Archive for October, 2008

New update for the Winterface software

The guys over at VITO Technology have listened to the users of Winterface and released a new software update as well as a stand alone product that interfaces directly with Winterface to display Weather information on your WM device.

Winterface Screenshots

Winterface With Weather
October 14, 2008 – VITO Technology updates Winterface – mobile shell for Windows Mobile devices. The new version of Winterface features a Weather icon among other status icons with "live" info like time, calendar, e-mail, tasks and other icons. Winterface 1.14 also addresses some minor device specific bugs and provides further improvements.

Since Winterface was released in July there has been a definite call from its users for weather support. Many users find Winterface much more attractive than the Today screen and want to see Weather information in Winterface.

For this purpose VITO Technology has developed a free stand-alone product Weather. Weather installs on device just like any other application but its icon when added to Winterface displays the actual weather information. Weather is completely finger-friendly and easy to use application.

Among other improvements there are numerous bug fixes and cyclic page scrolling, i.e. users can flip through pages with icons from the last page immediately to the first one and vice versa.

Weather Screenshot

To get your free copy of the Weather application head on over to: http://iwindowsmobile.com/Weather.cab and download it directly to your WM device. If you would also like to get the accompanying Winterface then head over to http://iwindowsmobile.com/Winterface.cab for another download.

Posted by: John

Gmail application on Android

Just spotted this video walk through over at the Google Mobile Blog showing the Gmail application on the Android OS. I have to say it looks really well integrated and if your a big Gmail user this could sway your phone choice. Android preserves all the functionality that you are used to on your desktop, such as starring, archiving, assigning and reading labels, and the conversation view that makes reading email on Gmail so pleasant. Check out the video after the break.

Mobile phones can cause face rash

The BBC has published an interesting article about mobile phones users that are developing rashes on their faces and ears caused by an allergic reaction to the nickel on handsets. The British Association of Dermatologists said the phenomenon is being seen in people who spend long periods of time on the phone.This one caught my eye as I have an allergy to nickel but have not suffered with my phone so far. The full article is after the break.

Using Joost on the go

Here is an excellent recommendation from Tilt Mobility for the superb Joost software. I would highly agree with this service, I personally have used if for the past year and enjoyed countless episodes of The Transformers and dodgy no budget horror films. Check it out after the break.

Blackberry Bold browser much improved

We recently posted a review of the Blackberry Bold where Gareth shot a video of the browser performance alongside his HTC TyTn II and the performance of the Bold was very very poor. Well the good news is that the latest Bold firmware seems to have improved the performance dramatically. Mobile Computer Magazine had similar results originally but have now done a video with the new firmware and we have it after the break so you can see the improvements from the older firmware and for comparison we have our original video too.

Carphone Warehouse to get G1 exclusive?

According to one of our readers JDBradford, the T-Mobile G1 Android handset will be exclusively available through Carphone Warehouse starting from the 28th October. Obviously this exclusivity is along with T-Mobile online and high street stores. No official confirmation from either CPW or T-Mobile as of yet though.