Welcome back to the Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup series. I hope you guys had a great week! Let’s get started with this week’s roundup, starting with the Featured Software of the Week! Featured Software of the Week If you have been using Windows Mobile, then I’m pretty sure you heard of Pocket Informant, a Personal Information Manager (PIM) that has been around on Windows Mobile since 2001.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

For once it is AT&T’s feathers being ruffled and not the other way around. To catch you up if you have missed today’s geek fun, “Fake Steve Jobs” has called on US iPhone users to join in his “Operation Chokehold” this Friday by using massive amounts of data on their iPhones. It comes on the heels of rumors that AT&T is planning to roll out new ways to curtail the huge amounts of data iPhones are consuming on their (lame, weak, already lousy) network. In essence he is asking us to say to AT&T, “You think you’ve seen iPhones using data?!?! You ain’t seen nothing yet!!”… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

As holiday season is approaching, I would like to take a moment to update all of you Windows Mobile readers out there on some upcoming software reviews. (Note that software listed are in no particular order as they will appear)… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Evernote has just announced the release of a native application for Android devices.  Although it is an initial release it is already a pretty powerful way to capture notes, images and more. Better still, judging from the rapid update path it seems move than likely Android users can expect the app to become increasingly robust in the coming months. Here’s a first look… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It’s big! It’s Powerful! And it’s $100 less thanks to the deal our GearSponsor found! ToshibaDirect.com offering the Qosmio X505-Q830 18.4-Inch for $1349.99 after $100 instantly off. It even includes free 2-day shipping. The system is loaded. It has a quad-core 1.6GHz Intel Core i7-720QM CPU, 4GB DDR3 RAM, a Blu-ray DVD drive, an 18.4-inch HD TruBrite LED Widescreen LCD, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M graphics w/1GB VRAM, and is running Windows 7 Home 64-bit. Harman Kardon speakers and a 12-cell battery round out the deal on this desktop replacement powerhouse. If you want a big, powerful computer that can easily servce as your ONLY computer this may just be the notebook for you… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

News of a Google-branded Android phone, code-named the Nexus One has been popping up all over the ‘Net lately.  First came the rumors, and then more concrete information and confirmation. Well, now there are rumors on pricing and release dates. Read on for a round-up of the current rumors.… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

(Courtesy of Wu Yausu) If you’ve been following Judie’s nook post, you may have noticed a debate about the Barnes and Noble/Spring Design lawsuit. Thanks to the magic of the internet, anyone can read Spring Design’s complaint, and being the intrepid blogger that I am, I set aside my distinct lack of a legal background and combed the document for any interesting tidbits. As was mentioned over in the nook comments, Spring Design does allege that Barnesandnoble.com president William Lynch told them, “He [Spring Design] should not consider Amazon as a content partner, because Amazon was likely to steal Spring’s unique idea without ever buying anything… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I have made no secret of my excitement that Dragon Dictation is now out and available for US iPhone users. The app has transformed my iPhone usage and continues to be one of my most-used apps. The transcription process is fast, accurate and, currently, free. When the app was first released last week however some folks expressed concern that the app uploaded your contact list to Dragon’s servers when starting it for the first time. Well worry not! A new update makes the contact upload process optional. It also allows you to delete contact names that were previously uploaded. Dragon Dictation isn’t for everyone but for many of us it is already a home run… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

photo credit: procsilas It looks like Apple has won a permanent injunction against Psystar. The judge has ordered Psystar to comply with the injunction by December 31st. The injunction specifically calls on Psystar to stop: * Copying, selling, offering to sell, distributing or creating derivative works of Mac OS X without authorization from Apple. * Intentionally inducing, aiding, assisting, abetting or encouraging any other person or entity to infringe Apple’s copyrighted Mac OS X software. * Circumventing any technological measure that effectively controls access Mac OS X, including, but not limited to, the technological measure used by Apple to prevent unauthorized copying of Mac OS X on non-Apple computers. * Playing any part in a product intended to circumvent Apple’s methods for controlling Mac OS X, such as the methods used to prevent unauthorized copying of Mac OS X on non-Apple computers. * Doing anything to circumvent the rights held by Apple under the Copyright Act with respect to Mac OS X. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Hate when you miss an important call on your BlackBerry because you didn’t notice the phone was vibrating? Did you set up your ‘Berry to ring and vibrate, only to miss even more calls because the default setup will only ring after the vibrating feature finishes? Wish you could have the device ring and vibrate at the same time? BlackBerry developer extraordinaire, Fabian Heuwieser, has solved this problem with his popular application VibAndRing.  Through midnight tonight, you can get the VibAndRing application for 50% off ($1.47).    You have full control — with the ability to set the amount of bursts, the length of the bursts and the length… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Sick of telemarketers and other unwanted callers driving you crazy?  Wish you could block these callers and report them to the authorities?  Today First Orion launched PrivacyStar for BlackBerry smartphones, and puts the ability to control who is able to contact you right in your hand.  Manage your own “Do Not Call” list by selecting the number directly from your call log. PrivacyStar Features include: · Simple to Use – After receiving an unwanted call, select the number from the call log to add to the Privacy List and that call will be blocked in the future. · Report Potential Telemarketing Violations – Upon the user’s request, PrivacyStar captures detailed information about possible violations including date, time, number and identity. PrivacyStar easily allows users to provide this information to law enforcement authorities so they may take action. · Caller Lookup – After receiving a call from a number that is not recognized (not in the contacts list), PrivacyStar Caller Lookup allows a user to identify unknown callers by name and take appropriate action, such as adding to the contacts list or Privacy List. · Web Portal – Utilize the fully integrated personal web portal to manage blocked callers (including unblocking), [...]

Another day, another Direct2Drive Holiday Deal! Now in time for Christmas they are back – they are featuring a game a day for now until Christmas! Deals so far have been great, and it just keeps rolling today! Game #15 is the racing gameNeed for Speed ProStreet. Here is the announcement Tweet: D2D’s 24 Days of Christmas – Day 15 – Need for Speed ProStreet is 75% OFF – now just $4.95! http://bit.ly/5w5ISJ This special includes the original game released in 2007 for a solid 75% off – $4.95 rather than $19.95! But be quick – this deal ends at noon EST on December 16th! Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The Rubik’s TouchCube by Techno Source, is a highly sought after gift for the holiday season.  Starting today, Best Buy is doing a little gift giving themselves, offering consumers the TouchCube at an incredibly discounted price of $49.99! (Originally $149.99) This great price is available to shoppers online, as well as in the retail locations through the remainder of the holiday season. Rubik’s Cube, the number one best-selling game ever, has reached new heights—it has gone “touch” with the introduction of Rubik’s TouchCube™, the first completely electronic solvable Cube. The TouchCube features touch sensor technology on all six sides, a motion-detecting accelerometer, and colored lights in every square. Check the Best Buy web… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Along with the recent discovery of a 4th generation of the iPhone being field tested comes traces of a new iPhone operating system, 3.1.3 as well. According to sources Apple is testing the firmware version 3.1.3, a minor update for current generation of iPhones, and OS 4.0 for upcoming iPhone. The 3.1.3 software version hasn’t even been seeded to developers yet for testing so we’re not sure how soon we’ll see it but anything’s possible with Apple. As always, if you’re running a Jailbroken iPhone and the update gets released, do not upgrade your phone until you get word from the iPhone Dev Team or you’ll lose your Jailbreak… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

If you’re like me you’re always sharing interesting links, pictures, notes, files and other stuff you come across on the internet with your friends, family and colleagues.  Often times I do this sharing over Twitter but other times I use e-mail as well. The Mac has a really nifty way of allowing you to grab and drag most anything from the web and move the item somewhere else. That’s where Droplr comes in.  Droplr places itself as a small icon on your Mac’s menu bar.  When you want to share an item with someone you simply grab it and drag it to the Droplr icon, dropping it over the icon.  The link, file, image, note is automatically turned into a link which you can then paste… Continue reading on Gear Diary …