For years, Microsoft Voice Command has been the most advanced, most well-integrated Voice control and text-to-speech application on any mobile device. I use it on my motorcycle with a Bluetooth enabled helmet as well as in the car all the time. It will speak incoming caller ID names to me… it will read text messages, appointment reminders, and email subjects to me… I can ask it to play music by artist, genre or album… I …
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Touch Diamond SMS SIP Fix
If you’re using an HTC Touch Diamond with one of the latest version 2.0x ROMs (including Official HTC ROMs) you may have noticed a very annoying bug in the SMS threaded messaging screens. If you open a text message thread from the TouchFLO 3D screen, the reply field will automatically become selected and your default Software Input Panel (SIP) will appear so that you can type. The bug is that as soon as this happens, …
Continue readingFacebook for Windows Mobile Now Available
The official release of the Facebook application for Windows Mobile is now available. Download it here! Or download it from your phone here. The new Facebook application for Windows Mobile lets you: – Send messages to any of the people in your Friends list. – Take pictures and videos on your phone, then upload them right to Facebook. – Send messages or call people in your Friends list. – Manage your profile and post anytime, …
Continue readingMicrosoft Tag update
Microsoft Tags are a method of communicating electronic information to mobile devices via physical printed or visual media such as print advertising, billboards, product packages, information signs, in-store merchandising, and video images. Basically you point your phone’s camera (with the tag reader application running) at a tag and the software instantly loads the information associated with that tag. Originally, Microsoft Tags were a series of colored triangles in a square separated by white lines. The …
Continue readingSyncing from Windows Media Center to your Windows Mobile Phone
While we covered how to sync your Windows Phone with Windows Media Center a while ago, Microsoft has now posted a video demo by Mike Seamon about this. The video also comes pre-loaded in Windows Media Center’s “Learn How” section in an attempt to make this feature more discoverable to the average user. Watch the video demo here. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 4, 2009. More How To articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingWindows 7 Automatically Installs Sync Software
Next week, the Windows 7 Release Candidate is going to be released to the public, while this week the private beta testers have gotten their hands on it. You’ll be happy to hear that Windows 7 makes it a bit easier to set up and sync your Windows Mobile device. All you have to do is plug your Windows Phone into a Windows 7 computer with a USB cable and Windows 7 will automatically detect …
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