http://www.pocketpcguides.com/Latest pocket pc news and updatesen-usCopyright 2008, www.pocketpcguides.comhttp://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/1-9e9f13c0bf5d70a12c0c092dd7e62ed5In an interview with German newspaper "Welt Online" Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony speaks about the future of Sony but also about a possible future of Sony Ericsson and this future might not as bright as the past was. When Sony and Ericsson merged as Sony Ericsson, Sony brought its design and media competence into the new venture while Ericsson brought is technical know-how and both together created some exciting phones, except the not so successful Symbian-based UIQ smartphone line. Anyway, it looks like Howard Strigner isn't happy with the current situation of Sony Ericsson and while he haven't mentioned to either leave the joint venture or to take it over, the interview shows that he's thinking about Sony Ericsson...http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/6-5025ad651610b9b4bb9a6e379e9a72cfDataViz finally delivers popular - and long running - Microsoft Office compatible software suite to one of the world's most popular smartphones platforms.http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/4-b81720bc13f8c359a8ea22b32759970d"Attempts to keep the most hotly anticipated consumer electronics devices under wraps these days are getting more and more futile. It's hard enough for companies to control disgruntled employees and leaks in the international supply chain, stir in a giant government organization and things quickly unravel. Case in point: T-Mobile's HTC Dream, widely believed to be the world's first Android handset. After Engadget loosed the Dream from its FCC constraints on the 18th of August, HTC contacted the agency on the 19th with a request to use a less detailed diagram for the FCC label placement. Fortunately for us they complied, giving us what can only be construed as official measurements in the process. The newly unveiled 115 x 55-mm dimensions te...http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-2c73824f469fbdc1405236dbbf231560I’m surprised I haven’t yet mentioned ChaCha, a free, human-powered service that lets you ask any question and sends you an answer via text message. Also, this week we’ll note an update of Windows Live for Windows Mobile and discuss various opportunities for downloading software, including freeware, directly to your device. http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-dd4692661aa197d3ac4eb06a6eb0f146"...we have decided to temporarily offer you our individual software products at a reduced amount of 20% off retail. Don't miss this opportunity to secure your device at a discount!" http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-70ffd4c61d151c60621d224ef91ba9b1Compared to the capabilities of desktop multimedia players (see for example the excellent WMP vs Winamp vs iTunes vs MediaMonkey for more info on their capabilities), the mobile ones certainly lack when it comes to fetching, searching for, editing, storing and, in several cases, even accessing / displaying different kinds (album art and/or other images; textual genre / composer / title etc. info; lyrics etc.) of information in audio files. http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/1-25d577fb1186156809e82bb7d2a0de81HTC today announced the launch of a new Windows Mobile Standard smartphone, the S740 which follows, with its QWERTY slide-out keyboard, the design-concept of the HTC Touch Pro but also features a traditional 12-keys phone-pad. At a size of 116.3 x 43.4 x 16.3 mm and weight of 140 gram, HTC's latest Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard smartphone features quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as dualband (900/2100 MHz) UMTS/HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and GPS/AGPS. The QVGA non-touchscreen measures 2.4" and the main fixfocus camera supports 3.2 megapixel: [3 Comments] [Permalink] (c) 2008 by the::unwired - All Rights Reserved http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-a3b894d7bfa35898d11c5e2a55eb3ce5We’ve recently redesigned our web site, and I’m impressed. It must be among the best Windows Mobile/Smartphone sites on the Internet. This week we’ll also note a video review of the Samsung and other device news, as well as a new version of Google Maps for Windows Mobile. http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-6d0ec58db18db096c58d5875fdfd39e9Nicky Boom is a port of a famous Amiga platform game. It's one of those games that makes me wish I had an Amiga back in the day. (I still remember that trip I made to Warren Radio in Peoria, IL back in the 80s and they just happened to have an Amiga on display. It almost seemed like a magical experience. Where have all the good times gone?)  http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-8866fc4e358a2a95d99906278b93d26fAlong with tags and cover arts, lyrics are also highly sought-for and widely used metadata, particularly with non-English folks who would like to know the lyrics of the songs they listen to. http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-f077a5e1f0864380c3ef3e6d9ca8b5dc "July 30, 2008 – VITO Technology is proud to present Task2Gather - a brand-new free service for online task management. Task2Gather is one place for all your tasks and projects: family, social, business, and private. Task2Gather lets you put your tasks online and invite family members, colleagues, or clients to participate and achieve common goals." http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-43e6dbcd4d4ba69a23563efc25bace5eI've reviewed a number of new software input methods this year for Windows Mobile touchscreen devices. They have all generally used the standard qwerty layout that would be found on a hardware keyboard. Fitaly throws you for a loop because it uses a non-querty layout, and incidently the name is derived from the arrangement of letters on the keyboard (just like querty).  The fitaly layout was designed in the nineties for pencomputers, when Jean Ichbiah thought that writing with a stylus required a different type of keyboard. http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/13-7b1401e7bcc47acc9946cad170df4b3fRumors are about that Verizon and Sprint will be offering the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro. Plus, there’s a great video on YouTube of the amazing Touch Pro interface. This week we’ll also note a few reviews of the new HP iPAQ 910 and leaked information about the Treo 850. read more http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-ff5d1c3c6bd0360c29a97f13ed8d14e5 http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/13-c79dd0d098233ada94aff785e758d57dIt was a long time ago that Smartphone & Pocket PC Mag discussed Doppler on desktop. Neither are other articles (like Podcasts on a PDA...) up-to-date either, let alone covering all the current podcasting / podcatching solutions for all the three mobile operating systems I (currently ? don?t forget I?ll also support iPhone when I get it!) support: that is, Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Symbian S60. read more http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/1-c896555b43928739babce603a63c9136Earlier this week we reported about the dispute between SiRF and Broadcom and SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. responds tonight to earlier speculations, that its products might be banned from the U.S. According to this information, SiRF and the ITC staff have independently filed appeals with the International Trade Commission (ITC) for review of the ITC Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) initial ruling that certain SiRF products infringed upon patents held by Global Locate, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadcom. In addition, SiRF has taken measures to reassure its customers of multiple alternatives to address this initial ruling to enable SiRF customers to continue shipping their innovative products into the US market. [Perma...http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/4-0dc4cbc8686263aebea06c7e92fadca6http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&displaylang=en"There are files from all kinds of sources that we want to store and manage. Files are created by our digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, portable media players, camcorders, PDAs, and laptops. Increasingly, computer users are using different folders, drives, and even different computers (such as a laptop and a desktop) to store, manage, retrieve and view files. Yet managing hundreds or thousands of files is still largely a manual operation. In some cases it is necessary to regularly get copies of files from another location to add to primary location; in other cases there is a need to keep two storage locations exactly in sync. Some users manage files manually, dragging and dropping fro...http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-c48727c5160d1ed8b1c6b20ee5a36172 Did you know that you can get free technical support on Windows Vista SP1 until 18 March 2009?  Free, unlimited installation and compatibility support is now available for all worldwide customers using Windows Vista SP1, until March 18, 2009. Telephone support is available worldwide. http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/13-398c47714c806e4ba7016b2079fdb8d5Photo from ZDNet read more http://www.pocketpcguides.com/go/3-3d800c2bb4a75623682239fbc3ec77beThe built-in Windows Media Player has always suffered from a major flaw: it didn’t support resuming the song from the last position after restarting the player. XDA-Devs forum member Wolfman-XP (the same guy that has also developed AVRCP support for GSPlayer) has fixed this: he has released a plug-in that remembers the last position where you press(ed) the Pause button.