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NEW: T-Mobile MDA Vario IV shows its face

May 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
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In the first week of May HTC announced the HTC Touch Diamond, which I was able to get my hands-on at the local HTC product launch event in Utrecht (Netherlands). Although I was heavily impressed by the size of the HTC Touch Diamond and the speed of the TouchFLO 3D interface, as a power-user the device simply lacked a hardware QWERTY keyboard. Several rumors and specs about a HTC Diamond WITH a full QWERTY keyboard were hitting the web ... until yesterday. A fellow Dutch colleague, who I met at … [Read more...]

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ROM UPGRADE: Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for HTC TyTN II

May 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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HTC has officially released a Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for the HTC TyTN II, as listed in the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 press release on 1st April 2008. [ref05] But the upgrade doesn't consist only of the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade, but should also address some video- and other performance problems. [ref08] It's clever of HTC to combine these facts and bundle them in one upgrade, so end-users or large companies don't have to roll out twice an upgrade. Arne Hess of the::unwired provides us … [Read more...]

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BETA: Resco File Explorer 2008 beta

May 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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The first program to install on an pocketpc phone edition or smartphone edition is a good file explorer. For years I've been using Resco File Explorer on both operating systems. The combination of a good userinterface and loads of features, like the build-in registry editor and build-in ftp client, makes it a really nice piece of software, which is worth every penny. Like the development of the 2007 version, Resco has put a public beta on their forums for the 2008-version. [ref03]With this … [Read more...]

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UPDATE: Microsoft Live Search released with customer-driven features

May 19, 2008 By 4 Comments
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Microsoft released a new version of the Microsoft Live Search software. Although the coverage of the application is mainly US and UK based, the software has some real cool options / features.Features of this latest version are based on customer feedback, as can be read on the Weblog of Jason Langridge.Personally I think Microsoft does a real good job if they listen to the market and can translate the customer feedback into real nice features (normally it's either feature release or just … [Read more...]

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Xobni: More than just organizing your e-mail

May 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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Xobni is the word inbox backwards spelled, and as you can guess it's a powerful plugin for Microsoft Outlook. While it has been in a private beta for quite some time, now (= a few weeks) is this plugin available in a public beta. After installing the plugin an additional pane is added to your Microsoft Outlook. If you click on an e-mail a profile overview of the sender is shown. The overview provides the e-mail history as well as the incomming and outgoing number of e-mails and the calculated … [Read more...]

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PRODUCT LAUNCH: HTC Touch Diamond

May 16, 2008 By 4 Comments
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Last week, two days after the official product launch of the HTC Touch Diamond in London, it was time to inform the local Dutch market. In the Round Control Room at Mediaplaza in Utrecht, both editors of online communities and journalists of magazines were there. Mark Moons (Country Manager HTC in Benelux) welcomed us, and started with the strategic position of HTC in the Netherlands.Growth and change off the overall mobile market. Consolidation and growth of number two position behind … [Read more...]

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