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Office Mobile 2010 Beta – Now on Marketplace!

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Office Mobile 2010 Beta has appeared in the Microsoft Marketplace. However, it will expire on April 5, 2010. It will uninstall any previous versions of Office Mobile as well, but if your device came pre-installed with Office Mobile, it will not be affected.

It seems that there are a couple of new features, particularly with Outlook. You will now be able to group messages to a contact, which will make your Inbox tidier.

Features:-

  • View and edit your Microsoft® Office® documents with confidence.
  • Stay connected to work from anywhere with SharePoint Workspace Mobile.
  • Stay connected to work from anywhere with SharePoint Workspace Mobile.
  • Use PowerPoint Mobile as a presentation aid.

It is available for download on Windows Marketplace for Mobile here.

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Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup: November 9th – 15th

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup

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Welcome back to the Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup series. Last week, Microsoft released an update to their Marketplace for Windows Mobile application, which fixes some security bugs, bringing consumers better experiences with the application. Let’s get started with this week’s roundup, starting with the Featured Software of the Week!

Featured Software of the Week

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This week’s featured software would be SPB’s Mobile Shell 3.5. This application has always been one of the best looking Today Screen replacements for Windows Mobile. The combination of a slick interface and some light, handy shortcuts led for a much more pleasing user experience. Each incarnation improved greatly upon the last and this update is no slacker.

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Sixth annual SPB Survey is now online with prizes to be won!

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The sixth annual SPB Survey is now online and they want your opinion. The SPB Survey is a questionnaire that captures user preferences and builds up a combined report that identifies the changing user profiles, mobile device expectations and the handset use cases. This report is expected to be released in early December 2009. The survey will last until 7 p.m. GMT December 4th, with results expected to be publicly available by December 17th.

Lucky SPB Survey participants will receive valuable “thank you” gifts (Prizes listed below). All winners will be contacted with details on how to claim their prizes before December 20th, 2009.

  • Grand prize— a mobile device of winner’s choice + $100 worth of SPB software.
  • Prize #1 — a $100 worth of smartphone accessories of winner’s choice from Smartphone Experts + a $100 worth of SPB software.
  • Prize #2 — $100 worth of SPB’s software.

What are you waiting for? Take the survey now: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/support/survey.html

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Marketplace Official Release for Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1!

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Finally, Marketplace application for Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 has been officially released by Microsoft. Now, Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 users no longer have to use the unofficial release of Marketplace.

Marketplace for Windows Mobile, if you didn’t already know, is a new feature which will help consumers to easily find, install and experience those applications that fit their needs and make the phone truly personal. Developers, who have already built over 20,000 applications for Windows® phones, will be able to offer applications to customers through the marketplace via a simple security and compatibility check from Microsoft.

Head over now and get your Marketplace here!

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Review: Flight Commander by ColorStone for Windows Phone

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Introduction

Have you ever wonder what it’s like to work as an air traffic controller?  Well, Flight Commander by Color Stone Ltd now gives you a taste of what it’s like by putting you in charge of airport landing fields.

Features:-

  • Insanely addictive
  • Beautiful graphics
  • 2 airports for different strategies
  • 2 additional game modes for eve more gaming pleasure
  • Real life airport recordings

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Home Screen Customizer for Windows Mobile 6.5!

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Now, with Home Screen Customizer, you can customize the home screen of your Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. It allows you to rearrange the panels to your liking by simply pressing & holding, then dragging the panels around. It also features plug-in capability that allows other panel developers to integrate their panels into the home screen.

Features:-

  • Weather, favorite contacts, and search panels for your home screen. More panels to come.
  • Add or delete panels from the home screen
  • Rearrange home screen panels
  • Set favorite panel
  • Allows other panel developers to show add form or edit form

I would say that this application is a definite must have if you are using the paneled home screen of Windows Mobile 6.5.

You will be able to download this app for free from Marketplace on your PC.

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Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup: November 2nd – 8th

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup

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Welcome back to the Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup series. It’s been a great week! The highly anticipated HTC HD2 is officially launched! And it is coming to the US! Featuring it’s 1GHz Snapdragon mobile processor and 4.3″ capacitive touch screen, it’s a superb looking Windows Phone. Enough of it for now, let’s get into the Windows Mobile Roundup!

Featured Software of the Week

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This week’s featured software would be Rake in Grass Archibald’s Adventure for Windows Mobile. This unique action puzzle platformer is a great game as you use your skills and wit to guide the heroes of the game through the 100+ uncanny levels.

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Review: Archibald’s Adventure by Rake in Grass for Windows Phone

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Introduction

Archibald’s Adventure is a unique action puzzle platform game. The story of Archibald’s Adventure goes something like this:-

Archibald and his friends were near a dump behind a mysterious mansion of inventor – professor Klumpfus. Accidentally Archie fell down a pipe and ended up in professor’s basement. In the same time some crazy experiment went wrong and all genetically engineered creatures escaped from their containment in laboratories, while paranoid central computer locked the whole complex up! Now both Archibald and professor got stuck in the mansion!

It’s up to you to help Archie to overcome all of the pitfalls of the mansion, and use your skills and wit to guide the heroes through more than 100 uncanny levels!

Features:-

  • Go through 163 levels in this mind blowing action puzzle platform game
  • Experience innovative gameplay with many unique features of the hero: transportation of objects, riding on walls and ceilings, flying with a jet armchair and more
  • Use your wit and fast reaction to avoid nasty dangers of the mad scientist’s mansion
  • Use the professor’s device pod to climb the walls or his artificial intelligence matter to solve riddles
  • Encounter lots of weird and funny lifeforms running loose in the levels!

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Gear Diary Weekly Roundup for Oct 26-Nov 1: Androids, Apples, eBooks and Features..Oh My!

This entry is part 19 of 20 in the series Weekly Roundup

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If last week’s news is any indication, we’re all about to see an army of Droids to be released and hit the mobile scene — in a very big way. Even if you didn’t already pre-order through Best Buy, Big Red hopes you’ll be stopping by their stores this Friday to see what all the fuss is about.   Some good hardware from Motorola and a faster, much improved Android 2.0 should please quite a few Verizon customers by providing what could be argued as the carrier’s first eagerly anticipated smartphone.   But will it pose any real threat to the iPhone?

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Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup: October 26th – November 1st

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup

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Welcome back to the new weekly feature here at Gear Diary! As noted last week, I will highlight the major Windows Mobile software releases and updates from the previous week as well as a couple of featured software for the week. Hopefully, you will join the discussion!

This week, I’m adding a new section, which will feature software of the week! Let’s get going!

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Gear Deal: Sprite Backup and Terminator for HTC Devices

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Did you just buy a shiny new Touch Pro 2? Or maybe you snapped up an Imagio or a Pure? (Or any other HTC Windows Mobile devices) If you did, you’ll be happy to know that Sprite Mobile has you covered. Continue Reading

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Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup: October 19th – 25th

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup

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Welcome to a new weekly feature here at Gear Diary! Each week, I will highlight the major Windows Mobile software releases and updates, giving you a quick feel of what’s been going on in the Windows Mobile arena in the prior week. With the recent Windows Mobile 6.5 launch, I hope to provide an overview to you Windows Phone users out there so you can put your Windows Phone to good use. Without further delay, let’s get right to it!

First stop, let’s check out the new release by Wizcode!

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Wizcode releases PhotoCopy Mobile!

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Ever wanted to scan document pages using your Windows Phone built-in camera and convert them to a PDF document? Thanks to Wizcode latest release, you will now be able to do that. With PhotoCopy Mobile, you can effectively turn your Windows Phone into a fully featured photo copy machine and scanner.

Even if your device does not have a built-in camera, you can still use the full capabilities of PhotoCopy Mobile by importing graphic files or even entire folders containing pictures. The supported image formats are currently JPEG, PNG and BMP and will be extended in future updates.

Features:-

  • Archive and share documents on the go
  • Photocopy text, magazine pages or other printed materials
  • Scan business cards, recipes, meeting memos or notes
  • Create PDF photo albums

Wizcode PhotoCopy Mobile

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Review: IM+ by SHAPE Services for Windows Phone

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Instant Messaging (IM) has gained popularity over the years, and it has become part of our lives now in the communication world. With mobile devices gaining popularity, everyone would love to stay connected with their IMs. Some of the popular IMs out there include MSN®/Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!®, and Google Talk. Those are all separate applications, requiring space on users’ devices and requiring them to juggle between each application when they want to IM their friends on the different services. What a pain!

SHAPE services has come to the rescue, with IM+! IM+ is a messaging client that lets you access AIM®/iChat, MSN®/Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!®, ICQ®, Jabber®, Google Talk, MySpace®, Facebook IM and Twitter services.

Features:-

  • All public IM systems in one client. No cost per message!
  • Stay online in IM Push mode and save battery live!
  • Friendly User Interface in English, German, Italian, French, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian and Spanish.
  • Today Screen Plugin: see the information of all connected services, number
    of online/offline users and amount of unread messages.
  • One-Time Purchase License: all further updates included.

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Resco Pocket Radio 2.00 Released!

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Resco recently released their latest version of Pocket Radio, 2.00, for Windows Phone. If you didn’t know already, Resco Pocket Radio is a player and recorder providing endless streaming radio broadcasting, perfect for those who can’t live without a radio at their fingertips.

With this latest update, users would certainly appreciate the new touch-friendly radio list, as most of the Windows Phone nowadays have touch-friendly interface.

New Features in Resco Pocket Radio 2.00:

  • Touch-friendly Radio List
    The list of radio stations has been converted into touch-optimized interface. Each musical genre includes a number in parentheses indicating how many stations belong to the category.
  • Letter Bar Included
    As you select from a broad list of musical styles, the letter bar improves your navigation and saves time.
  • Streaming Quality Icons
    The streaming quality is denoted by icons in three colors. Red color belongs to the weakest streams (63 kbps and less), orange color to the mid-quality streams (64-127 kbps), and green color represents the highest quality streams (128 kbps and more).

Stay tuned for a comprehensive review on Resco Pocket Radio 2.00.

Pocket Radio 2.0

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