Today, the Mobile Gadgeteer has written about how Mowser has ended it’s services. I guess Mowser was a website transcoding service that automatically reformatted websites for easier reading on small screened mobile devices. I never heard of Mowser, but had been using Skweezer, MobileLeap, and Live Search to do that kind of thing on Pocket Internet Explorer. One of Mowser’s founders posted a blog entry saying that the mobile web will never be popular. I …
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T-Mobile’s Shadow II Revealed
TmoNews.com has got their hands on a photo of the T-Mobile Shadow II. It looks like the “Neo” home screen hasn’t changed much from the original Shadow we reviewed here. The good news is that it sounds like this will be the first Windows Mobile phone to support UMA and thusly T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home service. Hopefully we’ll also see Windows Mobile 6.1. Originally published on Pocketnow on April 15, 2008. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Blackberry: Part 2
I’ve been getting to know the Blackberry 8820 for a few days now. In part 1, I covered my very early initial first impression as well as some tests with the GPS program. Today I’d like to talk about the thing that it’s widely regarded to do best; E-mail. Click on to read the rest of this article. Originally published on Pocketnow on April 14, 2008. More Thought articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingGoogle’s Android Runs On Windows Mobile
This is pretty interesting. Some folks at XDA-Developers have managed to get a build of Google’s Android operating system running on Windows Mobile. Check out a video here. We’re not talking about replacing the ROM here, we’re talking about opening Linux as if it was a Windows Mobile Application and then loading Android within that. Since I’m pretty sure there’s nothing that Android can do that Windows Mobile can’t already do right now, it’s probably …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Blackberry: Part 1
Today I received a T-Mobile Blackberry 8820. It’s my first attempt at really getting to know a Blackberry device. I have not even gotten through setup of email or syncing or anything. After installing the desktop software it told me I need to reboot and I can’t do that yet so it will have to wait. Here are my first impressions: I was pretty confused when trying to navigate the Blackberry operating system. It is …
Continue readingALK CoPilot Live v7.0.6.68
(sponsor) INTRODUCTION Lately, the trend in GPS Navigation programs seems to be headed towards removing important features instead of fixing bugs, improving functionality, and increasing usability. I don't know why so many Navigation program companies are doing this. It makes upgrades feel a lot more like downgrades. Do they think we won't notice? Anyway, CoPilot Live has always been one of the most feature-rich GPS Navigation programs for Windows Mobile. It does things none …
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