Archive for June, 2006
Tip of the Week: How to Create Shortcuts
Friday, June 30th, 2006You can create shortcuts to important documents and put them in a folder that appears in the Start menu, for quick access; but you need to know how to create a shortcut. Follow these steps….
RIM Chairman Confirms Better BlackBerrys
Friday, June 30th, 2006Host of new features coming to future handhelds, as company expands program to deliver service to third-party devices and Palm-merger rumor is put to rest.
Mobile Messaging: Part III - The Mob-E-Mail Battleground
Friday, June 30th, 2006RIM isn’t the only game in town in the fast-growing wireless e-mail market anymore. There are plenty of other device vendors and platform providers ready to give enterprises and individuals a choice.
MobiTV Streams to Windows Mobile
Friday, June 30th, 2006Microsoft-based devices added to handset TV provider’s lineup.
Sony Ships VAIO UX Micro PC
Friday, June 30th, 2006Pocket-sized tablet with retractable QWERTY is full-fledged Windows XP computer.
Review: Altec Lansing inMotion Mobile Speaker System
Friday, June 30th, 2006Listen, speak and recharge Treo to the max with lightweight and compact audio dock.
Be Friendly, Share Your Internet, Get Cheap Router
Friday, June 30th, 2006“BBC News is running a story about the Spanish firm Fon, selling subsidized Linksys WRT54GL Wi-Fi routers for $5, in exchange for the buyer agreeing to a 12 month contract of providing access to other Fon users within range. With the financial backing of Google and Skype, their goal is to create Wi-Fi networks, street by street, across Europe and the US. Buyers of the subsidized routers can classify themselves as ‘Linuses’, whereby they also get…
SmarterTools Introduces Outlook and Pocket PC Synchronisation With … - Geekzone
Friday, June 30th, 2006
| SmarterTools Introduces Outlook and Pocket PC Synchronisation With … Geekzone, New Zealand - The new SmarterMail Sync supports the synchronization to either Microsoft Outlook or mobile devices utilizing the Windows Mobile Pocket PC 5.0 operating system … |
HTC Hermes roll-out news : dopod CHT 9000 announced
Friday, June 30th, 2006Jim Karpen’s Web Guide: An Explosion of Mobile Content
Friday, June 30th, 2006Maybe I give too much coverage to mobile content, but it seems that this is the Next Big Thing. Just this past week I learned of several new—and free—services. And I’m impressed with them….
Diane Dumas’ Hot Downloads: John Cody’s Alerts! Pro Version 2.0
Friday, June 30th, 2006An advanced Voice Notes/Dictation Manager for Smartphones. Enhanced features….
Featured Article: Wireless Options for the Pocket PC
Friday, June 30th, 2006What’s Wi-Fi? When should I use Bluetooth? Is wireless data safe? This primer explains it all….
Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Invites Public to Nominate … - Geekzone
Friday, June 30th, 2006
| Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Invites Public to Nominate … Geekzone, New Zealand - Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the 2006 Board of Experts have posted their preliminary selection of nominees for the … |
Save $20 on King’s Bounty
Friday, June 30th, 2006Bellenium Mobile Solutions has cut the price of King’s Bounty Legend Sequel by $20, down to just $9.95. Further details on the Handango product page….
Card carrying
Friday, June 30th, 2006As seen on Handango is Poker Jam, which “supports three most popular versions of video poker game. Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, and Joker Poker (54-card deck). Our videopoker includes sound effects and a number of pretty backgrounds. This game supports both grayscale and colored screens, so it doesn’t matter what kind of pocket device you have.”…
BrickGenius adds Treo support
Friday, June 30th, 2006Just as it says on the tin, BrickGenius from Ballshooter Games has gained support for square-screened Pocket PCs, namely the Treo 700. Unfortunately, going by the PocketGear product page, the update isn’t free and will set you back $14.95….
Faulty Towers
Friday, June 30th, 2006As spotted in this Aximsite thread is a tower building game, tentatively titled Baby Towers. …
Viliv P2 PMP: Koreans Get Lucky Again
Friday, June 30th, 2006It’s cruel getting teased by wonderful devices such as this. You may have already guessed from the thread title that the upcoming Viliv P2 PMP is for Korean gadget lovers only. It features a 4.3″ 480 x 272 TFT-LCD, a 20GB/30GB HDD, USB 2.0 (Host + OTG), T-DMB (TV) and GPS (SiRFstar III) connectivity (optional), and Windows CE 5.0. You can get a 30GB version without the T-DMB and GPS connectivity for 374 Euros (~$470 USD), or the full kit for 582…
Featured Review: Google Mobile
Friday, June 30th, 2006Weather reports, movie times, driving directions: Use Google Mobile to find them fast!…
Pricegrabber CompactFlash Card Low Price Search of the Week
Friday, June 30th, 2006
Here’s a list of various CompactFlash cards listed in Pricegrabber’s database, and the lowest price on each model. Clicking through to the vendor selling the product helps support this site, so if you’re interested in learning more about the product, click. Here are the five most popular CompactFlash cards and their prices according to Pricegrabber searches:
You can browse the …
Pocket PC Thai Reviews the Asus P525
Friday, June 30th, 2006We had posted on a preview that Pocket PC Thai did for the Asus P525 a couple weeks back. Well Nam (the reviewer) has now had a chance to thoroughly review the device. Note that the unit he reviewed was a pre-production unit, so just like any pre-production unit, there could be changes coming with the final device. As you’d expect, the article is in Thai,…
Motorola Q Blog: Day 5
Friday, June 30th, 2006One of the benefits of smart phones is that you can access the Internet away from your PC. You can do that with a WiFi device, too, but coverage is usually a lot more limited.
There are three main applicatons for Internet access on the Q ? Messaging, which does E-mail (and text and MMS messaging); Internet Explorer, which obviously does Web browsing; and MSN Messenger (hidden inside of… Read More

MobiTV Launches Windows Mobile Support
Friday, June 30th, 2006“MobiTV, Inc., the global leader in television and digital radio services for cellular, WiFi and broadband enabled devices, today announced the immediate availability of the MobiTV® service for Windows Mobile powered phones and devices. Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphones feature full-screen viewing, a home-like electronic programming guide and much more…Available on new and popular devices including the Sprint 6700, Cingular 2125, Motorola Q and…
Is Microsoft Readying A "Kill Switch" For Windows?
Friday, June 30th, 2006“Two weeks ago, I wrote about my serious objections to Microsoft’s latest salvo in the war against unauthorized copies of Windows. Two Windows Genuine Advantage components are being pushed onto users’ machines with insufficient notification and inadequate quality control, and the result is a big mess. Guess what? WGA might be on the verge of getting even messier. In fact, one report claims WGA is about to become a Windows ?kill switch? ? and…