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UNCONFIRMED: TomTom Navigator 7 seems to work with latest TomTom Navigator 6 Maps [UPDATE]

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:25:36 +0200

Absolutely unconfirmed, I've just received an E-Mail from a fellow the::unwired reader that he recently tried out is recently purchased TomTom Navigator 6 maps v6.75 with his new O2 Xda diamond which runs the - yet to be announced - TomTom Navigator 7. While TomTom Navigator 7 features minor enhancements like Map corrections, it's basically an update to the officially available TomTom Navigator 6 only. However, unlike for TomTom Navigator 6, TomTom isn't offering any purchasable maps for TomTom Navigator 7 yet but users of a German O2 Xda diamond can download one city map only - at least free of charge.

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SERVICE: Snap2Face brings Facebook to Windows Mobile Smartphones

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:13:56 +0200

And the next Facebook application for your Windows Mobile smartphone. After I've wrote about fringAdd-ons, which supports Facebook in some way and FriendMobilzer, I just received another E-Mail which let me know that Snap2Face was released in v0.8. Snap2Face, which works with Windows Mobile Professional and Standard smartphones lets you set your status while on-the-go as well as viewing friends' status and detailed information, viewing friends' friends and send friendship requests but also lets you getting notified of events like wall post, message, poke or friend request.

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UTILITY: Customize HTC's Touch Diamond TouchFLO 3D with Diamond TF3D Config [UPDATE]

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:22:38 +0200

TouchFLO 3D, HTC's new Today screen replacement for the HTC Touch Diamond (and the upcoming HTC Touch Pro) is quite handy and useful for most users. However, everybody has different needs and therefore a customization is always appreciated. Unfortunately, HTC has left all customization options except that you can change the background image of the main screen (only). However, a member of the German Windows Mobile Forum "PPC-Welt Community" has now released a free utility called "Diamond TF3D Config" which adds some more customization options to the HTC Touch Diamond by allowing a user to rearrange the TouchFLO 3D tabs.

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BETA: Microsoft releases Beta Windows Media Center SideShow Gadget

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:01:00 +0200

Brilliant, one of my very personal hot topics is Microsoft's SideShow technology for Windows Vista which is a technology for distributing interactive content to connected small-screen devices, such as Windows Mobile smartphones. The content is created and managed by small software applications called SideShow gadgets. And while Microsoft finally released the long awaited SideShow application for Windows Mobile a while ago, even if yet available as an early Beta only, one of the most anticipated SideShow gadget wasn't available so far - a Windows Vista Media Center gadget to remote control the Media Center from mobile devices like smartphones.

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AVAILABLE: Samsung releases the SGH-i200 Windows Mobile Smartphone for Open Market

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:36:53 +0200

Unveiled back in February already, Samsung today announced the open market availability of the SGH-i200 Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard smartphone. Featuring triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz and singleband UMTS/HSDPA at 2100 MHz (up to 3.6 Mbps) as well as Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (including A2DP), the i200 unfortunately lacks WiFi and GPS. On the back the i200 sports a  2.0 megapixel camera with face detection technology and smile-shot functionality; while on the front it has an additional VGA camera for UMTS video telephony. The non-touchscreen measures 2.3", supports QVGA resolution and includes a light-sensor.

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SERVICE: FriendMobilizer brings Facebook to Windows Mobile

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:22:45 +0200

Macrospecs, Inc. just announced the launch of FriendMobilizer, a Windows Mobile application that gives users full access to their Facebook account. Viewing friends' info, writing on walls, looking at photo albums, and changing his/her status is a small example of the wide list of the features available to users at their fingertips. Not only does FriendMobilizer run on the majority of Windows Mobile smartphones and Pocket PCs, it also allows you to get notifications sent straight to the home screen. You'll be able to approve friend requests, view group/event invites, find out about new wall posts and messages, and much more.

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UNVEILED: Telus Mobility first to carry the HTC Touch Diamond in North America

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:41:43 +0200

Canadian Telus Mobility is the first North American carrier which confirmed to release the HTC Touch Diamond later this summer. While neither Verizon nor Sprint have confirmed an upcoming launch yet, a Canadian carrier is again the first to launch another Windows Mobile smartphone first. Since Telus Mobility is a CDMA carrier, Telus Mobility's Touch Diamond is for sure the CDMA version, featuring EVDO Rev. A high-speed Internet access. Other confirmed features are Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, TouchFLO 3D, inbuilt GPS, the 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera on the back, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi and inbuilt 4 GB memory. However, the FM radio, which the WCDMA version also includes, isn't mentioned by Telus Mobility.

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SYNCHRONIZATION: SyncMate 1.3 synchronizes any Windows Mobile device with your Mac

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:03:35 +0200

With the more successful Apple Mac Notebooks, good sync-solutions for Windows Mobile and Mac OS are becoming more important as well. Following Eltima Software's earlier public Beta of SyncMate, the developer now released an updated version of SyncMate. SyncMate 1.3 lets users synchronize Favorites, Contacts, Calendar, Notes from any Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6 devices with their analogues Bookmarks, Address Book, iCal, Stickies on Mac OS and vice versa - and it supports synchronization via USB cable or WiFi (something which was removed from Microsoft ActiveSync years ago). SyncMate Expert allows to synchronize iPhoto, iTunes, Folders, Notes and Time and includes SMS Manager and Applications List manager.

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REVIEW: HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro, Samsung i900 Omnia & Sony Ericsson X1 Camera comparison

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:02:25 +0200

No question, so far Windows Mobile smartphone cameras were pretty basic and users mostly got 1.3 megapixel cameras only or - if lucky - a 2 megapixel camera with fixfocus. However, with the recent launched and upcoming new Windows Mobile smartphones, the situation will get better The new HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 features 3.2 megapixel cameras with autofocus and the Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia even features a 5 megapixel camera which makes it the first available Windows Mobile smartphone in the 5 megapixel class. Furthermore, three of the new smartphones (Touch Pro, Omnia and X1) even sports a photo LED for night shots. Nevertheless, since all cameras are not the same, we took the recent opportunity to compare the four most anticipated phone cameras which each other.

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