Review sponsored by… INTRODUCTION You'd expect something called the Shadow to be all black and sleek looking. Well it is very sleek looking, but this one has a brown "copper" paint job and it looks great. T-Mobile seems to have been experimenting with releasing abnormally colored phones that give you a nice unique feel. Adding to the uniqueness factor is the "Neo" Home screen user interface, the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and …
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Windows Media Player Mobile Tips and Tricks
SETTING UP THE SYNC If you’re on Windows XP with ActiveSync 4.x, do not turn on "Media" syncing. This will launch a wmplayer.exe process every time you connect the device to ActiveSync. In some cases you will get two wmplayer.exe processes and Windows Media Player 11 on your desktop may stop working. Furthermore, ActiveSync will continually launch and check Media Player 11 for changes in the syncing set-up (thus tying up your CPU). …
Continue readingHTC TyTN II with WM6 Professional
INTRODUCTION It's been a while since a Windows Mobile device has been as long awaited and as well anticipated as the HTC Kaiser, which has now been released as the HTC TyTN II. I don't think there's been as much excitement about a Windows Mobile Pocket PC since the XDA II, four years ago. Back then, we just wanted a Pocket PC Phone that could connect to the internet and a Bluetooth headset. These …
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Continue readingUBiQUiO 503G with WM6 Professional
INTRODUCTION The UBiQUiO 503G has an impressive list of features that will surely get it noticed by Windows Mobile power users. It's a Qwerty-bar style phone running Windows Mobile 6 Professional, with high speed HSDPA and a QVGA landscape screen. This is quite a unique form factor, as most Windows Mobile 6 Pro devices have a slide-out or flip keyboard or no keyboard, while most Qwerty-bar type phones use Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) edition. …
Continue readingT-Mobile Wing with WM6 Professional
INTRODUCTION Today T-Mobile USA has announced the successor to their successful MDA Pocket PC Phone with a slide-out keyboard. The T-Mobile Wing brings a few very welcome improvements as well as the bragging rights for being the first Windows Mobile 6 Professional device available in North America. As you may have heard, T-Mobile already released the first Windows Mobile 6 Standard device as a ROM upgrade to their popular Dash smartphone. Kudos go to …
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