The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i is a budget friendly laptop that should handle basic computing …
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T-Mobile Shadow in the House
I got a new T-Mobile Shadow last week shortly after its release and have been getting to know it a bit. A few first impressions: the new animated home screen does more than I expected! First of all, the notifications section shows large contact photos for emails and text messages that you’ve received. Very nice! Also, the album-art-displaying Media Player home screen interface is very cool. One thing to keep in mind when reading other …
Continue readingWindows Media Player Mobile Tips and Tricks
SETTING UP THE SYNC If you’re on Windows XP with ActiveSync 4.x, do not turn on "Media" syncing. This will launch a wmplayer.exe process every time you connect the device to ActiveSync. In some cases you will get two wmplayer.exe processes and Windows Media Player 11 on your desktop may stop working. Furthermore, ActiveSync will continually launch and check Media Player 11 for changes in the syncing set-up (thus tying up your CPU). …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Symbian: Part 3
It’s great that the Nokia N95 has all of these awesome media features, but what about the phone part? How is it at making calls? Well, it’s pretty simple. When you slide out the keypad in the home screen view, you can dial numbers and then press the call send button like you would on any other phone. However, pressing these number buttons does not offer contact matching options or any kind of call prediction. …
Continue readingThe T-Mobile Shadow: Miller vs. Pogue
Matthew Miller of ZDNET recently posted an article debunking and responding to David Pogue’s review of the T-Mobile Shadow for the New York Times. Pogue seems to have a lot of problems with the Windows Mobile 6 software implementation, and Miller’s article points out his ignorance. Deleting messages seems to be a big deal for Pogue, but I guess he didn’t notice the new “Delete” softkey in the message list or the keyboard shortcuts. For …
Continue readingChronicles of a Windows Mobile User Gone Symbian: Part 2
In part 1 of my experience with the Nokia N95 I talked about some of my frustrations with the syncing and messaging implementation. Now I’d like to talk about some of the impressive features that make the N95 shine. First of all, the multimedia features on this phone are really top notch. It’s got a 5 megapixel camera with a flash. This works better than any other camera phone I’ve used. While the photos are …
Continue readingT-Mobile Shadow to be Launched on Wednesday
This morning T-Mobile announced their latest Windows Mobile 6 Standard phone; the T-Mobile Shadow. The Shadow will be available in retail stores starting this Wednesday (10/31) for $149.99 with a 2-yr voice and data contract. Also note: the T-Mobile Total Internet plan including unlimited data, e-mail and Wi-Fi is now $19.99 a month (formerly $29.99). Highlighting the phone’s distinct features and its complete ease of use, the T-Mobile Shadow offers: • An enhanced myFaves functionality …
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