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  • 03.21.08
    Navizon Enables Fire Eagle Location Updates reviews | (7)
    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 mobile browsers | (2)
    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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  • 03.19.08
    AOL MyMobile Heading for Public Beta work | (3)
    The MyMobile application is AOL's answer to the Yahoo Go mobile application that allows you to access many services from one downloaded application. It runs on Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs and gives you access to your email, AIM and many other services. AOL Mymobile is currently in private beta and may allow public testing as soon as the next few weeks. The interface is fairly similar to Yahoo Go and you switch services by rotating through a menu at the bottom. MyMobile includes the following services: AIM, Mail, Contacts, Mapquest, Search, Cityguide, Pictures, Sports, Weather and News. This is ...
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  • 03.18.08
    Fring Free Mobile IM and VOIP Gets Reviewed mobile-im-client | (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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  • 03.12.08
    Skyfire Windows Mobile Browser Gets Reviewed mobile browsers | (1)
    The Skyfire Mobile Browser aims to enable Windows Mobile users to surf rich media websites that require Javascript or even Flash. They do this using a server as a proxy to load the site and allows you to view it on your phone. This is important, because they do collect information on your surfing habits. Honestly, I'd prefer they aggregate my data to support their costs than charge me a subscription. Skyfire is currently in private Beta, so there's really no telling whether it will remain a free Windows Mobile web browser like Opera Mobile. After taking a little extra time ...
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