The Windows Phone Guy : Windows Mobile 6

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)

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)

First Low Cost Wimo

Nuno Luz — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:14:42 GMT

The Ubiquio 501 is now officially the first Windows Mobile Professional Low Cost device with very interesting specifications. For only 97€ or 134,99$ after rebates, you can have this Windows Mobile 6 device with full QWERTY keyboard and more: •Processor...(read more)

Want free Push-email? Have Live Mail

Nuno Luz — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:02:12 GMT

This is not a very divulged feature but I assume it might be very useful for some people: you can take advantage of the great direct push e-mail technology without having to invest on an exchange hosted e-mail service. Windows Live Mail allows you to...(read more)

LG Today Plugin and PSNotes

Nuno Luz — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:13:07 GMT

I have made a short video using SOTI Pocket Controller about the great today plugin that comes with the LG KS20. Although it doesn’t have the bells and whistles of other comercial plugins avaliable I can tell you its quite pratical and helps the one hand...(read more)

LG KS20 first impressions

Nuno Luz — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:44:51 GMT

I have been lucky enough to recieve a brand new LG KS20, which I am right now exploring. A few features I am liking allot are: Wifi Weight – only 92.5 grams!! Fast – 400Mhz processor Very nice screen – though not as bright as my Samsung i780 FM Radio...(read more)

I-mate 9502 gets Wimo 6.1

Nuno Luz — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:07:38 GMT

Yet another Windows Mobile 6 device seems that will recieve the update for Wimo 6.1 this turn is the spectacular I-mate 9502. This seems however to be a Beta, so if you wish to give it a try head over to the i-mate forums . Source: pocketnow.com...(read more)

Big clock for the Moto Q9

Nuno Luz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:32:31 GMT

Francisco Viana from Pocketpt.net has made a great home screen application that provides Q9 owners a big clock. Some features: -Big clock ( H:M:S) -Application launcher -Direct access to profiles -Date (D-M-Y) -Full screen clock. -Works on the background...(read more)

Changing your MDC Icon

Nuno Luz — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:30:00 GMT

This blog post has two objectives: welcoming J Allard as Chief Experience Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Entertainment and Devices Division, and showing you how to change your device’s icon at WMDC. Well here’s what you need: Some sort of Icon...(read more)

Hanging with the Toshiba G910

Nuno Luz — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:02:16 GMT

This has been my machine for the past 5 days, and it is quite interesting: notice the fingerprint reader on the left bottom, I use as an application launcher and also to avoid tapping the PIN on the screen. Also the screen as a new WVGA (wide-VGA) resolution...(read more)

TouchFLO 3D like screen plugin and more!

Nuno Luz — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:53:00 GMT

Alfonso Presa as made a very nice today Skin/Plugin named Throttle Launcher that enables one to give a diferent look to their today screen. Here are two very fine examples: Windows Mobile 7 Touch FLO 3D The software is free, so if you want to try it out...(read more)

Device password recovery with Exchange 2007

Nuno Luz — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:26:00 GMT

Being an Exchange admin with several users, and having to enforce password policies might be tricky at first, because people are not used to have a PIN or a password set on their mobile handset and tend to forget it until they get comfortable with...(read more)

Crearte your own themes for Pocket PC

Nuno Luz — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:11:00 GMT

ThemeGenCE is a freeeware application that allows you to easely create Pocket PC themes for Windows Mobile 6. This great software is Windows Vista compatible asweel, and it has a great preview feature of how you theme is going to look. To download this...(read more)

SQL CE Query Analyzer and Windows Mobile 6

Nuno Luz — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:45:00 GMT

If you are a developer, or ever needed to test, run queries or view SQL CE databases and its contents directly from a Windows Mobile device, most likely you have used or heard about Query Analyzer that comes with the SQL CE SDK . Unfortunately Query Analyzer...(read more)