Say you’re out in below-zero degree weather standing in Times Square for 8 hours waiting for the New Year to arrive. Taking your phone out of your pocket with gloves on in order to look at the screen is going to be very difficult and taking your gloves off is going to cause you to lose feeling in your hands within minutes. Better just use Microsoft Voice Command with a Bluetooth headset! The Nextlink Invisio …
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The Mobinnova ICE Windows Mobile Phone
Check out the Mobinnova ICE! You may not have heard of Mobinnova before, but they’re the manufacturer responsible for the iMate Ultimate 8502 and 9502 Windows Mobile devices. Now they’re releasing their own branded touch-screen device called the ICE. It’s got a 3″ flush touch screen, accelerometer, 256MB ROM/128MB RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM Radio, TV-out, GPS, MicroSD slot, Triband 3G, Quadband GSM, and a custom interface running on top of Windows Mobile 6.1. It looks …
Continue readingThe Mobile Gadgeteer Reviews the HTC Rose
Matthew Miller of ZDNet has posted a review of the HTC S740 (Rose) that was given out at Mobius. Overall he seems very impressed with the Rose’s form factor, build quality, and “feel”. Windows Mobile Standard (non-touch screen) devices don’t get much press coverage these days, but they’re still quite powerful and useful. In fact, not having a touch screen often makes more sense since you can use the screen for looking at content, while …
Continue readingBlackberry OS Now Runs on Windows Mobile
We’ve already shown you how Google’s Android can run on top of Windows Mobile. Well, now the Blackberry OS can run on top of Windows Mobile as well. According to Crackberry.com and WM Experts, RIM has been working on a virtualization suite for Windows Mobile which would essentially “create” the BlackBerry OS on Windows Mobile devices. So it would seem that with one Windows Mobile device, you might potentially have the choice to run Windows …
Continue readingWindows Media Center Sideshow Gadgets on Windows Mobile
Ian Dixon has posted a video showing how the Windows Media Center SideShow Gadget works on the SideShow Developer Preview for Windows Mobile. The gadget is not a native Windows Mobile app, yet works quite well. Take a look at the video to see how you can use a Windows Mobile device to browse your Media Center’s TV guide, select music to play, schedule TV shows to record, and generally control the entire Media Center …
Continue readingGoogle Maps with Street View on Windows Mobile
A new version of Google Maps for Windows Mobile is now available for download here. It now includes Street View features that let you look at panoramic photos of locations that you choose. Other new features include walking directions and location reviews. While other smartphone versions of Google Maps have received the new Street View features first, Windows Mobile’s implementation is a bit different. First of all, there is no “Street View” mode. All you …
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