The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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CoPilot Live 8 only $20 ’til Monday
CoPilot Live 8 is having a Thanksgiving weekend sale. Their North American maps package is only $20 ’til Monday. That’s a one-time fee of $19.99 for the maps and software. We’re not talking about a monthly fee that you might have to pay with some of the GPS Navigation programs carriers like to include on their Smartphones. The map data takes up over 1Gb though, so you’ll need a storage card for that. You can …
Continue readingLangLearner Translator
If you remember seeing Dan’s demo of the LangLearner Lite application from the Windows Mobile MarketPlace, the LangLearner Translator will look a bit familiar. It’s made by the same people, but offers different functionality. Where the regular LangLearner application only allows you to select phrases that you want to translate, the LangLearner Translator lets you type in any phrase you want. The advantage to the Translator is that you can type in any type of …
Continue readingOffice Mobile 2010 Beta Now Available
Office Mobile 2010 Beta is now available for free in the Windows Mobile Marketplace. You can see it here in your web browser or look for it in the Marketplace app on your Windows Phone. The description is as follows and you may notice a few new features. Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 brings the powerful Microsoft Office 2010 tools you use every day at work, home, or school, to the screen of your Windows phone …
Continue readingWhat if the HD2 ran Android?
There are a lot of people out there looking at the great hardware design and capabilities of the HTC HD2, and wishing that it shipped with Android instead of Windows Mobile. This is likely due to the popular perception that Windows Mobile is no good and Android is so much better despite actual functionality that may suggest otherwise. Of course, the advantages or disadvantages of Windows Mobile and Android depend on your specific needs and …
Continue readingAndroid’s Success Comes From Copying Windows Mobile
An interesting blog post from Andrew Burst points out that just about everything that the Android platform is being praised for, is exactly the same as what Windows Mobile has been doing for 10 years. And Andrew is only talking about the methodology. Android and Windows Mobile are both designed to run on a wide variety of hardware and are both managed by entities completely separate from the hardware manufacturers. Application development is open to …
Continue readingGoogle Maps Now Shows Subway Routes
If you’re like me and have trouble memorizing the subway line routes in New York City, you don’t need to rely on the old Metro software anymore. Google Maps now includes the New York City subway lines map as a layer. It’s accessible both from the desktop and on Google Maps mobile on certain platforms (Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and Symbian). On Windows Mobile, launch Google Maps, then go to Menu>Layers>Browse Layers and turn on “Transit …
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