Category: Software (Windows Phone)
You may recall our earlier report about MSN being dropped from future SPV handsets. We wanted to know from Orange whether the new Orange Messenger, which is to replace it, will be interoperable with other IM platforms like MSN, Yahoo! and ICQ etc. The...
The public Beta of ActiveSync 4.2 is now available here and addresses some issues with Desktop Pass Through, Outlook synchronisation and USB connectivity. Microsoft have been watching forums and websites to ensure that any problems are resolved in thi...
esoft have now brought stacks of their games to the Smartphone! Traffic Jam, Arcade Challenge and Word Challenge are now all ready for you to grab on your Smartphone. There's stacks more too - just click here to see them as they cover the Pocket PC as...
Unwired Software, Inc. has released version 1.3 of the best new mobile technology of 2006 – the popular InfoShare List Manager for Pocket PC and Smartphone. InfoShare List Manager is the first wireless software application that allows individuals an...
Arcade Park is a collection of games designed to revive the legendary games of the past. There's Arcade Ball, Asteroids, Rushman, Digger, Gold Hunter, Galaxy Invaders, plus military games Real Tanx and Riverside Assault. So, for one price you get eigh...
GPRS Remote Control lets you connect and remotely control your desktop computer through your mobile phone. You can send and receive mail, browse net, edit documents and hundreds of other things that you'd typically do behind your home or office comput...
The guys in our games and applications shops have had a fantastic idea. In fact, I thought they were a bit nuts when they came up with it, but heck - it's their money and their idea, so I'm backing it all the way! :) They've got a …
About this time last year we mentioned something called Mobiluck, the "BlueJacking" software that lets you detect all nearby Bluetooth devices and send / receive messages. Now compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 handsets Mobiluck is a bit more than ju...
Shozu, the direct-pictures-to-web-from-your-phone-app, has announced that they're branching out to offer photo and video uploading to multiple personal blog and citizen photo-journalism sites such as Blogger, Typepad, Wordpress, CNN, the BBC and Scoop...
Something I've just spotted whilst looking for a registry editor is this PC-based tool which connects to your phone and shows / edits your registry. I've been looking for one as I'm having trouble app-unlocking my C600 after the AKU2 update. Well, alt...
Astraware have just announced that their popular Sudoku game has been updated to version 1.30. The new update gives you an improved menu system which was implented as a result of customer feedback. Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware, said.. "Our cust...
You may remember the beta version of AtomicCannon we reported on earlier. Well now it's fully available and you can get more information here. It's already the best shooting game of last year, so don't waste any time in grabbing a copy. The controls h...
AvantGo is a free mobile content delivery service for your handset. It'll let you sync-up thousands of news feeds which are specifically made to fit your mobile device. AvantGo call these "channels" and they contain all your favourite news, weather an...
There's an interesting blog post here by James @ root6technology.com. He noticed that after applying the AKU Push email update for his SPV M5000 he could no longer run managed software that was built by Visual Studio 2005. Compact Framework 2.0 won't ...
This free software is billed as a "bargain hunter" and works by pulling the latest shopping deals and offers down via RSS feeds. It has the added bonus of letting you change the feeds and grab any RSS/XML feed you fancy. RSS feeds are basically text f...
Fizz Software have announced that Fizz Weather version 2.2 is now available. Fizz Weather, which costs $14.99 (around £8.60 / €12.46) is a fully featured app and a home screen plug-in which supports over 58,000 cities around the globe. This new ver...
You may remember we covered the SlingBox Windows Media Player before. Simply put, it lets you watch and control your TV and decoder boxes from any web-enabled device and now from your Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone too. Unlike Orb, which lets ...
MobileMag are reporting that Microsoft are working on a SIP-enabled VoIP dialer for Windows Mobile 5. Apparently "a trusted source familiar with the inner workings" of Microsoft has been speaking to them about the move. If true, this would let you mak...
For those of you lucky enough to have a device with the new hi-resolution QVGA screen (like the Orange SPV C550, C600, Cingular 2125 etc) then you're probably one of many people saying, "Hey, sometimes when I buy / download a game it comes out all sma...
Makayama have today announced a new version of their DVD to Smartphone product which, as the name suggests, converts whole DVD's down so that they can be viewed on your Smartphone direct from the memory card. Now called "Smartphone Media Studio", this...
The brilliant Virtual Pool Mobile has been given the full hi-res QVGA treatment and is now Windows Mobile 5.0 compatible. This pool simulation is so real it's almost guaranteed to improve your game in the pool hall with an intuitive interface allowing...
We've now got the promised push-email update for the HTC Wizard in the form of the QTek 9100 AKU2 update and the HTC Universal with the i-Mate JasJar one. But what of that Orange SPV C600 update? Well, it's here that I'd like to ask you guys a …
I had an email today from Ollie. His email was short - "Check out Orb.com. It's a neat piece of software" So I did.. and by god it's fantastic. Seriously - this is excellent. I always score things on basic principles - 1 - Does it install and …
PhoneThemes have just announced their first ever animated themes for the PocketPC on Windows Mobile 5.0. You may remember that PhoneThemes showed this off when Bill Gates announced Windows Mobile 5.0 in his keynote speech in MEDC 2005. Plus there's g...
Yet more games for you today, this time it's Meteor by Mobile Stream. It'll make use of your entire hi-res QVGA screen plus it'll work a treat on every other Windows Mobile out there too. There's 90 - count them - 90 levels, smart fullscreen graphics,...
We've managed to get a great deal for you guys on the excellent GPrime Xtreme. Right now you can get 10% off the price of our exclusive CoolSmartPhone Edition just by quoting the promotion code of "XTREMECOOL" at the checkout. Give it a try here - bla...
The guys at Orneta have unveiled a new beta program designed to help power users preview upcoming Orneta releases. The Orneta Beta Program currently offers six pre-release products including Biorhythm Mobile, Calculator Mobile, Checkers Mobile, Notepa...
VITO have announced their AudioPlayer for both Smartphone and Pocket PC. This software will play all your MP3 files and it has Bass Boost and loads of different "play modes" including single file, current folder, current folder and all subfolders and ...
Way back in the day I remember playing a very similar game to this on my Amiga, however it's now available in the form of Atomic Cannon which is now available to download for the Smartphone here (full screen for WM5.0 handsets too!) or Pocket PC here....
Avvenu is an award winning free service that enables you to remotely access your computers from your smartphone or any internet-connected device. You can now download version 1.2 from our downloads section or from Avvenu directly. Once installed you c...
The excellent Skookum is now at version 2 and includes support for Podcasts and audio from the equally excellent Audible.com. What does it do exactly ? Put simply it lets you easily subscribe to online media content via RSS / XML feeds like the ones o...
VITO AudioNotes is an MP3/WAV recorder for Smartphones and Pocket PC's. Released today it's an easy way to record those important memos or thoughts on the go. It's simple to use to - you don't need to worry about stacks of recording formats etc - just...
Steve Fossett is currently at the controls of the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer in order to set the record for the longest flight of all time. He's attemting to fly over 700 miles further than any aircraft or balloon has flown. Conchango are the Web Mi...
Our friends at Phonethemes.com have published news of a case study into the development work required to produce WM5.0 applications. This follows last year's presentation of the PhoneThemes PocketPC media player by Bill Gates as he launched Windows Mo...
MoDaCo mentioned this Eye On Call (PhoneSharp) software today so I decided to give it a bash. The software is delivered as a Zip file so you have to copy the contents across to your phone. When you initially run it you'll need to start "Loader.exe" an...
Back when PCs were the same speed as your Windows Mobile phone everyone was "overclocking" their CPU's. For the unaware Wikipedia states that overclocking is.... "Making a computer component run at a higher clock speed than the manufacturer's specific...
Spotted here at MSMobiles is something that looks quite familiar. O2 MediaPlus is an application that comes with the XDA Atom and gives us a interesting view of how the Windows Media Center interface style can be used on portable devices. You can see ...
Following their Hogmanay Party Astraware are once again giving away stuff - this time it's up to $10 (£5.61) off games starting on January 30th. Astraware are starting their 'Enhance Your Lifestyle' promotion on January 30th and will be slashing pric...
The guys at VITO Technology have released TaskSwitcher for Windows Mobile Smartphones. TaskSwitcher is already well-known on the Pocket PC and lets you switch easily between running tasks or stop them from a pop-up list. It's so simple to use - you ju...
If you've got Pocket Mini Golf 2 then you'll be pleased to know that there's yet another excellent expansion pack now available. Future City, available here, is now selling for the Pocket PC and Smartphone and comes with... - 18 New Futuristic Holes (...
