February 2009 - Posts

The latest from MWC
Mon, Feb 16 2009 7:40

My colleagues over at PocketPT.net are making a great coverage of the Mobile World Congress event being held in Barcelona during this week.

Some of the most important announcements took place today:

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  • Microsoft displayed a new image for the new Windows Phone branding
  • SPB Software house presented the new SPB Mobile Shell 3

 

If you wish to see images and videos of the MWC just follow closely the PocketPT.net homepage.

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PointUI version 2 released!
Wed, Feb 11 2009 17:50

Heads up everyone since UI creator PointUI has just released a Beta version of their new software.

Complete with a revamped look and a Sonic Ericsson Xperia X1 Panel, this piece of software sure looks promising.

To download it visit PointUI.com

Source: PocketPT

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Never lose your stylus again!
Wed, Feb 11 2009 17:45

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HTC Touch Diamond and Touch HD owners will be most pleased with this small but wonderful software, that alerts the user when the stylus is out of the silo.

This applications is free and you can download it here.

Windows Mobile Sync with Mac – free!
Tue, Feb 10 2009 16:45

syncmate

Sync Mate is a beta application that allows MAC users to sync Windows Mobile Devices with their MAC.

Here are some of the features:

  • Install applications to your mobile phone;
  • Synchronize Favorites, Contacts, Calendar and Notes with their analogs Bookmarks, Address Book, iCal and Stickies accordingly;
  • Get information about the device (OS, memory status, alarms, battery state, etc.), view memory status diagram;
  • Manage SMS (Inbox and Outbox, drafts, sent and deleted messages);
  • Keep track of what was done by SyncMate with actions log.

So if you are a MAC user that has a Wimo device give it a try.

You can download it here.

Stone versus iPhone
Tue, Feb 10 2009 16:33

I couldn’t resist myself :)

You can check more here.

Source: PocketPT

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Edit Photoshop documents on Windows Mobile
Mon, Feb 9 2009 18:50

As a Windows Mobile and Photoshop user I know Pocket Artist for quite some time now, but I had never seen and a demo of this quality made by Adam from Pocketnow.com.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and its great screen sure helps on doing some on the fly editing of an image file using Pocket Artist, wouldn't you agree?

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Blood electronics
Sun, Feb 8 2009 12:16

It has recently came to my attention, through a Portuguese news network station and the founder of the Portuguese AMI (International Medical Assistance) founder Dr. Fernando Nobre, that the vast majority of consumer electronics, including mobile phones, needs a rare mineral as one of their components that is mainly extracted in Congolese soil by underage infants and under severe working conditions.

The infants are used because of their small stature, which is essential in the extraction of the mineral in the improvised mines.

Working conditions in these mines are terrible and the death rate among infant workers is high. These children risk their life's for less than a dollar a day of wage in a slave like working regime.

According to Dr. Fernando Nobre, this prosperous business is far more lucrative than the blood diamonds not only for the guerrilla that controls the extraction, but also to the large manufacturers that simply tend to overlook this human rights abuse in order to obtain a mineral called Coltan at a low price.

One of the suggested pressure points that consumers can make over manufacturers in order to reduce or eliminate this crisis, is not to stop buying mobile phones and consumer electronics, but rather promote a global awareness of this situation.

So I suggest that if you wish to participate on this global awareness effort to send a link to this blog to your friends and coworkers, and also email the manufacturer of the electronics devices you have in your household, including the manufacturer of your mobile phone, and inform them of this situation and also ask them for more information on their position on this matter and if they are aware of their suppliers working conditions and human rights policies.

If you wish to see the full video (in Portuguese) click here.

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