Last night I was invited by LG to take a look at their new device line-up, which included the brand new LG IQ, better known under the code name Monaco. While the IQ is not currently on sale, it will be available from Telus before the end of the year. If you consider that it [...]
Megalith-Systems releases DynaInk
My good friend Gabor has created yet another wonderful program to add to the list: Megalith-Systems (the original publishers of the popular GPS Tuner 4.x / 5.x series) has announced the release of DynaInk, a new and exciting drawing application for Windows Mobile devices. DynaInk is a simple yet revolutionary new drawing application, [...]
Rogers Gets its Hand Slapped
In a mirror image of what is happening in the US, Rogers has been told to stop making claims of being the “most reliable’ network in Canada. Rogers has been making this claim for a long time now but Telus has finally taken them to task on these claims. What I’m really surprised at is [...]
My First Podcast
On the weekend Simon Sage of IntoMobile.com invited me to be on their podcast, The Signal and I jumped at the chance. We recorded it on Thursday and since I’m a mobile geek I just HAD to use my phone to do it. I used the Windows Mobile version of Skype and it worked out [...]
Experimenting with Something New
I’ve been using a mobile device of one kind or another since around 1994 or so. From Palm and Handspring, to Pocket PC and Windows Mobiles, to today’s Windows Phones. It wasn’t until Microsoft released their Windows Mobile Smartphone based OS that I really found something that I connected with. While I enjoyed using the [...]
Market Place for Mobile Makes its way to Windows Mobile 6.0 & 6.1
On October 6th, Microsoft launched their new Windows Phone running Windows Mobile 6.5 One of the many features is the addition of a market place for mobile devices. At the time of launch, this was only available for Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. This week, Microsoft has made Market Place for Mobile available to all Windows [...]
Taking a Closer Look at Samsungs Jack Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.5
Last week, Samsung released Windows Mobile 6.5 for their popular Jack Smartphone. Microsoft claims that the Windows Mobile 6.5 update is all about touch. It offers an improved home screen and today menu for touch screen devices, as well as an updated version of Internet Explorer Mobile, Market Place for Mobile, and a number of [...]
The New Cellular Competition in Canada
FINALLY there is some competition happening in Canada. Unfortunately it isn’t a new cellular provider but at least there are some new and decent things happening. How does some competition for Rogers stranglehold on GSM and iPhone sound? I’m referring to the launch of the new HSPA network by Bell and Telus. Ok, ok, I [...]
Setting up Windows Mobile Device Emulator
When you’re developing for Windows Mobile, you need to think about the various flavors and screen sizes that the platform is available on. If you’re not able to stock each of the possible configurations for testing, then you might want to consider using an emulator. By installing the standalone device emulator, you can easily test [...]
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