The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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PowerPoint 2010’s Presentation Companion
One of the cool new features in Office Mobile 2010 is the Presentation Companion for PowerPoint. To get this to work, first you need a Windows Mobile 6.5 device with the Microsoft Bluetooth stack. Then you can download and install the beta of Office Mobile 2010 from the Windows Mobile Marketplace. You also need a desktop/laptop computer with Bluetooth that also has PowerPoint 2007/2010 installed. Then you need to install the Presentation Companion plug-in for …
Continue readingVerizon’s Touch Pro2 Second Only to iPhone 3GS
According to Consumer Reports as seen in TG Daily, the Verizon Touch Pro2 running Windows Mobile is the second most highly rated smartphone this year. The first was the iPhone 3GS. That’s not much of a surprise considering how often the Touch Pro2 sold out online. Windows Mobile also got top marks for business phones (outscoring iPhones, Android, and Blackberries). Although that might be a surprise if you frequent all the Technology news sites and …
Continue readingHTC’s Bluetooth Software Still Sucks
If you remember our post about the buggy Bluetooth software HTC has decided to use on the Touch Pro2 and new HD2, you’ll remember how annoying it is. Well, now that these new devices have been available for a while, it turns out there are a lot more problems with this non-standard Bluetooth stack. Many users are having issues connecting to other types of peripherals that worked great using the Microsoft Bluetooth stack normally used …
Continue readingHow to Get Asian Characters to Appear on Non-Asian Windows Phones
Are you multi-lingual or trying to be multi-lingual? If you’ve tried some of the cool language translation programs in the Windows Mobile Marketplace such as LangLearner or LangLearner Translator, you might have been disappointed to see that Chinese or Japanese translations appear as empty boxes instead of the actual characters. Simply download the Sunglobe CAB (in a ZIP file), install it to your device, and reboot. After that your language translation software should be showing …
Continue readingAlien X TouchFLO 3D Theme
Probex is at it again. This time with a nice green “Alien X” theme for TouchFLO 3D version 2.1. You can purchase and download this new theme from the Probex website. If you’re not crazy about the green color, of course there are other themes available as well. Generally, these are $5 each. Originally published on Pocketnow on November 30, 2009. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingWindows Mobile Devices on the Carriers 2010: US Edition
Despite rampant Windows Mobile criticism this year, there are still many great choices for Windows Phones offered by the carriers. With choice sometimes comes indecision, and we’re here to sort it all out for you. What is to come is a comparison of the US’s four biggest carriers (so that’s Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint) and their current offerings of Windows Mobile devices. You’ll see that with popular devices like the Touch Pro2, all carriers …
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