FAQ

SPB Wallet
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What encryption algorithm is used to protect my data?
How can I make my work with Spb Wallet more secure?
What information can I keep in Spb Wallet?
What operating systems are supported?
How many cards and folders may I have in my wallet?
What if the predefined template does not satisfy my needs?
How can I make a card look like a real card I have?
How can I synchronize data between Pocket PC and the desktop?
I have changed a template at my desktop, how can I apply changes on my Pocket PC?
How can I add custom icons or graphics?
How can I work with my cards without the stylus?
How can I use the Spb Wallet toolbar in Internet Explorer or Firefox?
What is template sharing?
How can I make a phone call or send an SMS from the wallet?
How can I quickly make a new password?
How can I quickly find my card?
I'm using other electronic wallet, how can I import data to Spb Wallet?
What should I do to back up my wallet?
What about memory consumption of Spb Wallet?
What is a Template Gallery?

1. What encryption algorithm is used to protect my data?

All data is stored in an encrypted password protected storage, strong AES 256bit algorithm is used for encryption. It means that nobody who does not know the password has any chance to access your sensitive information. You can read more about AES in Wikipedia, and one of the benefits of the AES algorithm is that it is widely used by different government and business organizations all over the world.

2. How can I make my work with Spb Wallet more secure?

If you are not sure about the strength of a password you have chosen for the wallet, just take a look at the Password Strength indicator, which analyzes it using multiple criteria (including the most popular words used in passwords, words that sound like or have a significant part of the most popular passwords, and some more).

An optional password hint can be specified for a wallet, but please keep in mind that the hint is not encrypted and may be shown to anyone.

A special logon panel is provided to make password input easier and to protect it from key loggers at both device and desktop.

For security reasons, the program locks the wallet automatically after a specified period of inactivity and cleans up the clipboard automatically. Of course, both features can be configured in program options.

3. What information can I keep in Spb Wallet?

In Spb Wallet you can keen any kind of information you want. 60 predefined templates are designed for almost all kinds of data you may need to have, you can also create new or edit the predefined templates. To do so, just open the template pane on the desktop or choose the Templates... menu item on the Pocket PC device to check the list of predefined templates.

4. What operating systems are supported?

The Pocket PC version: Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC and Windows Mobile 6 Professional devices.
The Smartphone version: Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone and Windows Mobile 6 Standard devices.
The desktop version: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista. ActiveSync or Mobile Device Center are required to perform synchronization between Pocket PC and desktop.

5. How many cards and folders may I have in my wallet?

There are no known limits for folder or card numbers. Spb Wallet development team made a small test and created a wallet with 2500 cards. Its weight was about 2.7Mb and it worked properly on both Pocket PC and desktop.

6. What if the predefined template does not satisfy my needs?

All templates including those predefined are fully customizable in Spb Wallet. To customize your template:

Open the template pane on the desktop or choose the Templates... menu item on the Pocket PC device
Open a template for editing
Switch to the Fields tab to configure fields you would like to be handled by this template
Go to the View tab and push the Edit View button to change the graphical view of the template, change images, font, color, field position on a card and more

Please keep in mind that if you change the base template then all cards based on that template will also be changed.

7. How can I make a card look like a real card I have?

All templates and cards are fully customizable at Spb Wallet, so all that you need is:

Find an image of a card you want to have (for example using Google Picture search or just making a photo) or use one of the predefined images
The recommended size of an image for newly created cards may vary from 348x243 down to 244x170. Please take care about the image size because images are saved in the wallet file and too heavy images can cause the space loss
Create a new template and specify its name
Add as many fields as you have on your card at the template Fields tab
Add these fields and configure the font, color and position using the template View tab

Also, starting from version 1.5 you can find a lot of new temaplates in Spb template gallery. Their number is constantly growing.

8. How can I synchronize data between Pocket PC and the desktop?

You can do it using manual synchronization or the one integrated in ActiveSync. Select the "Synchronize" command from the toolbar or from the Tools submenu to start manual sync, or just enable Spb Wallet synchronization with ActiveSync in ActiveSync Tools/Options.

9. I have changed a template at my desktop, how can I apply changes on my Pocket PC?

All templates, custom icons and images are saved in your wallet file, so they will be synchronized with you Pocket PC automatically.

10. How can I add custom icons or graphics?

While creating a new template, card or category you can simply add a new icon from the Select Icon or Select Image dialog.

11. How can I work with my cards without the stylus?

Spb Wallet provides full one hand hardware button navigation while viewing a card.
To start field selection press any direction button on your D-pad while viewing a card. Then tap-and-hold or press-and-hold the action key on the selected field to select a corresponding action. With hardware control you can:

Copy field values to the clipboard
Make phone calls
Send SMS/MMS
Send emails
Open web sites

Just tap-and-hold or press-and-hold at a field on your device, or use the right mouse click/smart tag on you desktop to get access to context menu.

12. How can I use the Spb Wallet toolbar in Internet Explorer or Firefox?

Spb Wallet toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox provides some features to make surfing on the web extremely easier:

Capture Card function. This feature can capture the entered user name, password, and URL of the opened page and create a corresponding card in your wallet.
A card list or a card tree with URLs in you wallet to navigate quickly under the Go to Web Site button.
A Password Generator for making new strong passwords while registering at sites.

13. What is template sharing?

You can export and import your card templates to share them with your friends, colleagues or at Spb Wallet forum.

14. How can I make a phone call or send an SMS from the wallet?

Quite often you do not need information as information itself; you need to do something with it. That is why there is a number of specific operations you can do with your card directly from Spb Wallet just by clicking the appropriate card field or choosing an operation from the context menu:

Copy data from a field into the clipboard
Make a phone call or send SMS/MMS
Go to a web site
Send an email

Just tap-and-hold or press-and-hold at a field on your device, or use the right mouse click/smart tag on you desktop to get access to context menu.

15. How can I quickly make a new password?

We provide a special Password generator with 3 predefined password strength levels:

Normal
Strong
Very strong

If you need to make a very special password, you can proceed with custom settings and specify more than 9 options for password generation. To open the password generator use the Tools -> Password Generator menu item on both Pocket PC and desktop or with the Generate Password command of the context menu while filling the card fields.

16. How can I quickly find my card?

Use the quick search panel at the right bottom corner of the desktop application or the Menu -> Search command on your Pocket PC to start the quick search.

17. I’m using other electronic wallet, how can I import data to Spb Wallet?

Spb Wallet has an ability to import data from other wallet-kind applications, including:

eWallet
FlexWallet
CodeWallet

During the import cards from other wallets are linked to the predefined templates by a special matching engine almost automatically. All you need is just to provide a file with data exported from other wallet to Wallet Migration Wizard and follow the instructions.

18. What should I do to back up my wallet?

A wallet file is just a simple file you can back up with your default file backup tools on both Pocket PC and desktop. A custom Backup command is available from the program.

19. What about memory consumption of Spb Wallet?

According to our tests an average RAM consumption of Spb Wallet varies from 300 KB up to 900 KB.

20. What is a Template Gallery?

The Template Gallery is a huge collection of templates for most popular cards developed by Spb and their number is increasing every day. For example, if you need a card which looks like youк real bank card, like an ABN-Bank Visa you can go to the gallery and find it there. If you can't find your template there, just make a request and Spb will make it for you for FREE! The development time depends on the number of requests received by the Spb team. Please visit the gallery: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/wallet/templates.