For years, Windows Mobile users have been installing various flashlight applications that make the screen turn completely white so that you can use it to light up a dark room and see where you’re going. Well, now this indispensable program is available for the Apple iPhone. Click here to check it out. It’s actually number 3 on the iPhone’s Top WebApps list. Originally published on Pocketnow on January 18, 2008. More Software articles from the …
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Latest Update on the HTC Kaiser’s Missing Drivers
If you don’t already know about the issue where the HTC TyTN II and variations seem to be missing drivers for the video acceleration hardware, take a look at this post first. Well, the latest update at HTC ClassAction.org to be filed in the rumor-mill department is still quite promising: Update January 17, 2008 #2: A very interesting new response has just surfaced! One HTC support employee has stated that an internal e-mail has just …
Continue readingThe Truth About Intuitiveness (Introduction)
Saying that something is more intuitive than something else is all the rage right now. Apple and Apple fans like to use this word a lot. Are Apple products really more intuitive just because they say they are? First off, what does it actually mean to have an intuitive interface? It means that you can use it by intuition. You don’t need to learn how to do it. Now, all humans are born with certain …
Continue readingHow to Set Up Windows Mobile Internet Calling
When Windows Mobile 6 was announced, one of the cool new features we noticed was the integrated Internet Calling capabilities. This would theoretically let us use our Windows Mobile phones for voice over IP calls, however, there was no obvious way to set this up nor was there any documentation about what services are supported. Furthermore, when Windows Mobile 6 devices started showing up, most of the carriers hid or removed the Internet Calling feature …
Continue readingTouchPal v2.0 is Now Available
CooTek has recently released a new version of their amazing TouchPal software based keypad for Windows Mobile. There are also two versions now. The Standard version is still free, but the Professional version has some very nice new features including mis-typing correction, custom commands, sentences with variables, dynamic layout changes, emoticons, skins, and multiple languages support. The professional version costs only $10.98 until Feb 1, 2008 (includes 2 licenses) and will be $19.99 after that. …
Continue readingWhat Gizmodo Thinks is Wrong with Windows Mobile
Gizomodo has posted some commentary about what’s wrong with Windows Mobile and how versions 7 and 8 are going to fix it. The first problem they have is that the UI is not more like Windows. There’s no easy way of seeing which applications are running, and the general user interface convention of pressing the X button to close an application does not actually cause the application to close. My response to this, is that …
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