Once upon a time, back when high speed wireless internet was about 14 Kbs on my CDPD PCMCIA card modem attached to my iPAQ H3600, there was a nice little mobile website called Moviefone that let us elite wireless internet users find and purchase movie tickets while out on a dinner date or strolling through Central Park. Soon Moviefone stopped allowing ticket purchases through their mobile site for no apparent reason, and we were stuck …
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Another Upgrade to the HTC Advantage Line Coming in March
It looks like a new version of the HTC Advantage will be coming in March. This one is called the X7510 and brings the front facing camera back from the X7500, while retaining Windows Mobile 6 from the X7501 (actually WM 6.1), and adding double the disk space; 16Gb. It also appears to have a slicker new design styling. For those unfamiliar with the HTC Advantage line, this is a 624Mhz converged device with quadband …
Continue readingSkyFire Really Needs Your Phone Number
The new SkyFire web browser has garnered some attention lately as being a significant improvement in terms of web browsers on Windows Mobile. One thing that seemed suspicious to me in the beta sign-up process is that you need to include the mobile number of the device that you intend to use the browser on. Your mobile number is used to send an SMS with a link for the download of the application, but it …
Continue readingWindows Mobile Comes to Smallville
Thursday’s episode of “Smallville” titled “Siren” featured a bit of prominent product placement of the Sprint Mogul Windows Mobile phone. Apparently, the technologically advanced Chloe character is a Windows Mobile user. However she was not tech savvy enough to put a password on her mobile Mogul in order to prevent the episode’s antagonist from reading her call history and subsequently discovering the secret identity of the Green Arrow. Word to the wise, Ms. Chloe, get …
Continue readingThe Truth About Intuitiveness (Windows Mobile 7)
So we’ve talked about some general concepts on intuitiveness in my introduction and analyzed the iPhone’s interface in my previous posts. Now what about Windows Mobile 7? The leaked screen shots of what may be in development show a completely new and different user interface. Microsoft is obviously trying to make the platform more fun to use since the iPhone made it clear that this is important to consumers. I don’t know if Windows Mobile …
Continue readingThe First Screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Have Surfaced
PocketPT.net has posted the first screen shots of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. As covered by here are the highlights of what’s new in Windows Mobile 6.1: – Office Mobile now includes also One Note Mobile application – Internet Explorer now has function “Zoom Out” what enables page-overview mode and better overall navigation through web pages – Windows Mobile 6.1 still is based on Windows CE 5.2 so no upgrade to Windows CE 6.0 – SMS …
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