WHAT’S HOT My favorite new features in Microsoft Voice Command 1.5 are the added options for announcing incoming callers, and the "Phone Status" commands support. With the Caller ID announcement, you no longer have to look at the screen in order to tell who’s calling. Granted, IA Caller ID which comes pre-installed allows me to set custom ring tones to each caller, but that means I’d have to set it up and I’d have …
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Photos of the HTC Universal from 3GSM World
MSMobiles.com has posted some new photos of the HTC Universal Windows Mobile device. This one looks like it will be quite nice. It seems to be about the size of an XDA II, but with two cameras, stereo speakers, a flip-and-rotate screen, WiFi, Bluetooth, keyboard, and 3G high speed internet. Originally published on Pocketnow on February 14, 2005. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingOrange to Release a Version of the HTC Magician
Orange Netherlands has announced their version of the HTC Magician Pocket PC Phone. It’s got the same hardware specifications as the imate JAM, O2 XDA Mini, T-Mobile MDA Compact, Qtek S100, etc., but this one has a different style body. The Orange SPV M500 is dark grey with rectangular buttons and a circular direction pad. Check out our review of the imate version of the HTC Magician. Originally published on Pocketnow on February 11, 2005. …
Continue readingFree Grammy Music Downloads on MSN Music
Always wanted to try digitally rights managed music, but were afraid it wouldn’t work on your player? MSN Music is offering free downloads of Grammy nominated music tracks all this week. All you need is a passport account. As long as you’ve got Windows Media Player 10, transferring the song from one computer to another is quite painless. It asks you to log into your passport account to re-aquire the licenses. I was even able …
Continue readingOnCourse Navigator 4
(sponsor) INTRODUCTION I know what you’re thinking… do we really need another GPS Navigation software program on the market? There are so many to choose from already. Well, yes we do. None of the GPS voice guided navigation programs offer all of the options they should. Especially not in North America. (Traffic reports integration where are you?) OnCourse Navigator 4 is the latest addition into the GPS software market and it’s a new …
Continue readingPictures of iPAQ Mobile Messenger Leaked
Brighthand has found some leaked information and photos about a new HP Mobile Messenger Pocket PC Phone rumored to be coming soon. Yesterday, HP said it intends to release later this year a cellular-wireless handheld called the iPAQ Mobile Messenger. Now, several images have been leaked to Brighthand that are supposedly of this upcoming device. This looks like it will have a square screen and Windows Mobile 2003SE. Other rumored features are GSM/GPRS/EDGE, GPS, Camera …
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