Got a note from Shawn McCollum letting me know about his mobile portal site tuned for web-enabled phones (work on PDA format screens too). Its set up to help you find information and display in a mobile friendly format using the Google mobile transformation service. You can search for specific web formats/services such as websites, news, and flickr. You can find it:
Blog
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Wampad Mobile Portal
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NPR reports about GPS for Cell Phones
NPR has two overlapping (shares content) streaming audio reports about GPS for Cell Phones…
GPS Is Smartening Up Your Cell Phone
…about GPS being an open resource on Nextel phones but not phones from other US mobile phone companies.
Power of GPS Phones Locked Away from Most Users
…adds a bit more focus about why the phone companies have not opened up the ability to develop services for the GPS in many cell phones.
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PlanMaker 2006 for Pocket PC Beta
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 BetaThe 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.
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Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 Beta 2 BUT You Might Not Want to Install It
Microsoft made its…
…for Windows Mobiled devices available as a public download. However, you may want to think twice about installing it if you are using an older Windows Mobile device (pre-Windows Mobile 5). Some features are lost if you upgrade from ActiveSync 3.8.
- LAN/WiFi synchronization is disabled
- Access database conversion is lost
- Support for Microsoft Outlook 2000 is lost
- Support for devices prior to Pocket PC/Smartphone 2002 is gone
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Syncing Outlook, Google Calendar/Mail, iPod, & Phone
An anonymous blogger posted his/her(?) solution to sync a multitude of software, services, and devices that don’t normally speak to each other (e.g., Outlook and iPod) in a post titled:
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Ilium InScribe: Free Text-Entry Software for UMPC
Ilium Software released a free application for Microsoft UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computers) devices. Ilium Software InScribe is a text entry utility that works with the UMPC’s virtual on-screen keyboard to quickly enter text. I don’t know anyone who owns a UMPC. But, if you do, head to Ilium’s website to download their free offering.
You can learn more about the UMPC at Intel and Microsoft’s sites for it found at: