Enhanced BugMe! Application Now Available for Pocket PC Devices

By Ed Hardy | 11/3/2003

The latest version of BugMe! offers integration with the Today screen, support for Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, and other new fetaures.

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Windows Mobile User Group Tour

By Andrew | 10/29/2003

Tonight I attended a Windows Mobile User Group Tour in New York City. A group of product managers from Microsoft are currently touring the U.S. and Canada to present the latest Pocket PC and SmartPhone devices on the market. Overall it's a bit of a hype-fest for Microsoft and their sponsoring partners products, but they give away lots of expensive free stuff, show the Motorola MPx200 and Toshiba e805, and free beer and good food abounds.

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Windows Mobile 2003 for Phone Edition, iPAQ h3870

By Ed Hardy | 10/29/2003

An operating system upgrades is coming for T-Mobile's wireless handheld running the Pocket PC Phone Edition. Plus, HP has released a Windows Mobile upgrade for the iPAQ h3870.

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Big Changes on the Way for Windows Mobile

By Ed Hardy | 10/29/2003

In addition to increasing the screen resolutions available on Windows Mobile, Microsoft is going to add a version of DirectX, support for location-based services, and a new method for storing data.

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Details Leak About Microsoft's New Voice Recognition Software for Pocket PC

By Brian | 10/28/2003

According to Handango, who let the cat out of the bag about a month early, "Voice Command will let Pocket PC users perform all basic functions--such as accessing calendar and contact information, placing phone calls and launching applications--by issuing voice commands. The software will also integrate with the handheld version of Microsoft's Media Player to allow voice-activated control of digital music playback."

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REVIEW: WM Recorder - Streaming Audio and Video Recorder Software

By Andrew | 10/28/2003

WM Recorder is a really cool software program that I started playing with last week. I don't know about the rest of you, but I've often in the past wished there was an easy way to grab streaming windows media audio or video content and then take it on the road with me using my Pocket PC. Using WM Recorder this is easy to do, there's a 12 second Lord of the Rings Clip I'll present as a sample of a recorded streaming video file I created for viewing on my Pocket PC at the end of this review.

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Higher Resolution Screens Coming to Pocket PCs and Smartphones

By Ed Hardy | 10/28/2003

According to information coming out of a Microsoft developers conference, future versions of Windows Mobile for both Pocket PC and Smartphone are going to offer significantly higher screen resolutions.

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Microsoft Posts More Free Ebooks

By Ed Hardy | 10/27/2003

Three new free ebooks are available to users of Microsoft Reader as part of a twenty-week promotion.

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PDA News - Toshiba e400 and e800 specs, Windows Mobile tour, Thunderhawk

By AdamaDBrown | 10/23/2003

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Is it (finally) time for a Microsoft Smartphone?

By Ed Hardy | 10/22/2003

Brighthand's founder Steve Bush sits down with Mike Wehrs, Director of Technology & Standards for Microsoft's Mobility Division, and talks about where the Smartphone platform has been for the past three years, and where it's going in the future.

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Motorola MPx200 Windows Smart Phone Available from AT&T

By Andrew | 10/21/2003

It's been a long time coming but consumers in the U.S. can now purchase and use a Microsoft Smart Phone from AT&T Wireless in the form of the Motorola MPx200. There are many Pocket PC Phone edition devices out there, but this is the very first true Smart Phone. The Motorola MPx200 is fashioned as a clamshell phone with 32MB of RAM and many features a Windows based PDA would be expected to have. (Pictures and specs contained in article)

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Motorola MPx200 Smartphone Available in U.S.

By Ed Hardy | 10/21/2003

The Motorola MPx200 is now available nationwide from AT&T Wireless, making it the first handset running Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 to be widely available in this country.

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