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 The old fashioned appearance has been replaced by modern looking graphics and the overall concept has been modified to make work with the program even more intuitive and effective.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.

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.

Found this over on Mobility Site:  

Qipit is a free mobile online copy service.
Copy documents, whiteboards and handwritten notes with your camera phone (or digital camera) to store, fax, email or publish!

• Turn documents, notes and whiteboards into digital copies (PDFs)
• Email or fax qipit digital copies via email, your online Qipit account, or right from your phone
• Store all of your paper documents and notes as digital documents for easy archiving and sharing
• Tag your qipit documents for easy searching and sorting
• Publish and share your documents on the web  

Qipit isn’t exclusive to just Windows Phones, but our devices certainly make using Qipit very easy! And it’s free!

Discuss it here.

Coming soon…

Microsoft® My Phone syncs information between your mobile phone and the web, enabling you to:

• Back up and restore your phone’s information to a password-protected web site
• Access and update your contacts and appointments through your web account
• Share photos on your phone with family and friends

Find out more…

I think the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Feb 16-19) is going to be the launching board for more cool stuff than we imagined.  CES in Vegas was nothing for Windows Mobile this year, but MWC on the other hand….! 

Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile is now available for select Windows Mobile devices.  Currently, The Samsung Blackjack I and II, Motorola Q9h and Q9m, Palm Treo 700w/wx and Treo 750w are the only ones listed, but they say more are coming soon.

• Upload and store photos online as soon as you take them (get 2GB of storage free)
• View your online photos and albums from your phone
• Share them wherever you are

All you need is a supported Windows Mobile phone and a Photoshop.com membership.

Kinoma has launched Kinoma Play to unify media browsing, search and playback, making it the first true mobile media browser. Featuring a user interface inspired by the simplicity and beauty of a digital television, Kinoma Play turns any Windows Mobile smartphone into a digital media powerhouse.

With Kinoma Play, smartphones now have digital media capabilities that meet, and sometimes even exceed, what users can do on their personal computers. Kinoma Play goes beyond organizing and playing a user’s video, audio and picture files, by bringing in media from around the Internet through the built-in Kinoma Guide, the most comprehensive catalog of the freshest, most diverse mobile media available.

Kinoma Play provides on-demand access from your phone to an unparalleled range of content:

• Media files – Play the music, video, pictures, panoramas and audio books on your phone
• Media services – Share your Audible.com, Flickr, iDisk, Live365, and YouTube accounts between your phone and computer
• Internet – Explore a terabyte of constantly updated, free streaming podcasts, music, radio stations, web-cams and audio books from thousands of providers including ClearChannel, CNN, NPR, Reuters, SHOUTcast, TUNED.mobi, and SomaFM
• Home PC – Access the gigabytes of music, video and pictures on your home PC from your phone – both on-demand streaming and download

Kinoma Play is $29.99. You can get it here.  The software is compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 and higher.

Kinoma is also introducing Kinoma FreePlay as a free download. Kinoma FreePlay shares the same gorgeous user interface and simplicity of use with Kinoma Play. It is a great MP3 player and photo viewer and provides access to much of the Kinoma Guide including Audible.com, Flickr, Live365, Reuters, SHOUTcast, YouTube, and thousands of streaming podcasts.