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- Carnival of the Mobilists #84
- I have been very remiss in posting regular links to the excellent Carnival of the Mobilists newsletters and I'm sorry about that. I just read through the 84th Edition and thoroughly enjoyed many of the articles covered in this latest roundup of mobility writing. Articles posted this week are grouped...
- Tags: Smartphone, S60, Nokia, Mobile software, mobile services, iPhone, Carnival of the Mobilists
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Documents to Go update supports Palm Desktop for Vista beta
- We talked about Palm Desktop support for Vista in MobileTechRoundup show #106 and I just received an email from DataViz announcing that Documents to Go 10.001 now supports the beta Palm Desktop for Vista. Documents to Go is an essential application for Treo and Palm device users who need to...
- Tags: Smartphone, Palm, Mobile software
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Classic Bejeweled game comes to the Apple iPhone
- One of the all-time greatest games on mobile devices is Bejeweled from PopCap Games. I just read on Mobility Site that they are now offering this classic on the Apple iPhone through the Safari browser. All you have to do is visit www.popcap.com on your iPhone and Bejeweled will appear....
- Tags: Mobile software, iPhone, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- MobileTechRoundup show #106: U.S. 3G, Palm OS and Vista, and the iPhone
- Listen here (MP3, 29.1 MB, 31:40 minutes)Subscribe to the show with this link RSSJames, Kevin, and I kick off MobileTechRoundup show #106 by reading and responding to a couple of listener emails concerning Bluetooth keyboards and gestures on Windows Mobile. The HTC Cavalier Windows Mobile smartphone is available now...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Palm, MoTR podcast, Mobile software, iPhone, HTC, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Easily add custom ringtones to your iPhone for US$9.95
- While the ringtones on the iPhone for the most part are pretty decent, I prefer to use theme songs from my youth or favorite movies on my devices so I was disappointed that custom ringtone support was not available. I saw there was some complicated method to get custom ringtones...
- Tags: Apple, iPhone, Mobile software
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- How can you read an ebook on an Apple iPhone?
- One reason I continue to carry a device other than my iPhone is for ebook reading while commuting and traveling. Kevin Tofel posted some thoughts on reading ebooks on the iPhone using Amazon Upgrade that then prompted me to email myself a PDF version of a book. The PDF version...
- Tags: Mobile software, iPhone, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-21
- Edit and create Word and Excel docs on S60 devices with OfficeSuite 4
- Nokia markets their Nseries mobile devices as "multimedia computers" and for the most part they do serve as excellent audio and video platforms. The Nseries also comes loaded with other productivity applications, like thw QuickOffice viewer application. Their Eseries line is targeted towards the enterprise user and comes loaded with...
- Tags: Symbian, Smartphone, S60, Review, Nseries, Nokia, Mobile software
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Manage your Basecamp project with TrailGuide
- The tagline for this blog is Work where you want to be and much of what makes that possible is the 3rd party application developers that enhance the productivity options of mobile devices. Michael Compeau sent me some news about a new mobile application, TrailGuide, that is an optimized mobile...
- Tags: On the road, Mobile software
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- iPhone web apps are good for S60 too
- Jason posted on the fact that there are now over 150 web applications for the Apple iPhone, which is quite encouraging. I then used a Nokia N95, that has the same web browser base building block that the iPhone does, to visit a couple of the application index sites. The...
- Tags: Nokia, S60, Mobile software, iPhone, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Nokia kicks off Mobile Rules! 2008 competition
- Symbian is the world's leading smartphone operating system and unlike the Apple iPhone manufacturers like Nokia actively support 3rd party application development. To emphasize and honor those developers who are out there working to design applications to make our live more efficient, fun, and rewarding Nokia is launching the second...
- Tags: Mobile software, Nokia, S60, Smartphone, Symbian
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Nokia adds Skype and Adobe Flash support to the N800 Internet Tablet
- My Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host Kevin Tofel had a chance to see and play with the N800 and Skype while at the Digital Experience event a couple of weeks ago. James just posted that Nokia was quick to deliver on the promise of Skype for the Nokia N800 Internet...
- Tags: Gadgets, Linux, Mobile software, Nokia, Nseries, Ultra portable PC
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Mail for Exchange available for Nokia Nseries devices
- I have a couple of Nokia Nseries devices for testing and evaluation from the Nseries Blogger Relations program and early last year I was able to use an older version of Mail for Exchange on them to sync with my hosted Exchange account. Versions after 1.3 broke this functionality on...
- Tags: Symbian, Smartphone, S60, Nokia, Mobile software
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Forum Nokia developers actively support S60 devices
- I am a big fan of the S60 platform and in particular the Nokia N95, Nokia N73 and N93 and one major differences between these devices and the iPhone is the huge 3rd party development community. Michael Tangeman, from The Pen Group sent along a loaner Nokia N80ie loaded with...
- Tags: Smartphone, S60, Review, Nokia, Mobile software
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- First Look: TalkPlus Mobile S60 client
- There are some very good Voice 2.0 services available to help you be more productive and efficient in your work and one company that I chatted with back at CES in January is TalkPlus. I tried out their TalkPlus Mobile service late last fall and in the winter, primarily using...
- Tags: Voice 2.0, Symbian, Smartphone, S60, Nokia, Mobile software, mobile services
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- 6 iPhone questions I need AT&T and/or Apple to answer
- Even after laying out what my personal costs to buy the iPhone would be and finding out the number is quite high I am still seriously thinking about camping out in line at my local AT&T store. I already called them to confirm they would be getting some and also...
- Tags: Wireless carriers, Smartphone, Mobile software, iPhone, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- fring VoIP now available for Windows Mobile devices
- Back in February I posted a blog entry on how S60 was in the lead for mobile VoIP and it seems that now Windows Mobile is catching up with the release of a new client. The excellent mobile VoIP application, fring, is now available for Windows Mobile 5 and 6...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, VoIP, Smartphone, Mobile software, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Opera Mini 4: who needs an iPhone for mobile web browsing?
- As we get closer and closer to the release of the Apple iPhone I think some people are finally taking a more in-depth look at what other choices there are already on the market and trying to understand if the iPhone is as revolutionary as Apple has stated. One area...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Symbian, Smartphone, S60, Review, Palm, Nokia, Mobile software, iPhone, BlackBerry
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- IM from your Nokia device with Gizmo Project
- A couple of days ago my Mobile Tech Roundup podcast co-host, Kevin Tofel, posted news that Gizmo Project added IM support for AIM and MSN Messenger. They even made it very easy to add your buddies to your Gizmo Project contact lists. You can also call people on Yahoo Messenger,...
- Tags: Mobile software, Nokia, S60, Smartphone, Symbian, VoIP
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- Sync your Nokia mobile device media to your Mac natively
- As regular readers know I am a part of the Nokia Nseries Blogger Relations program and get the opportunity to review some very cool Nokia smartphones like the N95, N93 and N73. My primary home computer is a MacBook Pro and up until now I have always used the Nokia...
- Tags: Symbian, Smartphone, S60, Nokia, Mobile software
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- How can you enter text on the HTC Touch?
- One of the weak points of the new HTC Touch is the lack of a good text entry system. There is a large option for the integrated keyboard, but even that is too small for using your finger and requires stylus input. I quickly loaded a couple of 3rd party...
- Tags: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile software, HTC, Gadgets
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
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