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Mar 13 Tatung announced the Tatung M1A Smartphone at CeBIT
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, Devices, Smartphone,

During the CeBIT 2006, Tatung, another Taiwanese manufacture of Windows Mobile devices, unveiled its Tatung M1A, the follower of the Tatung M1 Windows Mobile Smartphone. Nevertheless, the M1A, the follower of the M1, got some important feature-updates which makes the device even better, and IMHO the M1 was a nice device already.

First of all, Tatung redesigned the keyboard since the M1 keyboard was hard to use. Another upgrade to the Tatung M1A Smartphone is the QVGA color screen instead of the initial 176x220 pixel screen plus 64 MB additional RAM which gives it 128 MB RAM now. The camera was updated too and now it is 2.1 megapixel, most likely released with a photo light. Like the forerunner, the M1A is also a quadband GSM and GPRS device.
Keep in mind that Tatung is a pure ODM for Windows Mobile Smartphones, therefore you will never see devices, sold under the brand name Tatung but only under operators or resellers brand names.

The estimated retail price is 249 Euro since Tatung's target is to be cheaper than HTC and the planned world wide availability was announced for Q3 2006.

Source - theunwired.net

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Mar 13 Gigabyte introduces g-Smart i Pocket PC Phone Edition
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Devices, Mobile News, Pocket PC,

The g-Smart i follows its forerunner, the g-Smart but unlike the g-Smart, the g-Smart i is a typical candybar Pocket PC, running Windows Mobile 5.0 with AKU 2, featuring a 2.1 megapixel camera, supporting triband GSM and GPRS class 10, W-LAN b and Bluetooth 1.2 and is powered by a Intel PXA272 Bulverde CPU with 416 MHz.

However, the highlight for sure is the support for analogue TV, which is - so far - analogue only but as Gigabyte confirmed, the Taiwanese manufacture is working on DVB-T as well as DVH-H and DMB support.

Gigabyte g-Smart i Features :

Operating system Mobile Windows 5 (AKU 2,0)
Support GSM/GPRS TriBand 900/180071900
128 MB of ROM, 64 MB of RAM
Display TFT LCD from 2,4"to 262.000 colors QVGA
Bluetooth 1.2
Wi-Fi 802.11b
Analogic receiver TV
Integrated radio FM
Camera knows 2,1 Megapixel
Slot of espensione miniSD
Battery from 920/1300mAh
dimensions 106,2 x 53 x milimeter
Weight 130 grams

The device will be equipped of a wide package of applications of third parts. The g-Smart it will arrive on the market for the end of May to a street price that would have to be gone around around to the 600 USD.

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Mar 13 Smartphone GPRS Traffic Monitor 3.5 for Windows Mobile Devices
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Software, Smartphone,

Probably you want to keep track of GPRS usage on your Windows Mobile Smartphone? The Smartphone GPRS Traffic Monitor v3.5 by Efficasoft, allows you to monitor GPRS data usage both graphically and numerically on your smartphone, thereby giving you more control on your mobile phone bill.

Written in native C code, the Smartphone GPRS Traffic Monitor v3.5 application will not increase the load of you device because it is less than 100KB in size and is especially designed to consume minimum system resources.
Smartphone GPRS Traffic Monitor v3.5 Features:

* Fully supports Windows Mobile Smartphones (2002, 2003, 2003SE, WM5) and QVGA (240x320) screen.
* Monitor multiple connections simultaneously.
* Home Screen GPRS traffic display with easy switch between Day/Month views.
* Friendly interface design, detailed usage statistics at a glance.
* Connection status and IP address display.
* Multilanguage support - English, French and German.

Full and trial versions of Smartphone GPRS Traffic Monitor v3.5 here.

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Mar 13 gSmart Phone from Gigabyte review
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, Pocket PC, Reviews,

Gigabyte's gSmart is one fantastic little Pocket PC phone that has a built-in TV tuner! This device is already preinstalled (and will be released) with the full Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2, which includes the Microsoft Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) for "direct e-mail push" and features such as "remote wiping" and "policy enforcement" from your Exchange 2003 SP2 server, and the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) for streaming stereo audio over to your compatible Bluetooth headset.

Since the gSmart is currently a Tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM phone, it may put off some Cingular customers in the United States who rely on the 850MHz band.

Nice option is that when you insert your SIM card and boot up the device the Today plug-in instantly accesses the wireless functions and shows your current cellular network.

Again, I will note that the gSmart test device I received directly from Gigabyte did not contain the final version of the firmware, so there are likely a few more changes to be implemented and bug-fixes to be resolved. I can't even be sure that the battery supplied with it has been conditioned or used extensively to honestly gauge the true, expected battery life. However, the device as a whole performed like a champ, and would definitely be one to look out for. One feature not shown here in this overview is an optional menu system/program launcher called "3D MMI." It was removed from the ROM and is now provided as a separate, optional install off the accompanying CD-ROM.
sais Raphael Salgado from pocketpcthoughts.com .

The gSmart is a force to be reckoned with. Even though Gigabyte may be new to the mobile device market, I will admit that they have easily "schooled" the veteran ODMs/OEMs who think that providing basic hardware and software is enough. The designers of the gSmart were definitely thinking "outside the box" even before they were putting the goodies inside the box. They deserve much praise for their hard work and implementation, while the hardware engineers and designers came up with a strong product for multimedia and portabilty lovers alike.

Full review of this device can be found here.

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Mar 13 FlexMail 2006 e-mail client for Pocket PC released by WebIS
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Software, Pocket PC, email,

FlexMail 2006 is a full featured email client for your Pocket PC. It supports reading and replying to ActiveSynched email for basic operations or through its infinitely more powerful POP3/IMAP4 services straight to your email server. WebIS FlexMail 2006 supports industry standard like SSL and SOCKS proxies, and that gives you th cnance to can connect to almost any email provider including GMail!

FlexMail 2006 has lots of options that helps you customize your email usage much more than any the Pocket PC Inbox allows. You can receive your email via ActiveSync and respond via your POP3/IMAP4 SMTP account. You can create local folders and server folders as easy as synchronizing by age, size, and synchronizations status any e-mail recieved.

FlexMail 2006 is the reincarnation of WebIS Mail 2.2. It is a free upgrade to all previous Mail or @Mail owners. The registration codes will continue to work with FlexMail 2006. Simply download the upgrade and install over your current installation.

FlexMail 2006 has following features :

* SSL support
* GMail Pop3 SSL support
* Full High DPI VGA Support
* Speed improvements
* 3 Pane View in VGA mode
* Multi-Page View
* Single Page view
* Even greater compatibility with mail servers and newer PDA devices.
* SOCKS proxy support
* Mail storage on an SD or CF card (this is slower however)
* Character set support with separate settings on reading/composing
* BASE 64 or Quoted Printable encodings
* Powerful notification settings
* Customized Connection settings
* Per account schedules
* Separate authentication (host, user/pass, socks, and SSL) for incoming and outgoing mail
* IMAP Root folder support
* Extensive and powerful IMAP Synchronization support
* Granular Mail Downloading settings
* HTML email viewing for POP3/IMAP accounts (not for ActiveSync)
* Signatures

Download trial, upgrade your installation or order new version of FlexMail 2006 here.

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Mar 13 ATEKsoft released CoolCamera V1.02 for HTC Magician
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Software, Smartphone,

Sometimes you may find you built-in camera application is not enough solution for you, in this case you may take a look at this new application called CoolCamera. ATEKsoft CoolCamera is program that allows you to take pictures and video on PDA-phones like I-mate JAM, MDA Compact, QTEK S100/S110, O2 XDA mini, Orange SPV M500 and Dopod 818.

ATEKsoft CoolCamera has these key features:

High frame rate is one of the key features and it can reach up to 25 fps and smooth video. It also provides you efficient encoding algorithm that will utilize your XScale processor at maximum!
Easy camera control supports performing of all actions only by using hardware buttons.
Camera adjustment without leaving view-finder mode.
Interval picture capturing.
It can take High resolution video in Motion Jpeg AVI format (up to 1280x960).
Pause/resume video recording process is other good solution if you want to make something other while shooting video.
CoolCamera V1.02 supports these video resolutions and frame rates (all are including sound):

160x120 - 25 fps
320x240 - 20 fps
320x480 - 14-15 fps
640x240 - 16 fps
640x480 - 10 fps
1280x960 - 1-2 fps

You can try the program from ATEKsoft's website.

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Mar 13 Moonfighter from Astraware reviewed
Published by root in:Games, Palm, Treo, Pocket PC, Reviews,

Moon Fighter is a challenging new title developed by Pazzazz Games and published by Astraware. This welcome release fills a void not only in the company’s catalog but in the Palm and Pocket PC games market in general. Harkening back to classics like Lunar Lander or Gravitar, Moonfighter takes classic gravity-oriented gameplay and adds Asteroids-style rotating shoot ‘em up action.

In addition to these exercises in booster rocket physics, you must contend with increasing numbers of enemies. The earliest levels feature only gun turrets but subsequent areas offer flying saucer gunships, mechanical spiders and forcefields. I noticed that some of the enemies are very aggressive in attacking your ship while others merely fire only when you are in immediate proximity. Your craft is limited to a single weapon that cannot be upgraded or fired rapidly. A tiny radar screen is thankfully provided in the upper left corner of the screen.

While the initial stages are nearly devoid of enemies, things begin getting nasty by the sixth or seventh level of each difficulty level. Simultaneously having your shields at 10%, four enemies onscreen and the cavern floor just a few pixels away makes for some sweaty palms indeed (pun intended)! Unfortunately, unless you are a die-hard shooter aficionado, most players will be like me and probably begin to tire of the game before they can plumb its upper difficulty levels. This simplistic charm that makes the game so accessible also proves to be its downfall. I found the sweet spot to be ~10 to 12 levels in on each difficulty level. Those stages proved challenging enough to give some serious gaming goodness during a lunch break but not difficult enough to make me want to smash my TX! I actually found myself playing the random “Infinite Moons” levels after playing through the training tutorial but prior to playing straight through the insanely difficult Veteran & Ace levels.

Moonfighter for Pocket PC

Moonfighter for Palm OS

Read the whole review here

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Mar 09 Trend Micro Protection for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, Smartphone, Pocket PC, Symbian, WM5,

Trend Micro has unveiled enhanced antivirus and SMS anti-spam protection for data-centric wireless mobile devices running on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. Trend Micro Mobile Security helps mobile operators, enterprises, and consumers protect themselves from malicious mobile code like viruses and SMS spam. By protecting their mobile workforce, large organisations can help ensure employee productivity and secure the extended company network from malicious attack.

Trend Micro Mobile Security also enables mobile operators to provide value-added security services to their subscribers. “The number of people using data-centric devices and Smartphones continues to grow, and, as a result, so does the potential security threat to users,” said Raimund Genes, Trend Micro chief technologist of anti-malware. “The network boundary has shifted, and organizations and operators now need to consider extending security measures to protect user devices. Trend Micro is focused on providing such additional network-wide protection as threats evolve and diversify.”

Trend Micro Mobile Security protects devices running a number of operating systems. These systems include Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE for Smartphone, Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE for Pocket PC and PocketPC Phone Edition, Symbian OS 7.0 with UIQ 2.0/2.1 , Symbian OS v7.0s/v8.0a/v8.1a with Series 60 User Interface and now Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0.
Trend Micro Mobile Security 2.0 for Windows Mobile 5.0 (PocketPC and Smartphone) is available in May 2006 with pricing beginning at USD 24.95 per device. For more information and a complete list of supported devices.

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Mar 09 Microsoft Ultra-Mobile PC unveiled at CeBIT 2006
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, Devices, UMPC,

Microsoft unveiled details for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers /UMPC/, a new category of mobile computing devices that features small, lightweight, carry-everywhere hardware designs coupled with the full functionality of a Microsoft Windows-based PC and a choice of input options, including enhanced touch-screen capabilities. The presentation of this new platform happened during the CeBIT 2006 in Germany, the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions.

According to Bill Mitchell, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Windows Mobile Platforms Division, the UMPCs are a new category of mobile PCs designed to support increasing mobile lifestyles. They support mobile-tuned user interface features such as touch, pen and dedicated buttons as well as keyboards for convenient access to Windows-based applications on-the-go.
Featuring full Microsoft Windows XP functionality and the ability to touch, write, or type, the Ultra-Mobile PC is a powerful companion that lets you communicate, accomplish your tasks, and stay entertained and informed wherever life takes you

With UMPC you can connect to the Internet with WiFi quickly and easily and extend the UMPC’s Internet access beyond WiFi hot spots by connecting a Bluetooth-enabled wireless phone. Stay in touch with friends and colleagues by e-mail and instant messages, and stay informed by accessing the Web when and where you want.

You can use full versions of Microsoft Office system software, Internet Explorer, and other Windows-compatible applications. Navigating your way around any city using optional GPS capabilities and mapping software such as Microsoft Streets & Trips is made quite simple and easy now.

UMPCs combine Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system and other new technologies, making them more mobile and simpler to use than previous mobile computers. For example, the new, pre-installed Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows XP software optimizes the touch screen user interface for UMPCs to simplify navigation and ease-of-use while on the go.

With powerful processors, big, bright displays, easy input options, and support for the latest connectivity standards, Ultra-Mobile PCs are ready for your life on the go.

Hardware Specifications
# Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 OS
# Approximately 7” diagonal display (or smaller)
# Minimum 800 x 480 resolution
# Approximately 2 pounds
# Integrated touch panel
# WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled

While the first generation of UMPCs will run Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, future models will run on Windows Vista.

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Mar 09 Advance Tech presents Windows Mobile 5.0 phone called M.A.G.I.C
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Devices, Smartphone, WM5,

M.A.G.I.C is a new mobile PC phone announced lately and it is probably the world's fastest and first convergent mobile device, combining features of a personal computer with the capabilities of a mobile phone. This phone still is denoted as "prototype" but it has processor of 624 MHz which is faster than any Windows Mobile phone since now and it has built-in 8GB hard disk.

M.A.G.I.C operates on the latest Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, which allows fully functioning Windows environment. Other integrated software includes Sybase data management products which allows you to perform Over The Air data backup, data retrieval and software updates.



M.A.G.I.C can deliver rich multimedia experiences like a powerful desktop PC because of its powerful hardware, comprising Intel's fastest 624 MHz processor, inbuilt graphics accelerator and high fidelity audio codec. The phone can keep you connected while you are on the road with its features including GPRS, Edge, WiFI, Bluetooth and GPS.

M.A.G.I.C Features :

* powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition
* processor: Intel Xscale 624 MHz with graphic accelerator 2700G3 and Video RaM
* connectivity standards: GSM quad band / GPRS / Wi-Fi 802.11b / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0 / GPS / IrDA FIR 4 / USB
* card slot: micro-SD
* RAM 512 MB, ROM 512 MB, hard disk 8 GB
* 2 displays, both: QVGA = 320x240 pixels
* 2 cameras, both: 2 megapixel
* output: VGA Out, Print Out / USB printing
* dimension: 125 x 70 x 32 mm
* weight: 300 g
* QWERTY keyboard

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