INTRODUCTION Ever since the Apple iPhone was announced with it's Safari browser, people have been bad-mouthing the Windows Mobile version of Internet Explorer. It's slow rendering pages, it doesn't render pages like they look on your desktop, and everything is zoomed in so close you can't see the whole thing all at once. Skyfire is here to try to make the browsing experience on Windows Mobile much more user friendly. It is one among …
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.Fediverse Profile
Zune + Windows Mobile = Better Together
A poster named Mel at an MSDN Windows Mobile blog has asked for thoughts on making Windows Mobile and Zune work better together. I think it’s pretty much a no-brainer that this type of integration should have been thought through from the beginning. What are some ways the Zune player and a Windows Mobile device can work better together? I’m not referring to an imaginary “Zune phone”, and I’m certainly not hinting or speculating about …
Continue readingEighty Percent Off at CellPhoneShop Today
The CellPhoneShop has been having an 80% off President’s Day Sale that ends today. If you want to stock up on some accessories, check out the deals they’ve got going. There are plenty of great prices on accessories for Windows Mobile phones, including extra batteries, chargers, and car cradles. Originally published on Pocketnow on February 19, 2008. More Deals articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingBuying Movie Tickets is Back!
Once upon a time, back when high speed wireless internet was about 14 Kbs on my CDPD PCMCIA card modem attached to my iPAQ H3600, there was a nice little mobile website called Moviefone that let us elite wireless internet users find and purchase movie tickets while out on a dinner date or strolling through Central Park. Soon Moviefone stopped allowing ticket purchases through their mobile site for no apparent reason, and we were stuck …
Continue readingAnother Upgrade to the HTC Advantage Line Coming in March
It looks like a new version of the HTC Advantage will be coming in March. This one is called the X7510 and brings the front facing camera back from the X7500, while retaining Windows Mobile 6 from the X7501 (actually WM 6.1), and adding double the disk space; 16Gb. It also appears to have a slicker new design styling. For those unfamiliar with the HTC Advantage line, this is a 624Mhz converged device with quadband …
Continue readingSkyFire Really Needs Your Phone Number
The new SkyFire web browser has garnered some attention lately as being a significant improvement in terms of web browsers on Windows Mobile. One thing that seemed suspicious to me in the beta sign-up process is that you need to include the mobile number of the device that you intend to use the browser on. Your mobile number is used to send an SMS with a link for the download of the application, but it …
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