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Windows Mobile best applications 1

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Windows Mobile best applications

I will use this post as a repository for my favourite Windows Mobile Applications:

AE Button plus
This utility extends functionality of hardware keys on Windows Mobile devices. It allows you to:

  • intercept almost any standard button: application buttons, WM5 SoftKeys, Volume slider, Action and even Red/Green phone buttons
  • distinguish up to 4 different keypress events on each button grabbed (single, double, triple and “long” keypresses).
  • remap each of the keypress events to “virtual” application button or assign them directly to one of the wide set of built-in actions.

    • As a result you may “convert” volume slider to up/down arrows, assign several essential application buttons to these “SoftKey” buttons and even assign your favorit alternative dialer to red/green phone buttons.

    G-watch:
    G-watch is a stopwatch/countdown that uses your built in GPS to track how much distance you have covered running/cycling/driving. It is really really cool. It is still a beta version but worked very well for me. On my way to my training I uploaded that application to my phone and was happy to finally know my running speed and the distance I ran. This will be great to set goals and improve my running speed.

    BBC Iplayer:
    Ok that one is not really an application but you can find the steps to allow the BBC Iplayer on your HD on the following website
    http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/2008/12/01/bbc-iplayer-streaming-on-windows-mobile

    HTC Touch HD, my new toy! 0

    Life hack

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    HTC Touch HD, my new toy!

    I I jumped on the bandwagon and got myself one of the fanciest mobile phone on the market. I am not talking about the “Iphone 3g” but the HTC Touch HD and that phone is really really cool.

    Now what is the difference with the “Jesus phone 3g” ?

    Well it does everything the Iphone does and few more things. For example you can:
    – copy and paste (doh)
    – run several applications at the same time
    – play full res Divx and Xvid videos (using TCMP)
    – change the battery
    – swap MicroSD cards (it comes with a 8gb SD card)
    – record videos
    – use it as a wifi router or a cabled one
    – it comes with a very slick stylus
    – with a bit of trickery you can view Flash websites (only in USA et UK)
    – it synchronizes Outlook Notes and tasks
    – connects to Exchange corporate emails
    – really fine 800*480 pixels screen
    – ultimately it doesn’t drop phone calls!!!

    I am too busy at the moment to explore everysingle function but so far I love that phone. After nearly 4 years, I finally ditched my Palm T5 and my recent Nokia N95, the Touch HD replaces all my devices. No need to carry all my chargers and cables with me anymore just a regular Mini usb.

    What are you learning? 1

    Life hack

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    What are you learning?

    Once in a while Fool.com posts some interesting article and I found an interesting one today entitled “What to do with $5,000“.

    What interested me in this article was a series of links to the free online MIT and Berkeley University courses.

    I am not too sure how to naviguate on the MIT website and couldn’t find the actual courses but the Berkeley one seems easier to naviguate and finding videos and mp3s was really simple. I am currently listening to the Social Psychology lecture by Dacher Keltner.

    On the same topics, Stanford University is also broadcasting some amazing lectures, talks and interviews with some of the most relevant people in business. Do not miss the Ed Catmull talk by the way if you haven’t heard it yet.

    It is all about the bike! 5

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    It is all about the bike!

    I have absolute no interest in watching cycling on TV and especially the “Tour de France” but like I said few weeks ago, I just bought a racing bike to commute to work. Here is that beauty!

    I just bought the rest of the equipment last week end and will give it a try today. I am really worried about having my feet stuck to the pedals but I guess it shouldn’t take too long to get used to that.

    More Xbox avatar 0

    Miscellaneous

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    More Xbox avatar

    Tokyo Game show just started and Microsoft revealed a bit more about the Xbox Avatars. Kotaku posted a new video today. That’s really sweet and I am really proud of the work that we are doing here.

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    Video Games

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    Xbox Avatars

    In case you missed the E3 announcement, Rare is currently working on the revamped version of the Xbox interface. The “Blades” will soon be replaced by really slick graphics where the user will be represented by a customizable Avatar. Here is a presentation by Microsoft employee Larry Hryb “Major Nelson”: