A Better Way To Send Files Over Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a pretty convenient way to send files to someone in the same room as you but it’s a little annoying since you never know the status (are you at 50% or 99%?) and you either need to zip multiple files or send them one by one. Well last_xerxes of XDA has put together … Read more

Advanced Caller ID – Know More About Who Calls You

This neat little application called Advanced Network Caller ID is from Netlon of XDA. After you are done with a call (not during the call) this application jumps online and provides you with more information about the caller (if available) including: – The full name of caller – Address of caller with a map link … Read more

Make A Shortcut To Anything

There are lots of reasons to make a shortcut – some applications are just .exe files so you need a shortcut created to easily access it or maybe you want a shortcut of a specific song or specific picture right in your programs directory. Specialized shortcuts were also needed when mapping the PTT button on … Read more

Sprint’s TP2 to Be Both CDMA and GSM?

Take a look at this screen shot being floated by unwiredview. It shows the Sprint version of the TP2 coming out third quarter this year (so far so good) and also states that it will have both CDMA and GSM bands. In ‘Reason for Development" it reads "Offer customers an international business tool to replace … Read more

Augmented Reality Is A Reality

I was just reading this posting started by str0nz0 of XDA discussing augmented reality and he points to a neat application. Essentially what it does is you point your phone at a preset picture that’s just a template and when the camera from your phone sees that template then on your phone you will see … Read more

Amaze GPS – Free Turn By Turn GPS App

Want a free voice guided GPS application? Well AmazeGPS has been around for a while but lately members in our forums have really been showing it some love so I thought it was time to share it with everyone. Amaze is pretty similar to GoogleMaps and Windows Live Search except it has a few features … Read more

In Call Screen Timeout SOLVED (Again)

I know, it was only ten days ago that we posted that the in call screen timeout issue was solved(you know, the backlight turns off when you get on a call) . For those of you who read the comments you may have noticed a comment by Chris (chrisjaffe on XDA) about another solution to … Read more

TF3D From TouchPro2 Even Closer

Just to keep you thirsty this project is getting close to a release. Here’s what xb0xmod lists as the latest: now 100% rhodium manila with new start menu,gsensor tab and build in sensor application, (don’t need 3rd party apps to rotate). last fix: -weather tab country scroll and letter list. -tabs icons recentered -people tab … Read more

The Future iPod…Today (No iPod Needed)

I saw about 50 articles today on the next generation iPod that will ‘speak’ the name of the song you are listening to. The thing that got me is that everyone is going nuts over this as being revolutionary. David Pogue even quoted Apple as saying "the new Shuffle is the world’s first talking music player, thanks to a new feature called VoiceOver." First? Wow, that’s impressive.

Then I whipped out my Fuze, went to Settings – Voice Command and made sure the Media selection was checked and the option ‘Announce media selections’ was checked and enabled Voice Command. I also mapped by PTT button on a short press to launch Voice Command then opened Windows Media Player and went to town.

What can Voice Command do with music?

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