My iPod touch is still wandering around in FedEx-land. But, I was able to use my daughter’s iPod touch for a few minutes to help her set up WiFi access. I found it nearly impossible to type on the screen keyboard in portrait mode. The lack of tactile feedback from a physical keyboard is a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a little oddity I noticed just a few weeks ago. The Windows Mobile Pocket PC can display a calendar in year view (something not available on the Smartphone AKA Standard Edition). However, while all 12 months are displayed if the Pocket PC is in portrait mode, only 8 months are shown in landscape viewing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just read the announcement in Jason Langridge’s (Microsoft’s Mr. Mobile) blog about the release of… Microsoft Office Mobile 6.1: Upgrade for Microsoft Office 2007 file formats This upgrade lets you work with (read and write) Office 2007 generated Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. The upgrade is only for Office Mobile on Windows Mobile 6 devices. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Did you know there are 53 weeks in a calendar year? Yep, according to Windows Mobile, that is the case for certain years. This is one of the oldest bugs and has been around since the Windows CE days. So, if you use week numbers for project planning, don’t use the Windows Mobile week numbers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NPR launched NPR Mobile at http://m.npr.org/. This mobile friendly site lets you either call in (voice phone) to listen to a show (not recommended IMHO) or listen to an audio stream (great if you have an unlimited data plan or WiFi). I tried it over a relatively slow EDGE network. It took a while for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If put our faith in the results of Google Trends (now updated daily), then we in the U.S. apparently don’t care enough about Windows Mobile to search for it in Google compared to the rest of the world. If you take a look at… Google Trends results for Windows Mobile …you’ll find that the U.S. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just read about the MSN Video Beta. So, I figured that surely Microsoft enabled it to work with Windows Mobile smartphones to counter YouTube (which doesn’t play well with WiMo). So, I pointed a Pocket PC Phone Edition at http://next.video.msn.com/ and, well, it turns out I figured wrong. Once again, WiMo users are shut […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most non-geeky, non-techie people (if you are reading this, you are a tech geek, btw), seem to know how to distinquish the different Apple iPod models. The shuffle doesn’t have a screen. The nano is the little one with a screen The iPod (now iPod classic) is the big one. And, the touch… well you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lotus Notes Traveler is scheduled for release sometime in 2008 (screen shot above obtained from IBM’s site). The big deal about this IBM product is that it will, for the first time, provide native Windows Mobile connectivity to Lotus Notes. I wonder, though, how widely accepted this will be buy Lotus Notes support staff may […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OK, this one is for the Windows Mobile developers out there… Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 …was released on Sept. 12. The various toys focus on diagnostics and performance evaluation. The Known Issues list is quite long. So, be sure to read through the list before using the Power Toys.
diggm8 (pronounced digg-mate) is a non-Digg affiliated site that reformats Digg.com for mobile browsing. Unlike Digg’s own iPhone formatted site, diggm8 works fine with a Windows Mobile IE browser. Digg was my favorite post-Slashdot morning destination site. But, its focus has become so diluted that I’m looking for a new destination site. Any recommendations for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of my big beefs with Windows Mobile’s roadmap for the past few years has been its focus on the Enterprise and mobile carriers instead of the consumer. So, here comes the Information Week 500 survey, and it reports that… And those smartphones? Just 10% consider “issuing smartphones beyond a few top executives” a most-effective […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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