PanRDT has posted a video of a leaked early development version of Windows Mobile 6.5 running on an HTC Touch HD. Excitement is building as there are many reports that Microsoft will announce Windows Mobile 6.5 at Mobile World Congress this week. If you can’t wait, take a look at the video to see a few of the enhancements that have been implemented in this early build version 21159.5.0.0. Originally published on Pocketnow on February …
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Why Hexagon Buttons in Windows Mobile 6.5
What’s with the hexagonal honeycomb style application icon layout in the new Windows Mobile 6.5 leaked screenshots we’ve seen? Was this design implemented purely for the sake of being different? What’s the point? Well, there actually is a point. If you’ll notice, there are no more scrollbars in the honeycomb interface. However, with the hexagon-shaped grid layout, you are easily able to recognize a pattern to the layout and instantly see that the pattern continues …
Continue readingEditing Photoshop Files on Windows Mobile
There’s a lot of nattering negative nabobs out there talking about the demise of Windows Mobile, but it’s still got a few tricks up its sleeve. Here’s one that might be useful to any one who likes to take photos with their phone and doctor them up a bit. It’s also great for graphic designers. Conduits Pocket Artist has been around for a long time, but it’s becoming much more useful these days now that …
Continue readingObama’s Blackberry = Kid’s Stuff. Real Work Requires Windows CE
As Stephen mentioned earlier this month, President Obama should be using Windows CE on the extremely secure General Dynamics Sectera Edge. President Obama didn’t want to give up his Blackberry, so they made a compromise. According to this report from PC Magazine, Obama will be allowed to use his Blackberry for personal communications. In other words, mundane friends and family stuff. However, for the real work in his job as President, he’ll have to use …
Continue readingTop 10 iPhone Problems from Boy Genius
The Boy Genius report has posted their top 10 list of things they hate about the iPhone. We had 55 things last year, but some of those may have changed. Here’s the BGR’s list: 1. You can’t use custom sounds for email notifications, SMS, etc. 2. Copy and paste. Sorry, but it’s ridiculous at this point. 3. When forwarding an email with an attachment, the iPhone sends it out locally. That means if you have …
Continue readingIs the Palm Web OS Really Special?
Or is it just another Newbie OS trying to pull an Apple? If you’ve seen some of the demonstrations and commentary around on the net (CES Keynote), you may notice a few cool things that the Palm Web OS will bring to us, but what’s missing now? Larry Dignan says, “Palm gets in the Game, doesn’t change it; Reality Lurks” on his ZDnet post, and Om Malik of Gigaom is also skeptical. I think Palm’s …
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