Reader R.L. asks: came across your Blog and similarly O’Reilly articles. Wonder if you could help please. Looking for a PDA Application (Mobile Windows) that has the potential to push and pull data to and from a Web Server based Database. Effectively allowing such aspects as ‘Search’ (via some nice GUI tools) that then checks […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
MSNBC’s Gary Krakow gave the soon-to-be-released T-Mobile Dash (AKA HTC Excalibur) a rave review in… T-Mobile’s Dash: Head-turning smartphone I’d like to make a correction to his article though. He says Dash runs on the latest version of the Windows Mobile operating system. That means you get the portable versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bye bye, ActiveSync! Hello, Windows Mobile Device Center (at least for Vista). If you plan on using a Windows Mobile based Pocket PC or Smartphone with Windows Vista, you will need to learn a new and more unmemorable name for the software that syncs with mobile devices. You can find the download for it at… […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You wouldn’t think a simple X in the upper right hand corner of a Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC/Phone Edition would cause so much heated discussion. But, it does. The reason? A Windows Mobile Pocket PC somewhat resembles its older and larger sibling: Microsoft Windows. In all its various versions (from 1.0 to Vista), clicking […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Found this PC Magazine news item via the MacRumors site. T-Mobile Talks Up 3G Network—and Apple? The article reports Dotson singled out Apple’s efforts on the desktop as a “great precursor of where I think the marketplace is headed in 3G,” leading to speculation that T-Mobile, not Cingular, will host Apple’s much-rumored iPhone project. Yet, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zack Whittaker over at MSBlog.org asks how to upgrade a Windows Mobile 2003 2nd Edition Pocket PC to Media Player 10 Mobile. And, the answer is: Not from Microsoft. Windows Mobile devices are more like applicances than computers. The large ROM-based applications like Media Player must be burned-in rather than simply installed on top of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Techweb reports that an unnamed market research firm (might be Gartner since it is mentioned later in the article) says that Smartphone shipments were up 75.5% in the first half of 2006. Smartphone Market Booming The article says the report shows that North America is the only region where PDAs outsold Smartphones. Personally, I find […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
HP’s web site shows their soon-to-be-released GPS, WiFi (802.11b and 802.11g!), Bluetooth, music/photo/video playing, Windows Mobile 5 powered handheld device with a 3.5″ LCD screen (bigger than the Zune’s) with a price of $599.99. HP iPAQ rx5915 Travel Companion So, whatever happened to the $500 GPS-enabled UMPC anyway? In any case, CNET has a video […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Engadget has a step-by-step illustrated tutorial showing how to use a Verizon Wireless Pocket PC Phone Edition (Windows Mobile 5) XV6700 as mobile modem for a notebook. You can find the article at… How-To: Use your EV-DO Pocket PC phone for internet access
Guy Williams posted the following question on my O’Reilly Windows DevCenter blog. My response includes a bunch of llinks which might be a bit much for the blog response box there. So, I’m posting a reply here. I just bought a Treo 700wx from Sprint. I cannot get ActiveSync to recognize the phone (when the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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