Fonte: http://info.abril.com.br/noticias/tecnologia-pessoal/mozilla-exibe-alfa-do-fennec-para-windows-15052009-34.shl – por Felipe Zmoginski

A fundação Mozilla exibiu seu primeiro alfa do navegador portátil Fennec que roda em Windows Mobile.

Esta é a primeira grande novidade do projeto Fennec desde fevereiro, quando um protótipo do aplicativo foi exibido. A fundação acredita que terá uma versão beta disponível para download em três meses, quando os principais bugs revelados no desenvolvimento da aplicação estiverem resolvidos.

Apesar de brilhar em laptops e desktops, o Firefox ainda não possui um equivalente para celulares, mercado dominado pelo mini Opera, da Opera, e pela versão móvel do Internet Explorer, da Microsoft. O Google, autor do Chrome, também prepara uma versão portátil de seu navegador para celulares Android.

Um vídeo postado no Vimeo mostra o Fennec instalado em um aparelho da HTC

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Fennec - alpha 1 for Windows Mobile from Madhava Enros on Vimeo.

Fonte: http://gizmodo.com/5252092/windows-marketplace-for-mobile-now-open-to-developers

Not much has been left to mystery with Microsoft's Windows Mobile app store—we even know what it'll look like. Now it has officially opened its doors to developers, and published all the rules.

Microsoft seeded most of the important stuff in advance, and at first glance these new materials don't contain many surprises. A majority of the official submission guidelines is devoted to making sure Marketplace apps aren't a pain in the ass: apps can't make random calls; data requests must be user-approved; uninstallation must be clean and complete; etc. The rules are practical, like the twelve we've already seen, and the document softly implies that Microsoft intends to be a little more lenient than Apple. We'll see!

As far a the developer agreement goes, the $99 annual fee and 70% dev commission still stand, while return and tax details have been laid out in full. Developers are paid when they hit $200 in commissions, which, like most of the others store policies, is somewhere around industry standard.

Sadly, the document doesn't say when the marketplace will open, which is the only part of this whole saga that anyone cares about anymore. Don't overestimate your hype, guys.

Fonte: http://www.baboo.com.br/absolutenm/templates/content.asp?articleid=35007&zoneid=221&resumo=

A Microsoft lançou o aplicativo oficial do Facebook para telefones baseados no Windows Mobile 6. O programa permite o envio de mensagens para qualquer usuário em sua lista de amigos, permite que você tire fotos com o aparelho e faça o upload diretamente para o Facebook, gerencie seu perfil e mais.

Download: Facebook para Windows Mobile 6

Fonte: http://info.abril.com.br/noticias/tecnologia-pessoal/windows-mobile-6.5-chega-em-maio-18042009-3.shl

A Microsoft pode estar preparando o lançamento do Windows Mobile 6.5 para 11 de maio segundo indícios descobertos pelo blog Electronista.

O site encontrou um post no blog oficial do Windows Mobile que dizia que a Microsoft lançaria o navegador durante o evento TechEd 2009, em uma sessão marcada para 11 de maio.

O post, no entanto, foi editado pela própria Microsoft para “evitar confusão” e agora diz apenas que Stephanie Ferguson, gerente de Business Experiences da divisão de comunicações móveis da Microsoft, fará uma apresentação sobre Windows Mobile 6.5 na data.

A sessão é voltada a desenvolvedores e profissionais de TI e promete um “demo bacana e detalhes de coisas legais que vem por aí”.

Em fevereiro, o CEO da Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, falou sobre a nova versão do sistema operacional móvel no Mobile World Congress e disse que aparelhos rodando o sistema estariam disponíveis apenas no segundo semestre deste ano.

Fonte: http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/news/show/92706/google-mobile-now-available-for-windows-mobile.html

"One of the most common questions we are asked on this blog is "When will this be available for my phone?". Well for all you Windows Mobile fans the answer is "now" for the Google Mobile App. Try it out by downloading it from http://m.google.com/search on your mobile phone."

If you're a googleholic and want more Google on your device, go ahead and download it now. The video looks pretty sweet, I think I'll probably wander over and give it a shot. What about you?

Fonte: http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/f85/ballmer-no-microsoft-phone-no-windows-mobile-7-until-2010-a-92733.html

"Ballmer re-affirmed his oft-repeated statement that Microsoft will not be making a Microsoft Phone, saying it was committed to the licensing model... Regarding the operating system itself, Steve Ballmer mentioned the unveiling of Windows Mobile 6.5 last week, and also clearly stated Windows Mobile 7 will be coming next year.  He noted that he felt the continuing expansion of the smartphone segment into the whole phone segment should help Windows Mobile to continue growing despite the downturn in the economy, and that Windows Mobile is particularly well suited for low cost smartphones with many different from factors."

I personally felt one of the best things Microsoft could have done was to release their own handset. I completely understand that doing so would have been nothing sort of a disaster as it would have strained their relationships with Windows Mobile OEMs, but not doing so in my opinion cements Microsoft's position firmly into a slow and painful death in the mobile world. Windows Mobile 6.5, which was announced last week, is not expected to start shipping on new devices until Q4 of 2009. I wouldn't expect updates for existing handsets to start popping up until maybe Q1 or Q2 of 2010 - almost a year after the platform upgrade was announced. On top of this we won't start to see Windows Mobile 7 phones on the market until around the latter half of 2010, meaning that upgrades for Windows Mobile 7 will start to trickle out 3-6 months after this much anticipated milestone release.

The process of moving to a new version of Windows Mobile takes incredibly too long and in this world of constantly updating gadgets. Microsoft's slow-and-steady take on the platform is no longer as intriguing as it was not only a few years ago as there are now way to many cooks in the Microsoft kitchen. Microsoft creating a self branded device would have drastically cut down on this. A handful of devices are a lot easier to upgrade than an army of devices. One has to wonder, when Windows Mobile 6.5 or even Windows Mobile 7 finally does make it into the mainstream, how far behind will the operating system be compared to competitors that are

Fonte: http://www.dailytech.com/EU+to+Require+Microsoft+to+Offer+Competitors+Browsers+With+WIndows/article14392.htm

The market share war for browsers, word processing suites, and other products wasn't much of a war when it came to Windows in the mid to late 90s.  Microsoft was producing full-featured products which it increasingly tied to its own operating system.  At the same time, it blocked or slowed the development of would-be competitors by withholding information on the OS.

This strategy, either brilliant or anticompetitive, depending on your viewpoint, landed Microsoft in hot water in 1999 when U.S. Federal Courts ruled that Microsoft was a monopoly which had used its powers to crush threats to the monopoly.  In the decade since, Microsoft has been forced to make a number of reforms.  While it has mostly avoided additional charges in the U.S., it has continued to run into trouble with the European Union, which has picked up where the U.S. left off.

The EU has already fined Microsoft over $2.4B USD for not making its interfaces open enough and refusing to comply with its rulings.  As a result Microsoft has been forced to pay these massive fines and offer new services to competitors to make their products more compatible with Windows.
Now, following a fresh round of accusations which included criticism of Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows, the EU, according to reports, has reached a new decision which may set a new worldwide precedent.

The EU will require Microsoft to package third party browser software with Windows.  Furthermore, it will require Microsoft to provide further support efforts to make third party browsers' interface with Windows components like Windows Explorer as efficient as Internet Explorer's.  The ruling is set to apply to both desktop Windows OS's and to Windows Mobile for cell phones.

Jonathan Todd, spokesperson for EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes states, "If the Commission's preliminary conclusions as outlined in the recent statement of objections were confirmed, the Commission would intend to impose remedies that enabled users and manufacturers to make an unbiased choice between Internet Explorer and competing third party web browsers.  (Microsoft will have to allow users) to choose which competing web browser(s) instead of, or in addition to, Internet Explorer they want to install and which one they want to have as default."

EU officials propose a ballot screen when first using the OS which will tailor it to a specific browser of the user's choice.  Another possibility, it says, is for Microsoft to negotiate with its OEMs who manufacture computers or phones with Windows and have them select the third party browsing software.  Among the browsers considered as candidates are Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera.

The move comes at seemingly strange timing, when Firefox has finally established a solid foothold against Internet Explorer, which happens to be at a decade low of around 60 to 65 percent.  However, the decision represents long standing complaints from an EU.  It also marks a change in policy from previous rulings on Microsoft's Windows Media Player.  With Windows Media Player, the EU required Microsoft offer a version of Windows without it.  Of course, almost everyone picked the version with it, though.  States one anonymous EU official, "That remedy was rubbish."

Microsoft has until March to draft a formal response to the EU's latest charges.  A final decision from the EU is not expected until then, but there appears to be a consensus that offering competitive software appears to be the best idea.  Microsoft reacted to the news with little emotion, stating, "We are committed to conducting our business in full compliance with European law. We are studying the statement of objections."

Some speculate that the EU could bring similar regulations against Apple, which practices similar bundling of its Safari browser.  However, Apple computers continue to be a bit player in market share, so such a move seems unlikely, as the primary argument here is based on Microsoft's dominant OS position.

Fonte: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/g2-officially-htc-magic-and-coming-to-vodaphone-20090217/ – by Joel Evans

We reported yesterday that a successor to the G1 (the G2) was coming to Vodaphone and today HTC officially unveiled the Magic.

According to HTC, the HTC Magic will feature Android, a 3.2-inch HVGA screen, HDSPA, GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera, and more. The most striking difference between the Magic and the G1, though, is that there’s no keyboard, making the Magic the first Android-powered touch-only device. Thankfully it will be running cupcake, which includes an on-screen keyboard.

Pricing and availability depend on the local Vodaphone markets, with the UK getting the Magic in April.

For more specs on the G2 and additional details, check out Engadget

Joel’s Opinion

This is definitely a cool looking device. Not only does the Magic go touch-only, but it’s also juiced with a bunch of radios. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s going to do 3G in the U.S, though, but that’s pretty normal for HTC who likes to pump out a bunch of models for specific countries, and then drop a specific version for the U.S. at a later date.

The big question is whether or not people will embrace the Google OS in a touch-only mode. Since cupcake is not yet available on the G1, no one has had a chance to put it through its paces and see how the on-screen keyboard compares to its hardware-based brother.

As for pricing and availability, at least it’s coming out around April, so it can still take advantage of the hype surrounding its launch at MWC.

Fonte: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/battle-imeem-mobile-vs-lastfm-for-android-20090126/ – by Chris Gampat

Readers here may know that I’m a music app lover. And, like many of you, I demand certain features out of my music apps. I used to be a LastFM user but I moved on to Slacker and then Pandora. As a T-Mobile G1 user, I’m dying for a Slacker or Pandora port to Android. The official LastFM client came out for Android the other day and as President of an internet radio station at my university and a fanboy of net radio in general, I thought I’d give it a go against Imeem Mobile, which has been out on the market for much longer.

LastFM takes all the features from the website and crams into the little screen on the G1. Users can save stations, find the top 100, view their library of music, find items recommended by LastFM, start new stations, and the many profile tweaks and settings that the website allows you. It keeps you notified of what you are listening to via the notification tab in Android. Fans of LastFM may be pleased with all this and the fact that the app can run in the background while your doing other things, like checking your email.

Just like the site, it allows you to approve and disapprove certain songs on that station. The selection of music isn’t at the level of Pandora or Slacker but it should be good enough for most users.

LastFM for Android is great–when it works. In truth, it is the most unreliable music client I’ve dealt with so far and it reminded me of the dial-up days when I’d sit there in front of my computer waiting for RealPlayer to buffer a Korn song. This happened even when I turned on 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and any other settings to try to boost its reliability.

As I write this article, I’ve finally gotten the app to work, and on a 2G network. Note though that this is the first time since the day I downloaded it that it’s been able to work for me. The app description says that it is in a beta mode, so once the company irons out all the kinks it should be quite a contender as they will develop a large audience by the time Pandora and Slacker release their Android Apps.

In contrast, Imeem mobile is extremely reliable. The app worked and buffered efficiently enough on a 2G network to keep me entertained while I did other things on my phone. The fact that it does so without requiring 3G well means that my battery will last longer.

Imeem saves your favorite stations so that you can always go back to them. That means that if you’ve fine-tuned your station to just the way you want it, you’ll always be able to go back and listen to your favorite tunes without it being a bother. That means that Nickelback will stay off of my Three Days Grace station.

However, Imeem doesn’t have the selection of LastFM and it only seems to go for the biggest artists at the moment, but the selection is growing. Two days ago, they didn’t have Radiohead and now they do. They still don’t have Atmosphere though. I was actually surprised that they had NoFx and Bad Religion but not Rancid or Mastadon.

Regarding Imeem, I’d say was never much of a fan of their website, but the app pleases my tastes.

Both apps have very similar features and basically do the same things. Their main difference at this point is their reliability for the Android platform. All in all, keep in mind that users that start off with a service and fine-tune it usually stay with that service and don’t want to move because they’ve become familiar with the settings. That being said, if and when Pandora and Slacker come onto the scene it would be nice if users can port their LastFM or iMeem settings over to the new app providing that the apps don’t already sync with your account.

It should also be noted that both apps have crashed my G1 before. However, LastFM did this more often.

So who wins this battle? Imeem just barely because of reliability. If LastFM were more reliable, stable, and power efficient it would’ve easily taken the prize. However, I want music to constantly stream and don’t want to have to wait for large buffers. There is evidence that it will change though, when another music app comes out I’ll pit it against these two.

Fonte: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/first-look-microsoft-recite-20090215/ - by Joel Evans

This week at Mobile World Congress Microsoft will release a free technology preview of Microsoft Recite. Microsoft Recite runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 or higher and allows the user to record voice notes and then store, search and retrieve information from them by simply speaking a word that they want to search for.

I had the pleasure of seeing a demo of what is now Microsoft Recite when I was at Mobius recently. While speech recognition is nothing new, the way that Microsoft Recite works is definitely new and innovative. Basically, instead of trying to recognize your actual spoken words, the software does voice pattern matching on what you recorded with what you just requested. Since it’s just pattern matching it doesn’t require the user to train it and will work in any language.

Testing
For my test I recorded a bunch of different notes and included the name Jeff in two of them. Recording was straight forward. I just clicked on the Remember button and then spoke and then clicked Finished when I was done recording. I did this a number of times to create a bunch of different recordings.

Then when I wanted to search for the recording where I mentioned Jeff, I clicked Search and spoke the word Jeff. I was then presented with a list of audio recordings, with them ranked in best matching order.

I tried this a number of times and even did some recording and searching with a television running in the background. Time and again it worked without fail, so it must also be filtering out background noise when it does its pattern matching.

The only suggestions for improvement I have is a way to store the audio recordings on my PC, too, and also a way to label the voice recordings. Otherwise, it’s definitely a solid piece of software, especially for free.

If you’re looking for a great way to store and remember things to do or places to go, look no further than Microsoft Recite.

You can read more about Microsoft Recite and give it a try yourself when it becomes available at recite.microsoft.com

Fonte: http://info.abril.com.br/aberto/infonews/022009/18022009-25.shl by Daniela Moreira

Falha no carregamente atrapalha estreia do navegador móvel em pré-beta

SÃO PAULO - A versão móvel do Firefox para testes estreou com o pé esquerdo. O navegador é “basicamente inútil” para muitas pessoas, admitiu Mark Finkle, um dos desenvolvedores do Fennec, em seu blog.

O Fennec foi liberado em versão pré-alpha na última semana para que os usuários pudessem testá-lo e reportar bugs à Mozilla.

Mas os problemas foram maiores que o previsto. Em muitos casos, quando o usuário abre o Fennec o navegador simplesmente não carrega. Finkle acredita que o problema está no uso de memória do Windows Mobile.

Segundo desenvolvedor, o problema está sendo tratado pela Mozilla com prioridade e uma correção deve ser lançada assim que estiver pronta.

Por enquanto, a Mozilla recomenda apenas usar o Fennec no smartphone HTC Touch Pro. No futuro, o Firefox Mobile deverá funcionar em outros aparelhos rodando sistemas como Windows Mobile e Symbian.

Fonte: http://info.abril.com.br/blog/gadgets/20090218_listar.shtml?148354 by Guilherme Henrique Pavarin de Carvalho

Há pouco, ouvimos dizer que a Acer estaria investindo pesado na elaboração de novos aparelhos móveis. Bom, os quatro smartphones que eles apresentaram na WMC nos fizeram acreditar em tal rumor.

Para você não despencar de sono sobre o teclado, a INFO Online extrai as informações mais relevantes da fornada.

O escolhido para ser tratado é o Acer M900, que deve remeter às funcionalidades empresariais de um BlackBerry, só que com uma tela de 3,8 polegadas sensível ao toque (ainda não temos idéia se responde bem aos comandos, ou não) e uma câmera de 5 megapixels com auto-foco e flash.

A conectividade promete boas velocidades por HSDPA e ele é mais um a usar o Windows Mobile Professional 6.1, com versões móveis de Outlook e Office. O M900 também é equipado com GPS e rádio FM.

De exótico, talvez, se encaixe apenas o leitor de digitais que serve para proteger os dados de usuários – deve ser mais útil do que o bloqueio por (*) asteriscos, presumimos.

Os outros modelos da série, X960, F900 e DX900 possuem ainda menos novidades. E podem ser conferidos no site oficial da Acer internacional. Nenhum possui data de lançamento e preço até o momento.

Fonte: http://info.abril.com.br/blog/internetbuzz/20090217_listar.shtml?148168 by Sandra Carvalho

Bem, não é que a atualização de um Android seja, em si, superior a de um iPhone.  Mas o Android, por sua postura mais liberal, faz updates que são apenas updates, não dores de cabeça intermináveis para quem carrega um telefone desbloqueado num esquema alternativo.

Brasileiro ficou escolado em uso de smartphone desbloqueado sem autorização com o iPhone.  Se acostumou a evitar atualizações para não vir seu iPhone virar um tijolo.  Com o Android, não é sim.  Quem tem G1 no Brasil não precisa temer updates: não há perigo de o celular voltar ao estágio anterior, bloqueado. 

Outro dia autorizei uma atualização num G1 no piloto automático, sem pensar nas consequencias.  Gelei ao pensar no possível estrago. Bobagem. As consequencias foram só as boas: bugs corrigidos, e funcionamento perfeito com um chip da TIM. Sorry, T-Mobile. 

Fonte: http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3359 - by Kamal DS

AIM Productions has released a FREE beta version of EASY SMS, a new Windows Mobile application that will provide you with a comfortable interface to send and receive SMS messages in all circumstances. Texting with the standard Windows Mobile SMS interface is not always very convenient. The text is very small and hard to read in many cases. Replying or sending a new text message by using the stylus and the tiny onscreen keyboard can be a real pain and is just impossible in situations where you don’t have both hands free. If you have been carrying around a Windows Mobile device for a while, this will definitely sound familiar to you.

[EASY SMS product page]

Fonte: http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3324 – by Kamal DS

Sick with the pathetic performance of A110 processor, while running Windows Vista? A week back, we posted about how to install Windows 7 on the HTC Shift. Sadly, the Windows 7 is still in it’s beta stage. And while it is not out, XP remains the OS of choice for Netbooks as it runs on low-spec hardware incredibly well.

Sadly, the original Resolution changer won’t work. You must use this version in Windows XP. Also, to access the Windows Mobile side, you will have to install ActiveSync. Tablet input panel is not working at the moment.

Here are the full instructions on how to get Windows XP on your HTC Shift:

1.- Download and save to a USB disk drive:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/fa3e…s_shift_XP_rar
and https://phatpipez.homeftp.org/HTCShi…chXPproSP2.exe

Be sure to extract the rar file before starting or have a unrar program installer available, you cannot extract rar files on a newly installed windows XP!

2.- Install XP. Use your own version in your own language!
Choose same disk and fast NTFS format. Use the administrator account for now.
Let it finish ignoring any message about the screen format, etc

3.- Eject CD-Drive
Insert USB pen drive

4.- Run HTC Shift XP Drivers/Chipset/infinst_autol.exe next, next, next… reboot when finished.
5.- run HTC Shift XP Drivers/VGA/win2k_xp14324.exe next, next, yes, next, next, reboot when finished.
6.- run TabletPC_PatchXPproSP2.exe, it will extract files to C:\temp,
Go to C:\temp and run step1.reg,
Run Step2.bat
Leave it alone until de hard disk stops and reboot

7.- Run HTC Shift XP Drivers\VistaECDrvV1[1].0.1.10\setup.exe from the folder

8.- Run HTC Shift XP Drivers\TouchScreen(1[1].1.0.2)\ATSV1102(WHQLed).exe next,next, next and reboot when finished.

9.- run HTC Shift XP Drivers\Synaptics MicroPad(10[1].0.11.1)\setup.exe , reboot when finished.

10.- run HTC Shift XP Drivers\Audio\WDM_R195\setup.exe , reboot when finished.

11.- run HTC Shift XP Drivers\fingerprint\setup.exe .

12.- run HTC Shift XP Drivers\omnipass 5.0\setup.exe. Reboot when finished.

13.- run HTC Shift XP Drivers\USB LAN\setup.exe .

14.- run cygwin\setup.exe, and select install from folder. select ioperm from the devel subfolder.
Unselect icons on desktop and start menu and finish.
Run cygwin.bat from c:\cygwin

type “ioperm –i” + enter and “exit” + enter

move hsect-2.1\hsect2.exe and move it to c:\cygwin\bin

15.- move the bat files from \archivos bat\ to the desktop.

16.- Run BT on.bat from your desktop and let windows install its own drivers

17.- run WF on.bat from your desktop and cancel the windows installation.

18.- copy HTC Shift XP Drivers\WLAN\sdbus.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers\ say yes to the replace dialog and reboot.

19.- Install the WLAN drivers , from the hardware manager, right button over marvell SDIO… update driver, and select the HTC Shift XP Drivers\WLAN folder.

[xda-devs post]

Fonte: http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3249 – by Kamal DS

What is Whiskers?

Whiskers is an educational PocketPC application under the GNU/GPL license which tries to exploit all the hardware available on most common PDAs providing a link between different features such as GPS-Bluetooth-Wireless.

Generally whiskers was built with radio reconnaissance in mind as help for geocachers or wardrivers but also as penetration and audit tool. There is support for in depth device scanning, triggering actions based on filters when certain devices are in range, centralized GPS logging with search functions for private or public databases and much more.

Download Whiskers

Fonte: http://s2u2.ac-s2.com/

S2U2 is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. It can be used as a screensaver while you don't use your device. It has CallerID function (but may not work on some devices, so please try it first); S2P control plugin; and volume control.

prerequisition
- WM5 Phone or WM6/6.1 Professional devices
- free RAM: at least 1M for QVGA; 4M for VGA

read me first » change log » faq » latest xda thread »

freeware licence

S2U2 is being distributed as Freeware. It may be freely used, copied and distributed as long as it is not sold, and all original files are included, including this license. You are NOT allowed to make a charge for distributing this Software whether as a stand-alone product, or as part of a compilation or anthology, without explicit prior written permission. If you paid for it, get a refund.

disclaimer

S2U2 and any support from A_C are provided 'AS IS' and without warranty, express or implied. A_C specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will A_C be liable for any damages, including but not limited to any lost or any damages, whether resulting from impaired or lost data, software or computer failure or any other cause, or for any other claim by the user or for any third party claim.

download (v1.45, 5 February 2009)

Thanks quicksite for the file-hosting and zntfdr for the mirror.

download the QVGA version » mirror » (also suitable for WQVGA)

download the VGA version » mirror » (also suitable for WVGA)

download the Clock Pack » (read the ClockReadme.txt inside for details)

download the Language Pack (updated on 8 February 2009) » (Afrikaans, Arabic, Catala, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (for reference only), French, FYROM, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese BR, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Latinic & Cyrilic), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish & Turkish. Most of them are incomplete. Read the LangReadme.txt for details or changes. If you have completed any one of them, please post it at the xda-developer forum or send it to me (info {at} ac-s2.com). Thanks.)

donation

Thanks for your appreciation and encouragement! (Please do not donate less than ONE USD, otherwise it will all go to PayPal.)

Fonte: http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3243 - by Kamal DS

In Windows Mobile devices, there is a very irritating quirk that it does not show the actual percentage of the battery left. Instead it shows just 3 bars. When the user clicks on the battery icon, he is taken to the battery settings panel. In some devices like HTC DIAMOND, it does not tell the user the percentage of battery left.

Ariel Battery Monitor comes to rescue you from this problem. It replaces the nonsense battery icon with a more meaningful icon that displays the amount of percentage of battery left in the device.

Main features:
-Makes good use of the unused space of the “Start” button icon.
-Battery power is always visible, because it is on the taskbar.
-Very low CPU consumption (Only about 0.001% !!! Much less than any other battery monitoring program !!!)
-Tiny memory usage, Much smaller than kBattery, pBar, magicbutton, batmon or xbutton.
-Just put it on StartUp folder or link to it, and it will do the job!
-WM2003, WM2005 (WM5) , WM6 ( Now fully compatible ).
-Full control of all displayed colors.
-The gauge can be moved to replace any icon on the taskbar
-VGA screens are supported ( Drag the “pick color” window by it’s title to see it all )
-Landscape mode is supported

Oh. And did I mention that it is a free?

[Download Ariel Battery Monitor]

Fonte: http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3240 – by Kamal DS

iPlayer is now finally available for Windows Mobile. However, to run it, you must have Net Framework 3.5 and Coreplayer.

Features:
- Finger friendly UI including flick kinetic scrolling, swipe gestures and vibration feedback.
- Supports Nav Sensor and Stylus Removal
- Higher quality video/audio than Samsung User Agent hack
- Browse content by Highlights, Popular, Channel, Category or Date.
- Search for content and save history.
- Checks for latest version of player and AppToDate support.
- Downloads video to device for later viewing (I download at home over wifi and then watch videos on the tube on the way to work).
- Video launched in your default player associated with ‘.mov’ files

Please note that current version of iPlayer only runs on HTC DIAMOND and HTC TOUCH PRO

Note: Coreplayer is not freeware. It is a commercial application. The videos are encoded in h.264+AAC format, which only coreplayer can play.

[Net Framerwork 3.5] [Coreplayer]

[download iPlayer]

Fonte: http://gadgetmix.com/index/?p=3221 – by Kamal DS

gweedo767,a  talented programmer over xda-devs have come up with an application called TrackMyRun that works pretty similarly to the Nike+ application. What it does is that it tracks how many distance have you covered by using the GPS. It also shows the amount of calories that you have burnt.

Here is the video which demonstrates how it works (by the developer himself)

TrackMyRun