Paul Thurrott has posted an article regarding Windows 7’s new taskbar design and user interface enhancements. The “Simple vs. Easy” article also references some comparisons between Apple’s iPhone user interface design and Windows Mobile’s user interface. While the iPhone is “simple”, Windows Mobile tends to be “easier to use” in many aspects. Many of Paul’s comments are similar to my series of commentary on The Truth About Intuitiveness regarding “Easy to Learn” vs. “Easy to …
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Windows Mobile vs. Your Car
Car computers and navigation systems are very helpful when traveling from place to place. They make it much easier to navigate, listen to music, and communicate while safely keeping your eyes on the road. Or at least they should! Many people may not realize that your average Windows Mobile phone can make a very formidable in-car computer that supports many features that dashboard computers are barely capable of. All you really need is an in-car …
Continue readingAT&T Fuze vs. HTC TyTN II
The ATT Fuze replaces the ATT Tilt, which was also available as the HTC TyTN II or Kaiser. Is the Fuze really an upgrade or has it lost more than it’s gained when compared to the Kaiser? So with the Fuze, you gain an extra row of keys, a VGA screen, smaller width, accelerometer, TV out, Video acceleration, touch capacitive button pad, a magnetic stylus, and an autofocus camera with LED flash. However, when compared …
Continue readingLive Mesh Mobile’s SQL Dependency
If you’ve tried to install the Windows Live Mesh Mobile client beta and received the following error, take a look at this thread where the bug is documented. Window Title = Unsatisfied Dependency Window Text = Live Mesh is unable to find suitable version of SQL CE on this device. Unable to install Live Mesh. It turns out the current beta of the Live Mesh Mobile client is not compatible with the latest SQL Server …
Continue readingAT&T Fuze Software Tour
Here’s a software tour of the ATT Fuze. The Fuze comes with a lot of extra trial-ware games that they’re trying to get you to purchase. It’s also missing Windows Live and Windows Live Messenger, but has a SMS based instant messenger program that does log in to AIM, Yahoo, and MSN. On the other hand, you’ve got some great business related software such as Microsoft Office, Remote Desktop, Jetcet Print, Sprite Backup, ZIP, Adobe …
Continue readingWindows Mobile Rules Podcasts
Jeff Kirving and WM Experts have posted about the iPhone’s new over-the-air podcast download capabilities found in the iPhone 2.2 software version, how limited it is, and how much better it is to use Windows Mobile for downloading podcasts. So let me get this straight. Apple pulls a popular app from the app store because they’re going to provide that functionality in the base OS, but then their solution not only doesn’t take advantage of …
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