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More than 20 years in the IT industry. Blogging with a passion and thirst for new technology since 2005.

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By February 1, 2007 Read More →

Bejeweled Valentine’s Day Edition

Astraware® and PopCap Games® would like to wish you a very happy Valentine’s Day. To celebrate a special edition of the best-selling handheld game ever, Bejeweled®, is once again available for a limited time from the Astraware website.

Bejewled Valentines Edition

Bejeweled Valentine’s Day Edition features all the gem-swapping fun of the original, but with some loved-up extra features. The game board is enhanced with sparkly red heart-shaped jewels and the game includes a ‘Valentines’ Special’ option to help shy romantics get the message across to their Bejeweled-addicted sweetheart. The ‘Valentines’ Special’ has two preset questions, or the user can create a personal message in their own unique way.

This year the game has been updated to add compatibility for some new devices, so Windows Mobile® users with 240×240 square screen devices can display their inner-romantic. We’re also excited to announce the first ever release of Bejeweled Valentine’s Day Edition for Windows Mobile® for Smartphone devices, including those with landscape screens.

Bejeweled Valentine’s Day Edition is available for only a couple of weeks, so don’t miss it! Owners of a registered copy of Bejeweled (original version) can download the Valentine’s Day Edition for free, and registration codes for the Valentine’s Day Edition will also work for the classic version of Bejeweled®. For more information on Bejeweled Valentine’s Day Edition for Palm OS® and Windows Mobile® visit http://www.astraware.com/bejeweledve.

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By February 1, 2007 Read More →

HTC Athena photo review

The folks over at Moblog have got their hands on an HTC Athena already and have reviewed it in pictures.

HTC Athena

“The best way to describe HTC Athena I feel, have to be the term “Mobile PC Communicator.” You see, unlike laptops or computers, you do not need to wait for the device to (cold) boot up. You don’t have worries like battery going to end within 2 to 3 hours time (Lap top battery time usage). You no longer have the excuses like; the device is too heavy to be carried around. Same time, Athena does not behave like the rest of the Pocket PC Mobile devices. Just look at the specifications stated below, none of the any mobile devices have all the specifications offerings available on the market to date. “

Updated HTC Athena specifications:

  • Intel Bulverde PXA270 624 Mhz chipset
  • 128 MB RAM / 128 MB ROM
  • Inbuilt GPS Receiver
  • Quad band GSM Network
  • 8 GB microdrive with G senor
  • 3G UTMS / HSDPA 1.8 Mbps / GPRS / WiFi 802.11 b/g Connection
  • 5” Samsung VGA Screen / 262 K color TFT LCD
  • Auto focus 3 mega pixels Digital camera
  • USB 2.0
  • A2DP Bluetooth 2.0
  • AVRCP Bluetooth
  • HTC VGA / Composite Video / S-Video Output
  • Min. 30 FPS Video decoding output
  • Detachable QWERTY Keyboard input
  • Motion control web browser
  • Sub display User interface keyboard magnet attached to LCD
  • SRS 3D sound effect
  • Dual Digital Camera
  • 5-way navigation mouse like-button
  • ATI imageon 2282 Graphics accelerator
  • 2100mAh Battery

    • Each time I see this device it looks more and more impressive!

    Get the full low-down on the Moblog site.

    Matt

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    By February 1, 2007 Read More →

    Apple and Cisco joint iPhone statement

    Apple and Cisco have released a joint statement regarding the iPhone:

    “Apple and Cisco have agreed to extend the time for Apple to respond to the lawsuit to allow for discussions between the companies with the aim of reaching agreement on trademark rights and interoperability.”

    The plot thickens!

    Matt

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    By February 1, 2007 Read More →

    TomTom infected with Trojans

    TomTom admits that a number of its devices are infected with viruses. The viruses were shipped with the TomTom GO 910 model but do not affect the operation of the device, according to the manufacturers.

    However upon connecting the device to a PC, anti-virus software on the computer immediately flags up two alerts identifying win32.Perlovga.A trojan and TR/Drop.Small.qp as being resident on the device.

    The two viruses are found on brand new devices right out of the box!

    Matt

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    By January 31, 2007 Read More →

    VITO Technology Launches VoiceReminder

    VITO Technology releases new product for Pocket PC & Smartphones – VITO VoiceReminder. VITO VoiceReminder is a talking alarm-clock and a voice reminder in one that keeps you on track telling you the exact time and playing your voice reminders exactly at scheduled time.

    VITO VoiceReminder

    VITO VoiceReminder uses voice messages recorded by you to remind you about all the important events in your life: from business meetings to kids’ school festivities. Creating new reminders takes a couple of seconds and you may be sure that VITO VoiceReminder will notify you when the time comes.

    In VITO VoiceReminder you can schedule as many voice reminders as you need to notify you: daily, weekly, monthly or just once. There are different convenient views for all your reminders by day, week and month. This way you can overlook, say, all reminders for the following week. Reminders are easily managed: you can edit, copy and delete them.

    VITO VoiceReminder can also be used as a full screen talking clock. It can announce current time precisely or roughly, in round numbers. Keep your device in the pocket and listen to the time! You can choose how you want VITO VoiceReminder to notify you: by playing specific music files (wav, mp3, ogg), announcing current time or both. After this you will hear your voice memo. One more important thing is that reminders volume does not depend on system volume – you will never miss a single reminder.

    VITO VoiceReminder is available at vitotechnology.com for $19.95. Try it for free for 2 weeks.

    Matt

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    By January 31, 2007 Read More →

    i-Mate JAQ3 Reviewed

    Jack Cook of MobilitySite has just posted a decent review of the i-mate JAQ3.

    iMate JAQ3

    “My first impression is that the JAQ3 is a device made for the mobile road warrior that wants the ability to perform all of those daily tasks quickly and easily like you can on a Smartphone but yet have that extra ability to perform more in depth functions provided by the typical device that has the Pocket PC OS incorporated in it. The JAQ3 uniquely incorporates a QWERTY keyboard, a landscape touch-screen and 4-way navigation/action button as well as a JOG Dial and an OK key on the left side to make one handed access easy.”

    Read the full review on MobilitySite.

    Remember, you can still order the I-Mate JAQ3 from Clove Technology and save £20 off the normal price with the voucher code located HERE.

    Matt

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    By January 31, 2007 Read More →

    Trend Micro Finds More Windows Mobile Flaws

    Trend Micro reports vulnerabilities in Windows Mobile OS. According to the company’s blog site:

    Trend Micro has again discovered flaws related to Windows Mobile. Both of the newly found vulnerabilities are flaws in applications that ship by default with Microsoft’s mobile device OS.

    One of the said applications is Pictures and Videos, which causes a mobile device to hang for 10-15 minutes when it tries to process a malformed JPEG file. The other flaw is found in Windows Mobile’s Internet Explorer(IE), which when exploited terminates IE and causes the affected mobile device to be unstable.

    Both vulnerabilities affect devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE for Smartphones and PocketPC. As of this writing, Microsoft has already been informed of these flaws but no patches are available as of yet.

    Matt

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    By January 30, 2007 Read More →

    i-Mate K-Jar appears on FCC site

    The i-mate K-Jar has just shown up on the FCC site showing internal and external pictures as well as a copy of the user manual.

    iMate K-Jar

    The ropey looking prototype looks like a cross between the HTC Universal, with its swivel screen, and the HTC Hermes in terms of size and keyboard layout. However, unlike the Universal the K-Jar sports the one thing that all Universal owners wish for; an external screen!

    iMate K-Jar Front

    As you can see from the image above the LCD screen (on the right) is pretty small and seems to be in an odd position. However, this is enough to display the name or number of the incoming call.

    Specification of the i-Mate K-Jar is pretty uninspiring:

  • Windows Mobile 5
  • Triband GSM/GPRS (no 3G)
  • 128 MB ROM
  • 64 MB RAM
  • miniSD card slot
  • a rather puny TI OMAP 730 CPU at just 200 MHz
  • Bluetooth 1.2
  • WiFi: 802.11b
  • touchscreen is only QVGA (320 x 240)
  • camera is 2 megapixels.

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    By January 30, 2007 Read More →

    UMPC Group Test (Part 1)

    I’m sure that I have mentioned this before on the blog but I commute to and from London every day and try to get some work done on the train. As I’m doing more on the blog these days I need to use a laptop more and I need my internet access.

    At the moment I have a small Dell Latitude D420 which I carry everywhere with me. It’s light and fairly powerful and there isn’t much wrong with it. I even have a built in 3G card. The problem I have isn’t with the laptop as such but anyone that uses trains regularly and takes their laptop will know (probably) that the space between seats coupled with the tiny seat back tables makes using a laptop pretty awkward, even with a fairly small laptop. There are also few tables on most trains.

    Pocket PC mobile devices aren’t quite powerful enough for the job and they also do not run the software that I need to use. But now that UMPC devices are becoming more common I thought that one of these might solve my problem as most of these are designed for hand held operation.

    Luckily my friends from eXpansys were kind enough to lend me a few devices (the UBiQUiO and the OQO) to test for this purpose.

    So over the next few weeks I’m going to be ‘real world’ testing and reviewing three UMPC devices. I’ll be letting you know which one I think’s best.

    The devices I shall be reviewing are:

    The UBiQUiO 702
    Ubiquio 702

    The OQO Model 01
    OQO Model 01

    The Samsung Q1
    Samsung Q1

    Specification of each device:
    Samsung Q1
    UBiQUiO 702
    OQO Model 01
    Processor
    Intel Celeron M ULV 
    VIA C7®-M UL
    Transmeta Crusoe
    CPU Speed
    900MHz
    1.0 GHz
    1.0 GHz
    Memory
    1 SODIMM Socket, DDRII 400, 512MB
    1 x SODIMM slot 512MB Standard
    512MB DDR RAM (fixed)
    Screen Size
    7” Touchscreen
    7” Touchscreen
    5" transflective display 
    Screen Res
    800 x 480 Native
    800 x 480 Native
    800 x 480 Native
    Graphics
    915 GMS Internal GFX
    VIA UniChrome™ Pro graphics
    8Mb 3D Accelerated
    Hard Drive
    8mm, 1.8” SFF HDD 40GB
    2.5" 9.5mm, 40GB UDMA 
    8mm, 1.8” SFF HDD 30GB
    Ethernet
    Yes, On-board
    No
    Via Docking Cable
    WiFi
    802.11b/g, a/b/g
    QCOM 802.11b/g
    802.11b
    Bluetooth
    Bluetooth 1.1
    Bluetooth 2.0+EDR 
    Bluetooth 1.1
    USB
    2 x USB 1.1
    2 x USB 2.0
    1 x USB 2.0
    Firewire
    No
    No
    Yes
    OS
    Windows XP Tablet Edition
    Windows XP Tablet Edition
    Windows XP Tablet Edition
    Audio
    2 x 2W Stereo Speakers 
    Built-In 1W Speaker
    Built-In Mono
    Battery Type
    Re-chargeable 28w Lithium ION Battery
    Re-chargeable 26w Lithium ION Battery
    Re-chargeable 14.8w Lithium Polymer Battery
    Battery (Claimed)
    Standard Battery : over 3.5 Hrs 
    Standard Battery : 3 Hrs 
    Standard Battery : 3 Hrs 
    Dimensions
    227.5mm x 139.5mm x 24.5mm
    230mm x 150mm x 25mm
    134mm x 86mm x 23mm
    Weight
    770g
    1042g (with extended battery)
    421g
    Other
    Button : 8 Way Stick, 4 User Key, 3 button (Auto Scale/Select/Menu), Hold , Volume Up/Down, Power/MIO, CAD
    Power on/off switch, 1 x Wireless on/off switch, 1 x D-pad with enter, Left Mouse Button, Right Mouse Button,  4x Function Keys, PageUp, PageDown, Key Lock, Volume Up, Volume Down, Synaptics Transtouch Stick Cursor 
    Included accessories: universal power supply (air/auto adapters included), docking cable, desktop stand, digital pen, carrying sleeve 

    Matt

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    By January 30, 2007 Read More →

    i-Mate JAQ3 now in stock – still save £20

    Following my i-Mate JAQ3 post last week, Clove are pleased to announce that they now have the JAQ3 in stock. The save £20 offer has now been extended beyond the preorder period and is now valid until the end of February!

    iMate JAQ3

    The iMate JAQ3 looks like a fabulous device with a form factor similar to the Blackjack or HTC S620 and packing a full Windows Mobile 5 OS with touchscreen support.

    The i-Mate JAQ3 is available and in stock now on the Clove website for just £295 +VAT. Clove are one of the first to offer the JAQ3 in the UK and what’s more, we are offering you a £20 saving over the regular price with the following voucher code: TMJAQJAN07. Simply enter the code into the voucher box on the order form once you have selected to buy the i-Mate JAQ3 and £20 will be deducted at the checkout stage. We think this makes Clove one of the cheapest suppliers in the UK.

    To take advantage of the i-Mate JAQ3 preorder offer please follow THIS LINK for the product page on the Clove Technology website and don’t forget to use the voucher code!

    Look out for our i-Mate JAQ3 review coming soon!

    Matt

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