Normally, Windows Mobile Professional devices show 3 columns of icons in the portrait-layout programs folder whether you’ve got a high-resolution VGA screen or the average QVGA screen. However, with a simple registry edit (or CAB file download) in Windows Mobile 6.1, you can shrink those big icons down and give yourself a lot more room for an extra column and row of program listings. In HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftShell Add a New Key “IconConfig” In there Add DWORD …
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Google Maps 2.2; Now With Mass Transit Directions
A while back a new version of Google Maps was released for Blackberry which included mass transit support. That new feature is now available in Google Maps 2.2 for both Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile. As reported by the Official Google Mobile Blog: Simply bring up Directions from the main menu and you’ll see a second tab labeled Transit (or Public Transport), where you can request a route using only public transportation. You’ll receive a …
Continue readingUsability Speed Tests: Touch Diamond
Here’s the latest update in our Usability Speed Tests designed to show how easy and quick different Smartphone user interfaces can be. Today we’re looking at the HTC Touch Diamond. Here are the results: 1. 8sec (TouchFLO ) 8 sec (Start menu) 2. 6secs (Launch Google maps) 3. 15 sec (Opera slowness) 4. 23 sec (Play Weird Al music) 5. 76 sec (Add specific new contact) 6. 48 sec (write specific email to new contact) …
Continue readingWill this be the T-Mobile Shadow III?
As reported by TMoNews.com: “On July 25th, the FCC passed the HTC Raphael, also known as the HTC Touch Pro. We can tell very little about the phone from the limited information released by the FCC (HTC requested much of it be kept confidential) however we can see that the Touch Pro will have Quad-Band GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and WiFi. Simply put, this means that the (850/950/1800/1900 MHz) which the Raphael will support can work …
Continue readingTouchFLO 3D’s Latest Speed Increase on the Touch Diamond
Since initial impressions of the Touch Diamond’s TouchFLO 3D interface were criticized as being very slow, HTC has been releasing updated ROMs with new versions of the TouchFLO 3D interface that have reduced the animated fluff in order to increase the usability speed. In June, you may have seen the TouchFLO 3D interface was already changed from the shipping version in ROM 1.37. You can see the video of the 1.37 version here… and you …
Continue readingThe Secret to Better Battery Life on the Treo 800w
Over at TreoCentral, some users have discovered a very simple way to double your battery life on the Palm Treo 800w. It turns out, the GPS stays on at all times and this is one of the reasons GPS programs like Live Search can get a fix on your location almost instantly. Shutting off this feature when not in use, will increase your battery life. So how do you do it? Tap the cross-hairs icon …
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