SKTools

SKTools is a multi-function application that includes more than 60 tools and allows an easy but powerful maintenance of Windows Mobile devices. Clean up your registry and file system, free-up RAM, backup and restore, find duplicate contacts, appointments and tasks. SKTools can manage installed applications, Today plugins, software keyboards.

The most useful feature that I use is the complete system backup option. It can create a single .exe file (can only run on Windows Mobile) that contains the entire backup of your system (excluding data on storage card). I save this backup on the storage card and then backup the entire storage card on my computer, including the self installing backup file. In case my phone is damaged or lost, I will still have a complete backup of my entire system including contacts, photos, videos, etc�

I did use Microsoft�s MyPhone service before (free online phone backup). However, it has a few drawbacks. The online storage is only 200Mb which is not enough if you have photos and videos. Because the backup is over the internet, it can be very slow and sometimes I get strange sync errors and crashes.

Backup your phone using SKTools is super fast and very stable. There is no size limit except for the free space on your storage card.

Compared to other offline phone backup solutions out there, SKTools is the best deal considering that it also comes with 60 tools to optimize your phone.