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  • 04.18.08
    T-Mobile Wing Roms on the go | (0)
    It's time to update the Wing again. Currently I'm running Opentouch v3, but I can't decide which new rom I want to load or if I want to roll my own. There's a new sub-forum at xda-developers just for herald roms and rom development and there have been substantial updates on the wiki. First things first though, make sure to backup ALL of your settings and do a final sync before upgrading your rom. If you have never bricked upgraded a Windows Mobile device before, definitely check out this guide on XDA Developers. You can find the latest T-mobile Wing Roms ...
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  • 04.16.08
    HTC Touch Limited Edition Phones on the go | (0)
    HTC is currently auctioning off four Limited Edition HTC Touch models featuring unique designs by Nic Wong of Nicholas. These are Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile 6 and HTC's smooth Touchflo interface. The proceeds for the auctions will go to support the Children's Cancer Foundation. Here's a rundown of the four different themes: "Hear the Birds" is a green design with white trees and birds perched in them "Feel the Waves" is a cool blue and white Japanese wave design "See the Sun" is black with hearts on the front and storm clouds on the back. "Smell the Rain" has red and white angular ...
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  • 04.15.08
    TouchBrowser Mobile Browser Gets Reviewed reviews | (0)
    Makayama recently announced the release of their Touchbrowser for Windows Mobile Pocket PC's. Their goal is to provide touch-based panning around web pages similar to Safari on iPhone. After playing with TouchBrowser 1.0.1, I have to say its a great first start. The keypad was very usable with my finger within portrait mode, though it would have been more usable if it was QWERTY. The browser's auto detection of an available mobile site was quite good, though the zoom function only appeared to control the font size. There is a button to control mobile versus desktop browser however ...
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  • 04.15.08
    Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta: Putting Users First reviews | (4)
    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
    Windows Mobile 6.1: “Full Desktop Browsing?” reviews | (3)
    A few weeks ago at CTIA Microsoft announced the release of Windows Mobile 6.1 for both the Pocket PC and Smartphone platforms touting easier management of wifi and bluetooth connections, threaded text messaging and a full desktop browsing experience in Pocket IE (PIE). Since I've already lamented the poor wifi capability of every Windows Mobile release, I'm going to take a closer look at their browsing support and, more specifically, AJAX support in the latest release of Pocket IE on Windows Mobile 6.1. One caveat is that I'm not using an officially supported Pocket IE install, so it's possible that ...
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