The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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Manilla TouchFLO 3D Style Windows Media Player Skin
Since HTC’s TouchFLO 3D interface found on the Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, and Touch HD uses HTC’s own audio manager software to manage and play music libraries, they’ve left the default Windows Media Player alone in terms of skin customizations. The problem with that is HTC’s audio player is not a very good replacement for Windows Media Player. It doesn’t have library search capabilities, it doesn’t play videos and recorded TV shows synced over from …
Continue readingKnight Rider and the HTC Touch
While we already know that Micheal Knight’s love interest, Sarah Graiman (Deanna Russo), carries around a S.E. Xperia X1 for her high tech mobility eye candy, this week on Knight Rider we learn that Micheal (Justing Bruening) uses the HTC Touch. If you saw this week’s episode, you’ll notice that unfortunately he was unable to launch the Touch’s camera application quickly enough to obtain photo identity of the female antagonist who stole the secret briefcase. …
Continue readingWindows Mobile 6.1 SMTP Issues Fixed
Do you have a Windows Mobile 6.1 powered device and use either POP3 or IMAP4 with SMTP? Have you encountered problems sending email or seen the error message below? If the answer to either of the questions above is yes then read on as what you are seeing is actually a bug that affects all WM 6.1 powered handsets! Tracy and Matt’s Blog has documented a bug in Windows Mobile 6.1 where sending e-mail stops …
Continue readingGoogle’s Android Fraught with Limitations
A number of Google Android T-Mobile G1 phone reviews have surfaced recently. It turns out, the phone’s operating system is fraught with limitations that Windows Mobile users are likely to laugh at. Click on to see our compilation of problems listed by some of the early reviewers. Originally published on Pocketnow on October 16, 2008. More Thought articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingWinMo 6.1 upgrade for Sprint’s ACE Now Available
As reported by Engadget Mobile: Sprint’s ACE smartphone from Samsung has now been gifted with a luxurious Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade. Sprint is really playing it up, too, touting that it’s bringing an “Enhanced Time-Saving Mobile Experience” to the phone — and to be fair, it’s also allowing the installation of unsigned apps and adding support for turn-by-turn navigation, so we suppose it’s a little more than just your run-of-the-mill 6.1 update. For more information …
Continue readingWindows Mobile: The Only True Touch-Screen OS
Touch screen mobile smartphones have become all the rage lately, but did you know that Windows Mobile Professional is one of the only mobile operating systems that is completely touch-screen friendly? That’s right, from the beginning when it was Windows CE 2.1 for Palm-sized devices, and then the Pocket PC operating system, it has been designed to be completely usable without any use of hardware buttons. There are on-screen user interface elements such as the …
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