Using Windows Media player to synchronize music to your device is probably the easiest way to manage music in playlists while also getting album art to display in the Windows Mobile Media Player. Not to mention, with the automatic WMA conversion features, you can get 8 Gigs worth of MP3s to fit on 4 Gigs of storage like that of the HTC Touch Diamond. The Windows Media Player syncing method also happens to be …
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Study Shows Demand for Different Mobile Web Experience
Here’s an interesting article from Wireless Week: Rather than basic entertainment and ringtones, a new study shows consumers really want phone-optimized banking and travel planning. That finding is part of a study by AKQA’s Research & Insights department, in conjunction with dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet address scheme designed specifically for mobile phones. Nearly 90% of consumer respondents said they would be more likely to choose an airline with mobile check-in facilities over …
Continue readingCan Mossberg Not Talk About the iPhone?
As noted by Engadget Mobile, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal has reviewed the Samsung Instinct, but spends the majority of time talking about the iPhone instead and barely mentions the capabilities of the Instinct. Actually, you won’t find one paragraph in the entire article that does not mention the iPhone. If you watch the video and you’ve got a beverage handy, you have to drink every time he says “iPhone”. Originally published on …
Continue readingOpera & YouTube on the Touch Diamond
In this video, I’ll show you how Opera Mobile 9.5 and the YouTube applications work on the HTC Touch Diamond. Opera Mobile is the default browser in the Touch Diamond, but luckily Internet Explorer is still available. Opera 9.5 and the YouTube application are good examples of some of the worst user interface designs I’ve ever seen. Not only is it inordinately difficult for users to discern the destinations of navigational buttons, but there’s actually …
Continue readingSome Sweet Secret Touch Diamond Features
Now, there are a lot of things to absolutely fall in love with about the HTC Touch Diamond. Some of which are small, but make a big difference. You know how when you call someone, you have to hold the phone up to your ear and listen to it ring and ring and ring and wait until they pick up? The Touch Diamond has an awesome little feature where instead of doing that, you dial …
Continue readingThe TouchFLO 3D Interface’s Speed
This post is not about tweaks that anyone can do to the TouchFLO 3D interface to speed it up. This is some advice to the software developers at HTC and Microsoft who intend to make animated user interface designs in the future. First off, a lot of people are noticing slowness in the TouchFLO 3D user interface. While multitasking, cache levels, and processor usage may have some effect on this, the biggest and most obvious …
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