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Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 in stock NOW from FREE on Orange and O2!

Hot on the heels of my review, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is in stock NOW from FREE on Orange and O2 @ Mobiles.co.uk! Head on over for more details, including details of some great free gifts... [aff]
HTC Touch HD in stock NOW from FREE on Orange and O2!

The hottest device of the moment with it's 5MP camera with touch focus and 3.8" screen, the touch HD is in stock NOW from FREE on Orange and O2 @ Mobiles.co.uk! Stock is expected to sell out fast... [aff]

Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 2nd December 2008 - 16:30
There's a reason that this looks like Xperia X1 'Panels' running on a Touch HD... it's because this IS exactly that!

Head on over to this topic in the 'Blackstone area' to read more!

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 1st December 2008 - 23:09
I'm pleased to announce that VITO Technology - friends of MoDaCo and existing 'Plus Partners' - have elected to extend their support of the site.

Effective immediately, VITO join devicewire.com as one of our key site sponsors, working with us to help promote and develop their extensive range of Windows Mobile products (more details of which can be found at http://www.VITOTechnology.com).

Of course, VITO's partnership with MoDaCo is designed to increase their exposure to the great Windows Mobile community we have here, but over and above that they are genuinely keen to solicit product feedback from the enthusiastic types that like to hang out on the site ;-) To this end, please feel free to check out VITO's products, and share / discuss what's good, what's not so good and how you'd like to see the products develop and improve in future releases.

We will soon have a full review of their flagship iWindowsMobile Communication suite online, so if you've used that suite or any of it's components, i'd be glad to hear your thoughts.

A big thank you to VITO for their ongoing support and to you - the readership - too!

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Posted by deadphill @ 1st December 2008 - 14:53

Hi Guys

In the style of Jeremy Clarkson:

"I was browsing through the internet, and I saw this:" Instructions on how to get BBC iPlayer on your Windows Mobile device!

There is much that I have seen on the internet in much more detail than this, however I think this will be an easier way of reading how to do it.
  1. On your device, go to Opera Mobile 9 and type in opera:config
  2. Scroll down to User Prefs and tap to choose
  3. Scroll down to Custom User-Agent and enter sgh-i900 at the end of whatever is written there.
  4. Scroll down and choose save, ignore any prompt to restart phone and then in the browser window go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/
  5. Enjoy!
This worked for me, however I expect some people will be able to and some wont. Whatever the case please let us know if this works for you and let us know what device you are using. From what I have read this is a slight hack to the N96 capability of mobile iplayer, though there must be some sort of support for Windows Mobile as the trick is to make you think its an i900.

Either way, let us know how you get on with it.

Cheers

Phill

EDIT: If you get a 502 error apparently this is only temporary while they jig the service a bit. There are reports of being unable to get around the under 16 error message but I have not seen this. Streaming live BBC broadcasts however, is working fine!

[Via: Artesea Blog Page]

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 24th November 2008 - 16:09

I'm delighted to announce that Lingvosoft have extended their participation in our 'Plus Partner' programme!

In their own words...

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LingvoSoft is home to talented and experienced software engineers and linguists who create a variety of language-learning, dictionary, translation and localization software products.

If you are eager to explore the world and understand its diversity, if you have your mind set on learning human languages, and if you understand the power of effective communication, then you've come to the right place! Travelers, businesspeople and language learners cannot help appreciating the wealth of resources LingvoSoft has to offer.

Implementing superb word databases and supporting over 45 languages, LingvoSoft applications have become the de facto standard in working with languages. High quality, effectiveness, and use of the latest technologies set LingvoSoft software apart from the rest of the field. Moreover, we bring you top translation and localization software by other renowned developers.

We all know the joy of being understood. We also know that to understand something means to be able to describe it. Enjoying happiness and harmony is closely interconnected with comprehending the world and the people around. With this concept in mind, LingvoSoft gives you the means to communicate freely. Our software runs on all standard operating systems, such as Pocket PC, Palm OS, Windows, and various Mobile Phone platforms.

Wherever you go, take us along! We will make you successful, for understanding is the way to success!

I'm very excited to have an updated and ongoing partnership with LingvoSoft, I've been using their dictionaries for many years now on a variety of devices, and I have always found them to be excellent must have travel companions!

I'm clearly not the only one who thinks so...

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LingvoSoft has been singled out for top honors in the 8th Annual Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards 2008: http://www.smartphonemag.com/cms/awards/20...al_Dictionaries. Adding to the long list of triumphs for LingvoSoft designers, programmers and linguists, this year the entire class of LingvoSoft Bilingual Talking Dictionaries 2008 for Pocket PC Windows Mobile has bested the competition in the Multilingual Dictionary category.

With features that include some of the largest databases ever compiled, advanced voice output capabilities, as well as full compatibility with the most popular MS Pocket Office applications, LingvoSoft Bilingual Talking Dictionaries for Pocket PC Windows Mobile deliver accurate and reliable results every time.

Founded to recognize the industry’s best software, the judges for the Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards 2008 choose the top products from more than 4000 entrants annually. This year marks the 4th year in a row that the judges have honored LingvoSoft. You can find out more about award-winning LingvoSoft software here: http://www.lingvosoft.com/info/software/Dictionaries/

Congrats guys! smile.gif

Under the terms of our 'Plus Partnership', MoDaCo Plus members can now benefit from no less than FIVE free dictionaries (each retailing at $49.95) for either Smartphone or Pocket PC, specifically:

- LingvoSoft Talking Dictionary 2008 English <-> French for Pocket PC
- LingvoSoft Talking Dictionary 2008 English <-> German for Pocket PC
- LingvoSoft Talking Dictionary 2008 English <-> Spanish for Pocket PC
- LingvoSoft Talking Dictionary 2008 English <-> Italian for Pocket PC
- LingvoSoft Talking Dictionary 2008 English <-> Dutch for Pocket PC

- LingvoSoft Dictionary English <-> Dutch for Microsoft Smartphone
- LingvoSoft Dictionary English <-> French for Microsoft Smartphone
- LingvoSoft Dictionary English <-> German for Microsoft Smartphone
- LingvoSoft Dictionary English <-> Russian for Microsoft Smartphone
- LingvoSoft Dictionary English <-> Turkish for Microsoft Smartphone

Check out their site at http://www.LingvoSoft.com for more info, and MoDaCo Plus members, check out your dedicated area for this great benefit smile.gif
Enjoy!

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 21st November 2008 - 16:30
I am delighted to welcome Teksoft and their Skybox and Speedbooster products to our 'Plus Partners' program!

Teksoft are prolific and Pocket PC Magazine award nominated developers, with a number of free and commercial Pocket PC and Smartphone products available for download / purchase.

The first product that is part of our partnership is Skybox.

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Product Overview:

Skybox is a fingerfriendly user interface (shell) that replaces the standard Windows Mobile interface to offer an improved PocketPC look and feel and faster access to the device's functions. It comes with smooth animations, advanced graphic effects and it is very configurable so you can have your device do exactly what you need.

Demo #1

The Skybox plugin contains for of the hottest features in the Skybox package. Using it, you can organize the entire today space so that you would have all your favorite applications or even plugin, accessible with just a few taps! Our plugin is so powerful that it can embed other third party plugins. This way you can assign a group for each of your favorite categories.

View Video

Demo #2


An interesting combination: Skybox software controlled with a Bluetooth Mouse, by using the Teksoft Bluemouse mouse driver. While Skybox has been explicitly designed to be controlled directly with the finger, it can also be used with a mouse. This video also shows an insight of some of the Skybox modules.

View Video

Features and Screenshots:



Features list:

  • Fast access to the vital functions of the device
  • Easy to use and fingerfriendly
  • 70 default icons to choose from! (and many more can be added)
  • Plugin organizer, Skybox can manage all your plugins from the Skybox plugin
  • Display important data like phone signal, battery, missed calls, date and time
  • Endlessly configurable (text color, items, graphics, plugins, and more)
  • Powerful features and registry hacks (see the manual)
  • Custom titlebar, Infoscreen, Menu, Settings <li>Powerful graphic options including alphablending, fading, and shadows
  • Compatible with Pocket PC 2003, WM5.0 and WM6.0! <li>Compatible with square screens, QVGA and VGA!
  • 16 days trial version
The second product in our partnership is Speedbooster.

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Product Overview

SpeedBooster is a software that will allow you to focus the CPU to certain tasks, that require more hardware power. It has an easy to use interface, quite the opposite from the advanced internal functionality. It runs on multiple platforms Pocket PC, Smartphone, both the 2003 and the 2005 platforms. Get as much as you can out of your Mobile Device right now!



Features:
  • New in 1.3: Add any .exe or installed program to SpeedBooster!
  • New in 1.3: Database to store all your favorites programs
  • New in 1.3: Background monitor to ensure your task have the right priority
  • New in 1.3: Improved interface with many new options
  • 16 days unlimited trial
  • Real time CPU usage indicator for all of your Tasks
  • Easy "switch-to" function, with a single Action key press
  • Powerfull CPU priority control functions
  • Multiple platform support: works with most of the 2003 and 2005 devices, both Pocket PC and Smartphone
  • Cool interface, easy to use and great results
Both pretty neat apps i'm sure you'll agree, and i'm sure we've all had times where we have wanted to assign higher CPU priority to particular applications (yeah, pretty geeky right?) and that's exactly what Speedbooster lets you do!

You can read more about these applications and Teksoft's other great products including BlueMusic, Smartbar, CapturePro, BlueInput, Fingertouch PRO and USBInput on the Teksoft home page, where trial versions of all of the 10 applications are also available. MoDaCo Plus members, check out your dedicated area for YET ANOTHER two great benefits smile.gif

Enjoy!

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 20th November 2008 - 15:29

I am delighted to welcome Vekoff s.r.o and their excellent FTouchSL product to our 'Plus Partners' program!

Vekoff are a company headquarted in the Czech Republic, in the beautiful city of Prague, that specialise in developing software for Windows Mobile. FTouchSL is their first major release to market.

If you have a HTC Pocket PC or a Samsung Omnia, you are familiar with the addons and improvements that OEMs have made to the Windows Mobile interface to improve touch friendliness. Both manufacturers have implemented features such as kinetic scrolling, but in both cases there is definitely room for improvement, and this is where FTouchSL comes in.

Features

FTouchSL's many featues can be broken down into a number of areas...

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Gestures

With FTouchSL, take advantage of both simple and extended gestures for launching your favorite applications and executing commands.

Within active applications, you can use up to eight gestures to configure different actions. FTouchSL uses advanced overriding logic, making it possible to override settings for any active applications. For example, you can configure the “Left Slide” gesture to open your email Inbox, but once in the application, you can override setting so that the same gesture switches between email accounts or begin a new email. There are four simple and four extended gestures available for you to assign desired actions:

Simple Gestures

Down Slide, Up Slide, Left Slide, Right Slide


Extended gestures (new)

Down-Left Slide, Down-Right Slide, Up-Left Slide, Up-Right Slide,



Active Corners

In addition to eight Gestures, FTouchSL gives you the opportunity to configure four Active Corners for launchng applications and executing commands.

The same override logic can be applied to Active Corners as well. For example, you can launch your Calendar using the Bottom-Left corner, but once in the Calendar application, the same Active Corner can switch between days, weeks or months.

There are four Active Corners, Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left and Bottom Right...



You can configure notifications that let you know when the action is confirmed once you hit an Active Corner. As with the Gestures, it is possible to customize the amount of time each corner must be pressed to execute a command.

Touch Scrolling

Lose the stylus and use any of your favorite fingers to do the walking. Touch Scrolling allows you to breeze through active applications, lists, photos and more. Just drag the contents of the open window in any direction that works.

Speed things up a bit with our Kinetic Scrolling function. Just begin scrolling and FTouchSL will follow the initial movement speed, slowing down gradually. Just tap the screen to stop scrolling.
You can even customize the speed and sensitivity of Kinetic Scrolling or disable it whenever you need.

FTouchSL also lets you get out the stylus again and quickly revert back to the “old days” with the Standard Behavior function.

Extended Features - Exclusion List

This function allows you to put any application on a customizable “exclusion list” on your device. This will override FTouchSL settings for Gestures, Active corners and Notifications and allow you to use application-specific configurations.

Complete exclude - When using writing applications like PhatPad or PicselBox, use this feature to turn of scrolling, launching and active corners for the application. FTouchSL will be completely disabled .

Disable scrolling - The feature can be used for applications like HTC Photo Album or PocketCM, which already support a touch interface.

Disable launching - If you’re scrolling a lot, use this feature to prevent unintentional gestures from executing commands.

Disable active corners - Turn off Active Corners for any application.
Extended Features - Disable when SIP is active

Disable FTouchSL while your Software Input Panel (SIP) is active, allowing for better handwriting and typing.

Extended Features - Disable TouchFLO

For HTC devices featuring TouchFLO™, quickly disable this in favor of FTouchSL’s configurable, kinetic scrolling features.

Extended Features - Export / Import

You can use FTouchSL’s configuration utility to export all your customized settings into a single file and import previously-saved settings from older versions of FTouchSL.

Actions

FTouchSL allows extended actions to be executed using Plug-ins implementing these actions.

There are two plug-ins available at the moment:

The "System Actions" plug-in supports the following actions:

Minimize Close Today Suspend Soft-Reset Rotate screen Rotate screen left Rotate screen right Toggle sound profile Increase volume Decrease volume Increase brightness Decrease brightness Lock screen Lock device Toggle flight mode Toggle phone Toggle Bluetooth Toggle Wi-Fi Disconnect data E-mail inbox SMS inbox MMS inbox New E-mail New SMS New MMS Task Manager Power Off device Calls history
The "Task Switcher"(new) plug-in allows you to easily switch between active application. You can simply assign Gestures to logically replace "forward" and "back" commands.

With the 'Launch Application' action you can launch an application, open a shortcut or file (xls, doc, swf etc.). For example, you can launch "Calculator" application with Up Slide gesture.

With the 'Emulate Key Press' action you can emulate hardware key presses. For example, an Email application may use the left and right buttons on the device to switch between email accounts. You can configure the "Left Slide" Gesture to emulate this action.

Nice eh? smile.gif FTouchSL is (IMHO) a must-have addition to any Pocket PC device from any manufacturer, hence i'm very excited to have Vekoff s.r.o. on board as a Plus Partner.

You can read more about the application on the FTouchSL page, where a limited functionality trial of the 10 euro application is also available. MoDaCo Plus members, check out your dedicated area for YET ANOTHER great benefit smile.gif

Enjoy!

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 17th November 2008 - 13:58
Last month I posted in this topic about Colorware's process for customising the Samsung Blackjack II. Colorware graciously offered to repaint a truly battered Blackjack II that team member 'encece' hooked me up with, and i've been using the resulting device for a few weeks now.

So what's the finished result like?

Gorgeous! biggrin.gif

I chose non metallic colours, with a yellow front, blue sides and a red back. The paint finish is completely flawless with a deep shine, the fit and finish remains excellent and more importantly it seems durable - i've accidentally dropped the phone on a couple of occasions, cringed, then been amazed to pick it up without any sort of mark whatsoever!

While the process isn't cheap at $144 and is limited to US customers only, if you are looking for a completely individual phone then it's money well spent. Everyone who has seen the device since has commented on it, and i've even fallen in love with it enough to make it my main device, hah!

A plea to colorware though... could we have more devices with availability outside the US? Oh, and the ability to add a MoDaCo logo to the back would be great too... wink.gif

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 17th November 2008 - 13:48
In the midst of the sexy new handset releases hitting at the moment, the new HTC Touch 3G is easily overlooked. However, we all know that the original Touch was a HUGE hit and I know there are a good number of fans of the device here (myself included), so i'm giving it's successor a try courtesy of our friends at devicewire.com!

The Touch 3G fixes the two biggest complaints on the original device, adding GPS and 3G. Full specs are as follows...

- Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- 528 MHz Processor
- 2.8" QVGA display
- 3G / HSDPA
- GPS and A-GPS ready
- Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
- WiFi 802.11 b/g
- 3.2 megapixel camera with fixed focus
- 1100 mAh battery
- 256 MB ROM / 192 MB RAM
- 102mm x 53.6mm x 14.5mm
- 96g

The device retails for £333.99 at devicewire.com, with free delivery via our 'FDMODACO' code.

I will be posting a full review in the next week or so, but if you have a question for me in the meantime, then fire away! smile.gif

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PS I have the brown one, it's really nice!

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Posted by deadphill @ 13th November 2008 - 17:19


Normally I would just leave this in the bargain section of the site but as this is such a good deal it needed posting on the front page!

Check the link to see how you can get this great deal but to sum it up quickly you can get the new Touch HD on Orange for the total cost of ownership of £330.96 or £27.58 a month.

And of course don't forget to keep checking the bargains section. If you have missed it recently there have been some other great bargains, and even a chance to get FREE SAT NAV SOFTWARE for your Pocket PC.

Oh yea, click here to see how to get this bargain

Cheers

Phill

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 11th November 2008 - 16:56
If you like your devices smart, then the market has never been better for choosing a new device. As well as the large range of WinMo devices, (not so) new pretenders to the throne such as the iPhone and now the Google Android based G1 are now part of the picture.

Despite my use of WinMo as my main device (it suits me just right!), I like to keep up with what's happening elsewhere... hence I have an iPhone now and have just today acquired a G1.

I know i'm not the only one who's interested in other devices, so i've unboxed my white UK G1 on camera (and i'm taking questions), and MoDaCo member acbanks has done the same with his black US G1. So, if you're interested in the device, come question myself or Tony!

If you already HAVE a G1, head on over to http://android.modaco.com too and help this n00b out... smile.gif

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[My unboxing included below too...!]


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Posted by awarner (MVP) @ 11th November 2008 - 06:21
As previously reported back in October TracyAndMatt.co.uk created a fix for the WM6.1 SMTP issue that causes your device to stop sending messages until you removed and reconfigured the mail account.

Now Microsoft have released an patch to cure this problem including a description of what was actually causing the bug.

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Overview
This behavior is associated with a feature that is introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. The feature allows for mobile operators to specify an alternate SMTP server name that is used if e-mail messages cannot be sent by using the user-specified SMTP server name. If the mobile operator does not specify an alternate SMTP server name and if the Windows Mobile 6.1-based device does not connect, the e-mail account is corrupted and cannot send e-mail messages.


To download the patch visit the Microsoft download center HERE

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Posted by deadphill @ 7th November 2008 - 12:13

Hi Guys

While chatting away online the other day with certain characters it was brought to my attention that Live Mesh has made it to Windows Mobile.

In order to get this you need to be either in the UK or US, (apparently, please let us know if you don't) and log into your mesh, click on add device and in the box below choose add mobile device.

Now I don't know if its just my phone, signal or whatever, but I had a few troubles to get it to connect and then finally to sync. However I do seem to have issues where I am at work, so maybe Ill try it when I get some time at home.

Anyway head over to Mesh.com and have a play. Remember 5GB of free online storage cant be bad! And dont forget to let us know what you think.

Have fun!

Cheers

Phill

Warning! Do not use without a decent data allowance or WiFi. It could cost you loads!

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 5th November 2008 - 21:12
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CamerAware, my speed camera alerting software for Windows Mobile, has now been updated to add support for WVGA and WQVGA devices, which include the Samsung Omnia, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and Touch HD.

The update - which is of course free to all existing registered users - can be downloaded as a PC installer or as a CAB file for device installation.

The free version allows you to plot your routes online as well as viewing your GPS speed, heading etc. and making a little bit of cash recording Navizon points and the full version with lifetime camera database costs £19.99.

To find out more, check out the CamerAware 'Getting Started' post!

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 5th November 2008 - 15:35
Just a quick heads up to let everyone know that the Touch HD is in stock NOW at devicewire.com... and going fast!

You can read more here, and grab free delivery using our code 'FDMODACO'.

If you are looking for the device on contract, Mobiles.co.uk [aff] have it here from FREE on a contract, with stock expected this weekend!

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PS Getting a Touch HD? CamerAware now supports the Touch HD!

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Posted by Paul (MVP) @ 31st October 2008 - 12:35
Happy Halloween everyone! Here's a bit of Friday fun for you, TouchFlo 3D demo'd on video running on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, complete with still-functional Panels (cheers PK)!

Pretty nice eh? wink.gif

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This video is presented in YouTube High Quality mode! Yay!


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