The TellMe folks have a new demo video out of their TellMe software for Windows Mobile. WMexperts thinks this will replace Microsoft Voice Command which hasn’t seen an update in many years (yet is still the best voice recognition & text to speech interface on any mobile device.) Is the TellMe service really worthy? First of all, Voice Command will do a lot of things for me that are time sensitive. It will speak my …
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The Start Menu is Back Where it Belongs
As you may have seen in the Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23034 Tour and screenshot gallery, the Windows Mobile Start Menu button has moved to the lower left corner! This is how it used to be back around the turn of the century, the 20th century, that is. I remember being pretty annoyed when the start menu moved to the top. That wasn’t Windows-like at all. Well, looks like it’s finally back where it belongs! …
Continue readingWill Ink Notes Come Back to Windows Mobile?
Remember back 10 years ago when the first Pocket PCs arrived? Outlook Mobile was so powerful! You could actually take handwritten notes for just about anything. You could draw pictures in your Calendar appointments, task notes, contact notes. Heck you could even record voice notes in any of those Outlook items. When you synced back to Outlook on the desktop however, things got a little messy. Ink notes turned out to be image objects, and …
Continue readingExclusive Interview: Vinnie Brown on Windows Mobile
Last night I got to meet up with Vinnie Brown A.K.A. Vin Rock of Naughty By Nature. Vinnie is a big fan of Windows Mobile, and has done some sweet user interface customizations on his Touch Pro 2… which is part of a contest going on right now where a lucky winner can get the custom one-of-a-kind HTC Touch Pro 2 and two tickets to LA to see Naughty by Nature in concert. For more …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Palm Pre (part 5)
I really like the email program on the Palm Pre. It has the unified inbox option so you can see all your messages in one list. The folder listing is also very nice with finger-friendly collapsible buttons. It also supports IMAP IDLE (Push IMAP), which I like a lot. Another great but minor feature is that it syncs reply/forward status on emails. So if you replied to a message on your desktop, the reply icon …
Continue readingMultitouch is Just a Gimmick
Is multitouch on touch screen phones really useful or is it just a gimmick? I’ve tried multi-touch on the iPhone and recently the Palm Pre. I suppose it’s nice with those little games that you play when trying to pass the time, but at least on the Palm Pre there isn’t much use for it. It looks cool when you can pinch and push the photos or maps, but if I’m using a mobile device …
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