Windows Mobile Louisville

Viigo has released version 3.0.38 for Windows Phones.  
 
The update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.  The core emphasis with this release was to substantially improve the stability of their application, but they also managed to develop a whole bunch of new goodies to enjoy

• Twitter - So the most amazing thing just happened and you can’t wait to share the news with your friends. With this version you’ll be able to post anything that you read in Viigo to Twitter, with a single click.
• March Madness - With comprehensive stats packages, breaking news and up to the minute results you will have every angle covered in the palm of your hand.  
• Shopping – Keep your eye on the latest mobile software, accessories, games, themes and more. Purchase and download these goodies directly from your smartphone. 
• Movie Listings – Instantly scope out what movies are playing near you, get a preview of the coming attractions, read movie reviews, and click to call the theatre to book your tickets.
• More Audio – They’ve teamed up with podcast.com to deliver over 85,000 podcasts, all one click away from within Viigo.  Browse, search for, and subscribe to a whole bunch of cool new podcasts, all in their easy-to-navigate library.
• More Local Interest – Check out their growing portfolio of local content… Craig’s List, Search for Jobs, Traffic Updates, Metro/Transit Updates, and Local Restaurant Listings.  
• Stocks and Finance – Has the market bottomed out yet? Create customized portfolios, track the value of your stocks, and subscribe to a variety of popular business publications and investment news.  
• Flights and Travel – Road Warriors hate it, but it’s something we all have to deal with - Is my flight on time?  Track the status of your flights, and search for new flights (Train and Rail Schedules are coming soon).

This version will also work on much wider variety of Windows Phones.

Get Viigo for free here.

Discuss it here.

Despite the economy, smartphones had a good 4th quarter in 2008.

And numbers published today by Gartner show that Windows Mobile is far from dead.  Worldwide sales to end users were up 12.2 percent from 2007 to 2008, giving Windows Mobile 11.8 percent of the 2008 market share, behind Symbian and Research in Motion.

Granted, Windows Mobile’s growth wasn’t anywhere near as strong as RIM’s (96.7 percent) or Apple’s (245.7 percent!) or even Palm’s (42.2 percent), but it’s positive growth.  The Symbian OS fell 6.1 percent from 2007 to 2008 but still has a little more than half of the world’s market share.  BlackBerry has 16.6 percent of the market, followed by Windows Mobile at 11.8 percent.  The iPhone came in fourth at 8.2 percent.

That doesn’t mean we won’t see significant changes in those numbers this year - Apple is due to release a significant update some time this year, and Palm is about the unleash the Pre, but one thing is for sure - Windows Mobile isn’t dead.  But they certainly have to stay aggressive and smart.

Source: WM Experts, JKontheRun

Recently, news was circulating from a NY times article that said Microsoft was going to reduce the amount of devices that ran Windows Mobile. 

 Turns out it was an editorial mess-up, and is not true.  So, we’re back to 140+ devices and growing!  That can be a good thing and a bad thing, as we’ve mentioned before.  Good, because choice is always nice, but bad, because it can be difficult to establish consistency when there are so many platforms out there…

Omega One has been making some very useful applications for Windows Mobile devices for a long time.  Recently I checked out 1-ToGo, which is pretty cool.  It brings a lot of useful features together into one place.

1-ToGo is a brand new concept in Windows Mobile utilities - an enhanced web service which brings the best of the web right to your mobile device. Other solutions force you to use their view of the web. 1-ToGo allows you to get to the data you want.

Here’s a list of what 1-ToGo features: 

• Front Page - Your own newspaper front page with your favorite news feeds.
• World Time / Weather
• News / RSS
• E-mail - Get e-mail easily on the go from your Yahoo, GMail, Windows Live (Hotmail), AOL Mail, Mail2Web, Inbox.com, BigString or HotPOP account.
• Instant Messenger - 1-ToGo allows you to use Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, Google Talk or eBuddy simply through your phone.
• Social Networking - Easily check out mobile formatted versions of MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Windows Live Spaces, Twitter or MocoSpace.
• Stocks
• Unit/Currency Converter
• Movie Times / Reviews
• Games
• Search - At the bottom of every page is a search link for Google, Yahoo, Windows Live, Wikipedia, Ask.com, Answers.com or Bloglines.

There is a 30 day trial of 1-ToGo.  Just point your mobile browser to http://1togo.mobi.  It will auto-detect what device you are using so you can download the correct CAB file to install.

1-ToGo is $29.99 to purchase initially.  Each contiguous 12 month subscription renewal is $19.99.

The BETA of Viigo’s Project Tango for Windows Mobile devices kicked off on July 7th.

Initial support is in for News & RSS, Audio & Podcasts, Weather, Sports, Entertainment, Stocks and Finance with support coming soon for Flight Scheduling  & Status, Local Interest (Hotel & Restaurant reviews, Local Events etc.) and more. Starting today, in partnership with Microsoft, there will be special content in the build, covering breaking news and conference details from the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.

To see a quick preview of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference edition of Viigo’s exciting new platform, or to get a copy of the BETA, you can go here from your computer, or you can visit here from your mobile browser.

We are happy to announce that there is finally an RSS feed for the new version of the Discussion Forum!

As you can see over in the navigation panel on the right side of the page, the 5 most recent posts from the forum are posted there.  You can also add this feed to any RSS reader that you might use, such as Newsbreak, Spb Insight, or any of the multitude of readers available on the desktop PC!  This will allow readers to easily spot discussions that might be of interest. 

This is in addition to the RSS link at the top of the page, which gives you the latest posts here on the main part of the site.  I highly recommend using both feeds, to stay on top of the latest with Windows Mobile Louisville!

Thanks to John Foland for being the fire under my butt to get this RSS feed up & running for the new forum!

Hey sports nuts! Sports Illustrated has released MySI Mobile beta for Windows Mobile devices.  Download it and have the latest information on your 4 favorite teams 24 hours a day. Scores, schedules and standings are updated every time you launch the application.

• Scores, schedules, standings for your 4 favorite teams
• View the week’s best photos
• Add important games to your Outlook calendar
• Update your favorite teams as the seasons change 

Not all WM devices are supported, so check here to see if your device is on the list.  SI says they are constantly expanding the list.  If your device is on the list, there are two ways you can install it:  (more…)