Archive for ‘May, 2007’

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May31

Panasonic Lumix TZ3K 10x Optical Zoom 7.2 Megapixel Camera

by todd on May 31st, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Posted In: Digital Photography, Mobile Devices

It is quite amazing how much the digital camera landscape (pun intended) has changed in just a few years. I played around with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3K 7.2MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom this evening. The photo on the left is the TZ3K compared to the Canon PowerShot S1 IS 10x optical […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May30

Palm Foleo: The Handheld PC Reborn (with Linux inside this time)

by todd on May 30th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Palm

Palm announced (but did not release) its Palm Foleo mobile companion today. It has a 10 inch LCD screen, full-size keyboard, 5 hours battery life, email and other applications, and no hard drive. I got so excited about it, I bought it!!! Uh, well, actually that device in the photo above (device on a desk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May29

Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone Lost Category in Calendar

by todd on May 29th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Microsoft has been telling us not to fret about not being able to sync Outlook subfolders and to use Categories instead. OK, fine. I’ve been doing that since 1997. But, um, look what’s missing in the Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition (Smartphone) Calendar… Yep, the Category field is not there anymore. If I missed it, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May28

Used OneNote Mobile Because I’m Too Lazy to Use a Scanner

by todd on May 28th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I maintain another blog (OgasaWalrus.com) where I focus on one of my other personal interest topics: Freeware and Free & Open Source Software for proprietary systems (Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows). I decided to mention the cover story in the current issue of PC Magazine and wanted to include a photo of the cover. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May27

EXIF Data in T-Mobile Dash Photos

by todd on May 27th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

The T-Mobile SDA (Windows Mobile 5) smartphone didn’t place any EXIF data in its photos. The T-Mobile Dash (Windows Mobile 6), however, does. It doesn’t store much EXIF data. But, the Dash at least identifies itself as the camera type. This means that if you use it to upload photos to sites like Flickr, statistics […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May26

Small Smartphone Excel Mobile Display Glitch

by todd on May 26th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I found a minor display error in Excel Mobile running on a Windows Mobile 6 T-Mobile Dash (Smartphone; AKA Standard Edition). The “Look in:” selection box in the “Find” window is not completely displayed. It is still usable since I can see enough of the option to figure out what the choices are. But, it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May25

Windows Mobile 6 Pocket PC

by todd on May 25th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I’ve got Windows Mobile 6 on a Pocket PC to compare with a Smartphone (or Professional and Standard Editions if you prefer). Word Mobile and Excel Mobile have obvious advantages on the larger Pocket PC format factor with a touchscreen. But, it is amazing how much nicer some features like word completion look on a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May24

Google Calendar for Mobile Devices

by todd on May 24th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones

Google announced a mobile device friendly version of Google Calendar today… Calendar for Mobile Devices I gave it a quick try on my T-Mobile Dash by adding an event. The agenda view (list of events) is the only view available on a mobile device. I went to the regular PC to flesh out the information […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May23

Windows Mobile 6 Word Mobile Looks Surprisingly Good!

by todd on May 23rd, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I had to rush out of my office early this afternoon after completing a 6 page memorandum draft. I didn’t want to use a USB thumbdrive or a take the notebook with me. So, I just emailed it to myself after saving the file to Word 97-2003 format (from Word 2007). The document does not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May22

Windows Mobile 6 T-Mobile Dash Bluetooth ActiveSync Video Demo

by todd on May 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I could never get my T-Mobile SDA Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone to work with ActiveSync over a wireless Bluetooth connection. There was nothing wrong with the old Belkin USB Bluetooth adapter on my desktop or ActiveSync since other Windows Mobile devices could sync with it over Bluetooth. Fortunately, my new T-Mobile Dash with the Windows […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May21

ActiveSync vs. Hibernate & ActiveSync vs. Poke in the Eye

by todd on May 21st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

If you think I rant about ActiveSync, check out my friend Ed Hansberry’s blog item on PocketPCThoughts.com titled… Windows Mobile Device Center Poked Me In The Eye …where he describes a particularly painful encounter with ActiveSync the Next Generation (aka Windows Mobile Device Center – WMDC) which deleted as he says: …about 90% of my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May20

Ack… Windows Mobile 6 Confusion By the Print Press

by todd on May 20th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Well, I knew this was bound to happen as soon as I heard Microsoft changed the names of the Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphone to Professional Edition and Standard Edition. It not only confuses the ordinary customer, it also confuses technology journalists. Take a look at page 22 in the May 2007 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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