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I Hate My Fuze, I Love My Fuze
I have been saying this over and over again since I got my HTC Fuze…
The Fuze is one of the flagship devices for AT&T and really the entire Windows Mobile Professional brand right now. It has all of the bells and whistles just like the AT&T Tilt did when it was released. To some, it [...]
Windows Mobile Worthless?
So thinks Gizmodo. You might have read about how they were biased in their browser wars. Word got to them and they redid it with more powerful devices and included Opera Mini 9.5 beta this time around. But what bothered me was this:
If you haven’t noticed in our reviews of Windows Mobile phones, we’ve [...]
Boy, Do I Miss The Touch HD
Yeah, I no longer have the HTC Touch HD with me but that’s a temporary situation right now because I’ve sent it over to the guys at ZAGG to apply an Invisible Shield. It’s a military-grade clear plastic that is wrapped around the device to protect it from scratches. Just how good is the protection? [...]
Gizmodo Uses PIE For Browser Comparison…Does Anyone Still Use PIE?
Really Gizmodo? Pocket Internet Explorer and Opera Mobile 8.65 are the two browsers you choose to use in your mobile web browser comparison? I use an iPhone, and yes, Safari is a nice browser…when it isn’t crashing every 5 minutes. The instability of Safari on my iPhone still makes me think that it is in [...]
Fuze Owners: How Is Your Reception?
I have been waiting for the Fuze/Touch Pro since it was announced. So naturally, when it finally launched on AT&T, I picked one up on launch day. In general, I find that it is a great Windows Mobile device with an amazing screen. All is not so good though…the signal strength is absolutely horrible. I [...]
No PIE 6 On Current Hardware? Failure, Microsoft…Pure Failure
Microsoft has stated that there will be no update for any current hardware to add Pocket Internet Explorer 6.
Regarding making IE Mobile available as a separate download or update, the rich media experiences that IE Mobile 6 enables require more powerful, advanced devices. That is why it will not be available as an upgrade or [...]
Ask The Reader: What’s On Your Today Screen?
To TouchFLO or not to TouchFLO? That has been my question over the past week. I have not used a Windows Mobile phone that had TouchFLO 3D until I picked up the Fuze last week, so I wanted to give it a shot. Other than the AT&T bloatware, most of the screens are useful and [...]
Are You Getting The New Redfly?
You must have read by now about the 2 new Celio Redfly models that were just announced recently: the lighter C7 and the media-port-included C8N. Both come in with a price much lower than the first generation Redfly but what I cannot understand is who would want to get one?
Full Flash Coming To Windows Mobile
Well, what can I say but finally! It’s about time.
Sure there are a lot of developers who are creating new applications for the Android and iPhone platform that it can feel a bit lonely here in the Windows Mobile arena but with this latest piece of news from Adobe, everything is about to change.
With [...]
X1, Touch Pro or Touch HD?
If you had to choose between these 3 devices, which would you choose?
That’s the question I am asking myself as I ponder which model would replace my over 2 year old ETEN Glofiish X500. The SonyEricsson XPERIA X1 was going to be my device of choice because it supported T-Mobile’s AWS 3G bands [...]
SE Drops The Bomb On T-Mobile Users
Announced back in February to be the first Windows Mobile phone with 5 bands UMTS on board, it was also the first to actually work with T-Mobile 3G’s AWS network. A press release which was slated for November 3rd to announce the American version (X1a) was postponed. I thought it was because SonyEricsson was [...]
Ecosystems: My Take On The BlackBerry Bold
I have a problem. I am addicted to mobile technology. So, when I got a chance to play with a Blackberry Bold for a day, I could not pass it up. I have not touched a Blackberry for probably 6-7 years. I looked at the specs and read some of the early reviews, and the [...]
Ask The Reader: How Do You RSS On The Go?
Lately I have been using two devices on a daily basis. I my my Samsung Epix as my work device. It helps me stay organized, acts as my main phone and text device, and is my usual device I use to listen to streaming radio (thanks to SPB Online). I had originally planned on using [...]
No Press Release From SonyEricsson Today
So it’s almost the end of November 3rd 2008 and there’s still no press release from SonyEricsson (SE) with regards to the America version of the XPERIA X1. While there’s still an hour to go if you’re here in the Eastern zone (or 4 if you’re on the West Coast), it’s highly unlikely that [...]
Does The XPERIA X1 Support T-Mobile USA’s 3G?
At this moment, it’s really anybody’s guess. While the initial announcement back in February shows a penta-band-UMTS device, a first if I may add, we have not heard anything since.
It really does not help when, on one hand, you have sites like Connected Internet and Bengal Boy (relatively NSFW; see post #377) who have experienced [...]
Hey Microsoft, Listen to Clinton!
While reading some news about the latest OTA (Over The Air) Android updates over at Engadget, Clinton Fitch decided to write up a letter to Microsoft. I know that Microsoft may not listen to all of us, but c’mon MS…you should really listen to your MVPs, I know that we do.
Here is Clinton’s letter for [...]
WebIS: Sticking With Windows Mobile, Frustrations And All
I mentioned in my article about SPB and SE that I have faith that Windows Mobile developers will continue to create software for Windows Mobile even if they start to test out the waters with iPhone or Android apps. I was checking on the latest status of Pocket Informant when I came across a blog [...]
WeatherPanel gets Diamond animation
I am a big fan of the now nigh on defunct WeatherPanel weather program. It is atill available to buy even though the developers seem to have left the planet. Maybe they have gone back to Mars (the company is called Marsware!) However, there is still a close knit community of fans that keep things [...]
So Many eReaders, So Little RAM!
[Part 2 of "Is That a Book in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?"]
In the last article we talked about ebooks in general and where to find them, now we come down to the software to read them with. Most Pocket PC’s still come with precious little memory and you can’t [...]
Is That a Book in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
The answer is yes, that is a Book (an eBook) in my Pocket (PC), but there is happiness involved anyway if you take pleasure in the written word.
Every day the question comes up – actual wording varies <EG> – from fellow commuters or travelers, people on street or in waiting rooms, when they see me [...]
