Where Are All the Windows Mobile 6.1 Devices?

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Back on April 1st 2008, Microsoft stood on the stage at CTIA Wireless 2008 and announced the availability of Windows Mobile 6.1. This updated mobile OS is suppose to help broaden the consumer appeal and at the same time address the increasingly complex mobile needs of the enterprise customer. The new setup wizard would help [...]

Experience Mobility Gets A Facelift and New URL

Fellow Mobile Device MVP and friend, Jack Cook, has run into some bad luck with his site – Experience Mobility. The good news is that the problems are all in the past. The bad part is that he’s lost a lot of posts and is still working on saving the reviews. Jack has updated the [...]

Is The HP iPAQ 510 Really A Top Rated Smartphone?

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According to Expansys, the HP iPAQ 510 is among the 3 top rated Windows Mobile Smartphones on their site. The other 2, in case you’re wondering, are the Samsung BlackJack II and the Palm Treo 500v. I have no problems with the other two devices, they are both very nice handsets – yes, even the [...]

Backing Up Your PIM Data on the Device

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There are a number of different applications out there that will backup your Windows Mobile device. Some do it over ActiveSync from your desktop while others actually run on the device and save the backup to a storage card. Most of these apps are pretty good and provide a great way to create a 100% [...]

It’s Time To Call The Cops

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I spend a fair amount of time on the road each day; I know it’s not as much as what some of you spend, but it’s still enough. A couple years back I narrowly escaped getting hit by some fool going way to fast in a heavy rain storm. He ended up taking out 3 [...]

The Carrier Tides May be Changing in Canada

It seems almost too good to be true and it may be a while before we know anything for certain. However, yesterday the Canadian government auctioned off some new cellular spectrum. The end result was a $4.2 billion dollar windfall from 15 different companies. The government took a bold step (for Canadian government anyway) and [...]

Neo FreeRunner – Open Source GSM Phone is Now Available

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One of the guys at work passed this information along to me, and I felt I should share it with all of you. The Neo FreeRunner, also known as OpenMoko FreeRunner, is an open source GSM cell phone that runs a Linux based OS. The device sells for around $399 MSRP, but your local distributor [...]

Looking for Spare Parts for your Device?

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Over the years I’ve had to purchase many different parts for my devices. Sometimes it’s been the battery cover, or a cracked case, or even a new screen. The place I keep returning to is Cellular Nationwide Network – CNN for short. These guys have parts for almost any phone and I’m not just talking [...]

Ilium Updates eWallet to Version 6.1

While I was away on vacation, one of my all time favorite and must have applications was updated – eWallet. The latest version is now 6.1 and is a free update for people with version 6.0. If you’re running the older version 5, then there is a small upgrade fee. I’ve been running a private [...]

Unlimited Data Plans for Pre-Paid Customers

Thanks to the crazy roaming cost of data, when I travel to the US, I use my AT&T SIM card. I simply forward all calls from my Canadian number to my AT&T SIM and I’m off and running – sort of. There’s two small problems. The first is text messages; These just don’t forward and [...]