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  • 05.08.08
    Dude… Where’s my phone? on the go | Comments Off
    More than a few people I know seem to lose their phone on a weekly basis. It's easy to tell someone is about to ask you to call their lost cell phone. You can easily spot the panic and fear in their eyes. Rather than actually having to get off your butt and find your phone to call theirs, you can use a service called phonemyphone. You can also schedule call times to get out of meetings or have an instant wingman to get you out of a bad date. Finally we get a web service to make it look like ...
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  • 04.15.08
    Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta: Putting Users First gadgets | (7)
    You can download Opera Mobile Beta 9.5 for Windows Mobile Pocket PC phones over on the XDA-Developers site. They're the first team to release a fully functional free Windows Mobile web browser. They've included every function that I've been waiting for and made the first browser capable of matching Safari Mobile's interface for the iPhone. The features include: Double-click Zoom Smooth touch based panning Finger-friendly interface for panning and menus. Tabs! Not kidding. Copy and Paste to other ...
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  • 04.14.08
    Android Running on HTC Tilt gadgets, on the go | Comments Off
    Someone from XDA-Developers has gotten a barebones version of Android running on the HTC TyTn II, also known as the Tilt. Somehow they've gotten Android to run on top of Windows Mobile via an executable file or EXE. Apparently they haven't been able to get the touchscreen or radio to work yet, and those may be difficult challenges. The upside is that if Android can run on top of Windows Mobile it will be easier to run in on more handsets, though it may not be as fast as running it natively. One of the top HTC TyTN II ROM ...
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  • 04.07.08
    Trapster Looks Out for Speed Traps on the go | (1)
    Trapster allows the online community to share and update the locations of speed traps. You can inform them of speed traps either using their software client or by just calling a toll-free number. The service then warns local users via an SMS or notification in the Trapster client. You can also check the location of speed traps on the mobile web at http://trapster.com/m. It will display local speed traps and hiding areas in either a list or using a static Google map. Trapster software can track your location using either bluetooth GPS or wifi location. Their client runs on a number ...
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  • 03.21.08
    Navizon Enables Fire Eagle Location Updates on the go | (10)
    After hearing a rumor that Navizon has created an uplink for the Yahoo Fire Eagle platform, I just had to check it out. I've poked around and confirmed that Mexens, the company behind Navizon, has in fact created a method for you to pass your location to Fire Eagle. Navizon is the cell phone application that I use to update the Stalking Dave Map and my Google Gadget. You can use Navizon on your Windows Mobile Pocket PC, iPhone, Symbian or Java phone to track your location based on cell triangulation, Wifi, or GPS. All you have to do is ...
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  • 03.20.08
    New Google Search Plugin for Windows Mobile on the go | (1)
    Google announced a Home Screen Plugin for Windows Mobile that will allow you to perform mobile searches up to 40% faster. This is a great Windows Mobile plugin for quicker access to the mobile web. Basically you type in your query and hit enter or search and your Pocket PC quickly loads Pocket IE and takes you directly to the search results. I'm not sure if there's a way to change the default browser, but please let me know. They've had a Blackberry application since December and recently released a Symbian plugin with similar functionality. It looks decent and really does ...
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  • 03.18.08
    Fring Free Mobile IM and VOIP Gets Reviewed gadgets | (2)
    Fring is designed to turn your mobile phone into a VOIP-enabled handset that managed contacts based on your IM contacts. At it's core, it provides a full free windows mobile im client. Then they used this framework to allow contact management and VOIP or SIP functionality. Overall their interface is smooth and they manage the various IM protocols better than just about anything that I've seen. They also manage the data connection on my Pocket PC very well. However there are two problems that would prevent me from using Fring extensively. Continue Reading...
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