MTekk has posted a comparison of a number of backup utilities for Pocket PCs and Smartphones. I was surprised to see that they gave Activesync the highest rating. But they failed to mention the “Restoration from a Backup Does Not Restore the POP3/IMAP4 Tables” problem which can cause issues on all backup utilities. Originally published on Pocketnow on April 29, 2004. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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Ultimate Control Over Theme Creation
Carlo Guerrero has posted a great analysis of what goes into creating a theme for Pocket PC 2003 at PPCW.NET. By creating the custom INF file and images yourself and using ThemeBuilder 2003 by Richard Owens, you can create themes that are much less limited. For example, you are not constrained to using a background image designed for 240×320 pixel screens. You can use a larger graphic that is designed to accomodate portrait and landscape …
Continue readingAPRIL FOOLS: HP Drops Windows Mobile on Future iPAQs
HP announced today that it will be dropping the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system on future versions of it’s popular iPAQ handheld computer line. By 2005 all iPAQ personal digital assistants sold by HP will be running a customized version of Palm’s latest “Cobalt” operating system. “We’ve realized that the Palm operating system offers superior multi-tasking, memory managment, and multimedia features which are important to bring our iPAQ PDAs to the next level in mobile …
Continue readingRUMOR: Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition ROM for imate Pocket PC Phones
There’s a rumor going around that a new ROM for the i-mate Pocket PC Phone (Himalaya) will be available within a week or so. A poster on the Clubimate forums claims to have confirmation from i-mate support that the ROM update includes Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Originally published on Pocketnow on March 30, 2004. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingTheft Protection for Your Pocket PC
SmartProtec is a loss and theft protection service that acts as a security feature of mobile devices such as pocket PC, PDA, laptop and cell phone. Mobile devices are one of the most commonly lost and stolen items today. SmartProtec protects devices and data against loss and theft with four layers of protection. The first layer is anti-theft protection that prevents theft by using the same kind method whose effectiveness is proven by the police. …
Continue readingHow David Coursey of ZDNET would build the Perfect PDA
“I require GPS capability, and I’m a big fan of location-based services. I’d like the PDA to mimic the features of the Magellan RoadMate I’ve been playing with so that I’d get turn-by-turn voice directions. That would require some decent speakers, but they’d also be useful with the MP3 player and FM tuner capabilities.” -David Coursey It doesn’t sound like he’s mentioning anything new that people havn’t already been working on. He forgot to mention …
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