Bank Holiday News Roundup

[Guest philly-d]

• ZLaunchy, is an application launcher with a dialpad interface, performs a search using all items in the Start Menu, and works a lot like the Windows mobile dialer. Now available for QVGA, WVGA, VGA and WVGA devices.
  
  • Zensor 2 is an application for automatically rotating your screen using HTC Touch Pro / HTC Touch Diamond’s GSensor. It is written to only detect firm moves, skipping moves done by your mobile moving in your pocket or when walking.Note: This application is only designed to work with HTC devices with accelerometers.
    
    • While browsing with Opera Mobile you often visit sites that contain forms and when you zoom in to read, they are not resized. Opera Form Fixer by Vangrieg from XDA-Developers, automatically resizes of these text areas.
      
      • Samsung seem to be doing a lot of work behind the scenes with rumors of developing its own smartphone operating system. There aren’t details about when the OS will be ready (or launched). They also have a Samsung Application Store on the way!
        

      [*]Many new devices no longer have a D-pad which for some makes navigating web pages a little more difficult.

      VolDpad by beemerTPPPC of XDA Developers lets you use the volume buttons as a D-pad.
      

      myAction 0.1 beta lets you launch up to 30 application directly from you home screen and is heavily based on another popular mobile phone interface :D . Note: VGA only.
      

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      l3v5y, XDA-Developers moderator and member of our news team has released some Window Mobile 6.5 Build 23037 ROMs for a variety of phones. There is a list of available ROMs here.
      

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