Archive for the ‘Mobile App’ Category
Google Mobile Sync
A few months ago Google rolled out Google Mobile Sync. This syncs your Google calendar and contacts to your mobile phone. On Windows Mobile, you don’t even need any software for it. It runs right through the built in Active Sync interface in Windows. Syncing happens very quickly, and it is very smart about resolving [...]
SCalc
The calculator included with Windows Mobile is rather limited. If you need trig, scientific functions, constants, and more check out SCalc. It’s a very simple command line-like interface, but also very powerful.
Windows Mobile Mail Shortcuts
The mail application built into Windows Moblie includes several shortcuts to make managing email easier. To use them simply hold down the corresponding number for about 1 second. 0 – List Shortcuts 1 – Replay All 2 – Reply 3 – Mark Read/Unread 4 – Flag 5 – Move 6 – Forward 7 – Delete [...]
Tetris for your phone
Instead of paying your wireless carrier way too much per month to play Tetris on your Windows Mobile, get the free Kevtris. Nothing unusual here, it has all the normal playing modes and an online high score list if you want to participate in that as well.
Sudoku Mobile
Instead of paying for one of the many Sudoku mobile apps offered by my wireless carrier, I downloaded Sudoku Mobile. The game also includes a solver, so you can, uh, check your answers to the one in a newspaper without having to wait until the next day.
The Core Pocket Media Player
The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) is a replacement for Windows Media Player for your phone. It’s much less bulky than Windows Media player and has a lot more options for controlling how your media is played back. Make sure to download and install all of the plugins for it so it can play nearly [...]
Slick
Slick is a Windows Mobile instant messaging client that supports ICQ, Yahoo, AIM, MSN, Google Talk, and Jabber. It’s very light weight so it tends to stay open in the background without being shutdown by the OS often.
Google Maps Mobile
Google’s popular Maps service is also available for your phone. Point your phone’s browser at http://m.google.com/maps and you’ll get the download that’s right for your phone. The app is GPS enabled so you can search nearby, or use it for turn-by-turn directions. They’ve also integrated satellite view, street view and traffic. I’ve noticed that the [...]
Total Commander CE
Windows Mobile has a built in file manager, but it’s slow and doesn’t give you all the features you’re used to in Explorer. Total Commander CE fills this gap. In addition to letting you view hidden and system files and having a search feature, there are also included plugins for FTP and registry. These allow [...]
PockeTwit
I finally decided on PockeTwit for posting to Twitter from my phone. The app has an Iphone like interface with smooth scrolling menus and a full screen display. The developer is actively adding features to it and is very quick to respond to bug reports and general support questions. There’s just one trick to getting [...]
Opera Mobile (Bonus tip)
Opera Mobile also has some built in keyboard shortcuts for common tasks. Since I couldn’t find these documented anywhere very well here’s what I’ve found through trial and error: 1 – Open URL dialog (also includes history and bookmarks) 2 – Window list 3 – Home page 5 – Toggle images (requires page refresh) 6 [...]
Opera Mobile
After trying to get Pocket IE (the Windows Mobile version of Internet Explorer) to behave nicely, and display web pages quickly and in a usable format I finally gave up. I switched to Opera Mobile. It’s not free, but with Firefox Mobile still a ways off the $25 is well spent. Some things that it [...]
