Celio's recent substantial downward price move on Redfly gives the unit a fighting chance of succeeding in the market, yet triumph is still not guaranteed. For one thing, the device's current exclusive link to Windows Mobile devices means that as Windows Mobile succeeds (or not), so too does Redfly. Pragmatically, I suspect that any overtures Celio might make to Apple would be a waste of time; the iPhone, after all, still doesn't even support Bluetooth-tethered external keyboards. Alternatively, I encourage the company to pursue alliances with the developers of mobile O/Ss such as Android, Openmoko and Symbian, as a means of broadening Redfly's serviceable market and reducing its exposure to downside risk caused by weakness of any single potential partner.
$199 is also a much stronger pricing message than the initial $499 attempt, in comparison to low-end netbooks. However, a perusal of tech bargain sites such as Dealnews still reveals, for example, ASUS Eee PCs with 7" LCDs for $270 and units with 9" displays for $330. Keep in mind that Redfly extends users' access to already-familiar phone apps, versus forcing them to redundantly learn sometimes-archaic Linux-based programs. It also leverages the PIM information already stored on the phone. However, as both PIM data (i.e. Google Calendar) and apps (i.e. Gmail, Google Apps) become 'cloud'-centric, thereby accessible via any browser (phone- or netbook-based), these Redfly strengths will begin to dissipate. (Source: Brian Dipert, EDN)
Astraware®, the Handmark® Games Studio, today announced it has won seven awards as part of the Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine 2008 Best Software Awards.
The Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine 2008 Best Software Awards celebrate the very best software for Windows Mobile® smartphones and PDAs as voted for by a panel of industry experts including Microsoft® representatives and influential bloggers.
“I’m proud of the team as this validates our leadership and creativity in the smartphone gaming space,” said Cassidy Lackey, VP of Handmark Studios. “We are excited to continue extending the award-winning Astraware titles and mobile gaming development expertise onto other smartphone platforms in the future.” The winning games and their categories are:
Astraware Boardgames - Pocket PC Board Games Astraware Casino - Pocket PC Casino Games Bejeweled 2 - Pocket PC Color Matching GTS World Racing - Pocket PC Racing Games Bookworm - Pocket PC Word Puzzles Bejeweled - Smartphone Color Matching Bejeweled 2 - Smartphone Puzzle Games
Over the years I have been gathering Windows Mobile registry settings. Here is the largest list of registry settings for Windows Mobile! The registry settins are organized into the following sections:
For mobile professionals and consumers who want a fully featured smartphone complete with a QWERTY keypad for fast messaging¹, easy access to email¹, location services¹ and multimedia applications, the MOTO Q 11 delivers all of this at an affordable price.
A Feature-Rich Smartphone
The slim MOTO Q 11 with integrated WiFi¹, is ideal for people who want a high-speed connection for Internet browsing. The built-in WiFi uses Boingo Mobile to automatically connect the Q 11 to thousands of WiFi locations worldwide. Use the optimized keyboard for fast and easy messaging¹ on-the-go and the integrated GPS¹ for navigation support for popular applications like Google Maps™. Equipped with Windows® Mobile 6.1, the Q 11 enables users to personalize their homescreen and synchronize all contacts, calendar items and email, just like being on a computer. When making calls, connect with compatible Bluetooth enabled stereo devices² and you can keep your hands free for other tasks.
Advanced Imaging that Represents Your Style
Use the 3 megapixel camera to capture high quality photos and video and then store them on an optional memory card for easy upload to a PC or to your favorite social networking sites. (Source: Motorola Website)
Ballmer: At the end of the day, one of the big trends is that all content is going digital. And if we don’t have the software and services that are useful, helpful and valuable for the consumption of music and video, we are sort of not really a player.
Now, we built the Zune hardware with the Zune software - and what you’ll see more and more over time is that the Zune software will also be ported to and be more important not just with the hardware but on the PC, on Windows Mobile devices, etc. (Source: Martin Veitch, CIO.co.uk)
One of the most powerful things about Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (SCMDM) is the ability to manage all of your Windows Mobile 6.1 or above devices through Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Objects (GPOs). A large percentage of the corporate market is already using GPOs to manage their desktop, notebook and server environments.
The GPO technology was introduced in Windows 2000 Server. Before that there were System Policies in Windows NT 4.0. There is already a fair amount of documentation and knowledge around extending GPOs to your own needs. But here I will go into some aspects more important around making use of SCMDM and supporting Windows Mobile in an enterprise running AD.
In this article I will go through how you can extend your own GPOs to have additional settings not available out of the box in the default Windows Mobile GPO template supplied by Microsoft in SCMDM 2008. I will expect that you already know how to access and use the default SCMDM GPO settings. (Source: MNielsen, Enterprise Mobile Blog)
The Winners in Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s Eighth Annual Best Software Awards for Windows Mobile software have been announced at www.Smartphonemag.com/Awards. Eighty members of the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Board of Experts judged 936 Windows Mobile products in 194 Pocket PC and Smartphone categories. Winners are also listed in the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine 2009 Resource Guide first seen late November.
From the Publisher of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine, Hal Goldstein "The annual Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Best Software Awards helps users select software that best suits their Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone needs by honoring companies that produce outstanding software. The awards process is a huge 6-month undertaking involving the experts of the Windows Mobile community starting with over 15,000 Pocket PC and Smartphone products."
The Awards Process Nominations Manager, Werner Ruotsalainen, and the Board of Expert judges spent two months selecting 936 award nominees, about 20% of the software in the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories.
The Board of Experts
The Board of Experts voted for the finalists and winners are from all over the world. They run prominent Web Sites, serve as Microsoft MVPs, and write for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and other organizations. These experts all are volunteers and none are employed by Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine.
Winners & Finalists listed in last issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine -- available in new Knowledge Bundle The Knowledge Bundle contains 2009 Resource Guide (last issue) with Awards Winners & Finalists, GPS, How-tos and Accessories sections, 100-page How-to Guide, Back-Issues of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and a 15% discount on all Windows Mobile software. (Source: Press Release)
VNC offers two-way remote control for mobile devices including Symbian, Microsoft Mobile, iPhone, Linux and Blackberry platforms.
RealVNC, the home of VNC remote control software, has extended its flagship VNC Enterprise Edition product to mobile devices. VNC now supports a wide range of mobile handsets and PDAs including Symbian, Microsoft Mobile, iPhone, Linux and Blackberry platforms, with support for additional platforms to follow.
As well as providing remote control and management of PCs from mobile devices, for the first time it will be possible for a system administration department to support and maintain its organization’s mobile devices using VNC.
RealVNC will be previewing VNC for mobile platforms at the Symbian Smartphone Show http://www.smartphoneshow.com/ from 21-22 October in London. A beta program will follow and products are due early 2009.
VNC Enterprise Edition already provides a powerful, secure and robust, cross-platform remote control solution for Windows, UNIX and Mac, allowing one computer to take full control of another, regardless of operating system or location. With this new support for mobile platforms, VNC users will also be able to access and control any PC or workstation via their mobile phone or PDA. Conversely, VNC will allow someone at a computer to control and manage any number of mobile devices, anywhere in the world.
“As mobile devices become more sophisticated and IP connectivity to them improves, they are increasingly being used to perform core business functions. Remotely accessing a PC desktop from a mobile device has obvious benefits for individual users, and is now possible through our full range of VNC viewers for mobiles,” says Dr Andy Harter, CEO at RealVNC. “But perhaps more useful is the ability to manage the mobile device and the business applications running on it remotely. Our range of VNC servers for mobiles makes this possible too.”
Dr Harter adds: “IT departments and third-party support agencies are facing the challenge of managing the growing cloud of mobile devices that are appearing within corporate networks. With VNC, system administrators will be able to take control of a mobile device anywhere in the world, remotely configure or troubleshoot a problem, and offer remote assistance and training on how to use the device and its applications. Remote control of mobiles is also of great interest to network operators, who currently have few effective tools to support customers with handset problems.” (Source: Press Release)
Aiko Solutions, Europe’s leading Windows Mobile security software developer, today announced the public release of SecuWipe, the first data erasure utility for PDAs and Smartphones. Operating Smartphones poses a great risk since they can store a treasure-trove of corporate and personal information. Standard "deletion" and even a "hard reset" do not completely wipe data off the device, with the result that sensitive information can still be easily retrieved by using special recovery software. SecuWipe overwrites data with U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) compliant methods thus making data truly erased and unrecoverable.
SecuWipe is an advanced software utility to securely sanitize data on Windows Mobile Pocket PCs, Smartphones and Windows CE handhelds. Whether to clean the Smartphone before recycling or to remove traces of online activity, SMS and calls records, SecuWipe is the best choice for those who want to avoid security breaches and protect customer privacy. The program employs different data sanitizing algorithms, including zero-filling, U.S. DoD 5220.22-M method, Bruce Schneie's algorithm, and Peter Gutman's algorithm.
SecuWipe will securely erase: - Contacts - Email, SMS, MMS messages - Calls - Appointments, Tasks - Notes, Recordings - Internet Cache, Cookies and History - Free Space - SD card(s) - Files and Folders
SecuWipe runs on Windows Mobile Professional and Classic (6.0/6.1), Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2000/2002/2003SE. SecuWipe supports all Smartphones from Windows Mobile Standard (6.0/6.1), to as low as Smartphone 2002. Windows CE 3.0/4.0/4.1/4.2/5.0/5.2 handhelds are supported as well. Versions for ARM, MIPS, SH3, SH4, X86 processor types are supported.
Pricing and Availability SecuWipe is available as a demo version at no cost, and it can be downloaded from www.aikosolutions.com. A single-user license can be securely purchased online for USD $39.95. Volume and academic pricing is available upon request. (Source: Press Release)
Microsoft announced that Windows Mobile 6.1 has received an important U.S. Federal security certification. "Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ (EAL2+)" certification means the operating system can potentially be used in combat and reconnaissance missions, battlefield medical triage, logistical support, and other secure operations, Microsoft says. (Source: Windows For Devices)
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