A hands-free interface is very important for mobile devices if you happen to have a lifestyle that involves some multi-tasking that may require the use of your hands and eyes. I use voice control and text to speech while driving a car, or on the motorcycle, but it works great while walking, jogging, etc. as well. A year ago we took a survey about whether or not you think a centralized voice enabling interface would …
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Metro UI for Your Tablet PC
Remember when we thought the Windows Phone 7 Series Metro UI would be nice on a Tablet PC? Looks like some one else agreed and decided to create a nice Metro style desktop interface for Windows. The application is called Omnimo and it’s based on the Rainmeter platform. Check out Lifehacker for more information. (via Engadget) Originally published on Pocketnow on March 30, 2010. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingBarnes and Noble HD2 eBook Reader Remembers My Old Books
Remember back in 2001 when eBooks were all the rage? That was when Barnes & Noble started selling eBooks that could be read on Tablets, PDA’s, and touch-screen mobile phones using Microsoft Reader. Somewhere along the way, eBooks turned out to be a stupid idea, devices stopped including eBook software, and no one promoted them anymore. Barnes & Noble’s eBook store disappeared into obscurity. Today, however, we see a new Barnes & Noble eBook reader …
Continue readingVideo: Windows Phone 7 Series Running on HD2?
There were some rumors earlier today about some hackers/developers who actually got Windows Phone 7 Series to run on an HTC HD2. We were a bit sceptical since anyone can load a JPG of Windows Phone 7 onto an HD 2, view it full screen and take a picture. Now we’ve got a video though! (via Twitter) Originally published on Pocketnow on March 28, 2010. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingWill Live Messenger Get Video Messaging on Windows Phones?
We have not heard ANYTHING about Windows Live Messenger for Windows Phone 7 Series yet. We don’t even know if there is going to be an instant messenger on that platform. Over at Liveside.net we’re seeing some leaks of the new Windows Live Wave 4 features in Windows Live Messenger, and one of the extremely cool new features is Video Message integration. Will this feature also come to Windows Phone 7 Series? We hope so! …
Continue readingBUG: HD2’s Sense May Freeze With Contact Favorites
After syncing your contact database to the HTC HD2 you might notice a significant drop in the stability of HTC’s Sense UI. It turns out when you add a contact as a Favorite in the People tab, Sense adds a tag to the Notes field of your contact while also adding that contact to the “HTC Favorite” category. The tag looks like this: < HTCData >< !-- Please do not modify -- > < Favorite …
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