A reminder that our next meeting is this Tuesday, November 25th at 6:30pm!
We always have a slew of things to discuss and share!
Visit the meeting page for directions and other details. See you there!
I was a regular user of Spb Mobile Shell on my previous Windows Mobile devices (Mogul and 6600), but when I upgraded to a Sprint Touch Diamond, it had the built-in TouchFLO 3D user interface, so I stopped using Shell. That was two months ago.
Over the course of that two months, I’ve spent a lot of time working with and customizing TF3D to my liking, and despite all my efforts, I felt that it was still lacking. I’ll give an “A” for eye-candy, but I need more than that - I want substance - functionality that provides the information I need, when and where I need it. That is why I decided to turn off TF3D, install Mobile Shell and see if I would be happier. Know what? I am! Read on… (more…)
Microsoft announced a downloadable test version of its “next generation web browser” for Windows Mobile - an “Internet Explorer Mobile 6 Emulator” for developers.
Recently, there have been numerous competitor browsers which have been kicking the butt of the default (weak) Internet Explorer currently found on WM 6.1 devices: NetFront, Iris Browser, Opera Mobile 9.5, Skyfire, and (soon) Firefox Mobile.
Internet Explorer Mobile 6 is alleged to have some of the following enhancements:
We’ll see - eventually!
Today, Spb Software released Spb Keyboard 4.0. This has been a long-awaited update to their Full Screen Keyboard which was released several years ago. It works great with a stylus, but is optimized for typing with your fingers.
Committed to usability and clarity in device navigation, Spb conducted research and gathered feedback from customers, identifying a demand for more flexible mobile text input methods. The new version of Spb’s keyboard now offers three modes of on-screen text input, and has received a new name to portray the change — Spb Keyboard 4.0. The new keyboard benefits from an Spb Mobile Shell-like skin engine, and is optimized for working with both stylus and fingers. Among other things, the new Spb Keyboard offers dozens of languages with the default skin, is more compact in memory consumption, supports smart gestures and ’sliding pop-ups’, which help to make sure the right key is tapped.
What’s New in Spb Keyboard 4.0?
Pricing and Availability
Spb Keyboard is compatible with Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile Professional 5.0 and higher; all Windows Mobile screen resolutions are supported. A free, 15-day trial can be downloaded, or Spb Keyboard 4.0 may be purchased for $14.95, or upgraded from 3.х Spb Keyboard versions for just $4.95.
This news came out last week, but we forgot to post about it. Sounds pretty cool, and it sounds like Azure will be bringing us all sorts of other cool apps in the near future!
Microsoft Azure is a new Microsoft product that let’s you build applications in the cloud or extend your current applications. Check out Bluehoo which is the first non-Microsoft application using this technology.
Quoting from their Web site, Bluehoo is a mobile app that helps you make new social connections with the people around you - for business or for pleasure. Bluehoo uses Bluetooth to discover “hoos” around you right here, right now, shows you those people’s profiles and helps you start conversations. The Bluehoo Beta mobile phone software can be downloaded right now from m.bluehoo.com.
Discuss it here.
The AT&T Fuze (known as the HTC Touch Pro at Sprint) has just been released. You can find it on AT&T’s web site.
$499 outright, or $299 with a new 2-year contract and $50 rebate.
AT&T sure is building up one heck of an arsenal of devices to choose from!
Spb Survey: an Insider’s Take on Mobile Software Analytics
Spb Software invites all mobile users to participate in its fifth annual Spb Survey. The Spb Survey is a mobile software industry report that identifies the changing user profiles, mobile device preferences, and handset use cases. Spb Software will release a report on the results of its fifth annual Spb Survey in the beginning of December 2008.
Issued by a mobile software usability expert and a recognized brand on the consumer market, Spb Survey reaches out to mobile users directly, bypassing the prism of mobile operators and professional analytical houses. This year’s survey has a more compact structure, new questions, and is supported by eXpansys, the world’s leading retailer of smartphones and handheld devices with wireless connectivity. A few lucky, randomly picked Spb Survey participants will receive valuable ‘thank you’ gifts, such as a Windows Mobile device or software by Spb.
Spb Software invites all mobile users to spend a few moments and take the Spb Survey here.
No, this is not real, but it’s a neat app to fool your friends!
BIO.ID. functions and features:
Looks like a neat app to have, though the developers would benefit from someone proofreading their site for proper grammar! :)
There’s a free one-day trial, then it costs $9.95. Download it here.
I was cleaning out some stuff in my desk drawers and happened upon one of my old Compaq Pocket PC’s - a 3900 to be exact. Pulling the unit out of the drawer, I was shocked at how enormous the thing was in my hand, particularly now that I am a Mogul owner! I remember the device feeling totally normal in my hand back in 2002, but as you can see from these comparison photos, the Mogul is simply dwarfed by the 3900!
The devices have certainly come a long way! So much smaller, and capable of so much more! What will a Windows Mobile device look like in 2014, 6 more years from now?!!
New Video Recording Software Captures Any Web Video, DVD, Video Chat and More in High Quality
November 6, 2008 - Applian Technologies announces the release of Replay Video Capture, a high-quality video recorder program for Windows that records any video from any web site, DVD, video chat, or anything else visible on a PC. Using a high-speed, high-quality MPEG-2 codec, Replay Video Capture records and compresses video fast, resulting in a superior picture quality with no jitters or lost frames. Audio playing from the PC’s speakers or microphone is incorporated into the video as well. Windows Media format video files can also be created by Replay Video Capture.
In addition to offering superior quality, Replay Video Capture is easy to use. Customers just click “Record” to begin video capture, after using a convenient “get window” feature that automatically marks a recording region just by moving a mouse over it. Most embedded web video players can be located in this way. Recording regions can also be set manually to crop or extend the recording area.
“Replay Video Capture is the holy grail of PC based video recording products”, said Bill Dettering, CEO of Applian Technologies. “If you can watch it, you can record it. Replay Video Capture will even capture from web sites and formats that have not yet been invented, and the quality is awesome.”
Replay Video Capture is just $39.95, and will work on all modern Windows PCs.
While this is a Desktop PC application, it is a great app to use in conjunction with your Windows Mobile device. Applian makes a variety of media-related apps which allow you to save & convert all sorts of sound and video, much of which you can then enjoy on your device! You can check out their full library of offerings here.
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