Windows Mobile Pocket PC & Symbian Smartphone software and freeware, reviews, tips & tricks

Mar 06 Avvenu lets you Access your Files on your PC
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News,

Avvenu is a free service that allows you to have remote access to a Windows-based computer on any browser-equipped device. You can have convenient and secure access to files on your PC or even share selected folders or files with your friends. As long as the PC remains on and connected to the Internet, you have have remote access to it easily, conveniently and securely.

With Avvenu, your mobile device gives you secure remote access to every document, images or any kind of file, whatever its size or file type. You can share photos, or access to specified content with colleagues, friends or customers wherever they are.

Avvenu site here

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Mar 06 Button Plus 2.2 extends the hardware buttons functionality
Published by root in:Software, Pocket PC,

Try Button Plus 2.2 if you like to map more than 1 function to each hardware button.Button Plus 2.2 now supports Windows Mobile 5.0 and also more devices and OS than version 1.0.1. This program allows you to map up to 4 different functions or porgrams to each hardware button. A task manager with system information display is also included in this software.

Extends functionality of hardware keys on Windows Mobile devices. It allows you to:
* Intercept almost any standard button:
application buttons,
WM5 SoftKeys,
Volume slider and even Red/Green phone buttons

* Distinguish up to 4 different keypress events on each button grabbed (single, double, triple and "long" keypresses)
* Remap each of the keypress events to "virtual" application button or assign them directly to one of the built-in actions. Current set of built-in actions includes running applications with optional command line parameters, hardware buttons emulation, closing/switching current apps and even BUILT IN TASK MANAGER As a result you may "convert" volume slider to up/down arrows, assign several essential application buttons to these "SoftKey" buttons and even assign your favorit alternative dialer to red/green phone buttons.

It may be used on the following mobile devices:
* Windows Mobile 2003 PocketPC and PocketPC Phone Edition
* Windows Mobile 2003SE PocketPC and PocketPC Phone Edition
* Windows Mobile 2005 PocketPC and PocketPC Phone Edition
* Windows Mobile 2003SE Smartphone (*)
* Windows Mobile 2005 Smartphone (*)

(*) I don't think this utility is useful on Smartphone (see "Known Issues" below).

Anyway be sure to backup your Smartphone before installing Button Plus 2.2. PocketPC users are safe because of touchscreen.

Button Plus 2.2 has a trial download and if you like it you can buy the full application for only $7.99 !

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Mar 06 How to connect Pocket PC or Smartphone to PC with PTvnc
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Software, Pocket PC, Smartphone,

PTVNC is application that allows you to control your PC from your Pocket PC or Smartphone via your local wireless network and across the Internet or Bluetooth.

Features of PTvnc include :

Full control of your PC
File transfer to/from the server.
Incorporating advanced game technology
Magnify
Full-screen zoom mode
eSVNC compression encodings
Compatible with ultra@vnc
Auto screen handling
Virtual keyboard
Screen Scrolling

Below you can watch video tutorial to understand how to connect you Pocket PC or Smartphone to PC with PTvnc.



There are several version of PTvnc for Pocket PC released :

PTvnc2 for ARM/XSCALE
PTvncWM5.x
PTvncGPRS
PTvncHiRes

And the smartphones versions :

PTvncS Smartphone
PTvncSWM5

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Mar 05 ASUS P305 3G Smartphone upcoming
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Devices, Smartphone, WM5,

ASUSTeK Computer Inc (ASUS) will certainly hit the market as one of the most compact 3G smartphones in the world to date–the P305. As a Windows Mobile 5.0 powered 3G smartphone, the P305 offers powerful multimedia and productivity features that allow users to be more productive and truly experience a mobile lifestyle.

The high-speed CPU in the P305 smartphone offers superior processing speed that outperforms any 3G mobile phones in the market with 384Kbps downlink/uplink transfer rate. This translates into fluid and smooth video call on the P305, letting users fully enjoy talking and seeing each other.

"The P305 has superior processing power that can be leveraged for 3G services and multimedia enjoyment. It is the first 3G phone that is both compact and offers mobile office capability as in PDAs, making it a terrific all-around business companion.", said Jonney Shih, CEO of ASUSTek Computer Inc.

Running on Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology, the P305 will provides instant updating of Microsoft Office Outlook Email, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks when synchronizing with Exchange Server 2003 to ensure users are always up to date while on the move. The P305 also provides an outstanding multimedia experience with Internet Explorer and an integrated multimedia suite (including Windows Media Player 10 Mobile) for users to enjoy music and video in a variety of audio formats, including MP3, AMR, AAC, WAV and WMA, as well as streaming MPEG-4 video.

With built-in compatibility for Bluetooth 1.2 and IrDA, the P305 to be used as a diminutive mobile storage device for any files types and multimedia content. The mini-SD expansion card slot also allows for additional memory for storing a wide range of content including music, games, photos and video.

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Mar 05 Digital camera with built in GPS from Ricoh
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, GPS, Devices,

Ricoh came with the idea for a digital camera which provides GPS solutions. Ricoh have contracted a cooperation with GlobalSat, a company that GPS makes products. Ricoh have devised a digital camera which can provide GPS functionality with GPS module with GlobalSat.

This module, originating from GlobalSat, can be clicked in the camera. Unfortunately is it not the intention that you with this combination will navigate. Ricoh think that consumers have need to information on a location when taking the photograph. The things they offer to attach to your photo are name of the country, place, street name, etc.

The GPS have SiRF Star III chipset. For consumers a rather useless application according to our, but possibly that businesses have still something. You can find more information at Internet site of Ricoh here

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Mar 05 W-ZERO3 Silver presented by Sharp and Willcom
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, Devices, Reviews,

For those of you in Japan who are big fans of the W-ZERO3 will soon be able to purchase a silver version of the device. If the first black version of the devices didn't do you too nicely you can now catch up with this cool looking silver version. With a VGA screen, QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, and the oh-so-unique W-SIM, sure it's still a fine device either way.

Previous articles about this W-ZERO3 Smartphone :

W-Zero3 Smartphone review

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Mar 05 Navman has launched in-car system - the iCN330
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News, Devices, GPS,

Navman has launched its latest entry-level, in-car system – the iCN330 for under 200 pounds. The iCN330 offers a 2.83 inch LCD screen and 3D maps to help you navigate through your journey more easily.

A progress bar and distance indicator turn red to give you advanced warning to your next turn. In adddition, a “free drive” function allows you to see moving maps without having to enter a specific destination.



Navman says the iCN330 carries out a fast and accurate search for either a particular area, a town, a street or a junction. You can also enter the postcode if you know it.

“Satellite navigation systems have become the must-have gadget for any driver wanting to get from point A to point B as quickly and efficiently as possible,” said Prash Vadgama, president - Land Navigation Group at Navman.

The Tele Atlas map data is provided on a pre-loaded MMC memory card, giving street-level coverage for the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Provided with a car suction mount, cigarette lighter adaptor and rechargeable battery, the iCN330 is available now for £199. Source - http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk

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Mar 05 Mobile bookmarks on your PDA with Mobilicio.us
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Mobile News,

Mobilicio.us is a mashup of Google Mobile and del.icio.us and it's designed to "mobilize" your bookmarks. In other words, make it easier to view and search your URL's because viewing on a tiny screen, and typing on a tiny keyboard isn't so easy.

You just need to type in the Mobilicio.us URL, then sign in with your del.icio.us account. At this stage you can see access your bookmarks, but what you really want are bookmarks tagged with mtag.

These are the special links for mobile browsing. The point of them is to go through your bookmarks and add this tag. When you sign in to Mobilicio.us, the mtag links will appear first, thus speeding up your surfing. Mobilicio.us promises further expansion into other social bookmarking sites like furl and spurl, which is nice.

Mobilicio.us would not be possible without the incredibly efficient (and generous) del.icio.us API. On top of the del.icio.us API, Mobilicio.us uses a version of mySQLicious which has been modified to support caching del.icio.us bookmarks for multiple accounts. Links displayed through Mobilicio.us are altered to use Google Mobile to "mobilize" the site.

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Mar 05 Pocket SharpMT 3.2.1 released
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Software, Pocket PC,

SharpMT is an offline Blog writer that is designed for MovableType based systems. It builds on the foundation of the first versions of SharpMT and adds new features that include proxy server support, custom tag integration, better support for Blog Links, an updated user interface, and built in spell checking.

Pocket SharpMT continues to build on the foundation of earlier versions of SharpMT and Pocket SharpMT. This latest release offers better proxy support, more advanced rendering for portrait, landscape, and square devices and streamlining for the 2.0 .NET Compact Framework.

A new version for the application that wasn't supposed to get a new version! Not a total re-write, but I've looked at almost all parts of the application for possible improvements, retiring obsolete functions where I could, and adapting the bits to use the 2.0 version of the .NET Compact Framework. Resizing should work on all devices, connections should work better and more reliably, and I've cleaned up some of the UI that has irked me after looking at it. the developer said.

You can download Pocket SharpMT 3.2.1 from here

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Mar 05 goCHRON stopwatch 2.2 for Smartphones
Published by Vesselin Nerdeff in:Software, Smartphone,

You want to add a stopwatch to your Smartphone? Robby Lantz has developed goCHRON to help you with that. The applications supports Windows Mobile 2003 based devices.

goCHRON is a nice graphical and accurate stopwatch for Windows Smartphones with split, lap and countdown timers. Unlimited lap and splits. It has an option to play sound when a Countdown is complete.

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