Contents tagged with PocketPC
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11 Killer Freebies for Your Pocket PC
Cool list of useful tools for your PocketPC and most of them free. My fav is eReader, because I use mostly my PDA as a developers reference where I can store all my best .Net books.
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Syncing your Microsoft mobile with Windows Vista RC1 via WMDC
In Vista, bye bye ActiveSync, welcome Windows Mobile Device Center (I think again a complicated acronym WMDC sounds like WMD, hopefully this won't explode too much!).
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Alternative browser for Windows Mobile 5
The Mozilla Foundation has released a new version of the Minimo browser for Pocket PCs running the Gecko rendering engine.
The Minimo browser is not a light version of Firefox, but a completely new browser based on the Mozilla codebase, much like Firefox was when it was started.
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Activesync 4.2 Beta
Microsoft has announced a new version of Activesync 4.2. Not sure yet about the new stuff but you can check by yourself here
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Skype 2.0 released for PocketPC
Good news because the previous version I used on my imate Jasjar is really buggy.
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ShoZu Upload pictures directly to Flickr!
ShoZu provides a smart, reliable and robust service for uploading photos from your cameraphone to your chosen online sharing site.
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Hitchhiker for PocketPC
Cool application, this Hitchhiker, done in CF .Net 2.0, and free!
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Opera 8.5 PocketPC quick test
OK so I just downloaded Opera for Pocket PC and tested it (iMate JasJar Windows Mobile 5.0). Well I was expecting to be blown away with a real Internet Explorer challenger.
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Opera Mobile 8.5 Beta for Pocket PC released
A 45-day trial beta is now officially available for downloading Opera 8.5. Unlike the version that leaked earlier, this beta includes binaries for Windows Mobile 5.0 as well as 2003. From the press release:
"Ever since we released Opera 8 for Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone in June 2005, people have been asking for Opera for their Pocket PCs," says Christen Krogh, VP Engineering, Opera Software. "We are very pleased to offer the latest version of Opera Mobile to Pocket PC owners, so they may finally have a proper Web experience on their devices."
"Opera Mobile 8.5 for Pocket PC offers unmatched speed and usability, which is why we included it on our latest Sharp W- ZERO3 flagship device for the advanced Japanese market" says Tadasu Tsuchihashi, Executive director, Willcom INC. "Thanks to Opera Mobile's unique rendering technology the Web surfing experience on Pocket PC devices is now remarkably close to that of a PC." -
An excellent PDF viewer for your PocketPC
To follow Roy Osherove on the search for an alternative to Acrobat Reader, PocketXpdf is a no-frills viewer for native PDF files for the Pocket PC platform. The rendering engine is a port of Xpdf.