Mar 30, 2006 | blog
FlexMail 2006 is an email application for Pocket PC devices. WebIS had released previous versions under the name Mail, and I purchased a copy of Mail 2.0 awhile back. Since the new version was released earlier this month, I thought I’d try out the new version and see how it has grown.
Now WebIS has done some substantial work on this product for compatibility with Windows Mobile 5, to support for SSL on both inbound & outbound POP/SMTP mail accounts. Support for IMAP is here as well, though I have no IMAP accounts to try it with. Other new features are support for VGA and square screen devices, integration of SMS messaging on phone devices, and various other small though important inprovements.
My main thing I was looking forward to was manageability of my mail. Since I have 5 separate and distinct email accounts that I use and monitor, I have a need to keep the accounts separate. I was not able to do this in FlexMail. The built-in Messaging application in WM5 has the ability to have separate folder structures for each mail account – FlexMail does not. This simple difference negates all the features of FlexMail for me.
The built-in mail client for WM5 is surprisingly flexible for multiple accounts and this is what I need rather than the ability to view HTML email (though that is nice). Until FlexMail adds this kind of functionality, its getting removed from my MDA until the next version.
Mar 30, 2006 | blog
So now that Dell and other manufacturers are shipping laptops with built-in wireless broadband (EVDO, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA) – who is best, and what are some disadvantages? Below are a few links that I’ve found interesting information on the topic – might be of interest.
Mar 30, 2006 | blog
Don’t know if I had posted about Clipmarks here yet – I know I had on my old blog. Clipmarks is a neat service that lets you “clip” a section of a web page and archive it to your account on Clipmarks. It also allows you to tag the clip with information useful to you for future reference. You can then search on that information at another time.
The service also allows you to share and save your clips by email or by directly saving a file to your computer. I mainly have been using it for research, where I can later go back and reference the information I’ve found while browsing the web. Its really easy to use, and does require a plug-in for either Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Mar 29, 2006 | blog
You may not know this but I’m a sledhead (snowmobiler). So I watched the 2007 model webcast for Polaris, and I have to admit that I’m a little disappointed. Last year I was eyeing up the 700 Classic, but it’s disappeared from the lineup for ’07. Instead, they’ve got the 600 HO IQ LX CFI for 2007. A great sled to be sure, but I was really impressed with last year’s model. Oh well, maybe one’ll turn up in decent condition this spring.
Mar 28, 2006 | blog
So I’ve installed Performancing for Firefox – a plug-in for Firefox that allows creating blog entries right from the browser. I happend to stumble across this while setting up Performancing Metrics. So far I’m very impressed.
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