Archive for ‘Smartphone’

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May29

Podcast 27: Celio Redfly Terminal for Windows Mobile – Conversation with Colin Kelly Jr.

by todd on May 29th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, podcast, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Powered by Podbean.com Although I’ve been a vocal critic of the Celio Redfly dumb terminal device for Windows Mobile smartphones (I own the original C8 model), Celio’s Marketing Communications Manager, Colin Kelly Jr., was gracious enough to accept my invitation to talk about Celio’s various Redfly products for this podcast. We discussed a couple of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May11

Microsoft’s Loke uei Tan Demos HTC Snap’s Quick Photo Taking Ability

by todd on May 11th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Anyone who has ever used pretty much any cameraphone has experience the huge delay between bringing the camera app up, pressing the “shutter” button and actually taking the photo. However, based on this brief video demo by Microsoft’s Loke uei Tan, it looks like HTC has solved this issue in the upcoming HTC Snap (Standard […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May05

T-Mobile Dash 3G Available on July 1?

by todd on May 5th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Photo fragment courtesy of TmoNews If you look at the photo of the T-Mobile product information sheet on TmoNews… Visual Voicemail Coming! …you’ll note that the T-Mobile Dash 3G (which presumably replaces my personal favorite Windows Mobile non-touch screen smartphone – the T-Mobile Dash) has a launch date of July 1. I have to admit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb16

Google Sync Error on Windows Mobile Smartphone

by todd on February 16th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Google Sync is working fine (so far) with my iPhone. And, I thought it was working ok with my HTC Vox (Windows Mobile Standard Edition). However, it is not working ok with the Vox today. ActiveSync reports 108 calendar items need syncing (seems a bit high since it synced ok just a day or two […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct12

T-Mobile Dash Batteries Seem to Have Short Lifespans

by todd on October 12th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

My first T-Mobile Dash battery went bad after about a year of use. This was around last March or April (2007). I bought a new replacement battery through T-Mobile around that time. Today, I noticed that my battery was at 2% charge after turning it on. I had fully charged the battery the night before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug13

Back to Basics: Never Use Windows Mobile Messaging Automatic Email Settings

by todd on August 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Back to Basics, Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Google’s IMAP4 email service was so slow that it drained my Dash’s batteries 4% everytime it checked for mail. So, I removed it from the Dash’s Messaging (email) app last year. I decided it was time to check again. But, instead of the Dash, I decided to try using a TyTn (Windows Mobile 6 with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug13

RedFly Windows Mobile Companion Now $399. Still Too Expensive IMHO

by todd on August 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Back when Windows Mobile was Windows CE (Windows Mobile is actually a shell on top of the previous Windows CE 5 generation), the Handheld PC was referred to as a PC Companion. Celio’s RedFly turns the tables on this old concept by looking like a mini-notebook PC but is actually an unintelligent companion to your […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug12

Back to Basics: Email Key Sort

by todd on August 12th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Back to Basics, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I cannot believe I did not know about this until yesterday. You all probably know that you can search through contacts and recent calls by typing a string on a Windows Mobile smartphone keyboard. Type O-G-A and my full name shows up as part of the search results of people in your contacts list, for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug08

Watch NBCOlympics.com Video Clips on Your Phone (iPhone too!)

by todd on August 8th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Posted In: Apple, Apple, iPod, Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Everyone probably knows about the Microsoft Silverlight-powered NBCOlympics.com site. But, did you know you can access its information AND videos on your smartphone too? Yep, head over to… mobile.nbcolympics.com I tested video playback on my iPod touch and found that it works fine. So, iPhone users will not be left out of the Olympics this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug07

HTC S710 (Vox) Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone Firmware Update

by todd on August 7th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Posted In: Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

I noticed there was an update for my HTC S710 (Vox) Windows Mobile smartphone on the HTC Support site. The upgrade does NOT move the phone to 6.1. However, based on the changes in version numbers, the update may be fairly important. My ROM version went from 1.15.405.2 to 1.34.405.1. The radio version went from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul29

Microsoft Live Mesh Mobile Web Interface

by todd on July 29th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Posted In: Apple, Apple, iPod, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Microsoft Live Mesh is one of several cloud storage services offered by Microsoft (along with Skydrive and Office Live Workspace). One interesting feature of Live Mesh is its web interface for mobile devices. I looked at it from both a TyTn (Windows Mobile Professional Edition 6.0) and iPod touch (2.0 firmware) Both allowed retrieval and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul25

Windows Mobile Gets No Respect: iPhone Gets Credit for Touchscreen Revolution

by todd on July 25th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Posted In: Apple, Apple, iPod, Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices, PDA, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC/Phone Edition, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile Devices, Windows Mobile

Information Week trumpets… iPhone: Catalyst For Touchscreen Revolution Never mind that Windows CE/Windows Mobile devices have been continuously providing touch screen devices since 1996. And, of course, the Apple Newton essentially defined the concept of PDA in 1993. But, hey, I’ll give credit where credit is due. Apple did the touch screen right. I know […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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