The Aliph Jawbone2 Reviewed

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When the very first version of the Jawbone was released, it was widely regarded as one of the best Bluetooth headsets that a user could buy for the money, the proverbial Cadillac of Bluetooth Headsets. And like a Cadillac, it was one of the more expensive solutions, averaging between $85 to $120 when most other [...]

Quick Review: SPB’s Quads

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When you think of mobile gaming Windows Mobile tends not to be the platform that comes to mind. Indeed, 3D gaming on Windows Mobile does not tend to be much to write home about. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a great gaming experience on Windows Mobile. For the last week or so I [...]

Palm and Motorola Call it Quits on Windows Mobile

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This past week word broken that both Palm and Motorola would stop using Windows Mobile on their handheld devices. That can’t be good news for Microsoft as they struggle to regain market and mind share as new mobile operating systems are moving in quickly. But is really all doom and gloom? Sure, it’s never good [...]

A sneak-peek at the upcoming GPS Tuner Atlas

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A new version of GPS Tuner 6 is going through the beta test process (the public beta of which ends Monday), and the Regular Build released in a few days after that. The new version of the program will be renamed GPS Tuner Atlas, so as to differentiate it from the previous version. The new [...]

Microsoft Launches the Zune HD

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This past week Microsoft launched their latest version of their Zune music player, the Zune HD. One of the great new additions is a slick looking OLED screen. The Zune HD is a flash based player available in 16 and 32 GB storage sizes. If you’re planning to order from Amazon or pick one up [...]

The end of the Road for i-mate

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Earlier this year, i-mate laid off all of their US staff, and as of a couple days ago they have notified the remaining staff that they would be taking an indefinite unpaid leave. That can’t be a good sign. i-mate busted onto the scene in early 2003 with a rebranded version of HTC’s Tanager.  They [...]

Removing Application Lock on Windows Mobile Standard Devices

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Now that we know about Application Lock and the general principles behind it, we need to look at how to remove it from our phone so that you can install any application and make more customizations to your device. Using an XML Provisioning file, you can load and change a number of settings, more commonly [...]

Build Quality Issues with HTC Touch Pro 2

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It looks like HTC might be running into some build quality issues with the Touch Pro 2. Forum member MightyMike over at PPCGeeks has posted some pictures showing the battery door starting to bulge out on the sides of his Telus Touch Pro 2. If you look carefully, you can make out where the battery [...]

HTC Announces First Windows Mobile 6.5 Phone

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We don’t normally post news items here at MobileJaw; we figure people are already inundated with repetitious news. However, since this is the first device announced to be available with Windows Mobile 6.5 I figured we can get away with it. The HTC Touch2 is a relatively small Windows Phone that will indeed ship with [...]