Archive for January 17th, 2010

MSmobiles.com Podcast 316

msmobiles.com Podcast 316
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In this episode Edward from msmobiles.com is chatting with: Alli from JustAnotherGeekSite.com, and Ching and Gareth from MobileTechAddicts.com, Surur from WMPowerUser.com.

Sony Ericsson E71 … sorry, Faith

Here is a suspiciously familiar looking device. The Sony Ericsson Faith brags Windows Mobile 65 however from the above screenshot you can see the status bar of 6.5.3.

Top features / Platform:

• Multi-tasking with delight
• Panels for 24 hours life
• Sleek design with beautiful ergonomic
• Qwerty keypad with good usability
• AGPS
• 2.4” QVGA touch screen
• Micro Sd Card slot
• Windows Mobile 6.5
• Green heart

[Source dailyiphoneblog]

Windows Mobile 7 not backwards compatible?

James posted earlier about Windows Mobile 7 and over the past week speculation as to its launch date have been rife. Will it launch, will it be at MWC, will there be an interim version of Windows Mobile (WM6.6), there seem to be more questions than hard-answers at the moment for sure!

Another story that surfaced earlier today was the question mark over Windows Mobile 7’s compatibility with existing WinMo applications. This came about after Eldar Murtazin allegedly got his hands on an early version of Windows Mobile 7 running on a yet to be announced new device. Murtazin then proceeded to tweet “Hate Windows Mobile 7. No apps from previous version of WM working here. Not compatible at all. Couldnt do anything.” Now these tweets from Murtazin have since been deleted but call my a suspicious soul, but I’d be surprised if a version of WM7 has really got in to the wild without anyone really knowing about it, no screen shots and substantiated evidence?

And what of this unknown handset? Again, it’s not very often that we don’t have at least some idea about what’s coming. All seems a bit suss to me!

Now we’ve already been told that Windows Mobile 7 is an all-new OS written from the ground up in much the same way as Windows Vista was. It should not be considered an upgrade to 6.5 but an all new version of the OS. With that said, I suppose it would be easy to understand how it would be possible for Windows Mobile 7 not to be backwards compatible BUT for Microsoft not to build in backwards compatibility would, in my opinion, be a huge mistake. Consider all the existing WinMo software back catalogue, it’s not a small number of apps. and games!

I’d be very surprised if Windows Mobile 7 turned out not to be able to run existing software, maybe there would be issues with the odd title but not the whole lot!?

Thoughts everyone?

Posted by: Matt

[Post Tags: tracyandmatt.co.uk,Windows Mobile 7,MWC]

Palm OS coming on a new device?

Arguably the biggest problem with the Palm OS was it’s inability to work with 3G however it was a strong and stable operating system. So what’s to stop non-3G devices running it? Well nothing! Aceeca seem to have plans to continue to produce reinforced handsets using the old operating system whilst updating it to the newer 5.x. Whilst the rumoured $199 and $499 price tags might seem a little excessive we’ll watch these devices closely just to see how and why they have decided to go with the Palm OS.

[source Tamspalm]

Sky+ Remote Record application updated

We are big fans of Sky Satellite TV here at Mobile Tech Addicts and the one thing lacking is a decent application to view upcoming TV but more importantly be able to set your box to record it while you were out and about.

Sky did release a rather awful application that was slow and unreliable but this refresh looks fantastic and is fast and now includes all the missing HD content too.

Vodafone Access Gateway Review (Sure Signal)

What do you do if you have tried every mobile network where you live and discover that they are all pretty poor and you suffer random loss of service, missed calls and frustration, well Vodafone think they have the answer with their Access Gateway or as their starting to call it Sure Signal.

This is basically a femtocell that connects to your home broadband connection and provides a full 3G signal to your phone for calls and data.

Does it work, read on for the full review:-