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20% Black Friday discount on cases from Proporta

Jim Karpen — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:35:55 -0600

Proporta, a leading vendor of quality cases for Windows Mobile devices, is offering an exclusive 20% discount to all customers who place orders on Black Friday. Simply enter the promotion code BLACKFRIDAY at the cart page to receive your discount.

Celio REDFLY: Your Phone Becomes a Laptop

Jim Karpen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:29:44 -0600

The AT&T Fuze (aka HTC Touch Pro) and Other New Devices

Jim Karpen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:37:25 -0600

Device Updates, T*Omnia Includes Satellite TV

Jim Karpen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:07:14 -0600

I enjoy keeping tabs on the latest and greatest, and this week we’ll note a new Windows Mobile phone, the T*Omnia, which includes a satellite TV receiver. I’ll also point you to reviews of some of the most popular new devices — including the new Samsung Epix from AT&T

Recent Freeware and Free Services

Jim Karpen — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:06:31 -0600

I’ve rounded up some freebies that I’ve heard about in recent weeks for this week’s column, including Facebook interfaces, an open beta of the Skyfire web browser, and services such as free GPS route recording and free mobile blogging.

New Devices from AT&T, HP, and Sprint; Free Mac Syncing Software

Jim Karpen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:30:44 -0500

Wow, a lot of news recently regarding your choices for new devices. AT&T has released the Samsung Epix, HP has come out with the iPAQ Voice Messenger and the iPAQ Data Traveller, and Sprint has released the HTC Touch Pro.

AT&T Epix

AT&T’s new Samsung Epix has a Treo-like form factor with a front-facing QWERTY keyboard. It’s sometimes called the BlackJack III, but unlike that device it has a touch screen.

Reviews of the New T-Mobile G1

Jim Karpen — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:55:20 -0500

Again, the about-to-be-released T-Mobile G1 isn’t a Windows Mobile phone; rather, it uses Google’s Android software. But in this week's column I want to point you to some of the initial reviews, since it’s an exciting device and another strong indicator of things to come. Bottom line: powerful device, Android software is impressive, but needs fine tuning.

Free Mobile Services, News on New Devices

Jim Karpen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:04:31 -0500

This week I have updates on two mobile services: KeyToss mobile portal, and the Slifter mobile shopping service. Plus, we have the news from HTC that the Touch HD won’t come to the U.S. — but that the HTC Fuze is supposedly coming from AT&T later this month.

PortableThemes Lets You Customize Your Today Screen — Free

Jim Karpen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:17:54 -0500

There are a number of theme sites that have literally thousands of free themes that you can download and use to customize the appearance of your Today screen. These include Pocket PC Themes.com for touch screen devices, and Smartphone Themes for Smartphones.

Android Coming to T-Mobile, Mobile Video Sharing

Jim Karpen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:46:02 -0500

As we've noted before, Google's Android isn’t related to Windows Mobile, but we cover it here because it’s one more indication of the trend toward Internet-centric touch devices. Plus this week we’ll note new mobile video sharing sites that even let you stream live video from your device.