Windows Mobile Louisville

After long period of testing the beta versions, Resco is now officially releasing the new Resco Photo Manager 7.00.

Resco Photo Manager is a favorite image viewing program with features far beyond standards of the classic built-in viewer. Users gain functions of complete image management in a modern looking and easy to handle application. Intuitive way of work, outrageous effects and many slideshow and edit features move other image viewing programs to the second line.

Since the last version, the application received lots of graphical and functional changes. The old fashioned appearance has been replaced by modern looking graphics and the overall concept has been modified to make work with the program even more intuitive and effective. Support for the most favorite social networks was added.

Main changes are:

• WM 6.5 registration fixed
• Touch friendly user interface
• User interface is in new graphic
• Add GPS position to any  image and make a diary of your trip
• Locate geo-tagged image on map (using Google Maps)
• Different skins available
• Letter & date navigation bar
• Folder content preview
• Rotation , navigation and zoom gestures
• Double tap image to quickly view detail in original size
• GUI animations
• Support of G-sensor
• Convert image to JPG, PNG and BMP
• Text notes can be saved into EXIF
• Upload to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa supported
• Upload image with comment and GPS location

You can download a 7-day trial version here.

Many folks with WM 6.0/6.1 devices obtained an unofficial CAB file that allowed them early access to Windows Marketplace Mobile.  Finally, the official version is now here.

If your phone is running Windows Mobile 6.0 or Windows Mobile 6.1 you can get Marketplace by following the instructions here.

If you have a Windows phone running Windows Mobile 6.5, Marketplace is already installed on your phone and in your Start menu.

Check it out!  I obtained a sneak preview to Windows Marketplace Mobile (which officially goes live for Windows Mobile 6.5 devices on Oct 6th)!  I downloaded WeatherBug, which was a free app, just to give it a try.

More to come!

It’s rare that the general public gets a chance to play with an Alpha version of an app, but Resco has announced via their forum that anyone can check out their latest rendition of PhotoViewer.

While not fully functional yet, this app is super-impressive!  Some new features:

• G-sensor support
• Touch friendliness
• The folder shows the preview of the pictures inside it
• 100% zoom in and out using double clicking (zoom the double clicked area)
•  Thumbnail and list view and multiselection operations
• Direct access to the camera
• Upload to Facebook, Flickr

You can download the Alpha version here on their forum.  I have been playing with it, and all I can say is WOW!

Discuss it here.

Hey developers!

The Race to the Market Challenge has begun!  The folks over at the Windows Mobile Blog announced that application, game, and widget submissions are now being accepted.   All are encouraged to submit their applications for inclusion in the Windows Mobile Marketplace.

There’s also a bit of a contest going on called the Race to Market Challenge where developers can win one of four Microsoft Surface Tables.

Applications will be judged on:

• Most downloads of a free app
• Most valuable app (downloads x price)
• Most useful (as judged by Microsoft panel)
• Most playful (as judged by Microsoft panel)

The contest runs from launch until Dec 31, 2009.  Further details are available at http://mobilethisdeveloper.com/

Get developing!

This has been posted on every gadget site out there already, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to announce it here as well: Microsoft has released the official version of their Facebook application.  Previously, the unofficial version was available on sites such as xda-developers, but now you can get the real McCoy here.

Some key points about the app:

• It’s currently the only Facebook app available that uploads video straight from your phone.
• It integrates with Windows Live, allowing you to share photos, updates, etc. with that service.
• Works with WM 6 and higher only (sorry WM 5 folks).  The app will come baked in to WM 6.5 which comes out later this year.

Enjoy!

The Wiki Encyclopedia In Your Mobile Phone

WikiPock is a mobile phone software that allows you to search and read the wiki encyclopedia articles without internet connection. All the articles are stored in your mobile phone’s memory so there is no need to download anything from the network. The world’s biggest encyclopedia with over 2.7 million articles in English — In your phone, on the go!

• No internet or data connection required
• Full editorial content
• Instant search
• Clean mobile-formatted pages
• Preloaded microSD memory cards available
• Always up-to-date
• Battery-life saver
• Easy user interface
• Available in English, German, French, Polish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish

At first blush, someone who has an unlimited data plan on their device might think an application like WikiPock is unnecessary, but remember, there are still LOTS of people who a.) don’t have unlimited data connections, or b.) find themselves in situations where they have no wireless signal and no availability to WiFi. 

$9.99 is not a bad price to have the entire catalog of Wikipedia’s 2.7 million articles at your immediate disposal!  Heck, that’s still not a bad deal even for people with data connections!  To be able to pull up a Wiki on anything you want, almost instantly, would be very cool!  The $9.99 price includes only the latest version of the wiki encyclopedia in all languages (no updates).  There is a $14.99 package which includes the latest version of the wiki encyclopedia in all languages + updates during one year.  This would allow you to keep your encyclopedia updated with the newest articles and corrections via the reserved Downloads section of their website.

You would need a minimum of 4GB of storage available for WikiPock.  There is no trial version, but you can essentially see what the app looks like in the image above.  Otherwise, hey - it’s Wikipedia!  No surprises there!  :)

Buy it here.

Discuss it here.

Spb Software has released Spb Wallet 2.0.

Here are some of the features:

• Online Cards Gallery with 7,000+ most popular cards integrated into application and FREE custom templates development
• Better view for long fields on card
• Windows Desktop
  • Cloud sync with Google mail account
  • Sync with folder\network share\mass storage
  • Web browser integration(Internet Explorer, Firefox)
    • Special engine to protect from ‘phishing’ attacks
    • ‘Fill page’ button auto completes the login information, if site card is present in your wallet
    • Spb Wallet can save site/user name/password in wallet automatically when you log on to sites, not yet listed in your wallet
  • Drag & drop for card fields into other applications
  • Data importing: now data can be imported from HandySafe
• Windows Mobile
  • New User Interface
    • Adaptive skins
    • Finger-friendly
    • Smart scrolling
    • Gestures
    • Animation effects
    • New Logon panel
  • Auto fill for user name and password in Pocket Internet Explorer
  • Option to customize font/color of fields below card view
  • New option: show password fields in clear text always
  • Wallet data files takes 35% less space and works faster
  • New graphics, icons and less significant updates

It is very encouraging to see Spb Software still actively developing their applications for Windows Mobile.  While they are working on an iPhone version of Spb Wallet (to be released very soon), it is apparent they are still strongly focused on Windows Mobile, as is evidenced by this release and the pending release of Mobile Shell 3.0.  The same cannot be said for some other developers - seems the focus for many of them has gone the way of the iTurd…

If you want to Tweet from your Windows Mobile device, here are several Twitter apps for you to choose from:

1. ceTwit
2. Quakk
3. TwitToday
4. PockeTwit
5. Locify with Twitter
6. Twitter2Go
7. Twitula
8. Twobile
9. TinyTwitter

Personally, I am enjoying PockeTwit, though I’ve experimented with a few of the others as well.  Lots of choices!

There’s a new Silverlight-based portal for Windows Mobile applications designed specifically for customers in the EMEA region – that’s “Europe, Middle East, and Africa.” On this site, you can browse line of business applications  by industry or drill down into apps for sales force enablement, field force enablement, GPS, and more. Each app features a description, a scenario for its usage, and its benefits. You can click to see screenshots and to access more links – like the link to the app’s website, for example. For anyone in this geographic region, the site can be a valuable resource to help you find the best business apps for your Windows Mobile device. To take a look for yourself here.

Wonder what the timing is for this to be available in North America…

Source: Sarah Perez over at on10.net
(Via Mr Mobile)