PhatWare, a provider of mobile software has renamed HPC Notes, a notes organization tool for Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and desktop PCs, to PhatNotes. The application allows users to create notes and organize them by type, subject, creation date, or modification date, and includes other features, such as the ability to send email messages without leaving the program.

According to the company, the new name reflects the product's move away from the Handheld PC segment and toward users of Windows Mobile-based devices. In addition to the name change, PhatWare said PhatNotes now includes a number of improvements, including support for Microsoft Outlook 2003 and PhatWare's PhatPad ink-based notes organizer. The application also features new graphics and other visual and performance enhancements.

Also added to PhatNotes is the ability to synchronize notes located in multiple databases, as well as its support for other PhatWare products such as CalliGrapher, the company's handwriting recognition product. By supporting PhatPad (another PhatWare application) and CalliGrapher, users of all three products can now create notes, including drawings and handwritten notes in PhatPad, convert them to text using CalliGrapher, then access and organize them using PhatNotes.

PhatWare's PhatNotes, like its predecessor, will be available in Lite, Standard, and Professional versions.