Tag: windows mobile
I've added a review of the baby pink T-Mobile MDA Compact II. It's also available in a graphite colour too, so have a read if you're in the market for a tiny Pocket PC. The handset comes with a megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 5.0, 128MB of memory plu...
Spotted here at MSMobiles is something that looks quite familiar. O2 MediaPlus is an application that comes with the XDA Atom and gives us a interesting view of how the Windows Media Center interface style can be used on portable devices. You can see ...
Following their Hogmanay Party Astraware are once again giving away stuff - this time it's up to $10 (£5.61) off games starting on January 30th. Astraware are starting their 'Enhance Your Lifestyle' promotion on January 30th and will be slashing pric...
The guys at VITO Technology have released TaskSwitcher for Windows Mobile Smartphones. TaskSwitcher is already well-known on the Pocket PC and lets you switch easily between running tasks or stop them from a pop-up list. It's so simple to use - you ju...
If you've got Pocket Mini Golf 2 then you'll be pleased to know that there's yet another excellent expansion pack now available. Future City, available here, is now selling for the Pocket PC and Smartphone and comes with... - 18 New Futuristic Holes (...
MSMobileNews have spotted that Woize now has a client available for the Smartphone. Woize is a bit like Skype in that it'll let you make lots of calls for very little money. There's also a version of the software for Pocket PC too (seen here) which le...
o2 Germany have announced the o2 XDA Neo which will appear at Cebit in March. Based on the HTC Prophet (selling as the iMate JAMin & Dopod 818 Pro too) the device has Windows Mobile 5.0, Quad-band GSM/GPRS, 802.11b/g WiFi, 128 Mb of RAM and ROM and a …
The Palm Treo 700w and the Motorola Q have received quite a bit of media attention recently with the Moto Q getting yet more rumours of cancellations. For the Palm Treo it's another fairly bumpy review here at MobileWhack.com. They've come to a simila...
The guys at e-fuze have contacted me about their company. They're an emerging Canadian company in Toronto and strive to produce high-end powerful mobile devices. They're encouraging you guys to sign up to their forum here and tell them what you're aft...
We mentioned that there was an update for the Orange SPV M2000 the other day (here), well Bob Khatker tried it out and said... "I performed the new Rom update on my phone last night, and it does contain Windows Media Player 10. It'll also allow speci...
TrueConnect, which we mentioned here last week has now been fully released and is available to buy for $29.99 (around £17 / €24.85). Currently it's only available for Smartphones, although there is a Pocket PC version in development. Although the p...
It's been announced that the phone-to-web-gallery software Shozu, which we've mentioned previously has been nominated for the Best Mobile Messaging award at the 2006 GSM Association Awards. People have already warmed to Shozu, available here at Shozu...
Good news for you Orange SPV M2000 owners, there appears to be an Orange update available. This should bring you up to version 5.40.1.179 and delivers improved camera support and some other performance tweaks. Most M2000's will be on version 5.31.1.12...
This my friends is the Samsung i300x. It's just like the Samsung i300 that's selling now but with a bit more "oomph". This uprated version has a bigger hard drive - 4 Gb instead of the 3Gb one previously. It's also got a 1.3 megapixel camera and a …
Pocket Controller-Professional v5.05 is now available here. It's the program to use if you want full control over your mobile device. The new version brings ... - Multi-Lingual Keyboard Support : Enter data into your mobile device in any language inc...
This is Watchtone Studio Pro 2.0 from Makayama Media. Windows Mobile support has now been added to this software, making it the first video ringtone solution for Windows Mobile phones. The software lets you create video ringtones for more than 50 mobi...
The guys at Vizzion have announced that their innovative traffic-watching system "Traffic Vizzion" is now available in the UK. Using roadside and traffic cameras Traffic Vizzion brings the latest pictures to you, so you can quickly check your regular ...
Whilst doing some handset reviews recently I had to find a new way to remotely control a device and take screen shots. You can use this power toy if you're running an older Smartphone or Pocket PC, however it doesn't like the newer models. I settled o...
Following our earlier story on the Slingbox it's now been announced that they're to launch a PAL version of they're product. The SlingBox will stream and let you fully control your TV, DVR / PVR, DVD Recorder etc from anywhere with an internet connect...
Engadget have a tour of the the Microsoft booth at CES in (y'know, that Consumer Entertainment Show in Las Vegas). There's some great shots of.... err.. Windows Vista.... ... ermm.. more Windows Vista... Err.. Vista.. Oh! Look.. Windows... Media Cente...
We've now managed to get both the grey T-Mobile MDA Compact II and the baby pink MDA Compact II into our handset shop. Yes, you heard right. Baby pink. Both of these devices come with Windows Mobile 5, Pocket Word, Excel and Outlook plus a 1.3 mega-pi...
The ever-excellent Smart Explorer, which (apart from being an excellent file explorer) lets you beam stuff over Bluetooth, has now been updated to version 2.1.4. Those of you lucky souls with a Windows Mobile 5.0 device (Orange SPV C600 etc) will be g...
Looks like HTC, the people behind a huge amount of Windows Mobile devices (iMate, Orange SPV range, T-Mobile MDA's, o2 XDA range, UTStarcom XV6700 - the list goes on) have taken the logical step of opening up an American office. HTCAmerica.net is now ...
We love Photoblogging. For the unaware, it's a way of getting photos direct from your phone to a website without fuss. Apart from Splashblog there's also ShoZu, which mentioned previously. They've now added support for Flickr.com, Textamerica.com and ...
See this (top)? It's called a SlingBox and you can get one for $249.99, which is about £142.13. What it'll do is let you control your TV and watch the output across a WiFi connection to any PC or laptop. Although it may look suspiciously like a choco...
MediaPass have announced that their content will now be available for Windows Mobile Devices. You can access their special Windows Mobile section here and choose whatever you want. You can also access the content from the WindowsMobile.com website and...
So, you're using ActiveSync 4.x and you're happily browsing over your WiFi connection on your Pocket PC. You decide to syncronise everything by ActiveSync'ing, but just when you plug in the USB cable - horror of horrors - you're WiFi connection is sto...
Here's an interesting story I spotted whilst browsing SmartPhoneThoughts. Blogger "Headworx" has himself an i-Mate SP5m which comes with WiFi on-board. One problem though is that you can't really run stuff like Skype on it as the current Smartphone ve...
It looks like Windows Mobile has scooped quite a few of the Total Mobile awards for 2006. Jasons blog has the details which reveals that... -Best GSM Mobile - Samsung SGH-i300. Runner-up - Orange SPV550 -Best Smartphone - o2 Exec. Runners-up - iMate J...
As we get closer to the biggest boozing night of the year it's good to hear that our friends at Astraware are having a 14-day long Hogmanay ! They'll be offering a different product every day with at least 50% off. Just click here from 8am to find …
Exclusive to our shop you'll find Jokers Quest 2 - Revenge of the Bosses. It's the second episode of the funny action strategy game set deep in an underwater world. There's excellent gameplay, graphics, sounds and stacks of levels to get through. Get ...
If you're looking for a way to view Microsoft Office files on your Smartphone then ClearVue is the answer. ClearVue suite is now confirmed as being fully compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0, so owners of the Orange SPV C600 or Cingular 2125 can grab th...
If you're interested in getting the very latest podcasts onto your phone automatically then this new article from Eric will help you a great deal. With his advice you'll be able to sign up to the RSS syndication feed (like ours here) and get the newes...
The o2 XDA Exec handset has been issued with a software update which can be downloaded here. The update will change the hefty o2 Active user interface and disable error logging on the handset. This will upgrade your handset to v1.13.188 and is availab...
The Boxing-Day sales have started a little early over in our software shop but who are we to argue? Now is your chance to spend as little as 2 quid on a proper Smartphone or Pocket PC game (none of that Java download nonsense) here. So this Christmas,...
Listeners to our podcast will already know about this, however now it's been confirmed. After the T-Mobile Vario and o2 XDA Mini comes the Vodafone VPA Compact II, which is showing on the German Vodafone site right now. It's got a slightly different k...
The new version of Skype is now online and includes better language support, Windows Mobile 5.0 compatiblity, a wider range of displays, 3G, EDGE and WiFi compatility plus Voice Mail access. If you want to know more about Skype and how it works, read...
I'm just wading through my email and stumbled across a link for the i-Mate SP5m at Smartphonethoughts. Here's a taster... "The i-mate SP5m is the first of its kind to hit the street; a Windows Mobile Smartphone with WiFi built-in! Don't be fooled by i...
At this time of year everyone loves free stuff, so what better than a free game? Quartz X-Mas is a free follow-up of the popular Quartz puzzle series. It's available here to download now for both high-res QVGA screens (C550/C600 etc) and regular scree...
I've had a few emails regarding the release of the Samsung i300 on o2. There's several Windows Mobile websites out there announcing that it's now available and people are asking why we haven't covered it. Well, erm.. we have. In fact it was almost 10 ...
