Inside Windows Vista: Windows Mobile Device Center and Sync Center

“Windows Vista recognizes that nowadays everyone carries multiple portable devices: PDAs, media players and Smartphones, and that it is important to provide a central place for managing these devices, setting up the synchronization rules and viewing the conflicts/errors. Windows Vista promises to improve the user experience for mobile devices with the help of Sync Center. So let’s take a quick look at the Windows Mobile device support in Windows Vista and see if the Beta 2 comes close to fulfilling that promise.”

Kris Kumar has published an excellent article over on Smartphone Thoughts that digs into the Windows Mobile Device Center and Sync Center that’s coming in Windows Vista. If you want to look at what you’ll probably be using by the end of the year, check this out.

Read here!

PhatNotes v4.7 Available!

PhatNotes is an award-winning notes organizer for Microsoft Windows-based Pocket and Desktop PCs that allows users to create notes and organize them by type, subject, creation and modification date. The Professional, Standard and Lite editions of PhatNotes have been upgraded to version 4.7. The newest version supports a wider range of square screen devices and features an enhanced Today screen add-on that allows users to open, delete, or rename notes and access linked notes and attached files directly from the Pocket PC Today screen. PhatNotes 4.7 also includes a new Properties dialog box that allows users to change note properties, such as color, priority, category and authoring date, for single or multiple notes from the notes list window. PhatNotes Professional Edition includes a new database utility designed to compress the PhatNotes database on the Desktop PC. By compressing the database, PhatNotes users can free disk space and improve the application’s performance. Phartware Corporation has also made internal improvements making PhatNotes run smoother on Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile 4 and 5 devices. Good news for PhatNotes 4.x registered users…the upgrade is FREE! You can find more info and special offers here.

SBSH Facade v1.0 for Windows Mobile Smartphones

Facade is a highly customizable tab based Homescreen plug-in for Windows Mobile Smartphones. With Facade you can view your upcoming appointments and tasks directly on your Smartphone Homescreen. In addition, Facade offers a launcher tool for application shortcuts. SBSH Facade will help you manage your life using your Smartphone! Helping you track your busy agenda everywhere, all the time! Facade 1.0 Feature Highlights Calendar Tab – View a list of your upcoming appointments up to 30 days ahead, including appointment starting time and status icons. Scroll through your appointments and perform actions using the joy-pad control. Tasks Tab – Lists your Tasks grouped by their due date, including undated and overdue tasks. View and complete Tasks directly from your Home screen. Including task status and priority icons. Launcher – A launcher tool allowing you to create shortcuts to your favorite applications on your Home screen. Includes additional tools for Reset, Power Off, Configure and Reload.      Facade includes full Windows Mobile 5 support and was designed to support Smartphones using high resolution (QVGA) screens. Powerful customization and skinning capabilities are available through the Home screen XML file, allowing you to completely redesign Facade’s look and feel. Simpler design and layout options are accessible using the Facade configuration tool. SBSH Facade 1.0 is available for US$ 14,95 from SBSH. A fully functional 12 days trial version is also available for download.

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Another freeware application for Windows Mobile 5.0 released: Bogle 411

This application will be useful mostly to Windows Mobile users in USA.
It works on all Windows Mobile Devices:

Alex Kac from WebIS writes:

Bogle 411 gives you instant access to yellow pages, white pages, Google, movie times, weather, encyclopedia, and Froogle results. You can dial any phone number directly from the display or add it to your phone book. The results are formatted to fit the Blackberry screen, and search completion saves typing. It is based off the BlackBerry app Berry 411.

We had a few people who asked for something like this so we had Jared whip this up and bring it to you. Its not highly polished, but it does work quite well.

To learn more or to download this application for free click here.

Source: msmobiles.com

Accessories for Axim X50/X51

Great complete list of accessories

i-mate JAMin Pocket PC Phone Reviewed by PocketNow.com

The JAMin is the latest Pocket PC Phone from i-mate, and is a lot like the original i-mate JAM in regards to size and shape. Some new additions include 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 200Mhz TI OMAP CPU, 128Mb ROM, 64Mb RAM, Windows Mobile 5.0, a much improved 2MP camera, and quadband GSM/GPRS and EDGE. In traditional pocketnow.com format, please take a comprehensive look at this new device. Read on!…

iPaq RW6828 Preview

msmobiles.com got their hands on the iPAQ rw6828, a device much like if not the same as the O2 XDA Atom. It doesn’t look like there are specs for it but we assume it wont differ much for the Atom.

Read more [msmobiles.com]…

WM5 & AKU2

Ever really wonder what AKU 2.0 (AKU2) really is? Think of it like a service pack for your Windows Mobile OS. AKU stands for Adaptation Kit Update and AKU 2.0 includes stereo audio over bluetooth, remote device wipe, and possibly push email. The situtation now is that we are all waiting on mobile operators to release the updates to consumers.

So how can you get AKU 2.0 you ask? Well unlike getting SP2 for Windows XP, Microsoft releases software directly to the manufacturer (i-mate, Dell, HP, HTC, etc.) who then make the software work with their products so that they can ship it directly to mobile operators who then send it down to you. It’s a long trail, but it has to go this way. Also, note that it’s up to the manufacturer of the device to make it available as well as what features are enabled in their release. Why would they disable features? They disable certain features if they feel that there is a big hit on performance or if the feature is just plain buggy.

GeekZone has a great deal of information about AKU 2.0 You should read up on it!

Read more [GeekZone]…