New Skype toolbars will be available on Thursday.
Posted by Jack Cook on 07/31/06 in The Internet
If you are a Skype user then make sure you check out the Skype website on Thursday. There will be additional toolbars for you to add to make calling easier. These new toolbars will allow the Skype user to easily start a voice call in three areas: e-mail, MS Office, and the Web using IE or FireFox.
This is a huge announcement and will set a new standard that the other players will have to follow. So what will this do? It will take a huge segment of the VoIP community and enable them to integrate their everyday applications with Skype….this is HUGE!
Check out the Skype website on Thursday and download your NEW toolbars.
Microsoft ZUNE Blogs Now Online
Posted by Richard Cunningham on 07/31/06 in Music Players
Just received this in an email update from Microsoft. Thought I would pass it along to those who are interested in the latest on the new Zune player.
Best Software Awards 2006 Nominees Announced
Let the judging begin!
699 Products have been nominated in Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s Sixth Annual Best Software Awards for Windows Mobile software. In August a team of 90 Windows Mobile experts from around the world will evaluate the software nominees in 88 Pocket PC categories and 27 Smartphone categories.
New Products Editor, Diane Dumas, and the 2006 Board of Experts have nominated the top software from Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s exhaustive 4000 product Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories. Finalists will be announced in September and winners in October at the Awards Home Page at www.pocketpcmag.com/awards/. Complete details about the winners will be included in the 2007 Buyer’s Guide, available in October, mailed free to Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine subscribers. The list of nominees, the procedure for judging, a link to the Encyclopedia, and the qualifications of the Board of Experts can all be found at the Best Software Awards home page.
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Chocolate = Early Valentine’s Day Present?
Posted by Richard Cunningham on 07/31/06 in Smart Phones
It’s never to early to start thinking about Valentine’s Day, but if you wait too long, this Chocolate phone may not be available. The LG Chocolate (aka LG VX8500) cell phone is the latest and greatest addition to the Verizon line of music phones. PC Magazine gives this phone a great review, and has some nice pictures as well.
It is a slider phone, one that when retracted reminds me of an iPod nano. But you won’t be phoning home on one them, whereas this one not only lets you phone but take advantage of streaming audio and video courtesy of Verizon’s V Cast service. Check out the full article here.
SanDisk Introduces 2-Gigabyte microSD Mobile Phone Card
Posted by Jack Cook on 07/31/06 in Music Players, PocketPC, Smart Phones
Fingernail-Size Memory Card Will Have Exclusive U.S. Rollout in Verizon Wireless Stores For Chocolate by LG Mobile Phone
Sandisk introduced yet another new flash memory card. This new micro-SD card supposedly has the largest capacity available…but I am sure we will see others very soon. This new card will will debut in the U.S. exclusively at 1,900 Verizon Wireless stores for the next 60 days.
(The full press release follows on the next page)
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Verizon unbundles music
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/31/06 in Smart Phones
Some good news for verizon music fans…
Verizon has unbundled the music portion of its Vcast multimedia bundle, effectively scrapping the $15 monthly hurdle needed to download digital music. Vcast is Verizon’s subscription service which includes videos and games, and until today, the Vcast music store.
Existing Verizon subscribers won’t be able to play MP3 files they’ve acquired through other means - functionality that was removed when the VCast Music Store was launched in January, a feature that Verizon says it will restore.
Subscribers will also need to pay $150 for a music phone and $100 for a mandatory storage card - and of course will still pay a $1.99 fee per song, which entitles them to a download over the air to the phone, as well as to a PC.
The service only works with Windows Media 10.
Hands-Free And Eyes-Free Email Solution
Posted by Jack Cook on 07/31/06 in Smart Phones
As I was driving up the Maine Turnpike the other day, I saw a car weaving back and forth, get back on track, then start weaving again. It was one of those situations that you just want to get past and far away from the car. As I passed the vehicle, I noticed that the driver was using a handheld with a distinctive blue color. He was checking and replying to his emails….DUMB!
There is a solution that one can consider if you want to keep your eyes trained on the road and it is called iLane.
Support our friends at MoTR in the Podcast Awards
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/31/06 in Site Items
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The time has come for the Podcast awards and MoTR is a finalist. This is one cast that I never miss…always informative, very enjoyable and "on the mark" for what is happening!
I hope that you will join with me in taking a minute to cast a ballot for MoTR. You will find 22 different categories on the podcastawards.com site. MoTR is located on the right side, the second block down.
The folks at Mobilitysite would like to extend their best wishes to James Kendrick, Matt Miller and Kevin C. Tofel of Mobile Tech Roundup. Good Luck!
Augmented Reality on a Gizmondo
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/31/06 in Game Systems
Daniel is up to his AR tricks again!
Back in March, we shared his Augmented Reality on i-mate SP5 magic. Now, it is my pleasure to share his newest experiment, AR on the Gizmondo.
The Handheld AR project extended from PDAs and Smartphones to commercial gaming consoles. In July 2006 we ported our simple demo that shows our technology onto Gizmondo gaming device.
Check out his site to see a super cool video and to download a demo of this technology. ( you have to have an unlocked Gizmondo though)
Turns Your Pocket PC into a Mobile Chartplotter
Posted by Jack Cook on 07/30/06 in PocketPC, Smart Phones, Software
Maptech Pocket Navigator Software Turns Pocket PCs into Mobile Chartplotters
Pocket Navigator software displays Maptech digital charts on Pocket PC handhelds. For a low cost electronic backup navigation system, connect a handheld GPS receiver to a Pocket PC for a powerful, mobile chartplotter showing your exact position on NOAA charts. For charts add the Maptech U.S. Boating Charts on DVD which includes all the NOAA charts for the US coastline and river charts from the Army Corp of Engineers.
Pocket Navigator retails for $49.95. U.S. Boating Charts on DVD is $49.95. You can add a wireless GPS receiver to a Bluetooth-enabled Pocket PCs for $100 and create a low-cost, mobile electronic chart navigation system—software, charts, and GPS all for around $200. All products are available direct from Maptech at www.maptech.com
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HP iPAQ hx4700 Pocket PC Series ROM Update
WOW…two HP items in two days. Maybe it is a sign to come that we wiil be getting more from HP….I hope so! I miss the roll outs of new devices!
In any event, we now have a solution for an issue with the WM5 ROM for the 4700. There have been a few "hacks" to fix the issue but here is an official ROM fix….I like that.
The Memorex iFlip - easily view your ipod videos
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/30/06 in Music Players
Finally there’s an easy way to get your iPod’s videos onto a screen large enough for you to actually bother watching while still keeping it portable. The iFlip looks like a portable DVD player, however it easily docks an iPod right into the front of it so you can play your videos on a screen large enough to share with others.
It features an 8.4-inch LCD display and offers a native resolution of 480 x 234. It also has speakers in it so you don’t have to try to share ear-buds. If you do want to listen with headphones, however, there are 2 headphone jacks as well as S-video out and line-out jacks.
The iFlip is powered by a lithium-ion battery which will last for 5 hours of playback so you could easily watch a couple of movies from your iPod. The player has an onscreen menu for adjusting video settings such as brightness and contrast, however all video control is still done from your iPod.
It was designed for the 5th generation iPod, and will only work with them. The iFlip will be available in September of 2006 for about $200 and come in both black or white.
Microsoft to preload content on to Zune
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/30/06 in Music Players
More Zune rumors are starting to surface, I am guess this will become a torrent before too long, still if this is not the marketing plan of Microsoft they seriously need to have a look at their security….
Bloggers involved in the development of the new device(s) have confirmed that Zune is to come pre-loaded with some content. Whether this means an audio track, an album, a film, a game, a combination of all of these, or something else entirely, is anyone’s guess.
Meanwhile, Zune head honcho Robbie Bach, officially known as President of Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, dropped some more hints about the player at an annual financial meeting.
Advisory: HP iPAQ Handheld Devices
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Incorrect numbered formats may display when Microsoft Word documents are viewed on an HP iPAQ Handheld Device having the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Operating System (Windows Mobile 5.0 OS). When the issue is present, Word documents may display convoluted sequential numbers (e.g., 1.2.2.4.4.).(digy) When the same data is viewed in Office 2003 Word, the numbers display in the correct sequence (1.2.3.4.5.). This is a Microsoft Word Mobile Indexing issue.
Helio Display Projects Video In Thin Air
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/29/06 in General
Video appears float right in front of your eyes using this modified projector. It can work with any device
such as a laptop, camcorder or tv as the media source. The images are not holographic but free-space. The images are two-dimensional but appear 3D since there is no depth of field. The images project as 30" diagonal in a 4:3 aspect ratio or 16:9. Currently brightness is an issue an it is recommended that this system be used in a dark room. Eventually, as the the technology improves, this system will have alot of promise.
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