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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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  • 04.03.08
    Boingo x Fring: Two Steps Ahead gadgets | Comments Off
    This week at CTIA, wireless access aggregator Boingo announced a new partnership with Fring to bring chat and instant messenger services to their users. Boingo allows frequent travelers to pay one monthly service charge to access dozens of wifi hotspots at airports and locations like McDonalds. In February Boingo announced that they were releasing an application for Windows Mobile 6 users to log into their network at a reduced monthly charge. This allows you to use over 60 thousand wireless access points on your Pocket PC for $7.95 per month! In my experience, wifi on a PDA can still be a ...
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  • 04.01.08
    7 Twitter Clients for Mobile Phones on the go | (7)
    It's hard to find a way to follow all of your Twitter updates without being interrupted by a constant barrage of noise. While it's easy to update your twitter status via SMS, keeping track of your friends on the go would require near-constant text messages. You can subscribe to @ replies, but sometimes you just want to scan through the latest and greatest from the Twitterverse on your phone. I'm hoping for an integrated IM and Twitter application like what Digsby is for the desktop, which seems to be Yahoo OneConnect's goal. Until then, check out these mobile Twitter tools: ...
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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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  • 03.19.08
    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 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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