Taking a Closer Look at Microsoft Tag

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Microsoft recently took the wraps off a new barcoding standard. The new system is called Tags and uses triangles arranged in a 5 x 10 grid with 4 different colors to produce a high capacity color barcode. What makes this new system better, or worse, than regular barcodes, QR Codes, or any of the other [...]

HTC Responsible for 80% of Windows Mobile Device Sales

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It shouldn’t come as a big surprise to hear that HTC has sold 80% of all Windows Mobile smartphones sold to date. After all, they dominate the Million+ sellers list with 7 out of the total of 11 devices. But when you start to break down the numbers, it really starts to get interesting. Microsoft [...]

Pantech and AT&T Launch Matrix Pro Smartphone

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Pantech, along with AT&T, announced the release of the Matrix Pro – a follow-up to their original dual slider. The Matrix Pro is a member of AT&T’s 3G family of devices, which means you can expect some serious speed when surfing on this device. It also sports a 528MHz processor, 256MB ROM / 128 MB [...]

Samsung Adds New Valencia Device to Line Up

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Samsung has announced a new messenger style device called “Valencia” that will be running Windows Mobile 6.5. This new device will sport a 393 MHz processor with 128MB RAM / 128MB ROM, a 320 x 240 non-touch screen, Tri-band GSM with GPRS, Edge, UMTS, 3G, and HSDPA. There’s a small 20MB internal storage along with [...]

LG Makes a Serious Commitment to Windows Mobile

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Today at Mobile World Congress, LG announced their support for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile in a strong way. LG will make Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system the primary operating system for their smartphone devices. Over the next 4 years, LG will produce 50 different mobile devices powered by Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. The bulk of [...]

Microsoft Takes the Wraps off Windows Mobile 6.5

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Today at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft has revealed the next version of their mobile operating system – Windows Mobile 6.5. The user experience in Windows Mobile 6.5 has changed significantly from past versions. From the lock screen you will be able to see your next meeting information along with quickly accessing voicemail, text messages, email, [...]

Microsoft’s New Recite For Windows Mobile Reviewed

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Microsoft has just released a new application for Windows Mobile users called Recite. Recite uses search technology along with voice pattern matching to help locate an audio note and play it back. Simply put, record yourself talking and then search through previous recordings to find the one you’re looking for. Think of it like this, [...]

Where is the SMTP Patch for BlackJack II Users?

Back in the middle of November, Microsoft released a patch for people having problems sending emails on Windows Mobile devices. As it turned out, there was a small bug that would prevent devices from being able to send email from a given account. You could be working just fine for days or months and then [...]

Changing Menu Layouts Between Numbers and Letters

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Some Windows Mobile devices are configured to show the menu items prefixed with a number, while other devices will use a letter of the alphabet. Sometimes the letter is in front of the menu item, while other times they underscore a letter in the menu item. Typically, devices with a front facing keyboard are using [...]