Mobile

Belkin's wifi phone for Skype can now be found in the wild, and the first reports back are relatively good. The advantage of being able to manage our Skype existence from either the desktop or the handset outweighs the few niggles related to Belkin's hardware design. The ever-growing access to…

One of the things I really like about my Windows Mobile phone (a HTC 8525 on Cingular) is that I can change my entire UI whenever I want. I've used different skins, backgrounds, UI enhancements, heck - I even had it looking like an i-something-or-other for a while. It's this freedom to make the…

Recently, a new version of the Windows Live Mobile client software was released which re-introduced Windows Live Messenger to this mobile suite, a piece that had formerly been removed in previous versions. The new version also includes Windows Live Hotmail, People (Contacts), Spaces, Live Search,…

At the Microsoft TechEd Australia 2008 conference keynote this morning, Dr. Neil and Amit Mital showed a quick preview of the Live Mesh application running on a Windows Palm Treo Pro. Long Zeng has the screenshots on his blog. In the demo, they showed how quickly a mobile photo could be synced to…

Tina and I checked out the AMD booth at GDC 2007. On display was the new AMD Imageon mobile graphics chipset and Drew Angeloff who helped explain to us exactly what a graphics chipset is and what exciting new technologies are coming to mobile graphics from AMD in the…

On Tuesday, mobile phone app Dashwirereleased Dashwire 2.0, a much improved version of their mobile phone backup and sync service. With Dashwire 2.0, you can backup your phone’s content – like photos, videos, text messages, ringtones, bookmarks, speed dials, contacts, and call logs – to Dashwire’s…

In addition to the slew of updates now available on the Bing Maps beta service, the Bing Team also just launched an updated application for Windows Mobile devices. Designed specifically for Windows phones, this version of Bing’s mobile app provides maps, driving directions, traffic information,…

Not many people enjoy their commute. It's probably the least enjoyable part of the daily experience, plus these days it's the least environmentally-friendly thing most of us do. Well the cats at King County Metro have taken a big step toward getting us out of our cars.Two of the more popular bus…

Mobile phones are arguably the ultimate gadget, and as a gadget they sometimes get a bad rap as distractions or time wasters. To realign your appreciation for mobiles however, you simply need to spend fifteen minutes with Iqbal Quadir’s TED Talk: The power of the mobile phone to end poverty.…

With the launch of the new Windows Phone 7 Series device, Microsoft has refreshed their mobile platform with a bang. The new phone takes many risks from its live tile interface to its onboard Bing button. It also introduces some features other phones don’t – and won’t ever have – like the Xbox LIVE…