Weekly Windows Mobile Roundup on September 6th 2008
Qik Expands Support For More Windows Mobile
The Qik video streaming service is now expanding to more Windows Mobile devices. This time they are including many of the popular Windows Mobile Professional devices to the mix. They seem to be hard at work adding support for more devices, but here is the list of devices added this week:
- HTC Touch Dual
- HTC Touch Diamond
- HTC Touch Pro
- HTC TyTn-II
- AT&T Tilt
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
- HTC Touch Pro
- Sprint Mogul
- Sprint Touch
- Verizon VX6900
- Samsung Omnia
Qik lets you share moments with the world using the build in cameras on your Windows Mobile phone. You can stream live and let your friends and family tune in to watch.
Sprint HTC Diamond Coming September 14th
Wall Street Journal reviewed the CDMA version of the HTC Touch Diamond that is slated to be released for Sprint this month. The article revealed that pricing for the Sprint Diamond will be $250 (after $100 mail-in rebate) with a new two-year contract. Engadget revealed that the phone will be released on Sprint on September 14th.
The next few months should be really good for Windows Mobile fans with all of the new phones finally being released in the US. Is anyone on Sprint planning on picking this one up this month?
Samsung Blackjack II Updated To 6.1
The last few weeks have seen a lot of Windows Mobile 6.1 updates. The latest to be updated is the popular Samsung Blackjack II. Hit the link up to get the instructions for applying the update. Pay careful attention to the instructions. I have updated several phones over the years and this one was by far the most complicated update process I have seen yet. The good thing is the instructions are well-written and will lead you step-by-step through the process.
I have been running 6.1 on my Blackjack II and so far it is running great. I have not seen the battery savings that I saw on my Tilt, but it does not seem to be any worse either. The threaded SMS and updated Home screen are great. I have not run into any compatibility issues for any of the programs I run either, which is always a bonus.
The one issue I did run into is that AT&T and Samsung have now locked down the network configuration settings. Some of us have to make changes to these or disable the proxy in order to get some programs to work properly, so this was a problem. I resorted through picking through the registry until I found the “ReadOnly” flag for the communication settings. I wish I would have remembered that a walkthrough to disable this already existed over at Mobile Jaw. The guide walks you through application unlocking your device and unlocking the communication settings so you can have full ownership of your device without your carrier telling you what you can and cannot change.
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