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What changes Windows Mobile into a 'Windows Phone'? 22/10/09 |
| Courtesy of ZDNet UK… The tarnished reputation of Windows Mobile needs more than a shiny new name, but calling the new 6.5 models Windows phones isn’t just Microsoft taking advantage of the Windows 7 hype. http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014226o-2000675210b,00.htm |
| Q&A: Can I use
Microsoft ActiveSync to backup my WM6 smartphone?
14/10/09 |
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| Question:
Can I use Microsoft ActiveSync to Back Up my WM6 Smartphone? Answer: I regret to read from my ActiveSync v4.5.0 (Build 5096): “Backing up and restoring information is available only for Windows Mobile software for Smartphone 2003 and earlier and Windows Mobile software for Pocket PC 2003 and earlier”. Suggestion: Look for a 3rd party ‘Back Up’ application. |
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| MobiHand Open Windows
Mobile App Store
05/10/09 |
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In my opinion,
one of the biggest features of online mobile smartphone devices these
days is the facility to download new applications/programs; many of
which are free and others costing very little 
Appscout MobiHand has released its On-Device Windows Mobile
Application Store; which I believe is a ‘first’ for Windows Mobile
OS devices. MobiHand’s App store will work with Windows Mobile
smartphones; alongside the equivalent Apple Store (for iPhones/iPod
Touches), Blackberry App Store and Ovi Store (Nokia
Mobiles/Smartphones). See http://www.appscout.com/2009/10/mobihand_opens_windows_mobile.php |
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| HTC Touch 2
03/09/09 Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone, TouchFLO interface, 2.8″ QVGA screen, Wi-Fi, GPS, Quad-Band, 512MB ROM + 256MB RAM, 3.2 megapixel camera (Ed. rather low for a new smartphone!) Expected early Q4 2009. |
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| http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09/02/htc_touch2/ |
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| Sony Expereia X2
Smartphone
03/09/09 It looks like my wishes are being answered by another manufacturer! The Nokia N97 & N97-Mini slides open and flips/tilts up giving a nice QWERTY keyboard, then I see the HTC Touch Pro2, using the same ‘form factor’ and blow me down, now |
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| Sony are at it,
in the form of a ‘Sony Experia X2′, expected in Q4 2009. Looks like Father Christmas will have a lot of QWERTY smartphones on his customers ‘Christmas Lists’ this year So, a brief spec: Windows Mobile 6.5, 8.1 megapixel camera/16x digital zoom, stereo speakers, java, video streaming, YouTube app, Wi-Fi, PDF Reader, MicroSD slot, 115g, 480×800 pixel resolution, 3.2″ display. I just hope WM6.5 works better than WM6 on my old (but still used) Samsung Omnia. |
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| Windows Mobile loosing
market share
03/09/09 |
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| According to a
TreoBlast article: “Windows Mobile is losing it’ market share”.
It’s a real shame because Microsoft was in a dominant position. See http://treo.pdablast.com/articles/2009/8/2009816-Windows-Mobile-losing-marketshare.html In the past when ever I was asked for the best OS device that is the closest match to a PCs Microsoft Office: Outlook Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, Word & Excel; I always recommended a Windows Mobile device or older Pocket PC. Maybe their time is running out? My latest 18 month mobile contract with Orange started off with a new Samsung Omnia running WM6 but sadly after a few months I just didn’t want to use it any more as my primary device 
I didn’t get on with the touch screen. I then picked up an iPod
Touch and used that for the next few months (thinking I’d get an
iPhone), then a few months ago I got a Blackberry 8120 Pearl and now
an 8820 which is excellent! I’m getting so fond of my 8820 that
I’m already looking for Blackberry options upon contract renewal in
10 months. I strongly think that my ideal PDA must have a good sized
QWERTY keyboard.I and I’m sure many PDA veterans (well I’m proud to be one of the oldest! Started with a Psion CM 20 years ago) would still use a new Psion that was about the size of a Revo if it had a colour touch screen, Wi-Fi, sync’d with Office and has good RAM; I can but dream |
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| Garmin Mobile XT for
Windows Mobile
02/09/09 On my Samsung Omnia (Windows Mobile 6) smartphone, I’ve got the ‘Garmin Mobile XT’ v.5.00 Satellite Navigation software. The first best thing in my opinion about this software is that all the maps/software is installed on a (MicroSD) memory card and therefore when navigating, it doesn’t need to stream maps using 3G/GPRS data at cost. Garmin Mobile XT compared to Garmin Mobile on a Blackberry has more features/functionality. The ‘Where to?’ command |
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| from the main
menu offers: Home, Addresses, Points of Interest, Local Search, Recent
Finds, Contacts, My Locations, Extras, Cities, Intersections,
Panoramio Photos, Location Messages and Coordinates (YEAH!!!, I really
like this facility). Some facilities of Garmin Mobile XT do need a
data connection via 3G/GPRS, e.g. Panoramio Photos, Weather and Safety
Cameras. The SatNav software can work in portrait or landscape mode
and in general works a lot more like the software in a Garmin Nuvi
SatNav. |
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TIP: Windows Mobile Menu 30/08/09 |
| There’s
a neat way to customise the menu on your Windows Mobile device to have
easy access to your 7 favourite programs. 1) Select ‘Start’, 2) Select ‘Settings’, 3) Select ‘Menu’, 4) Select ‘Personal’, 5) Select ‘Menus’, 6) Tick the 7 favourite/most used programs that you’d like quick access too, then close. Now, when you select ‘Start’, your 7 favourite/most used programs will be listed, easily accessible. |
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