Category: Pocket PC/Phone Edition

Engadget has a step-by-step illustrated tutorial showing how to use a Verizon Wireless Pocket PC Phone Edition (Windows Mobile 5) XV6700 as mobile modem for a notebook. You can find the article at…

How-To: Use your EV-DO Pocket PC phone for internet access

SoftMaker has a public beta of its PlanMaker spreadsheet for Windows Mobile based Pocket PCs available at its website.SoftMaker PlanMaker 2006 for Pocket PC Beta

The updated Excel Mobile in Windows Mobile 5 has a number of enhancements over previous versions including simple graphs. However, if you need even more functions and feature than Excel Mobile provides, you might want to take a look at PlanMaker 2006 in its Beta release form.

Windows Mobile 5 device (Pocket PC/Smartphone) users can get Exchange Server email pushed to them if their firmware includes the Messaging Security and Feature Pack (MSFP). But, if you use a previous generation Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition Pocket PC Phone Edition, you are not left in the cold anymore. DataViz’ RoadSync for Windows Mobile which now supports Windows Mobile 2003 2nd Ed.

Palm’s announcement for the Windows Mobile 5 based Treo 700wx Pocket PC Phone Edition for use on the Sprint PCS network includes a couple of interesting offers such as a free 1GB memory card, free shipping, and a $125 trade-in for Treo 650 owners. The Treo 700wx sells for $499.

i-Mate announced the availability of a free utility for their K-JAM Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Phone Edition that provides an indicator for whether a GPRS or higher speed EDGE network is available. A G is displayed in the status bar if a GPRS network is available and an E is displayed if EDGE is available. The free utility is available as a CAB file. You can find it in the K-JAM support area of…

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I just tried it on my K-JAM and found a E displayed indicating EDGE network availability.