BlackBerry Down

The long-term ramifications of the outage could prove troubling for the maker of the popular smartphone..

By midmorning Eastern Time today most BlackBerry users in the Western Hemisphere found that the push e-mail service had recovered from the outage that began last night. The longer-term ramifications of the massive shutdown for the maker of the popular smartphone, however, could be broader and more troubling.

The facility that serves as a hub for RIM's North American traffic, routing messages between the roughly 8 million BlackBerry devices now in use and the various sources of email, from private corporate servers to web-based accounts like Yahoo and AOL.


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Free Task Manager and Registry Editor for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices

DotFred, a developer at Buzznet has developed a free all in one task manager, registry editor and network utility for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.

New tools added:
-Ping utility
-IP config
-Net Stats
-Registry Editor
-cut/copy/paste included
-reg file extension associated
-find returns all occurences
-import reg files
-export to reg files

New features added:
- Terminate process under CPU usage
- Terminate thread under Process/Details
- Allows a service to be started manually (so not started after a soft reset)
- Allows to disable/enable a notification

Qantas in-flight SMS and Email trial

The carrier first flagged plans to conduct the trial in August. Telstra, Panasonic Avionics and AeroMobile will be part of the exercise.

Qantas said passengers wanting to send or receive an SMS will need international roaming activated, and a GSM mobile phone. To send or receive e-mail messages, a GPRS-enabled device would do.

"We have asked our business travellers about the concept, [and] the overwhelming majority felt the service was a good idea, particularly e-mail access. This evaluation is the first step towards building a product which will support our customers' business and communication needs into the future," Lesley Grant, Qantas group general manager (Customer Product and Services), said in a statement

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How to Have a Business Conversation

In the course of climbing the corporate ladder, or of just managing the little corner of the world you occupy, you have to communicate with people. It's not always easy, but you have to do it.

Some of this communication amounts to simple conversation, and it's been dawning on me for a long time now that a great many young people don't know how to have one. In fact, a great many older people don't know how to have a conversation, either.

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Intel to launch Linux-powered mobile

Intel is developing its own take on the mini-tablet, with a new ultra-mobile PC platform to be announced at this week’s Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The big surprise? It’s based on Linux.

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China Mobile Subscribers Surpass Total US Population

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator, recently announced that its subscriber base grew to 301 million. The per capita income of the Chinese subscribers is US$1700, no where near the US$44,000 in the United States." Though Chinese subscribers rely on pre-paid phone cards and pay around 80% less than Americans for mobile phone service, their typical investment of $10 per month represents 7% (or more) of their monthly salary. Many Chinese spend a greater percentage of monthly income on pre-paid phone cards than Americans spend on food. This says a lot about the perceived importance of telecommunications in that society.

This is one reason I think that the current ICT market is just a tip of the iceberg as the China market will dictate pricing to the rest of the world in the years to come.

Nokia Announces Open C SDK Plug-In Availability for S60 Devices

Available for download at www.forum.nokia.com/openc , the Open C SDK Plug-In announced today allows deployment of Open C projects on existing S60 3rd Edition devices, millions of which have already been shipped into the global marketplace. By end-2006, Nokia alone had cumulatively shipped nearly 85 million S60 devices and of the 49 different S60 device models currently in the marketplace, 20 are built on the latest S60 3rd Edition platform.

"By making the Open C SDK Plug-In available, Nokia is helping to greatly broaden the potential pool of developers who will be essential in creating compelling applications for the next generation of smartphone devices," said Lee Epting, vice president, Forum Nokia, Nokia's global developer program. "Because Open C libraries are built on open-source projects, developers who need to design and implement large application bases to run on several operating systems, will now find it easier to write portable code for Symbian OS based devices. The increase in developer productivity from Open C will drive exciting new opportunities for S60 application development."

Open C makes it possible for developers to implement business logic and other core components of an application without having to learn Symbian's proprietary C++ variant. In addition, Open C delivers to developers significant portions of three open source projects - OpenSSL, GNOME, and LIBZ - providing the S60 developer community access to middleware functionality that is shared by many important open source projects, including Apache and Firefox.

Palm developing own OS - again

Palm is to build its own handheld operating system, combining a Linux foundation with the regular Palm OS look and feel. Work is clearly progressing: devices equipped with the new OS are due later this year, the company's CEO, Ed Colligan, said this week.

If all this sounds familiar, it's because it's the approach PalmSource, the Palm OS development company later acquired by Japan's Access, adopted earlier this decade. It decided to base future incarnations of the Palm OS - versions 6.0 and onward - on a Linux core surmounted by the famliar Palm user interface.

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Where RSS is going.. Forward

Because of RSS ubiquity it is now a very attractive delivery medium for all kinds of content. However because the basic format is simple and primitive, there is no way to encode semantics without building an extension.

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Samsung UpStage

You see a phone that just says buy me, this is one.
Slim, Dual-Faced Form

The UpStage is the first product that's both a dedicated music player and a dedicated phone. And at only .37" slim, it's bound to pick up a ton of dedicated fans. Music (and Everything Else) Player You can load up the UpStage with music from your PC or downloads from the Sprint Music StoreSM - then listen to it all through the stereo speaker or a stereo Bluetooth headset. Then there's a big, beautiful, 262,000-color display so you can watch music videos or Sprint TVSM. Just hit "play." 1.3 Megapixel Camera The same beautiful display that lets you enjoy music videos can also display your photos. The UpStage has a sweet 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder so you'll never miss a photo op again. Stereo Bluetooth® Wireless Technology Connecting to Bluetooth-enabled headsets, handsfree car systems and compatible printers sounds good, doesn't it? Well, connecting to your music with a stereo Bluetooth headset sounds even better.

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Sprite offer DM with mobile wipe

Currently under beta testing, Sprite Mobile Swipe works on any Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC or Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, and once installed, hides away in the background until activated by the device's owner.

The software cannot be uninstalled without a user selected password. If the device is ever lost, simply send a SMS from a previously specified “partner” phone and you can have the device locked. You can also go one step further, and send a “wipe” text message that will erase the entire contents of the phone, including everything on the memory card.

If, on the other hand, your phone is stolen, and the thief changes the SIM card, you will automatically get a SMS on the designated partner phone so the user will know the new number. You can also find out the recent call activity to help track your phone down.

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HTC Shift.. nice laptop or phone

It's been a long time in coming, but after HTC's long, gradual feature buildup all the way from the very first Pocket PC phone in 2002, they're finally putting the "computer" in High Tech Computer by making the jump to ultraportable PC-maker. That's right, HTC's first foray into the UMPC market, the Shift (codename Shangri-La), is officially announced today. We don't yet have hard details on release date or price, but we do know it should be available in Q3 (we'd estimate for under $2,000). As for features, we know not to expect anything out of the ordinary (except lots of 3G), although the form factor is pretty notable: not too many UMPCs have a sliding keyboard, and none that we can recall have a tilting display in this orientation. Some specs:

* VIA CPU (the one we tried had a 1.2GHz chip)
* Vista business (yes, it was running Aero)
* 7-inch sliding, tiling wide-touchscreen
* 30GB drive
* Tri-band UMTS / HSDPA, quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE
* WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0
* Biometric reader, front-facing camera

Watch your TV from anywhere

MY-IPTV Anywhere Mobile(TM) includes Honestech's original MY-IPTV Anywhere PC server and player software and new mobile player software for mobile and handheld devices. It also includes MY-IPBOX, an external USB 2.0TV tuner device. MY-IPTV Anywhere server software has to be set up on their home computer to host content via Internet Protocol (IP) to their mobile phone or Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices and any computer via a peer-to-peer connection. The product allows users to watch and control their TV from anywhere, and includes features such as channel surfing & changing, a personal video recorder, and scheduled recording from any computer. MY-IPTV Anywhere supports the latest H.264/MPEG-4 video compression technology standard for mobile phone,handheld devices, and any computer, from anywhere in the world. Now, with MY-IPTV Anywhere Mobile and a broadband internet connection, users can transmit their favorite programming from their home based broadcast network, from anywhere in the world as long as they have their enabled mobile device.

X-series with Orb

This week I purchased the Dopod 810 from 3 and signed up for X-series, one word WOW. Thank you 3 for giving us what we want, thats right mobile data and something useful like Orb. So easy to use and spot on as to what is needed. So watch this space.

Oh as for Orb fantastic you setup the cient on your PC at home point it to which ever folders you want to share and login from any where, on your it will steam the media so you don't need to wait for it to download. You can get all types of data from your home network where ever you have internet conection, with X-seires that means everywhere.

MS finaly gets it. Deepfish

Thats right it is all about browsing. Nokia fixed it in the s60v3, for WM5 some of us use opera. The only problem is you can not down load it. Read about it in the ink bellow.

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Sync your calendar to gmail

I just downloaded and tested this cool application that will synchronizes your email calendar to your gmail calender. You can read about their software at http://www.companionlink.com/ I am using the free gMigrate and it works well.

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Mobile or is it a Laptop

Your mobile phone can be a personal computer in the near future. And that is not going to be a big surprise. Just take a look at the features that mobile phones have now and compare these mobile phones to the versions of yesteryears. You would see just how fast things are developing.

At present, many mobile phone manufacturers are already into that challenge. If you know about the HTC mobile phone from Advantage, it looks like a small laptop but you can fold it up and use it as a phone. And at Cebit T-Mobile from Germany showed off its Ameo which is a mobile phone with a screen measuring 13 centimeters and comes with a drive with 8 gigabytes. The time has come that mobile phones have turned into PCs, I do not mind it at all.

WM to support USB host

Seiko Epson Corp. (Epson) is developing sample Windows CE 6.0 drivers for its S1R72V family of high-speed USB2.0-compatible controller chips. The first such driver, for the S1R72V17 controller chip, is now available, the company says.The S1R72V17 is a low-power USB2.0 interface controller that implements both host and device functions. The device supports USB2.0 data transfer rates of "HS" (480 Mbps), "FS" (12 Mbps), and "LS" (1.5 Mbps), for both host and device function operation, according to Epson.This sample driver is unique in that it can be connected to a mouse, keyboard, hub, and to storage equipment in order to effortlessly set up a development environment on a CEPC device, eliminating the need to establish a specialized development platform environment. By launching this new sample driver for Windows(R) Embedded CE 6.0, Epson has further expanded its lineup of sample drivers for USB controller LSI products in an effort to support customers in their development activities.

Key features of the driver, as listed by Epson, include:
1) USB2.0 host functions

• Supports HS (480 Mbps), FS (12 Mbps), and LS (1.5 Mbps) transfer rates
• Supports control, bulk, and interrupt transfer
• Compatible with CEPC PCI bus
• Compatible with test mode
• Supports multichannel
• Supports mass storage class
• Supports hubs (compatible with multistage connection)
• Supports HID
• Supports CDC

2) USB2.0 device functions

• Supports HS (480 Mbps), FS (12 Mbps), and LS (1.5 Mbps) transfer rates
• Supports control, bulk, interrupt, and isochronous transfer
• Supports Endpoint 0 in addition to five general Endpoints (for bulk/interrupt/isochronous transfer)
• Compatible with CEPC PCI bus
• Compatible with test mode
• Supports serial class (ActiveSync can be used)
• Supports mass storage class

TiVo Launches Remote Scheduling With Verizon Wireless

TiVo and Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of TiVo Mobile scheduling, a downloadable application available only through Verizon Wireless.TiVo Mobile scheduling allows subscribers to purchase the mobile service through select Verizon Wireless handsets and schedule recordings on their TiVo Series2 or Series3 TiVo boxes.
TiVo and Verizon Wireless bring consumers the convenience of scheduling television recordings while away from the living room. Whether you are away from home or discussing TV at the water cooler, all that is needed is a select Verizon Wireless Get It Now-enabled handset to schedule recordings on your TiVo box.
TiVo Mobile scheduling uses the award-winning TiVo interface to give subscribers the ability to easily search for and browse through listings to find shows that they want to record. Subscribers to the TiVo Mobile scheduling service will also have access to premium entertainment content that is updated daily, including a customizable channel lineup, the most popular and most recorded shows and a current list of recommendations from TiVo.

Nokia steps closer to to WIMAX network in the USA

Since the announcement in January, things look to be moving fast as they have announced that "Sprint Nextel has awarded it the four Texas markets of Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin for the initial build-out of Sprint Nextel's mobile WiMAX network."

"Nokia will deploy WiMAX infrastructure, including the Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station, at sites throughout the four Texas markets, enabling Sprint Nextel to deliver wireless Internet broadband access to consumers, businesses and governments. Service is expected to commence in the Texas markets during the first half of 2008. Sprint Nextel's mobile WiMAX network intends to cover 100 million people nationwide by the end of 2008."

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gSyncit for Microsoft Outlook

gSyncit works by updating your Microsoft Outlook calendar with your Google calendar entries and then updating your Google calendar with your Microsoft Outlook entries. All appointments that occurred in the past 365 days and those that will occur in the next 365 days will be synchronized

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Windows Mobile 6 SDK Now Available for Download

"The Windows Mobile 6 SDKs add documentation, sample code, header and library files, emulator images and tools to Visual Studio that let you build applications for Windows Mobile 6. With Windows Mobile 6, we are revising our SKU taxonomy and naming to better align our brand and products with the realities of today’s mobile device marketplace. The historical form-factor based distinction between Windows Mobile powered Smartphone and Windows Mobile powered Pocket PC Phone Edition is blurring dramatically. We want our taxonomies and terminology to evolve to better reflect the evolution of the mobile device industry."

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Google released a Google Maps client for Windows Mobile

Google released a Google Maps client for Windows Mobile that installs from a CAB file that can be downloaded and installed directly from Google (no need to sync with a PC). It is also a native application. No Java Midlet needed. This means it is fast and looks good on a Windows Mobile device. I tested it and the satellite image view looks nice and clear on its screen and the menu looks like most other native applications.

You can download it directly to your device from: http://google.com/gmm/

The application can also show a traditional looking street map, locations of businesses, real-time traffic for certain cities, and driving directions. I’m very impressed by what I’ve seen. I hope we see more native Windows Mobile apps from Google in the future.

E-mail best practices

These days, e-mail is used by just about everyone. Unfortunately, a lot of users out there don't use it right, flirting with security risks, consuming excessive bandwidth, and practicing lousy etiquette. Here are some basic e-mail usage guidelines to help your users handle their e-mail responsibly and to safeguard your organisation.

1. Prevent virus outbreaks and spam
Viruses are often spread through e-mail. You can greatly reduce the spread of e-mail viruses by using antivirus software, using only e-mail services that offer automatic antivirus protection (such as AOL, Google, Hotmail, and Yahoo), opening e-mail only from trusted sources, opening only attachments you're expecting, and scanning attached files with antivirus software before opening them.

Spam is loosely defined as unsolicited bulk e-mail and loosely correlates to the junk mail that turns up in your home mailbox. But spam represents more than unwanted clutter. It clogs e-mail accounts -- and networks and servers -- while trying to sell products, spread jokes, or propagate Internet hoaxes.

Reduce the amount of spam you receive by being cautious where you post your e-mail address. Avoid publishing your e-mail address on Web sites or submitting it to every site or organisation that requests it.

Never forward chain messages, which often reveal coworkers' and colleagues' e-mail addresses to other parties. Use caution when accepting e-mail offers or agreeing to accept mailings from vendors; subscribe only to Web sites and newsletters you really need and consider creating a generic Hotmail or Yahoo e-mail account for these subscriptions.

Don't open unsolicited e-mail. If you accidentally open spam, don't click links offering to unsubscribe or remove you from the mailing list unless the sender is a trusted vendor.

2. Avoid phishing attacks
Phishing scams are designed to steal consumers' personal information. They often use doctored and fraudulent e-mail messages to trick recipients into divulging private information, such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords, and even tax file information.

Online banking and e-commerce are generally safe, but you should always be careful about divulging personal and corporate information over the Internet. Phishing messages often boast real logos and appear to have come from the actual organisation, but those messages are frequently nothing more than copyright infringements and faked addresses. If you suspect a message possesses any credibility, you are much safer calling the company directly -- preferably at a telephone number printed on a paper statement or invoice -- and talking to an authorised representative.

3. Manage your Inbox
Sort messages by priority, subject, date, sender, and other options to help find important e-mail that requires your attention. Proper e-mail etiquette dictates that you respond to all e-mail in a timely fashion. Generally speaking, you should respond to all professional e-mail within a business day, even if it's just to say you've received the message and will look into the matter. Occasionally, you may receive an e-mail thread that contains responses from several people; always read the entire thread before responding.

4. Compose professional messages
It's easy to convey the impression that you're unprofessional or careless if you don't follow some basic principles of good business writing. Make sure you follow proper grammar and sentence structure when composing and responding to messages and use a spell checker. Don't type in all capital letters -- it creates the effect of shouting. Break your message into paragraphs for logic and readability.

Before clicking the Send button, give it a final once-over. Reread the entire e-mail, checking it for grammatical errors, punctuation mistakes, and typos. You'll be amazed at what you catch. Also make sure your tone is appropriate for the message.

5. Write effective subject lines
Writing subject lines can be tricky, but you should always include one. The goal is to summarise the message without being too wordy or too vague. Long subjects tend to be skimmed or ignored, and they don't always fully display in e-mail viewers. For best readability, use sentence case for subject lines rather than all caps:

Agenda for meeting on 3/29/07

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AGENDA FOR MEETING ON 3/29/07

6. Properly use CC and BCC
The carbon copy (CC) and blind carbon copy (BCC) features found in most e-mail clients allow you to send copies of an e-mail to others you need to keep informed but who aren't necessarily the primary recipients.

When copying others, be certain the e-mail message pertains to them. If you use e-mail address lists, verify that all of the members of the list should receive the e-mail, too, and remove those who don't need to be included. And use the BCC feature sparingly. If sensitive topics require BCCing others, it may be best to take the matter offline and discuss it in person.

7. Obey etiquette rules when forwarding messages
Before you forward an e-mail, make sure that all recipients need to receive the message. In addition, be careful when forwarding sensitive or confidential information. Never forward proprietary information to external audiences or to unauthorised recipients. Before clicking the Send button, review whether a message's contents are appropriate for each listed recipient.

8. Don't be a party to a flame war
Flame wars are heated e-mail exchanges that are more emotional than reasoned, and they have no place in professional communications. If you receive a flame or suddenly find yourself in a flame war, take a little time before responding, if you respond at all. Think about the situation and reply rationally not emotionally.

You may also decide not to reply but to deal with the issue in person. Often, flame wars are started because of a simple misunderstanding. An ill-phrased comment (or even a well phrased one) can be misconstrued by a recipient, who then fires off a salvo in response. Instead of replying, go talk to the person and discuss the message. If talking with the person doesn't end the problem, involve a manager for assistance in resolving the issue offline.

9. Protect e-mail addresses
Don't divulge your coworkers' e-mail addresses to vendors, friends, or others outside the organisation. Verify that recipients listed in the To and CC fields should be receiving messages and that you won't be revealing others' e-mail addresses in the process. Don't post your or coworkers' e-mail addresses on Internet forums or bulletin boards, on Usenet groups, in chat rooms, or in other public areas.

Here are a couple of simple ways to help keep others' e-mail addresses private. First, use the BCC feature when you need to hide their e-mail addresses from external audiences. Second, delete their addresses from messages you forward. It takes only a few moments and will reduce the chances of coworkers' e-mail addresses proliferating in the wild.

10. Be smart about handling attachments
E-mail attachments consume inordinate amounts of e-mail server space and network bandwidth and are often the culprits behind virus outbreaks -- but they're often the easiest way to transfer files. Just be sure to follow these guidelines when e-mailing attachments:

• Don't attach large files to an e-mail; anything over one or two megabytes shouldn't be sent via e-mail.
• Limit the number of files you attach to a message to five or fewer.
• Save attachments to your hard drive and then delete the e-mail message containing the attachment.
• Don't open unexpected attachments or those sent by unknown parties.
• Always scan files with an antivirus program before opening an attachment. Never click an attachment without first confirming that it's virus-free.
• Don't annoy recipients by forwarding attachments they can't access. If an attachment requires a new or less-common application, say so in your message.

11. Don't include sensitive or potentially embarrassing information
Don't make the mistake of thinking your e-mails are private. They're not. Think of them as postcards. You should never include any information in an e-mail that you wouldn't want published on the front page of your local newspaper. In other words, never send confidential, proprietary, sensitive, personal, or classified information through e-mail. You should also refrain from making inflammatory, emotionally charged comments in e-mail.

12. Know when to use e-mail (and when not to)
Businesses provide e-mail for professional, business-related use, not for jokes, gossip, or chain e-mails. Also remember that you shouldn't send an e-mail to do a conversation's work. Complicated subjects are often difficult to explain face to face, much less in an e-mail. Instead of firing off a complicated explanation via e-mail, set up a short meeting to address the issue in person.

E-mail is also a poor stand-in for conversation when conducting critical, difficult, and/or unpleasant discussions, such as issues related to human resources matters. Touchy communications are best handled in person.

Steps to create better meeting

Given our love for meetings, we need to make them more effective. Having recently “enjoyed” several truly pointless meetings, I know there’s a better way.

1. Make sure the meeting has a clear purpose. If I could scream this, I would: “What is the purpose of this meeting?” If you can’t define the purpose clearly, or you’re obfuscating it in order to get me into the meeting then shame on you.
2. Avoid suspense. There’s no place in meetings for suspense. Whether you’re delivering bad news or good news - just get to the point. You can explain all the circumstances of your news after the fact, but don’t keep people sitting around waiting.
3. Document what’s going on. The best thing about a meeting is not remembering what was talked about 5 minutes after it was finished. I suppose to avoid pointless meetings I could say, “be remarkable and memorable” but barring that, pick one person as secretary and have them distribute their notes later on.
4. Avoid distractions. Every meeting has at least one guy that’s distracted by something. He’s looking at his computer screen, staring out the window, signaling to people walking by the conference room, or picking his nose. Boot his butt out of there, he’s Mr. Pointless Meeting.
5. Have an agenda. This won’t work for impromptu meetings, but an agenda is a very good way to keep people on track. Distribute it beforehand. Don’t ask for everyone’s approval. If you do, and don’t get it, you’ll have a harder time following the agenda. Agendas are an opt-out effort; if someone doesn’t put in suggestions or request changes (or respond in any way) they’ve - by default - accepted the agenda.
6. Avoid regular meetings if there’s no agenda. Following point #4, if you’re having a regular, weekly meeting but there’s no agenda, why have the meeting? If you say “habit” then poke yourself in the eye. Meetings aren’t meant to satisfy your need for organization and habitual, mindless behaviors; they’re there to solve problems.
7. Schedule something critical right after. If you have the sense that a meeting may be pointless schedule something important right after. Tell the attendees as soon as you get in there, so you’ve got an escape route setup. You could always fake it, or even have someone call you during the meeting to get out, but it’s much more effective if you legitimately have to move on. It’ll help you keep others focused, moving through the agenda and accomplishing something.

Wireless doorbell rings you in

After testing the technology in its home Dutch market, wireless startup Waleli now plans to sell its GSM Doorbell internationally, beginning in northern Europe, the company said Tuesday.

The wireless doorbell allows apartment dwellers, home owners, and small businesses to answer their doorbell, talk to visitors, and even open the door remotely with their GSM phones.

The GSM Doorbell consists of four parts: an intercom, an electronic lock, a GSM-enabled doorbell, and a SIM (subscriber identification module) for the GSM device.

When someone presses the doorbell device, it rings your handset, allowing you to communicate with visitors and, by entering a pincode, to grant them access to your home, all without having to leave your location.

The technology can be useful when dealing with delivery people, door-to-door solicitors, and many others who need or want to stop by. And you don't have to worry about locking yourself out of the house or apartment again because the machine will recognize your mobile's number and unlock the door for you

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Google VP: Mobile phones the future of the Internet

The future growth of the Internet lies in the hands of mobile phone users, not computers, according to Google Vice President Vinton Cerf. Speaking in Bangalore, India this morning, Cerf said to reporters that while the Internet population has exploded from 50 million to 1.1 billion since 1997, it still only reaches a sixth of the world's population.

The only way to reach the remaining 5.5 billion people on the planet will be to make it more affordable to access the Internet, according to Cerf. Internet access via mobile phone has been slowly gaining momentum in developed countries—over 50 percent of those surveyed toward the end of 2005 had used at least one data service on their phones. However, such mobile access could be the key to quickly getting large populations in developing countries online due of the marginal cost of a mobile phone compared to a computer.

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Explore the world with free maps on your mobile

A nice software offering from Nokia, the charging model will be in conjunction with operators, they will charge a subscription for turn-by-turn directions.

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Vista Windows Mobiles Device Center Walk Through

Chris Leckness is walking us through the Windows Mobile Device Center in Windows Vista.

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Microvision To Demonstrate Breakthrough Ultra-Miniature “Thin Mint” Candy Sized Projection Display for Mobiles

Company Microvision to Unveil Tiny Display Module During Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS), the global leader in light scanning technologies for display and imaging products, announced today that it will unveil and demonstrate during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas an ultra-thin, miniature full-color projection display that is small enough to be embedded in portable hand-held devices including mobile phones. The miniature projection display prototype, based on Microvision’s proprietary Integrated Photonics Module (IPM), has been developed in collaboration with one of the Company’s high volume manufacturing partners to position Microvision to deliver mobile users worldwide a large screen viewing experience inside a thin and sleek portable package. “Small, two inch displays that are common to mobile devices such as cell phones are barriers to growth of exciting mobility markets, because they limit the user viewing experience,” said Alexander Tokman, President and CEO of Microvision. “Our projection display solution is expected to eliminate this bottleneck, benefiting consumers, mobile operators, content providers, and consumer electronics OEMs. As our display is further optimized for high volume manufacturing, OEMs are expected to create a new generation of mobile devices with powerful projection display capabilities. Content providers should benefit by expanding their portfolio of visually rich content and application services. Mobile operators should benefit from an enhanced user experience by increased adoption of mobile data services such as mobile TV. Consumers should be able to obtain a radically new viewing experience by projecting photos, videos, movies, and TV from personal mobile devices onto virtually any surface for entertaining and sharing with friends and family -- whenever, wherever.” The image produced by Microvision’s display is extremely sharp and vivid whether being projected to view an image the size of a laptop screen or further away to view an image the size of a big screen plasma TV. Currently measuring a slim 8 mm this extremely small display package, about the size of a “thin mint” chocolate candy or the generation two iPod® shuffle, has been dramatically miniaturized to 1/10 the size of the company’s original prototype shown in June 2006 at the Society for Information Display. The Company and its high volume manufacturing partners will continue to develop this exciting technology into products that are expected to meet very aggressive market requirements for size, power, cost, and performance. Microvision plans to demonstrate the projection display prototype at private showings for prospective global OEM customers, members of the media and institutional investors during the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 7 – 11. The company is showcasing how its display could be embedded directly into a device like a mobile phone, as well as be used as a standalone accessory display with a variety of mobile devices. “This development represents a major milestone in the company’s turnaround and growth strategy set in place in 2006,” – concluded Tokman. “Our product development team has done an outstanding job and we believe that our customers and partners will be delighted by what we have to show during CES.”

Internet Tablet Nokia N800

The Nokia N800 is the follow-up to the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, building on the Maemo Linux platform developed by Nokia. The N800 uses the third incarnation of Maemo, called the Internet Tablet OS 2007 edition which adds a few new features to the 2006 edition (which in itself was a huge improvement over the original platform).

It's roughly the same size as its predecessor - the Nokia N800 measures 75x144x13mm and weighs 206 grams. The 770 was 230 grams in its protective case, and 185 grams without it. The N800 shares the same excelled 800x480 pixel display of its predecessor.. this is a very high resolution display that puts the competition to shame. The N800 adds a webcam plus improvements to the tablet's WiFi and Bluetooth implementation. One key weakness of the old 770 was a lack of internal memory, and this has been increased in the N800. The N800 also accepts a wide variety of memory cards, including RS-MMS, miniSD, microSD and MMCmobile units, which gives a great deal of flexibility. One nice touch is that the N800 has an integrated stand, one of the first things that got lost on the older 770. It's important to note that the Nokia N800 isn't a phone, although it will support Skype in the future. Connectivity is either through the N800's WLAN adapter, or via a Bluetooth phone. The 770 wasn't limited to Nokia phones either, so you should be able to use just about any Bluetooth handset with the N800, including 3G, EV-DO and HSDPA phones.

The range of software available now and in the future for the Nokia N800 demostrates clearly that this is an ultra-compact computer. There's a version of the Opera web browser, an email client, RSS newsreader, multimedia player, games plus a range of utilities and other applications. It will also be possible to use the N800 with a GPS receiver as a satellite navigation system.

The Nokia N800 has different looks too - the 770 was a bit "retro futuristic", the N800 is more polished and contemporary. Either way, both Nokia internet tablets have plenty of "wow" factor.. especially when people see the quality of the display.

You could regard the Nokia N800 as "version 2.0" of the Nokia Internet Tablet. The original version of the 770 had plenty of rough edges (call it "version 1.0") which were largely fixed by the 2006 OS (call it "version 1.1"). Perhaps the N800 will be polished enough to make it a proper consumer product, whereas the old 770 was really for enthusiasts.

The Nokia N800 is available now in the US and soon in certain European markets at around €400 / US$400

China to Make USB the Standard for Cellphone Charging

China is moving to standardize all cellular phones sold in the country to using the USB port for charging. The thought is that having one charger for every brand of cell phone will make it easier for consumers. It will make it easier on consumers, but cut into the profits for he accessory makers. I would imagine that if China standardizes to USB, we will likely see all cellular phones going to the same standard. However, China has set no date at which they will begin enforcing the standard.

Videos explore Windows Embedded CE 6

Break out the popcorn, sit back, relax, and enjoy the following videos, which are located in the MSDN "Channel 9" area:

• What’s New in the Windows CE 6 Beta Platform Builder Tools -- Jonathan Lyons, program manager on the CE 6.0 Platform Builder IDE Team walks through the process of bringing up an OS design for a device, adding an application, and customizing the application using the new Platform Builder Tools in Visual Studio 2005. This is a 2-parter with Part 2 here.
  
  
• Driver Development and Much More With Mike Calligaro -- In addition to discussing Windows CE device drivers, Calligaro reminices about his 13-year career at Microsoft including work on the Sega Dreamcast, an early attempt at video-on-demand.
  
  
• Understanding the Primary OEM Performance Tools -- Sue Loh, Software Design Engineer on the Platform Builder Remote Tools Team, discusses the two most important performance tools for Windows CE OEMs -- the kernel profiler and CeLog / Remote Kernel Tracker. Some familiarity with the tools is assumed as the discussion focuses on the relationship between the two.
  
  
• Collecting Thread Data Without Remote Kernel Tracker -- Sue Loh shows how to collect CeLog threading data without a connection to Remote Kernel Tracker. This is a core method for collecting performance data on a standalone device. She also shows how to look at the data using a command-line parsing tool, readlog.
  
  
• Analyzing Physical and Virtual Memory Usage Using Control Window Commands -- Sue Loh again, this time demonstrating how to look at virtual and physical memory usage on a device using control window commands. Loh uses the Target Control Window to examine memory usage, and explains how to read memory dumps.
  
  
• Application Compatibility -- Migrating Windows CE 5.0 Application to Windows Embedded CE 6.0 -- Senior Technical Product Manager Mike Hall demonstrates the new Application Compatibility Tool. The CEAppCompat Tool reads executables and device drivers, and provides HTML results showing which called APIs are no longer supported in CE 6.0, APIs that are only supported in the kernel, and APIs that may not be supported in the future.
  
  
• Managed Application development for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 -- Mike Hall demonstrates how to configure a baseline CE 6.0 operating system (OS) image and then add the components needed to support a managed application within Visual Studio 2005 as the application development tool. Hall shows how to get an IP address and then configure Visual Studio 2005 to deploy an application to the running OS image.
  

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Google Cheat Sheet

Google's Cheat Sheet helps unlock tools not normally known about this revolutionary search engine.

3000+ Unix/Linux Programming Texts and Tutorials

All free, of course. Includes the typical roundup of Linux/Unix languages, also includes things like cron, openGL, networking, GTK, Gimp, iptables, regex, Grub/LILO, booting between multiple kernels and a plethora of others.

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How to Turn an Ordinary Photo Into an Extraordinary Photo

A simple Photoshop tutorial that will show you how to liven up an old image and transform it from ordinary picture to an Extraordinary photo!

Integrated Photonics Module Brings Big Screens to Mobiles

It will be handy to project your Smartphone screen on the nearest wall. MicroVisions PicoP is just the thing. Nice for editing email and business presentations. Just add the i.tech Virtual KB, and you have the next generation phone.

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Understanding Mobile 2.0

Written by Rudy De Waele of m-trends.org and edited by Richard MacManus. This kicks off a mini-series of posts on the topic of Mobile 2.0.

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Microsoft begins private beta of VoIP server

Microsoft today opened a private beta of its new enterprise voice communications server , Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, to 2,500 IT professionals. The new server is aimed at allowing companies to integrate voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology into existing telephony infrastructure and is the successor to Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005.

MOTOROKR E6

Motorola has announced it’s about to start shipping its new MOTOROKR E6. The MOTOROKR E6 will offer RealPlayer music library synchronization on your PC and a built-in FM radio to keep you entertained plus full-size SD card support. Moto is also touting the phone’s PDA-like capabilities including business card reader, POP3 email capability, doc viewer for Word and Excel files and a nice big juicy 2.4 inch touch screen display, stylus included. (No WiFi or 3G capabilities apparently.)

Crossloop Simple Secure Screen Sharing

I just found this on the net looks like a good tool to support remote pcs

www.crossloop.com/index.html

# Connect Any Two PCs on Earth
# Simple, Easy-To-Use Interface
# Fully Encrypted Help Sessions
# Works through Firewalls and NAT
# Secure Screen Sharing in under Sixty Seconds

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 documentation online

Microsoft's MSDN developer website is hosting an extensive collection of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 documentation online. The series begins with a thorough introduction to CE 6.0 that reviews the kernel architecture and what's new in this latest release. Subsequent articles cover application and driver development, hardware platform bring-up, and more.

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Vista and Office 2007 Microsoft webcasts

Free webcast well worth a look

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Open-Source OS DAP runs Skype

Linux is spreading, and the latest thing it has found its way into is the entertainingly-named Wizpy DAP from TurboLinux. Running a brand of the open-source OS called FUJI, not only is the Wizpy good for playing all your mp3. Out of the box you get Firefox, Thunderbird and Skype

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3 Group, Slingbox Bring Mobile TV to the UK with X-Series

Imagine a mobile solution that wrapped the power of the Slingbox, unlimited Skype calling, broadband Internet, Google Search, Yahoo Messenger, Orb PC access, and more into a single mobile handset. Sounds good doesn't it? Well, this is no pipe dream... the X-Series from 3 does all this and more, and the UK is getting it first...


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Smartphones get a firewall

Trend Micro has a new version of its mobile security software out. Imaginatively named Trend Micro Mobile Security 3.0, it adds a firewall and intrusion detection software - the previous version was antivirus and antispam only.

V3 will only run on the latest Windows Mobile 5 and Symbian 9.1 systems though, the rationale being that as the market grows so fast, they will be the bulk of malware-targeted systems very soon.

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Microsoft Readies IT Customers for Windows Vista

Links galore. Microsoft details new offerings to deliver increased business value for customers through next-generation product

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PowerShell: Microsoft releases a new Windows Command Prompt

Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity. Using a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 standard command line tools, and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell allows IT Professionals to more easily control system administration.

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Chinese mobile manufacturer, Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific Co., has announced that it wants to bring its dual-mode handsets to India. The dual-mode handsets can let you use two SIM cards (i.e. two different phone numbers) simultaneously in one phone. Yes! two different numbers at the same time in the same phone, without having to restart the phone or swap SIM cards!

The CoolPAD 728 (CDMA+GSM) and 728 G2 (GSM+GSM) both feature Windows CE, a 240x320 QVGA display with a touch-screen interface, upto 2.0 megapixel digital camera, MP3/WMV and streaming media, 3D stereo speakers, 128MB ROM and 64MB RAM with a miniSD expansion option, and the usual set of Windows-based mobile applications. However, Bluetooth or Infrared are conspicuously absent from the feature listing on the website. These phones are already on sale in China, having sold a combined total of 2,30,000 units of the most popular CDMA+GSM models

TinyTube enables YouTube playback on your mobile

Point your cellphone's browser to TinyTube, it is not accessible from a non-mobile device, the site provides a scaled-down version of YouTube for quicker loading and less strain on your wireless resources, and offers up "low, medium, and high" playback settings to cater to varying connection speeds. So if you're the type who enjoy the free things in life, hit the link.

E61 and Nokia podcast software

Just setup the E61 with the podcast software, so far it looks good. The default links are a bit lame but using the E61 KB I was able to a few that I liked. What I do like is the software shows how long ago the MP3 was uploaded. I have made the software a link on my desktop, so it is quick and easy to get to. I set the web application to prompt me for access point so i will be asked if I want to use 3G or WIFI.

Using the WIFI connection the 10-20 Mb files still take time to down load, but hey this is why I like mobile phone technology, here I am downloading MP3 files via a phone menu using a WIFI connection in my house.

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what I listen to http://www.sydphoto.com/my.opml

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Motorola Follow Me TV solution

Motorola on Nov. 2 launched an upgrade to its Follow Me TV digital video recording device that allows users to create a network to send content to other rooms in a home, and also lets mobile devices with storage-card capacity record programs from anywhere.

John Burke, corporate vice president and general manager of digital video solutions for Motorola said, "There are more programs, more channels and as a result, we wanted to give consumers the opportunity to control what they watch and where they watch it."

The device is designed to work seamlessly with Motorola's Razr phones, according to Burke. Motorola uses a "save to mobile" option on its DVR menu to activate the feature. The Razr phone will then search for the desired programs and use the GPRS to communicate to the DVR what shows to record.

"This device is a Java-based application and will soon work with all mobile phones," Kalia Farrell, a Motorola spokesperson. "We are currently looking to see which phone services will work with us."


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Free ring tones just do a survey

Thank you for taking part in the survey. Your answers are of great value to us — they will surely help us to bring you even better Pocket PC software.

As a gift we offer you a collection of five excellent ring tones from Spb Software House.

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WM phone users revolt

The results of Information week poll are in. They asked readers what the most frustrating thing about smartphones is, and over 30% say it's battery life. Most smartphones work fine until you try to access an application or download a graphic from the Web. Working in applications will suck the life out of a battery faster than you can type "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" on that tiny keyboard. Twenty-three percent say the small screen size on a smartphone is frustrating, followed by 21% who are dissatisfied with wireless broadband speeds and 20% with the voice quality. "Despite all their advanced features, some [smartphones] perform poorly as phones. That's the main reason I have one, to make and received calls," says one respondent.

Some other common complaints include:

- The high cost of devices and wireless data services that are still not as fast or as cheap as cable or DSL.

- Processor speed, which becomes an issue as companies look to use smartphones to replace laptops and want to load custom applications or extend current apps to the devices.

- The need for more robust browsers that will allow the use of hosted applications.

And the award for The Operating System With The Most Issues goes to Windows Mobile 5.0. The popular OS has a tendency to lock up often and requires users to reboot their smartphones. "The fact that the 'close' button doesn't actually close the application but just minimizes it has been a shortcoming since day one," says one Windows Mobile user. Very few of the applications in Windows Mobile cooperate in sharing data, meaning the applications don't interoperate. "The easiest way to make a calendar appointment with someone whose information is in your contact list, is to jot down (paper and pen) the appropriate information (phone number or address), then calendarize the event," says another user.

On line radio recording

I have just started to use Screamer radio to record my streams. Easy to setup and comes already configured to get streams. Nice and small install. I recommend it.

10 things you should know about Internet Explorer 7 Security

Internet Explorer 7 is designed to make browsing safer. Here's a quick rundown of some of the new security features, including Active X opt-in, the Phishing Filter, cross-domain security, enhanced privacy protection, and an international character alert.

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12 apps for palm pdas

Your Palm PDA can do a lot more than just contact and calendar management. Load it with the right software and it can play music, stream RSS feeds, keep you entertained on the road, and even get you where you're going.

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Pimp my mobile: 33 ways to upgrade a cell phone

Want to enhance your mobile experience? Here are 33 ways to have a lot more fun with cell phones. #6 Get mobile VoIP. #19 Make a custom skin. #25 Upload videos to YouTube. #32 Play Quake.

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How to Save a Wet Mobile Phone

Ever dropped your Mobile phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet ? Did you ever leave it in your pocket and run it through the washer? It usually means you have to replace your phone, but sometimes if you're fast you can save the phone.

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Symbian increases lead in EMEA smart mobile device market

Microsoft’s overall share of the smart mobile device market in Q3 2006 is sitting at 16.9 percent, down from 18.0 percent a year ago. This happened despite shipments of Windows Mobile based converged devices, i.e. smart phones and wireless handhelds, increasing by almost 80 percent year-on-year.

Microsoft, along with Palm, is suffering from the heavy decline is the sales of stand alone PDA’s.

Symbian increases lead in EMEA smart mobile device market
OS vendor	Shipments Q306	Share, Q306, %	Shipments Q305	Share, Q305, %	Growth Q306/Q305
Symbian	5,757,540	78.70 %	5,022,710	76.60 %	14.60 %
Microsoft	1,235,130	16.90 %	1,179,530	18.00 %	4.70 %
RIM	253,420	3.50 %	230,190	3.50 %	10.10 %
Others	73,600	1.00 %	120,420	1.80 %	-38.90 %
Total	7,319,690	100.00 %	6,552,850	100.00 %	11.70 %

Upgrading Nokia Podcasting

These instructions are for users who have previously installed the Beta version of Nokia Podcasting on their S60 3rd edition device.
Download the updated Nokia Podcasting application

1.If you don't want to preserve your subscribed podcasts and episodes:
a. Uninstall Podcast app from App manager before installing ver 1.00.0.
b. Find the Podcasting icon on your device. (For example, in the MY OWN folder on the N91).
c. Click "Options" and choose "Remove"
d. Install the 1.00.0 version of Nokia Podcasting

2. If you would like to preserve your subscribed podcasts and episodes:
a. Simply install ver 1.00.0 on top of the Beta version, you will see a warning message that ver 0.93.(6) will be replaced by ver 1.00.(0).
b. Select OK to proceed with the installation and use the same location where Beta version is installed when asked where do you want to install ver 1.00.0.

If you are not sure where Beta version was installed, open App Manager and check whether there is a memory icon shown besides Podcast. If yes, your Podcast Beta version is installed on memory card (or hard drive); otherwise, it is installed on phone memory.

3.After upgrading your Podcasting app:
If you did not remove (uninstall) Podcast Beta version before upgrading to ver 1.00.0, you default directories will not be updated to the one comes with ver 1.00.0. In order to show the new default directories, open "Directory" view and select "Restore Default" from the option menu.

Windows Mobile database dev tool

Syware has released a major upgrade to its database and forms development tool for Windows CE and Windows Mobile devices. In particular, Visual CE version 10 includes a "wide range of new functionality" that lets non-programmers create Windows Mobile-based applications, according to the company.

Visual CE 10 includes a macro editor that guides non-programmers through the process of creating well-structured, well-documented macros, according to Syware. Macros can now be totally behind the scenes, kept "tidy and unobtrusive," yet still easily viewed, called, and edited, the company says.

Other features listed as new in version 10 include:

• Support for the Windows CE Universal Camera API
  
• Custom color capability
  
• Navigational dropdown lists
  
• Tap and hold to cut, copy, and paste
  
• Grid control enhancements
  
• Field and variable values allowed in messages
  
• New events -- action, left, right, up, down, or hardware buttons pressed; form start-up; grid column changed; and moving off record
  
• New commands -- timer and abort
  
• Development environment enhancements -- control position is displayed; tap and hold creates control; and marquee select enable

Web and mobile messaging, for everyone everywhere

eBuddy is a web application that enables you to chat with your MSN, AOL and Yahoo buddies without having to install any program or Java applet. To use the web version of eBuddy, all you need is a JavaScript enabled browser on your computer and it works even if you are behind a firewall.

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Nokia Communicator E90???

Rumors on a future Nokia Communicator E90. The model is expected to extend the communicator lineup (9500 and 9300I). Unlike these models the E90 will be powered by S60 platform (FP1).

The E90 is supposed to have another form-factor. For example, it can look this way (this isn’t a spy photo of the E90, but just a sketch found in Nokia’s documents):

RealSpeak™ Mobile

RealSpeak™ Mobile is a family of text-to-speech products primarily targeting applications on mobile handsets that includes SMS and email reading functionality. RealSpeak Mobile is a very scalable and modular engine ranging from very small footprint—entry level version to very high, natural sounding speech quality with advanced text pre-processing functionality. As part of the broader RealSpeak family, RealSpeak Mobile can offer a very broad range of languages and voices.

Open up buisness email

ok We talk about email been groupware but it is not groupware. I got a email the other day to help someone with a PDA, the only reason he new he should contact me is that he asked some one who knew I could help. Yet if he could search my email like google he could have found PDA and contacted me, we need to look at how and what we store in emails and how users in the company could look up important information. We are use to searching for information, and email is one of largest and latest information stores that we have.

Why your next cell phone should be Dual-Mode

A dual-mode phone is able to use both cellular Wi-Fi radio signal for communication. This technology is not quite ready yet, but it has huge implications for the future of mobile communication.

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300 APIs

A thorough list of 300 available APIs ranging from mapping to video.

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Microsoft's big nightmare: free online apps

A new generation of browsers is about to make Web applications better than downloadable desktop software.

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Automate windows tasks with this simple scripting language

AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys).

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Skidboot the Dog

A heart-warming segment from Texas Country Reporter, with Bob Phillips. For more information visit www.TexasCountryReporter.com or www.skidboot.com

Your Cellphone May Tell On You

How many of us have sold our old Smartphone or PockectPC Phone on Ebay or elsewhere? Your personal data on that phone may be recoverable. Though the sellers think they have wiped the devices clean, 80 to 85 percent of the devices still have data intact.

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Nokiaworld Nov 29

One of the world's premier forums for the mobility industry. Nokia World, formerly called Nokia Mobility Conference, is your chance to explore new products, services and ideas in the mobility field, achieve business goals and find new perspectives, live exciting new experiences and connect to Nokia and other major players in the mobile industry.

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Free Mobile-to-Mobile Cross-Platform Calls

Barablu demonstrates free calling from Nokia Series 60 based phones to Windows Mobile phones and PDAs using a Wi-Fi connection. Both Nokia E Series and N Series Wi-Fi enabled phones tested, showing not only Voice but IM, video and conference calling.

Barablu CEO, Pascal Isbell, says “Millions of people globally now benefit from free PC-to-PC calls via VoIP. Now they want to add mobility to this facility. Barablu is the first company to provide consumers with this technology interoperably in the mobile arena by offering free mobile-to-mobile cross-platform calls, utilising VoIP, via a Wi-FI standard.”

Truphone is now available for Nokia's new E-series phones.

To use Truphone you will need the latest firmware:

• on the E60 and E61, you will need firmware version 2.0618.06.05 or later.
• on the E70, you will need firmware version 2.0618.07.10 31-08-06 RM10 (RM24 in the US)

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Pepperpad Tablet is reviewed

Nice to see a linux device that syncs your media. Does mail etc. Gives the nokia 770 a run for its money.

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How's Your Email Etiquette?

How long should you wait to try contacting the person again? A day? A week? Should you just resend the message as if it were the first time, or should you mention that this is the second or third time you've sent it? Obviously, the correct answer may depend on your relationship with the recipient and the urgency of the message content.

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Useful Free Windows Programs Under 2MB

Over 20 free windows applications under 2mb, courteously of revision3 forum member, lordfoul. Definately a list to look into. Applications range from miscellaneous software, command utilities, system performance tools, and more.

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Complete Security/Hacking/Phreaking Podcast Review

This person has found some of the best podcasts on the net.

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Ubuntuclips.org launched

The goal of this site is to introduce new users to Ubuntu by way of short video clips that highlight Ubuntu's features and demonstrate how to complete common tasks.

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Symbian forecasts the death of the PC

Symbian company's chief executive, Nigel Clifford suggested that the popularity of smart phones in the developed world and the "leapfrog economies" phenomenon in developing countries--in which expensive wired infrastructures are bypassed in favor of wireless--would create a situation where there was a "smart phone in every pocket."

Symbian's head of propositions, John Forsyth, later argued that "in five years' time you'll wonder why you need a PC at all." also "phones are beginning to eat into the space" that laptops were designed for."It will be a great relief to be liberated from the laptop," he added, citing poor laptop battery performance as a key reason.

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Nokia First to Add Orb MyCasting Service; Premiers on Nokia N80 Internet Edition

Together, Nokia and Orb allow you to instantly enjoy your home photos, videos, music, and even TV, where and when you want. Orb's intuitive solution simply streams a person's own content from their home PC using the Web browser and player on their Nokia N80 Internet Edition, creating their own "personal media portal". You can also remotely record TV programs using Orb's Digital Video Recorder (DVR) function and then play back those recorded programs to their mobile device

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Pictures Of The First Computer Mouse

PIctures of the first computer mouse and some drawings from the patent.

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Cheap Citrix alternative for Windows Mac and Linux

Finally something that is far cheaper than the Citrix Presentation Server with just about the right amount of features needed by most businesses.

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WiMAX getting closer

Fujitsu Nokia and Nortel have all announced dates to when their WiMAX products will be shipping.

Nokia announced its mobile WiMAX base station, the Nokia Flexi, saying it would be commercially available for the 2.5GHz band at the end of 2007 and for 3.5GHz in 1Q 2008 and adding: "WiMAX-capable Nokia mobile devices are expected to be available in 2008."

Fujitsu said it did not expect to have it available in commercial quantities until Q3 2007: a timetable it said was " determined by the market". It is billing its offering as a one-stop shop for carriers planning WiMAX offerings. "the Fujitsu WiMAX solution will allow carriers to work with one strategic partner for broadband wireless networks, helping them offer the leading-edge services consumers are demanding for anytime, anywhere voice, video and data communications."

Nortel announced it is "the industry's first end-to-end mobile mimo-powered WiMAX solution to deliver 4G mobile broadband content - including Internet-everywhere, mobile video, VoIP, streaming media, data applications and mobile electronic commerce." Nortel also announced its collaboration with chipset maker Runcom to deliver MIMO chipsets that will enable the WiMAX ecosystem of network technologies and devices. Nortel says its WiMAX solutions are being trialled with carriers in Asia, Europe and the Americas - and have been deployed by Netago Wireless with the Special Areas Board of Alberta in Canada and Craig Wireless in Greece. It has not indicated when these products will be commercially available.

Nokia's Phone "Bracelet"

Keep in mind this is just a concept, but Nokia has been shopping around a potential cell phone idea that can wrap around your wrist. Fashionable and functional, that's always a good combination

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Convert Every file format

WAV to MP3, etc..

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Microsoft Releases SLAM - Mobile Social Networking Software

Slam allows users to make and manage social groups right from their phone for group-based messaging and photo sharing. I don't think this stuff is useful for Mobile phones, but then I was a late user of SMS.

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Ultimate Microsoft "How to" Self-Help Guide & Resource List

All of Microsoft's Help & Troubleshooting Resources in one place -- along with detailed instructions on "How to" locate information at Microsoft.com

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Startup launches free management tool -- supported by Google ads

An Austin start-up intends to shake up the IT management market for small to midsize users by making its monitoring software available for free. The catch is that customers of Spiceworks' IT Desktop software have to agree to allow technology-related ads, via Google AdSense, to appear on their management console screens.



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The Holy Grail of Synchronization

This is the setup you sync:
* Microsoft Outlook Calendar at work
* Google Calendar
* Gmail
* Microsoft Outlook Contacts at home
* Nokia 6682 (or any mobile phone that has software to synchronize with Microsoft Outlook, ie: all of them)
* iPod

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SmartPhone Tips and Utilities

Tips on how to free up storage space on your phone and move it to a memory card, how to get your phone to auto-reboot among other useful things that you can do to your Windows Mobile 5 phone.

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Awesome programming forum

It has tons of information and help on lots of different programming languages. Excellent place to get help when you are stuck on a problem while writing code.

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Windows Mobile Network Analyzer PowerToy

Network Analyzer for Windows Mobile runs network utilities, for example ping and ipconfig, on a Windows Mobile powered device. Network Analyzer for Windows Mobile facilitates the troubleshooting of network connectivity issues. You can extend the harness. You can add user-defined tests (DLLs) to the list of tests to be executed. An xml input file defines the list of tests to execute. You can use Network Analyzer to send information about network traffic to a .cap file. You can then view the .cap file with the Network Monitor tool or the Ethereal tool. See the readme file below for more information.

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Retrieve Serial Numbers or CD Keys from your computer

KeyFinder Thing is a simple utility to retrieve the Serial numbers or CD Keys of Microsoft software installed on your system. It includes options to export the list of found keys and a search option to find keys not included by default....

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112 Windows Run Commands

Wanted to Browse fast in windows. Remember these commands.
This will really save a lot of time of your. There are many
commands which you might have never seen or never knew.
There are certain properties of windows which you hardly know
exist in windows. Here is a list of 112 run commands.

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The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities

This is updated quite frequently. Take a look.

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