Adam Z. Lein

Live Mesh for Windows Mobile Now In Public Beta

On November 1, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Software

While the first beta of the Windows Mobile Live Mesh client posted the other day didn’t work at all, a fix was posted later that day, and now many Windows Mobile devices can connect to Live Mesh. As you can see from the screen shot below, the Treo 800w has been added to my mesh. By default, when installing Live Mesh on Windows Mobile, it creates a Mobile Pictures folder which automatically syncs with your …

Happy Halloween! (Star Trek Style)

On October 31, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Software

If you’re going out to a costume party tonight wearing a Star Trek uniform (and you probably are), don’t forget to dress up your favorite Windows Mobile device as a Star Trek Tricorder. ScaryBear Software has a great little program that makes your phone look and sound like a Tricorder straight out of Star Trek. Yes, it’s been around for 7 or 8 years, but it still works great even on the latest Windows Mobile …

T-Mobile Android G1 Hardware Tour

On October 31, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Hardware, Pocketnow

Here’s our hardware tour of the T-Mobile G1. I really like the trackball. It seems more accurate than the Blackberries and is very similar to the HTC Artemis’ trackball. Unfortunately the buttons on the front are very flat and difficult to feel for. There’s not much differentiation. Also, the keyboard buttons are difficult to feel for as well. In our size comparisons, the G1 is quite large, however it does have a large screen, which …

IE6 Mobile Now Available to OEMs

On October 30, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Software

Pocketnow Alum, Derek Snyder, shows a demo of Internet Explorer 6 last spring. According to Brighthand, a Microsoft spokesperson said, “We recently gave Windows Mobile device makers the final updates to our new browser. It’s now up to our partners to roll out Internet Explorer Mobile 6 on their handsets; we’re expecting some of the first phones with IE6 to be available in Asia and Europe by the end of calendar year 2008, with U.S. …

Don’t Be Afraid to Love Windows Mobile

On October 30, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Thought

Matthew Miller wrote today on his ZDnet Blog a post called “I like Windows Mobile and am not ashamed to admit it”. This was in response to all the negative press and general ignorance about the advantages of using Windows Mobile devices. I don’t see a lot of people standing up and saying they prefer and like using Windows Mobile, but I know there are lots of people out there that do enjoy using this …

Chronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Android G1 (part 2)