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The nuvifone M10 is the first smartphone from the Garmin-Asus partnership. It runs the soon-to-be-phased-out Windows Mobile 6.5. Is that the fatal flaw in this GPS-centric smartphone?
Free navigation is a big things on smartphones these days. Both Nokia and Google (for Android) offer it, but if anyone can match or surpass their offerings it should [...]
Opera has been at the forefront of mobile browsing solutions and Mobile 10 is its best yet. The latest beta of the mobile browser, available from www.opera.com/mobile, boasts an impressive selection of features guaranteed to improve the mobile browsing experience. Opera has introduced a slick new interface that caters for touch-screen and keypad driven devices. [...]
Windows Mobile might be on its last legs, but there are still some great apps available for the platform. Here’s our pick of the best.
Evernote
Free
Evernote is one of those apps that completely changes the way you use your smartphone. A partly cloud-based notetaking program, Evernote is flexible enough to be used in a variety of [...]
From casual games to console classics, every smartphone has a great selection of games to play. Here’s our pick of the best.
Flight Control
iPhone, Android
Flight Control is the ultimate in mobile gaming – instantly accessible, short enough for quick bursts of action, but addictive enough to last forever. The game pitches you as an air traffic [...]
Opera has been at the forefront of mobile browsing solutions and Mobile 10 is its best yet. The latest beta of the mobile browser, available from www.opera.com/mobile, boasts an impressive selection of features guaranteed to improve the mobile browsing experience. Opera has introduced a slick new interface that caters for touch-screen and keypad driven devices. [...]
Samsung’s Omnia Pro B7610 is bit of a case of ‘everything but the kitchen sink’. It is a Windows Mobile 6.5 device with Samsung’s well known widget-based user interface sitting on top of that. Hardware-wise it sports a sliding qwerty keyboard. And there are some spectacular specifications under the hood too.
Windows Mobile 6.5 is very [...]
The Viigo experience is a collection of modules that gives the user access to a wealth of online information.
The module line-up includes News & RSS, Audio & Podcasts, Weather, Sports, Shopping, Entertainment, Flights & Travel and Politics. Individual modules are assigned a number of channels, ie, Sports>Basketball – NBA with the option to add further [...]
Need to know what’s on at the cinema? Well the free app Flix is almost certain to have the answer. The software uses a simple, functional interface, could do with a makeover in the future, that gets its message across. Flix does the basics well, by giving users the current days listings, but it’s beyond [...]
HSDPA, 1GHz processor, WVGA screen, 5MP camera, QWERTY keyboard… These are just some of the specifications manufacturers like to highlight when selling new smartphones, but rarely do you read about the voice performance of these do-it-all devices.
The fact that these devices are primarily phones seems to be missed by the general public as well and [...]
Trafficmaster’s unique PA-assisted satnav and live traffic avoidance system makes every journey easy and saves you from hours sitting in traffic, and now you can get all this on your smartphone – go to www.trafficmaster.co.uk/mobile to find out more.
Trafficmaster’s Smartnav is the most efficient satnav and traffic information service available and is supported by a [...]
Confused about the ever-expanding number of smartphone platforms? Unsure which is the right one for you? Our Five Reasons to Choose series gives you an instant guide to the things you need to know about every mobile OS.
Part four: Windows Mobile
1. Business integration
Many businesses choose Windows Mobile devices simply because they use a Microsoft OS, [...]
Entering a world without wires has a number of benefits and tapping into the power of wireless mobile communication technology will enhance the functionality of any computer. Every full-functional laptop ships with built-in support for Wi-Fi that enables broadband speed access to the internet when connected to a Wi-Fi network or public hotspot.
As long as [...]
Busses. You wait for ages for one and then three come along together. So, it seems, is the case with Acer, which has recently announced no fewer than four Windows Mobile smartphones. The beTouch E200 sits at the head of its beTouch group of three.
It is an alluringly designed silver and white handset, and it [...]
