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Just published: a browser roundup from the Microsoft folks

Werner Ruotsalainen — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:50:11 +0000

The MS folks have just published a review of Web browsers; see THIS.

(Incidentally, my most recent roundup has just been frontpaged by MSMobiles.)

Browser article heavily updated

Werner Ruotsalainen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:08:39 +0000

I've heavily updated my latest Web browser roundup & comparison (which, incidentally, has been frontpaged at WM Power User in the meantime) with, among other things, a straightforward Verdict section and a lot of more info.

SplashShopper Review

Nate Adcock — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:34:39 +0000

This is the kind of review I hate to do, because I essentially have to be the bad guy. There are some old-school applications that are so useful and intuitive that they stand the test of time, even if they don't look pretty. I have to say, SplashShopper from SplashData could become one of those applications, but currently isn't.

Twitter away your time for fun and profit

Tim Hillebrand — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:56:33 +0000

When I first heard of Twitter, I was amazed and amused that it was spreading like wildfire in a frenzy of popularity.

FULL ROUNDUP: Browsing the Web on Windows Mobile just like on iPhone, incl. IEM6 review

Werner Ruotsalainen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:45:56 +0000

After purchasing an iPhone 3G, I immediately fell in love with Safari, its Web browser. Granted, it's somewhat less capable as the best, comparable Windows Mobile (WinMo for short) titles (no Flash, no page saving, no copy/paste, no Opera Link, no explicit text size settings, no caching etc.) and, from time to time, it crashes even with the last, 2.2 firmware version, but it's still much better usable and much faster than anything on Windows Mobile.

TUTORIAL: everything you need to know about Flash Lite 3 and playing back Flash web videos

Werner Ruotsalainen — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:55:01 +0000

Now that I, at last, have had some free time, I’ve very thoroughly tested the (by the XDA-Devs folks) recently released and freely deployable Flash Lite 3.1, which is quite much a step in the right direction.

Dell Axim x50(v), hx4700, hx2xxx users, attention: WM5+ automatic Filesys.exe patcher released!

Werner Ruotsalainen — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:48:48 +0000

I’ve published several articles on the Filesys.exe compaction problems. At first, I had the time to release (manually) custom-patched throttler apps for people requesting them in e-mails. (Sorry for all the folks that I simply didn’t have the time for. I’ve been very-very busy lately – not that I’d complain: given the current economic situation, it’s great to have any kind of a (decent) job.)

Some months ago, XDA-Devs forum member “cook” has written a quick patcher app that does this (semi-)automatically.

10 for 9 in '08 - Skyforce Reloaded (the oops edition)

Eric Pankoke — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:17:22 +0000

It turns out that I inadvertently left out the category of Scrolling Shooters when I made all of the posts for this article. Unfortunately, my favorite scrolling shooter for the PocketPC didn't actually get nominated this year, which I suppose was my fault. In lieu of that the clear pick was Skyforce Reloaded, which was still a very good game in this genre.

Opera Mini + (W)VGA users, attention: a hacked, VGA-friendly Jbed version has been released!

Werner Ruotsalainen — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:05:58 +0000

(Technical note: as of 01/02/2009 2:57 AM CET, the images in the article and the mirrored download aren’t accessible. Hope they’ll become available in about 10 hours. That is, make sure you check back in 10-15 hours if you’d really want to see them. Sorry for the inconvenience - my database back-end has been having problems and the CS people have been away.)

Can You Dig It? - A Review Of Glyph

Eric Pankoke — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:43:48 +0000

Astraware certainly has a knack for bringing the right puzzle games to mobile platforms - anyone heard of a little gem called Bejeweled? However, as far as their relationship with Binoteq and Sandlot Games is concerned, the quality of products hasn't been quite so uniform. Thankfully, Glyph falls happily on the positive side of the unbalanced scale. Part Jawbreaker, part "uncover the picture", and part Simon Says, Glyph is a unique combination of sub-genres that blend together to make a fun and interesting game.