Resco, a supplier of Windows phone applications, releases today Resco Send SMS gadget, a desktop extension of Resco Contact Manager 2nd Edition supported by Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
This simple application allows you to easily send SMS via desktop computer while having your mobile device connected to the PC. Handling is easy and comfortable. After the gadget installation, it is embedded in the desktop’s gadget bar. Then, by connecting a device to the PC, all contacts are loaded via “refresh” button. The SMS sending is as simple as picking up one or more recipients, typing the text and pressing „Send SMS“.
Here’s a bit of fin from Youtube, a Palm Treo 650 running Android. Google has always claimed that Android can run on pretty much anything and here’s proof of that. My fondness for this device is extreme and I would love to be able to breath new life into it. Provided drivers can be made available for it.
So yesterday O2 and Tesco announced that the iPhone would be coming to Tesco’s which is a large Supermarket. Well I am not a phone snob but the thought of seeing the best smartphone around appearing alongside your beans and chicken breasts is a little off putting for me and some what devaluing. Having said that, maybe Tesco’s will now pull their finger out and get an App sorted for home grocery shopping, now that would be a handy App.
I understand the reason behind it but if it hits Aldi ot Netto anytime soon I may have to consider ditching mine.
Press Release after the break.
Yesterday we told you about the extended battery, car kit and the capacitive stylus for the HTC HD2. Well today the first images of the stylus surface on the web.
Russian site YouHTC seem to have been the first to get their hands on photos but other sites also have the photos now. We’ll post more photos as we get them.
According to WMPoweruser the stylus will cost £17.25. Apparently the end of the stylus is transparent so you can see though it but with a red dot to indicate where it is being pressed. It’s also curved at the bottom.
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Here on tracyandmatt.co.uk Christmas competitions are something of a tradition and this year is certainly going to be no different!
This year we have some fantastic prizes to give away, some from ourselves and some from each of our sponsors and friends. We’re also giving you additional ways to enter the competition this year and each person gets to enter using each method for a total of three chances to win.
So what you can you win this year?
There will also be a few smaller prizes that have yet to be confirmed but likely to include HTC goodie bags and a few other things.! 🙂
Here’s how you can enter:
- The first way to enter is using the normal competition entry form here on the site. Simply let me have your forum name and answer the qualifying question: “Do you want to win a prize?” and you’ll be entered in to the draw. You must be a registered forum member to enter but registration is free and simple. Go to the forum to register.
- The second way to enter is to follow us on twitter and to retweet the following tweet: “RT @tracyandmatt I just entered the BIG competition on tracyandmatt.co.uk Find out how you can enter too: http://bit.ly/6gSelV” You can also click the retweet link below to save you copying and pasting the phrase. Your twitter name will also be entered in to the draw.
- Finally you can enter by joining our Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/tracyandmatt.co.uk). Become a fan tracyandmatt.co.uk and we’ll enter you in to the competition. Don’t worry if you are already a fan, we’ll add your name too!
So that gives you three ways to enter the competition and each person can enter three times using each method once, so you have three chances to win!
We’ll pick the winners at random and will announce who’s won what on Monday the 21st of December so that we can, hopefully, get your prizes to you in time for Christmas!
Thanks to Clove Technology, Devicewire.com, eXpansys, Orange and SuperETrader for supplying the prizes!
Please note that while this competition is open to anyone, bue to regional restrictions on the console, I can only offer the Xbox 360 to a UK resident. All other prizes are open to all.
This competition is now closed, a list of winners can be found in the Competition Announcement post.
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We wish happy thanksgiving to all our American friends and enemies! Interestingly American company ALK Technology that is making very cheap (and not bad) GPS navigation software, is offering big sale – only 20 bucks instead of 35 – of their app, but only the one with North American maps:
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You may have seen on a few other sites that HTC will make a capacitive stylus available for the HTC HD2, presumably for the Asian markets where handwriting recognition is more popular than in Europe or the USA, this sounds quite plausible as we have seen styli for the iPhone on sale in the US recently.
We’ve heard that there will also be a dedicated car kit available for the HD2 which we assume will nicely make use of the car kit option in the settings menu on the HD2.
Another point that you may have also heard elsewhere is that there will be an official extended battery for the HTC HD2 and what you may not have heard elsewhere is that said battery, and larger battery cover will include a ‘kick-stand’ that will allow you to stand the HD2 on a desk or table in landscape mode which is a really cool idea. However, we’ve been told that the HD2 will not fit in the official car kit with the extended battery which is a bit of a shame, but I guess if you have a car kit you will have the HD2 on charge more often than not.
We’re trying to get official confirmation from HTC and get some pictures of these accessories and we’ll share them with you as soon as we get them!
Don’t forget to have a look at our full HTC HD2 review.
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SPB Software, a leading maker of mobile applications, announces the release of SPB Time 3.0, a major update to the best-selling Windows Mobile time toolset. The updated version offers a completely new, reconsidered user interface and significantly improved alarm features. SPB Time 3.0 provides user with three different types of alarms to fit any needs. Paranoid alarm is designed to wake up deep sleepers while Bio alarm does its job in a very gentle way. Classic alarm is a good solution for those who don’t believe in biorhythms and do not want to be disturbed too much in the morning time.
A lot of features were reworked in the design aspect. For example, "World Time" feature is presented as a realistic looking 3D model of the Earth with chosen cities designated as spots on the surface. Countdown screen is supplemented with a picture of sandglass where the sand pours out as time goes. The splendour of these interface solutions are accompanied by a vast choice of skins in an online catalog.
SPB Time 3.0 is also one of the company’s Windows Mobile applications that is able to make use of SPB Mobile Shell’s widget system. Four widgets are available for those who already have Mobile Shell version 3.5.1 and higher: City Time, Moon Phase, Next Alarm and Stop Watch.
The HTC HD2 has been a bit hard to get since its initial launch but the good news is that its back.
HTC HD2
devicewire.com gave us the good news this afternoon so if you are after the HD2 now is the time to snap one up.
From devicewire.com its £499.00 delivered, which sounds a bargain if you ask me. If you do get one please follow the HD2 on our forum and let us know your thoughts.
Posted by: James
A few days ago we told you that HTC HD2 was now available on the O2 network here in the UK, something that was pretty popular with many of you!
HTC HD2
HOWEVER, a word of warning to any of you thinking about getting the HD2 via O2, we are hearing reports for various sources that and HD2 acquired through O2 will be SIM-locked to the O2 network! So you cant get the HD2 and use it on another network without getting it unlocked, and at this moment in time there is no unlock for the HD2, not that we know of anyway, please correct me if I am wrong!
If you are an O2 customer with the HD2 and are able to confirm this please do let us know, I have contacted O2 but have no official response so far. I’ll keep you posted!
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