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Conduits Technologies, Inc. announced today the release of Pocket Player 3.7 for Windows Mobile.

Pocket Player aims to satisfy consumers who demand more from a dynamic media player on a mobile device. Pocket Player 3.7 includes new library features, improved Bluetooth compatibility and Universal Plug-and-Play support, as well as many other performance enhancements and bug fixes.   You can read the full news of the update here.

Pocket Player 3.7 is fully compatible with all Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 5.0, Pocket PC 2003, and Smartphone 2003 devices.  You can try it/buy it here.

Does your device have an integrated GPS receiver?
Is your device subscribed to an unlimited data plan?
Is the device OS Windows Mobile 5.0 or above?
If you answered yes to all of the above, then you might want to check out the (free) Today Screen plug-in GPSToday.
 
Features

• Utilizes intelligent algorithms to always maintain and display a fix on your position right on your today screen, without draining the battery.
• Always see your full street address, not just geo-coordinates.
• GPSToday always shows the distance to the nearest contact from your device’s address book.
• Single tap to create a new contact with your current location as the address, or save the current location as an existing contact’s address. Imagine not having to type the full street address on the PPC keyboard!
• You will never need the stylus to use GPSToday!
• Speed, heading and satellite data is shown clearly on the today screen whenever the GPS is running.
• Always see all your address book contacts on the map. Just tap a contact to quickly call/email or send sms.
• High quality Yelp Reviews for local search results!
• Fetch the full street address for any point on the map.
• Install the GeoTagger add-on to have pictures automatically geo-tagged with current location!
• You can also manually geotag single or sets of pictures by selecting the desired location on the map.
• Supports 240×320, 480×640 VGA, 240×240 and 320×320 resolutions
• Now includes GeoTerrestrial GeoWeather which always shows you the current weather for your current location right on the today screen.
• Now includes GeoTerrestrial GeoLogger which allows for automatic logging of position updates to a file.
• And many more features.
• Best of all, its free!

I just downloaded the app and while I’ve only toyed with it for a few minutes, it is VERY cool! I’ll post my findings in the forum.  Feel free to join in with what you think!

Touch Diamond owners will know that the navi-wheel on the front of the device is capacitive, and can measure movement without actually rotating.  Like many HTC devices, it seems the Touch Diamond and Pro have hidden features, and pretty tasty ones indeed.  Using an application called Nav Debug Tool by HTC, this video (link below) shows not only is the navi-wheel capacitive, but that the whole front of the device can track finger movements, and even two fingers independently.

So far there is no known feature on the Touch Diamond/Pro that exploits this, but once the folks at xda-developers get their hands on the API, it won’t be long!

This also promises that even current generation devices with resistive screens will be able to take advantage of multi-touch features in WM7.

Video (via wmpoweruser.com)

The Wall Street Journal has client-side software for Windows Mobile smartphones.  You can find the list of supported US carriers and phones here.

Content from Marketwatch and Barrons are available in addition to Wall Street Journal content. Streamed podcasts and video are also available. 

Check it out here.

Source: Mobile Apps Today

Within the last few hours at the at SpeechTEK 2008 conference in New York, Openstream announced the Cue-me Multimodal browser that’s designed for mobile phones.

Openstream are a leading player in the Multimodal Technology and solutions market, and their Cue-me mobile browser will work on BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile phones.

“For a person on the move, getting the information quickly without cumbersome key-presses would be very important,” says Raj Tumuluri, President & CEO of Openstream Inc.

Openstream has contributed to some pioneering work at the WorldWideWeb Consortium, and this has led to a new “paradigm of interaction for mobile users that combines voice, touch and key-presses”.

The Cue-me multimodal browser defines the next leap in mobile interaction, and because it’s built on open standards, development will be easy for all the popular phone platforms. You can view a flash demo of the service here or read the full Press Release here.

AOL has added features to its Web-based instant messaging program that bring it more in line with its downloadable counterpart.

AIM Express will now include tabbed IM conversations to avoid having multiple windows open within a single screen. Users will also be able to leave away messages that will be displayed even if they are not online, and view their buddies’ statuses and away messages by rolling their mouse over screen names.

AIM is also now available for Windows Mobile, the company said. Users with smartphones like Motorola Q, Samsung BlackJack and certain Palm Treos can access AIM on-the-go.

“AIM Express raises the bar with its streamlined design and lightweight messaging experience,” David Liu, senior vice president of AOL People Networks, said in a statement. “It’s now even easier for AIM users, especially those on-the-go, to connect with friends whether at home, at a coffee shop, the library, or wherever they have Web access.”

I haven’t used Instant Messaging on my device in ages (SMS has replaced that for me), but if you still use AIM, this is good news.

An announcement from the Jott site: 

After two and a half years, millions of Jott messages, and thousands of feedback emails we’re excited to announce that Jott has come out of beta!

So, besides a new logo without the “beta” label, what’s changed?

There are new Jott Plans
There’s something for everyone! Take a look at our Get Started page and pick the plan that works best for you. There’s a grace period for our early adopters, so if you have a Jott account already you have till September 8th to pick your plan. Not sure which one is right for you?

• If you like to leave quick to-dos and have access to them on your desktop and online, try Jott Basic.
• If connecting to other productivity web services, sending hands-free messages and using your email as your to-do list make your life easier, try Jott.
• If you need longer recording times and Jott for BlackBerry, try Jott Pro or a Pay-as-you-go option.

GooSync has released multiple device support,  available exclusively in the GooSync Premium subscription.

GooSync now offers the ability to add up to 4 devices to a single GooSync account. Finally you can get all of your devices and other PIM repositories synchronized to your Google or GooSync data with a single account.

GooSync Premium Subscribers get this at no additional cost. Simply add your additional devices here.

Images of a red Sprint “Diamond” (or whatever they’ll call it) are floating around.  No confirmation if these are genuine or not…

I guess we’ll find out in  few weeks, won’t we?!  Sept 2 is the rumored release date.

Version 1.1 of Winterface includes numerous improvements. The major one is that they’ve changed the start gesture - now the application is started with the help of the upside-down tick ^.  This gesture is unlikely to interfere with other applications so that Winterface won’t pop out each time you slide the screen.  Drawing the gesture “tick” or letter “v” on your screen can close any application you are working in.

Improvements were also made on Tasks and Calendar.  Winterface now has red indicators with numbers above Calendar and Tasks icons to show active tasks and upcoming events.  When tapping Calendar, you can see a semi-transparent window with all events.  If you need to make any edits, you can go to the Calendar, otherwise you can return back to the screen.  With Tasks, pressing the icon takes you straight to the Tasks to look at them and to edit.

There was great discussion with users who expressed desire to have quick access to separate files, therefore “Files” was added to the menu of the program.  You can now add any file to the screen. 

Minor bugs were fixed:

1. It is now impossible to delete Menu and Running icons of the program
2. Some of the icons are not doubled any more (like Phone)
3. The bug on HTC devices with battery icon was also fixed.

Winterface is available here for $19.95.