Manage Remote Storage with Microsoft My Phone

By | June 14, 2009 |

Maintaining a remote backup of your Windows Mobile contacts, calendar, schedule, tasks and other documents, pictures and MP3s has traditionally been a problematic task, leaving Windows users looking on in envy at the owners of Apple Macs and iPhones and their iDisks and other solutions.

Thankfully as part of an overdue concerted move to develop the Windows Mobile and Hotmail/Live platforms, Microsoft have developed the My Phone, a secure online repository for contacts, SMS messages and other vital information stored on your Windows Mobile device that can be added to or cut down as the user sees fit.

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Things You Need to Check Before Installing Software on the Windows Mobile

By | June 5, 2009 |

Windows mobile logoInstalling applications and tools on to a Windows Mobile device can be a little bit daunting at first, particularly for newcomers to the platform.

Prior to the actual act of installing the application, there are several things you need to check. These are:

  • operating system version
  • framework
  • spare memory
  • hardware functionality

Each of these elements of a Windows Mobile device can make or break an installation. A suitable comparison with a desktop device would be trying to install a game that requires a light gun but you don’t have one attached. On a PC, the game will simply be useless – you might be able to run the game, but won’t be able to interact with it. On a Windows Mobile device, the handset will be looking for the peripheral or hardware and if it can’t find it the application won’t run.

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Windows Mobile: Installing Viigo And Managing Your RSS feeds

By | May 28, 2009 |

Viigo logoViigo for Windows Mobile brings enhanced RSS feed management to your Windows Mobile device, resulting in regular updates from your favourite RSS feeds whether they be news, blogs or stocks and shares.

Available as a free download from www.viigo.com, this superb RSS feed reader can be downloaded and installed in a matter of minutes via a multitude of different options.
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