Having trouble with Microsoft Voice Command? Is something not working and you don’t know why? Want to assign that PTT button on your Tilt to Voice Command? Wondering what those DLL files are? Bengalih has posted The Definitive Guide for Microsoft Voice Command on the Kaiser over at XDA-Developers, and it will satisfy your need to know everything there possibly is to know about Microsoft Voice Command 1.6. Originally published on Pocketnow on May 14, …
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Using The Pause Feature To Dial Extensions In Windows Mobile
Ed Hansberry of PocketPCThoughts has posted a nice undocumented tip about Windows Mobile 6, where you can add pauses in the saved phone numbers of your contacts. This will let you call people who’s phone numbers include extensions by simply using Microsoft Voice Command or speed dialing. Unfortunately this excellent feature does not play nice with Outlook 2007 as you’ll see in his post. I actually saw the “Insert Pause” and “Insert Wait” commands recently, …
Continue readingVideo: Microsoft’s Sync In-Car Computer (Part 3)
In the previous two videos on this “Sync” series we talked about the touch-screen version of the in-car computer on Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles as well as it’s Bluetooth capabilities. That version of the system also includes a voice activated GPS Navigation system that is not as well integrated as it should be. Today we’ll look at the version of Microsoft’s Sync in-car computer that does not use a touch screen and is actually …
Continue readingWindows Mobile Continues to Gain Market Share
According to Reuters: Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, has predicted its Windows Mobile license sales will reach 20 million in its fiscal year ending in June, nearly doubling its sales from a year earlier. … “(Gaining market share) is going to happen, in our view, as a platform play. The way for us to be successful in that is to get big numbers and a bigger percentage of that pie,” said Bach. Analysts estimate …
Continue readingVideo: Microsoft’s Sync In-Car Computer (Part 2)
After Ray and I saw the initial demo of Microsoft’s Sync in-car computer, we decided to get it connected to my HTC TyTN II. The TyTN II paired perfectly, and the Sync system offered both headset and wireless stereo profiles to us. When pairing, the Sync system also asked if we wanted to download my contacts, call history, and text messages. As you can see in the video, the A2DP wireless stereo music playing worked …
Continue readingVideo: Microsoft’s Sync In-Car Computer (Part 1)
In-car computers and navigation systems are becoming very popular these days. Lately you may have heard of Microsoft’s Sync system brand of in-car computer. Ray Doan and I took a look at this system at the New York Auto Show. Here’s a video of how it works. Now, there are two versions of the Sync system; one with a touch screen and one without. The one you see in the video is a touch screen …
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