News and Announcements
Want An XPERIA X1?
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I sure do. Unfortunately, neither you nor me will be able to get one at the moment. But that’s about to change because Clove Technology has just sent out emails stating that October 6th will be the magical day.
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HTC’s New Price List
HTC just announced some really hot new devices but there were no news on it’s prices; until now. Thankfully, Windows Mobile Italy has given us what we’ve all been waiting for. I hope you’ve been saving up because they’ll be setting you back by a bit:
HTC Touch HD: €849/$1,200 USD*
HTC Touch Viva: €279/$390 USD*
HTC [...]
Bought A Mac But Want Windows Mobile?
It used to be a hard time synchronizing between a Windows Mobile device and Mac OS. So much so that some commercial applications were created for such a problem. Problem was, they were commercial and I think something as basic as this should have a cheaper (read: free solution). Enter SyncMate.
Created by Eltima, SyncMate [...]
ActiveSync Is More Dangerous Than You Think
The thing I missed most about ActiveSync 3.x is its ability to sync over WiFi networks. Unfortunately, Microsoft chose to remove this feature when they released ActiveSync 4.x on the grounds that they wanted to make the application more secure. Well, I guess they missed this security loophole then:
Thanks to the RNDIS technology that was [...]
Windows Live Search Also Releases An Update
Hot on the heels of Google’s recent update of its Map application for Windows Mobile, we also have one for Windows Live search by Microsoft.
Unlike Google, where we have no idea what’s in the changelog, we do know for a fact that with your new Live Search, the application will load a lot faster. [...]
$8-15 For Licensing Is Not Much When You Consider What You’re Getting
There was quite a big uproar yesterday where many blogs made fun of Microsoft’s decision to keep it’s licensing fee, especially when other companies like Google (Android) and Nokia (Symbian) are now free and open-source.
My initial impression was that, hey, it’s only $15 at most. And Windows Mobile devices sell for a lot more [...]
Adroid Is Not Taking On Windows Mobile
Or so HTC says. In fact, they claim that it actually complements it:
“T-Mobile G1 manufacturer HTC plans to develop more handsets based on Android. It maintain this will not affect its Windows Mobile business - the Google platform and Microsoft’s are ‘complementary’, it claimed. According to a report by DigiTimes, John Wang, Chief Marketing [...]
Join Proporta’s Facebook Page
And get 12% off their new and nice cases for the iPod family. Promotion ends October 31st so you’d definitely want to do this one quickly. I wished they had included some Windows Mobile love as well (please Proporta?) but even without it, you should still give some thoughts to joining their page. So would [...]
Will HTC Reach Their Target of 15 Million?
That’s what they’re predicting for themselves according to Boy Genius Report. Turn your Windows Mobile powered device over and chances are, it’s made by HTC. The interesting thing is that they expect the majority of these sales to come from Windows Mobile sales and only about 200,000 from the T-Mobile/Android platform. What’s even more [...]
Ballmer Takes A Swipe At Android
The Android’s first device, T-Mobile’s G1, was recently announced and it didn’t take long for Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer to make a valid point:
“We do,” Ballmer told Reuters, when asked whether his firm would stick with licensing fees. “We are doing well, we believe in the value of what we are doing.”
“It’s interesting to ask [...]
Have You Gotten An XPERIA X1?
Yesterday (September 30) marks the launch date of the SonyEricsson XPERIA X1 with UK, Germany and Sweden being the lucky trio to get their hands on it first. Not being in those markets our region, I am not sure if they’ve even hit the stores so if you’re around the area, let us know [...]
Google Launches Map 2.2.0.20 For WM
I am not sure when this one was released but I was just browsing around and found it. Still no Street View which has been launched on a few other platforms like the BlackBerry but I guess that would change soon. Not too sure about the changelog for this one either so it’s really [...]
Fancy Some 16GB Storage?
I know I would and it’s now possible: SanDisk just recently announced the 16GB microSDHC. With that amount storage, you could bring just about everything but the kitchen sink with you. The price is not too bad too, at $99.99 at Best Buy. It wasn’t too long ago that the 8GB version retailed at [...]
How About Some Push GMail?
Developer Graham Murray has created a solution to the lack of push GMail using his IMAP Pusher Service. He created a program that will run in the background on Windows Mobile Professional, subscribe to IMAP IDLE, and will tell Pocket Outlook on your device when to do a Send/Receive to get the latest email. In [...]
Wizcode’s Got A Deal For You
It’s been pretty quiet on many a developers recently but I just got an email from Anton of Wizcode and he mentioned that things are brewing on their side. He wouldn’t tell me exactly what but that it would be announced in the next couple of days.
So what do we do while waiting for that [...]
Weekly Windows Mobile Roundup on September 27th 2008
Widgets For Windows Mobile Anyone?
I still remembered my first experience with widgets about 2 years ago and found them to be rather useful. I had a countdown to the next Prison Break episode as well as another to when Lost premiered. I even had those that informed me when I had new mail. While [...]
Goodbye Deepfish
You will be missed. Even before it was released to the general public, it’s been discontinued and now, it’s been confirmed that Deepfish will no longer be supported. What is Deepfish anyway?
Back in 2007, I think it was some time in March, before there was the iPhone, before there was Skyfire and Opera Mobile and [...]
Skyfire Mobile Browser…Now Available To All (almost)!
I am quite a fan of the Skyfire Mobile Browser, having first used it when the initial private beta opened several months ago. Until now, however , Skyfire was only available to a small (but growing) group of private beta testers. I felt funny writing about such a fantastic program, which many of you [...]
Don Your Thinking Cap And Get Ready For Brain My Day From Pocket More Games
Are you sick and tired of all of those brain training games out there? You know the ones that give you some puzzle to solve or numbers to crunch. Do you even care which is the next shape in the pattern anymore? Yeah…that’s what I thought. And so did the folks at Pocket More Games. [...]
Does Proporta Have A Deal For You!
Hey, Kids. Do you know what Saturday is? Well, if you guessed Grandparents’ Day in England, then you would be correct…and also sadly in need of some more time away from the computer.
Seriously, it is Grandparents’ Day in England. I swear, some days I do not know whether these are actually real holidays or [...]
