It’s Valentine’s Day weekend! You’re probably going to want to take your special someone out somewhere nice, and you’re probably going to want to wear a great outfit. Nothing says “No sense of style” better than a mobile phone that clashes with your outfit. Luckily we’re here to help. First off decide what you’re going to wear. Then take a quick close-up photo of a certain texture or element of your clothing. Load the photo …
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Google Maps 4.0 for Windows Mobile Supports Buzz
Google Maps for Windows Mobile has just reached version 4.0, and with it comes Google Buzz. While Google Maps already has “Latitude” which will allow you to see and share your location with friends, the Buzz layer allows you to see the locations of everybody using Buzz along with thier location-aware little messages. You can also make comments on other people’s Buzz messages. To download Google Maps 4.0, visit: m.google.com/maps Originally published on Pocketnow on …
Continue readingApple Copies Windows Mobile Marketplace
Apple has updated their iTunes website to show details for iPhone applications online. As you know, the Windows Mobile Marketplace has been able to do this since shortly after its launch. Actually, Microsoft still has something better. With the Apple App store, you have to run iTunes in order to install any program you find through the website. With the Windows Mobile Marketplace, all you have to do is sign in with your Live ID. …
Continue readingUpdated SPB Mobile Shell Coming to the SE Aspen
If you saw our earlier post about the Sony Ericsson announcement of the “Aspen” qwerty-board Windows Mobile 6.5.3 phone, you may have noticed something interesting on the screen. First of all, that bottom bar looks pretty good! At first I thought it might be a special theme. Turns out, that looks a lot like a new version of SPB Mobile Shell, and it most likely is. Obviously you can expect a nice update to take …
Continue readingVote for the 2009 Engadget Awards
The Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC HD2 is up for “Gadget of the Year” and “Smartphone of the Year” in the 2009 Engadget Awards. The Zune HD is also nominated in a few categories. Head on over to Engadget now and vote! Originally published on Pocketnow on January 30, 2010. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingFoursquare App Coming to Windows Mobile
Are you tired of your friends on FourSquare getting badges for going out drinking or becoming mayors of places they frequent? Foursquare is such a pain to use on the mobile website version since there isn’t a native Windows Mobile app. Luckily, Anand Iyer has decided to make one. WinMoSquare is currently in development and for now you can see some screenshots here. The software is currently being developed for touch screen devices and requires …
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