The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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Windows Mobile: New anti-terror weapon
As reported by MSNBC, the U.S. department of defense has approved a new Windows Mobile based device for use in preliminary lie detection. The new device, known by the acronym PCASS, for Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System, uses a commercial TDS Ranger hand-held personal digital assistant with three wires connected to sensors attached to the hand. An interpreter will ask a series of 20 or so questions in Persian, Arabic or Pashto: “Do you intend …
Continue readingRunning Full Windows on the Touch Diamond
While we have mentioned this before, and you’ve seen some screen shots in our Touch Diamond Review, now we’ve got a video of the Remote Desktop Mobile client in action. With a VGA screen, the Diamond can act as a thin client for running full Windows operating systems and applications. You can essentially run anything that supports 16bit color as well as the 640 x 480 pixel dimensions of the Touch Diamond. The speed of …
Continue readingYouTubePlay: Free Web-Enabled FLV Player
Speaking of the need for better web-enabled applications, there’s actually a free YouTube video player application available on XDA-developers. It can search the entire YouTube library and plays the videos in FLV format. Unlike the YouTube application included with the Touch Diamond, YouTubePlay does not have an option for loading the high-quality versions of YouTube videos (yet), however it does seem to be much more stable than that official YouTube player included with the Touch …
Continue readingSplash Money: Banking without the Browser
Speaking of not using the web browser on mobile devices, wouldn’t it be nice if there was an easier way to do your banking on a mobile phone? Well, there is! Take a look at Splash Money from Splash Data. It’s a Windows Mobile (Standard & Professional) application that makes it easy to manage your finances. It also has a desktop PC component for syncing, so that you’re not tied to working only with the …
Continue readingTouch Pro Live Pictures
Mobileburn has gotten their hands on some live pictures of the HTC Touch Pro. The Touch Pro will be similar to the Touch Diamond except with a slide-out keyboard, MicroSD slot, camera with flash, and TV-out capabilities. The device will also feature a new TouchFLO 3D interface designed to accomodate both landscape and portrait views. There’s still no word on how you’ll be able to access applications or menus by using the keyboard. Hopefully, you …
Continue reading“Forget about the Mobile Browser” and more from the Future
Forget about the mobile web browser. It sucks. They all suck. There is no way anybody is going to ever make huge desktop-designed cluttered web pages easy-to-use on a tiny mobile phone screen (without reformatting the data), and according to statistics, most people don’t have any interest in viewing web pages on a phone. I apologize for using the “i” word, but some of you might say, “What about the iPhone? Apple tells me it’s …
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