The Windows Phone Guy : Windows Mobile

5th Mobile Technologies - PocketPT.net Seminar was a success!

Nuno Luz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:19:58 GMT

The fifth Mobile Technologies Seminar promoted by the Windows Mobile community PocketPT.net, of which I am founder, was a great success. More than 110 interested users and potential consumers spent the day learning more about Windows Mobile. This...(read more)

SlideIT - You have to try it!

Nuno Luz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:53:30 GMT

This new way of data introduction is simply great, fast a quite reliable. Download SlideIT and try it: http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download.php ...(read more)

Moving your e-mail to the Storage Card

Nuno Luz — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:34:31 GMT

A question I get allot from users is “can move my e-mail to the Storage Card?”. The answer is, yes you can, but you’ll need to edit your registry to achieve that: HKLM\System\Inbox\Settings\PropertyPath = "\Path to your Card\Mail" Try it out...(read more)

TIP: Download YouTube Videos

Nuno Luz — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:17:45 GMT

This is something we are used to do on the PC, but now that we can easily view YouTube videos on our devices thanks to browser support and other apps, why not download them? In order to download videos, you can use Web Video Downloader, aka WVD. Here...(read more)

Speed City – Free 3D game!

Nuno Luz — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:06:30 GMT

Speed City is a fast paced motorbikes 3D game from OmniG Software: For touch screen and non-touch screen phones Free full version An endless challenge with randomly generated racing routes Stunning city scenes and lifelike physics simulation 3-D graphics...(read more)

Mobiwee: On-line backup services round-up - UPDATE

Nuno Luz — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:57:35 GMT

It seems there is one more service to add to this list and its name is mobiwee. With this new service running in Beta you can: Send SMS’s from your PC Set-up your email on your device automatically Install applications from your PC Wirelessly (cool!)...(read more)

On-line backup services round-up

Nuno Luz — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:34:16 GMT

It seems that more and more companies are beginning to offer on-line backup services for Windows Mobile Devices and in some cases other devices. First we saw Dashwire arise with a cool innovative, complete and very easy to use...(read more)

EAMobile games

Nuno Luz — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:45:58 GMT

Now that many of us are starting to get our deserved vacations, its great to be able to put these work tools called Smartphones to a different use, like gaming! So here’s suggestion: EAMobile has a selection of titles that range from classic games to...(read more)

Dasher – Innovative Input Method

Nuno Luz — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:04:22 GMT

Dasher is an innovative piece of software that allows us to input data easily without the use of the keyboard and by recurring to just one hand. You can use the finger or the stylus to visually navigate between the letters and numbers collections that...(read more)

This Fall: Microsoft Retail Stores

Nuno Luz — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:52:36 GMT

Gizmodo has had access to the image study of the future Microsoft retail stores created by a company called Lippicot. Though these are not the official final designs, they sure let us foresee some very interesting and dynamic spaces where people will...(read more)

Delete or select multiple contacts easily

Nuno Luz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:06:31 GMT

A common question I get from costumers is how can they manage more than one contact at once, for instance to import them to their SIM card or delete several contacts. The answer is a free app called PPCContactsMgr v1.6 which is free and can be downloaded...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 will not support Smart Device Development

Nuno Luz — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:36:00 GMT

I was trying out the new Visual Studio 2010 Beta with support for the new .NET FX 4 Beta, and have just found out that Microsoft has not included the support for Smart Device Development such as Windows Mobile and Windows CE. Although this might come...(read more)

Which devices will support/have upgrades for Windows Mobile 65.?

Nuno Luz — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:34:33 GMT

Microsoft has just announced Windows Mobile 6.5 availability and which devices will be the first ones to receive the upgrade. According to Microsoft the first Windows Mobile 6.5 devices will be available on the second half of 2009. The first official...(read more)

ZTE Mobile manufactures new low cost, top spec device from TMN

Nuno Luz — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:19:00 GMT

Portuguese mobile operator TMN has recently released an exclusive new Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device at a new low cost of 179 eur. Though the TMN Bluebelt (commercial name) has a low cost the specs are quite top notch: Size: 11,4 x 6,6 x 1,19...(read more)

Samsung GT-C6625 review

Nuno Luz — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:23:00 GMT

I have just released my review of the great Samsung GT-C6625 over at PocketPT.net . In case you don’t understand Portuguese, try the Google translated version . Here are the pros and cons: The best: Great quality and big screen Fast processor (393Mhz...(read more)

UCWEB6: Fast internet Browsing!

Nuno Luz — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:15:07 GMT

So you thought Opera Mobile was the fastest internet browser around? It seems that UCWEB6 is a new alternative for fast internet browsing. Although it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Opera, the differentiator factor is the speed, where...(read more)

TS: MS Windows Mobile Designing, Implementing, and Managing!

Nuno Luz — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:58:00 GMT

Hi everyone, just wanted to share that I just passed the Exam 070-500 and earned the TS: MS Windows Mobile Designing, Implementing, and Managing certification today! This was the first Microsoft exam I had ever taken, and taking in account I was running...(read more)

Video chat with VZOmobile

Nuno Luz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:42:50 GMT

VZOchat is a free video call and conferencing service that works on the PC, and now also has a Windows Mobile client! I’ve been testing it on my Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and it works well despite a small delay. When someone calls you, it almost like a...(read more)

Increase your HTC Diamond battery life

Nuno Luz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:13:15 GMT

Ricardo Chaves from pocketpt.net wrote an article about nueDynamicClock which is a software that allows the user to control the CPU Clock. But unlike many CPU Clock management software, this application doesn’t allow over clocking, instead it helps...(read more)

Star Trek Medical Tricorder = Windows Mobile + Research + Microsoft

Nuno Luz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Remember the Stark Trek Medical Tricorder ? Well it seems that this piece of science fiction as become reality thanks to Windows Mobile! A research team at the University of Washington in St. Louis, as developed an ultra-sound imaging system that is connected...(read more)