Windows Mobile News, Reviews and How-Tos
Canada, a land of great natural beauty and beautiful, warm, welcoming people. Today is Canada Day! Reach out to all your Canadian friends, family members and acquaintances and wish them a day filled with fun and laughter.
Say Vive Le Canada!
So, what does Canada Day mean, anyway?
Buy, sell, rent, and auction property with up to 4 players! Practice your Monopoly skills at any time by playing against up to three computer opponents with 8 different “identities” and playing styles. Or you can mix any combination of real people and computer players in any game.
If you have ever played the classic board game then you’ll immediately know how to play on your Pocket PC device. The computer plays the role of the “Banker” so it automatically, accurately, and completely scores every player, every play and every game.
The Monopoly game for Pocket PC includes the ability to auction properties, buy/sell houses and hotels, mortgage/unmortgage properties and even set up complex trades with other players.
Continue reading ‘Review: Monopoly for Pocket PC’
Hopefully a sign of the changing times, our Windows Mobile job board has over 100 jobs on it! If you’re looking for work, or if you know someone who is, go check out the site and see what’s available in your area!
Here are a few of the latest jobs:
See the 100+ jobs in the mobile filed at www.windowsmobilecool.com/jobs!
Finally! There is a way to create new files as well as edit documents & attachments on your Windows Mobile Pocket PC device! And if you receive PDF attachments, then you will want to experience how quickly they open and how great they look in Documents To Go. This is a must have for any smartphone user. Never again get stuck on the road with a file you can’t open!
Just Like Office on Your Desktop:
Whether it’s a file from your PC or an e-mail attachment, Documents To Go allows you to use these files the same way you do on your desktop computer. It’s that easy. Now you can have your forecasts, contracts, product manuals, part numbers, budget charts, purchase orders, directions, to-do lists, sales presentations, bank statements, school work, manuscripts, or any other kind of Office document at your fingertips with full editing capabilities
Documents To Go is built upon InTact Technology which ensures 100% fidelity of your files after they are edited on the handheld. No other mobile Office program incorporates this cutting edge technology. Feel confident that your original desktop documents will not lose any graphics or formatting once edited on the handheld.
Continue reading ‘Review: Documents To Go Premium Edition (9.99 till June 30!)’
GoNews Touch is a news reader application that aggregates the latest news from across the internet directly to your smartphone, downloading only headlines of your interest based on your personal configuration. With GoNews you can easily read the daily headlines even when offline. Featuring innovative touch-design so that you can browse through all headlines at the touch of a finger!
Continue reading ‘Review: SBSH GoNews Touch (on sale till Jun 22)’
Despite GM entering bankruptcy protection this morning, there have been signs of economic recovery popping up on the radar screen for the past few weeks. One more telling sign: our WinMoJobs.com job board has been lit up for the past two weeks with new postings.
Here is a short list of some of the cooler jobs listed:
See all the Windows Mobile jobs posted at WinMoJobs.com, or check out jobs from all smartphone platforms at SmartPhoneCoolJobs.com!
The venerable and often indispensible VLC media player now has a little Windows Mobile remote control! Available over at sourceforge.net, this freeware app is still in development (at version .92), but so far it works ok and looks pretty clean on my Omnia.
VLC supports pretty much everything you could possibly ever want watch, listen to or stream on your PC, so having this little Windows Mobile remote control for the VLC media player is pretty handy! You can get the VLC media player here, and then go download the VLC media player remote control here!
Brandon Miniman, EIC over at pocketnow.com, has published what will probably go down as the most in-depth review of the HTC Touch Pro 2 ever. Starting with his unboxing video above, he goes through every aspect of this sexy new device, which will be making the rounds to North American carriers soon. Definitely worth a look if you’re thinking of picking one up; or even if you’re not, it’s still worth a look.
Check out the full review here!
Despite a few illegal eager beavers, rumor had it that we might not see Windows Mobile 6.5 devices until the fall. Well, looks like China is going to get first crack at legal Windows Mobile 6.5 devices first, too! This is the HTC Tachi, otherwise known as the Twin for its dual GSM/CDMA support. We will probably never see it here in the west, but for what its worth, here are some basic specs:
More than just a player, Kinoma Play everything you need to find and play video, audio and pictures, whether they’re on your phone, on your home PC, or on your favorite web services.
Continue reading ‘Review: Kinoma Play’
