It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words. Whether from a desktop, smartphone, or Pocket PC, screenshots can be an invaluable visual aid. Instead of trying to find the words to adequately describe what's on the screen, or how to work a certain program, screenshots with some helpful annotations do a much better job of getting your point across.

That's why Ilium Software's free Screen Capture utility is a helpful tool. As mentioned, it costs you nothing, and is pretty straightforward to use. Since pressing "x" never closes programs in Windows Mobile 5, you can run Screen Capture in the background, saving screens to your gadget's My Documents folder every time you press a designated key.

One thing's for sure: getting screenshots this way is definitely better than trying to take a picture of the display with a camera.