The Windows 7 public beta is supposed to be available tomorrow. If you’ve seen any of the demos, there are going to be some great touch and multi-touch features that will be very useful on Tablet PCs. Coincidentally, HP just released the TouchSmart TX2 convertible Tablet PC with a dual mode multi-touch touchscreen and Wacom Penabled digitizer for use in pen-based graphics/note taking programs. The Tablet also includes a remote control for running Media Center, …
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TouchFLO 3D’s Weather Panel Comes to the iPhone
TUAW has found a new weather application called Aniweather for the iPhone which copies HTC’s TouchFLO 3D weather panel. TouchFLO 3D certainly is worth copying I might add! Originally published on Pocketnow on January 6, 2009. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingRemove the XPERIA X1’s Permanent Signature
If you’ve got the XPERIA X1 from Sony Ericsson, you may have noticed that you can’t change the email signature for your default account. Well you can change it, but as soon as you reboot, it will go back to the default “Sent from my Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1” signature. In order to remove this feature, use File Explorer to browse to: My Device>Windows>Startup. Then select the file named “SignatureReplace” and choose Menu>Edit>Cut. Then browse …
Continue readingGet Your Messages Without Moving a Muscle
Say you’re out in below-zero degree weather standing in Times Square for 8 hours waiting for the New Year to arrive. Taking your phone out of your pocket with gloves on in order to look at the screen is going to be very difficult and taking your gloves off is going to cause you to lose feeling in your hands within minutes. Better just use Microsoft Voice Command with a Bluetooth headset! The Nextlink Invisio …
Continue readingThe Mobinnova ICE Windows Mobile Phone
Check out the Mobinnova ICE! You may not have heard of Mobinnova before, but they’re the manufacturer responsible for the iMate Ultimate 8502 and 9502 Windows Mobile devices. Now they’re releasing their own branded touch-screen device called the ICE. It’s got a 3″ flush touch screen, accelerometer, 256MB ROM/128MB RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM Radio, TV-out, GPS, MicroSD slot, Triband 3G, Quadband GSM, and a custom interface running on top of Windows Mobile 6.1. It looks …
Continue readingThe Mobile Gadgeteer Reviews the HTC Rose
Matthew Miller of ZDNet has posted a review of the HTC S740 (Rose) that was given out at Mobius. Overall he seems very impressed with the Rose’s form factor, build quality, and “feel”. Windows Mobile Standard (non-touch screen) devices don’t get much press coverage these days, but they’re still quite powerful and useful. In fact, not having a touch screen often makes more sense since you can use the screen for looking at content, while …
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