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Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Blog (www.pocketpcmag.com) has great Windows Mobile news, photos, videos and more
Sunday, Jul 22
REVIEW: MyMobiler, a brand new, pretty good, free (!) handheld controller tool
The handheld controller scene (a desktop Windows computer controlling a Windows Mobile device) is pretty lively. SOTi, the market leader, have just released a brand new and pretty nice series of their well-known, market leader Pocket Controller (see my SPT / PPCT-frontpaged review HE...
Opinion: (Mostly) games and emulator news as of 07/21/2007
Note that the following news items apply to both the Pocket PC (Windows Mobile 6 Pro / Classic) and MS Smartphone (Windows Mobile 6 Standard) devices! SmartGear, updated to version 0.27, goes official and is also released for the desktop PC!
Thursday, Jul 12
Ever wanted to know how to play back Flash content on your MS Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard)?
Read my Smartphone Web Browsing Bible – I’ve just added the related (1.5.1.1) section. Note that, yesterday, I've also posted some other never-before-published hacks and tips. Make sure you re-read the article if it was the day before yesterday that you read it.
Tuesday, Jul 10
Browsing the Web on MS Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard) devices & Review of forthcoming Opera Mini 4
Unfortunately, the SP version of the built-in IEM, even as of Windows Mobile 6 Standard (that is, the latest SP operating system version), is considerably inferior to the Pocket PC (PPC) version shipped with WM6. For example, Read more!
Saturday, Jul 7
Instant Messaging Bible Update: MS Smartphone (WM Standard) info & Fring review & other news
The constant evolution of the clients (for example, the recent release of the really promising and, on Windows Mobile, except for Microsoft Portrait unprecedented and unrivalled Fring client) and the MS Smartphone (WM 6 Standard) platform have forced me to embark on an update to the ro...
Wednesday, Jul 4
Opinion: Playing point-and-click (LucasArts etc.) adventure classics under ScummVM
Important note: PocketScumm used to be the name of the PocketPC port of ScummVM, but that name is now deprecated. Now, the official name is “ScummVM for Windows CE”. Don’t use the former to look for reviews or downloads as it will only show very old versions.
Monday, Jun 18
Opinion: Emulating home computers on Windows Mobile Part V - ZX Spectrum
In this roundup, I present a full roundup of the Windows Mobile (both Pocket PC and MS Smartphone) emulators of the platform. As usual, I'm absolutely sure you won't find a better discussion of the subject anywhere else. And, in addition, I present you a lot of new and REALLY groundbreaking i...
Saturday, Jun 16
Opinion: Emulating home computers on Windows Mobile Part IV - Commodore 64
Supporting low-end hardware, fortunately, also means support for even low-end, low-resolution (176*220) MS Smartphones. As the Smartphone platform has way fewer games than its big brother, the Pocket PC, emulation becomes even more important. While, fortunately, there are some rea...
Thursday, Jun 14
Opinion: HTC Touch Released- MiniView Coming Soon
HTC just launched a new Windows Mobile Professional nope, I refuse to remind you guys again that Pro is the new WM 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition which is the new Windows Mobile 2003SE which is the Pocket PC 2002 which is the...no...not funny?) which set the industry on it's ear.
Monday, Jun 4
Opinion: Do you have an MS Smartphone (Windows Mobile (6) Standard)? Then, you'll have a LOT to read!
Due to both popular demand and some EXCELLENT new Smartphone models pretty much comparable to even Pocket PC's, I've decided to put special attention to MS Smartphone (Windows Mobile (6) Standard) devices in the future. This means a LOT of never-before published tips, tricks, hacks, tu...
Saturday, Jun 2
Review: decent phone call (!) / note / MP3 recorder VITO AudioNotes 1.3 out!
While most Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC Phone Edition (in the new, WM6 parlance, “Windows Mobile Professional”; from now on, I refer to them as “PPC PE” devices) models aren’t capable of making quality phone call recordings, some (not very common) PPC PE models have no problems at rec...
Friday, May 25
Opinion: The definitive guide to running (MS-)DOS (80x86) programs under Windows Mobile
Note that, in this article, I refer to all DOS operating systems of the IBM PC as “MS-DOS”. Naturally, the discussion also applies to DR-DOS and PC-DOS and, in this roundup & tutorial, instead of elaborating on the basic operating system itself, I mostly concentrate on the most import...
Monday, Apr 30
Opinion: New, 1.4 version of great Windows Mobile process monitor acbTaskMan out!
acbTaskMan (see review HERE) is no doubt the BEST CPU usage charter utility for Windows Mobile. Now, with the new, 1.4 version, it has received network monitoring features. Make sure you upgrade to the new version – it’s really worth it!
Sunday, Apr 22
Podcast: I'm interviewed for an hour by Laptop Fu
Alex’s topics range from the latest laptop news to Microsoft to Kurt Vonnegut to AMD vs Intel, plus much, much more. Interviewees have included Steve Garrity of Microsoft Live, me, and Alex’s Dad. Alex originally contacted me both in his role as a Windows Mobile software developer and to se...
Friday, Apr 13
Review: PPL - Pocket Programming Language from ArianeSoft
For years, Windows Mobile developers used tools from Microsoft to develop commercial or professional quality applications. Over the years, development tools like NS Basic from www.nsbasic.com, Basic 4 PPC from www.basic4ppc.com and others specialized in forms and database manipulati...
Tuesday, Apr 3
How To: YouTube / Google Video on Windows Mobile Article Updated
I've just updated my tutorial on how YouTube / Google Video videos should be played back on a Pocket PC. The updated version is available here.
Wednesday, Mar 21
Opinion: acbPocketSoft releases best Windows Mobile process monitor acbTaskMan – a highly recommended app even for non-pro Windows Mobile users!
Anyone having read my well-known articles on measuring the power consumption of Windows Mobile devices (see for example this Pocket PC & Smartphone Magazine article) knows the really excellent, free tool acbPowerMeter perfectly suited for the job.
