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In these Visa/MasterCard/PayPal times who are carrying coins anymore? Every day yet more and more people find themselves in a situation where they want to flip a coin, but are missing one to flip.

Flipping your Pocket PC isn't a very bright solution either. I tried it once, but for two obvious reasons it's not really a good idea:

• The general condition of a Pocket PC doesn't seem to take the "flips" very well.
• The weight of the Pocket PC don't guarantee a fair flip, due to the fact that it's not completely balanced.

What to do? And the answer is of course: Flip It. Flip It is a flip-a-coin simulator, taking the stone age tradition "Flip a coin" (at that time known as "Flip a rock") into the 21st century.

Choose heads or tails, flip it and see the instant result, plus historical statistics.

License terms:

• Flip It is Copyright © 2002, by Rolf Olsen.
• Flip It is Freeware. Permission is given for free use and distribution of this program.
• You may not distribute modified packages of Flip It, and may not distribute Flip It for profit without the specific written permission of the author (Rolf Olsen, rolf@mypaq.net).
• There is no warranty expressed or implied for Flip It. The author supplies this software as is.
• The author can not be held responsible for any damages that may be caused by using this application including decisions based on the results of a coin toss in Flip It. You use this software at your own risk.
• Using the cheat option is completely on your own risk. No moral responsibility for using this option is taken by the author. The author can not be held in any way (including morally) responsible for any problems you might get into with your family, friends, god etc. when using this option. In the matter of fact, the author recommends not using this option at all. It's just plain wrong to cheat when flipping a coin (and in general).
  

What's coming up:
In the upcoming versions of Flip It you can expect (among other things) the following functionality:

• Possibility to modify the names for "home" and "away".
• Wins target, enabling the user to play "Best out of X" controlled by Flip It.

I am of course also open to other suggestions, so please send me an e-mail if you have any good ideas

Version history:

Date	Version	Description
19.11.2000	1.0	Initial release, featuring the basic functionality.
23.10.2002	1.1	Added cheat option, you can now choose how many percent chance there should be for a home victory.

Download and installation:
To use Flip It download a version matching the processor in your Pocket PC (if you are in doubt what version you need, it's probably the arm/xscale one):

There is no fancy installation program for Flip It, just copy the exe file to your device and you should be up and running (It might be wise to create a shortcut for Flip It, using the "explore" option in Active Sync or some other software).