] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supports use of public/private keys | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Has scrollback buffer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Can copy/paste from display | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| User can change font | Yes | Yes | Yes [*7] | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| User can change display colours | No [*6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Supports SSH1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports SSH1.5 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Supports SSH2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports telnet | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Supports serial (COM) port connections | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Supports modem (TAPI) connections | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Cost | 99.00USD | 49.95USD | 25.00USD | 17.95USD | FREE | 19.95USD | FREE |
| Additional key points | Very clear font. Appears to support port forwarding and includes options on it's GUI to specify tunnel details, but in practice this isn't documented, and doesn't seem to work. Confirmed by Pragma Systems via email, this package doesn't support port forwarding | Also has ping and traceroute tools built in. Note: Don't confuse with "mToken Lite", which only offers telnet - not SSH |
Despite it's name ("TELNET"), this package does support SSH | Supports SSH1.5 only | This is a WinCE port of OpenSSH. Includes sftp and scp. Supports standard OpenSSH command line options. Needs to be setup before use (e.g. registry entries added, files put in correct places). Display truncated widthwise on small (e.g. 240x320) displays. Environment option for font size mentioned, but appears to be ignored. Appears to dump the session contents (i.e. what the user types in, and the server sends back to the display) out to a debug file in the root dir of the device?! ssh-keygen appeared to freeze when generating keys, but ssh worked OK with public/private keypair generated with standard OpenSSH under Linux | Includes has Xmodem support for sending/receiving files. Very slow on connecting | Based on PuTTY v0.53b. May be "pre alpha", but seems to work well |
| Personal comment | Good system | Good system | Has display issues | Doesn't work properly? | Good system; includes SSH tunnelling | Seemed fairly slow | Pretty basic, but still in it's early stages |
Notes:
| Publisher | angusa@deltatee.com | Greg Parker | Ian Goldberg | MochaSoft | MochaSoft | MochaSoft |
| Package | TuSSH | pssh | Top Gun ssh | TELNET | TELNET | TELNET |
| Version | 0.81b | 2005-06-23 | v1.3 | v2.2 | v3.0 | v4.2 |
| WWW site | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... | Visit... |
| OSs officially supported [*1] |
PalmOS 3.5 PalmOS 4 or greater |
PalmOS 5 |
Palm Pilot Pro Palm III Palm V |
PalmOS 3 or greater | PalmOS 3 or greater | PalmOS 5 |
| Autologin option [*3] |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Supports SSH compression | ||||||
| Supports SSH tunnelling | No | |||||
| Supports use of public/private keys | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Supports SSH1 | Yes [*8] | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Supports SSH1.5 | ||||||
| Supports SSH2 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Supports telnet | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Cost | Freeware (no source) | Freeware (open source) | Freeware (open source) | 25.00USD | 25.00USD | 25.00USD |
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