See your friends’ locations and status messages and share yours with them.
See your friends’ locations and status messages on a full screen even without a compatible phone or data plan. When you aren’t on the go, use Latitude from your computer to see your friends on a full-screen map and get in touch with them. You can share your location manually or use your computer’s WiFi location.
With the amount of data being stored on portable devices these days and the price of data storage becoming more affordable than ever, protecting the gigabytes of data we keep on our devices becomes an unquestionable necessity. There are various ways to protect our data and the most prominent method is having a sound backup strategy. There are a few simple rules to follow in order to accomplish this:
1) Backup regularly. The frequency depends on how much your data changes on an ongoing basis and the value of your data.
2) Test your backups. Testing your backups means restoring individual files or your entire device and thoroughly testing the restore to ensure that the data is still good and the device is still functional after the restore.
3) Create a simple to use and repeatable process for backing up and restores. Creating a process around your restores allows you to go through the entire exercise so that in the event you have to restore, you will be better prepared to address the emergency and know what to expect during the restoration process.
There are various applications and tools available to help accomplish backup nirvana and Sprite Backup has been a heavy-weight contender in this arena.
Even though I spend a lot of time using TouchFlo 3D on my Fuze, tweaking it with the awesome themes from developers like MobileMatt (that you can check out right here in our forums), I also have a copy of Spb Mobile Shell 2.0. Spb Mobile Shell is a powerful User Interface that puts a much needed facelift on Windows Mobile.
Spb announced today at the Mobile World Congress, that they would be releasing a new version of Spb Mobile Shell to manufacturers in late February and that we could expect to see it in early March. Spb mobile Shell 3.0 is adding some cool new “WOW” factors like Facebook Integration, Kinetic Scrolling, Widgets, and many other new innovations. All of this comes without sacrificing speed and stability.
So keep your eyes peeled for our review of Mobile Shell 3.0. I’m sure there are going to be a lot of people including our team who want to get their hands on Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 and put it to the test! And Don’t worry, we’ll keep you posted with more information and any leaked screen shots of Spb Mobile Shell 3.0.
Jump after the break to read the whole press release from Spb.
I’ve learned that in bright light I really do like the Fuze’s camera and it’s actually a decent replacement pocket camera. But once you start using it a lot you wind up getting a lot of photos and your TF3D photo tab becomes less useful because you’re photos are only in date order (regardless of quality) and the good ones may require so many flicks away that inevitably you’ll just open Camera Album so you can go through a few pages at a time. There’s also that little problem of some people taking photos that they don’t want other people who are looking at their phone to see. So, let’s fix it.
The photos that are in the TF3D tab are actually the ones in the album that is set as your favorite. Oh, you didn’t realize that you could make mini-albums? All you do is make a new folder (I made mine in Storage CardDCIM100 Media and named it ‘favorites’. Then move your favorite photos to that folder. Now in TF3D go to the photo tab and press the left soft key ‘Album’ and then once it loads press the left soft key ‘Albums’ again and scroll until you find that folder you created. Once scroll to it, press it and then go to the right soft key ‘Menu’ and press ‘Set Album as Favorite’ and for now on your TF3D pictures will only show that folder. If you’re an OCD person you can make an album for every event.
There’s some wiggle room here, like you can set your favorite folder as your 100Media folder and then just make sure you move any photos you do not want to see out of that folder (if you make it 100media it will add subfolders though so you need to move it out of there). You should also know that setting it as your favorite here does not impact what happens if you go to Programs – Camera Album since that will remain showing all photos as the default regardless of the favorite album setting.
Sorry – this was a little longer than I thought so hit the jump for one list tip.
Ok, if you’re even remotely familiar with the open source movement, you’ll realize how absurd that statement sounds, but its true. Slashdot is reporting that the Danger Sidekick LX 2009/Blade (the Danger Hiptop is also known as the T-Mobile Sidekick) will be running NetBSD. For those of you who don’t know, Microsoft purchased Danger in … Read more
For those of you looking for a more complete FuzeBerry look, MobileMatt has created a matching Splash Screen and Welcomehead for the latest v7.5CFC version. For Downloads, visit the PPC Forums and enjoy…
Our friends over at XDA Developers have been busy and now bring us the OMNIANO Pocket PC Piano. Brought to you by sheon. This release is Beta so keep that in mind. Application Features: Fast Response PIANO KEYBOARD. Pretty good Sound Play and have no Delay. Full Screen Key Vibrate (M490, M495 only) 180 Rotate … Read more
FarmerTed in our forums has found a great writeup by Pocketnow.com on how to increase the speed of your storage card. It was Developed by our friends over at XDA. Applying the supplied cab will change some registry entries in your device (changes which are reversible by simply uninstalling the cab) that will make your … Read more
Shuffle play is a great way to surprise yourself — there’s nothing like pondering the possible meaning of hearing Lenny Kravitz ask “Are You Gonna Go My Way”, and Dwight Yoakam answer “Ain’t That Lonely Yet”.
For some customers, shuffle play in Kinoma Play is unexpectedly straight forward compared to other players they’ve used. Here’s how it works…
To shuffle play all the songs on your phone, go to My Media Files > Music > Songs and choose Shuffle.
When you look at your contacts list the screen that appears has 7 entries and there is a list on the right side with the alphabet that you can scroll through to go to a specific letter (called Random Access). Each of the entries is two lines with the first line giving you the name … Read more
Dell seems like they’re taking aim at the mobile smartphone market….and they’re not playing around either. Some of you remember Doug’s article, but more details have leaked in the following weeks. Dell has been spending a lot of time with parts manufactorers, software developers, and others. The device, which sources say may launch as soon … Read more
For those of you familiar with the Touch HD, you’re probably aware that their People tab has a little more functionality than the Touch Pro’s. Under the photo it has quick launch buttons to dial a home number, cell number, sms and message (take a look at the photo). And thanks to XDA member showaco … Read more