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Thoughts and things I care to sharePrice Cuts at WebIS now Permenant
Pocket PC Thoughts is reporting that WebIS has permanently cut its product pricing. This is interesting news along with the recent purchase of the FlexWallet 2006 assets from Two Peaks. It seems WebIS is positioning itself to provide a full range of software enhancement products targeting Pocket PC and Smartphones.
PocketWeather 1.2.4 Now Available!
SBSH Software has released PocketWeather 1.2.4 which is mainly a bug fix to all 1.2.x releases.
The list of fixes includes:
- Removed “Display” tab from setup – moved location rotation to general setup tab
- Corrected issue where today screen was not drawing/redrawing under certain conditions
- Removed startup notification service which was causing errors on WM2005 devices when the OS was attempting to run pwcmstub.exe too early.
- Added better shutdown handling so that in future, if installing while an updating process is taking place should cause the updater to terminate to avoid the “in-use” warning/error
- Update/refresh process now handled by smaller pwupdater.exe
- Corrected 1st January current condition bug
- Added earthquake details
- Corrected earthquake map calibration to better position reporting quakes
- More translation work for setup pages
Verizon Wireless Introduces V CAST Music
Today, Verizon Wireless announced it is launching the V CAST Music service. Described as “the world’s most comprehensive music service”, V CAST will offer customers the ability to download music directly to their phones “over the air” using the Verizon network. On January 16th, Verizon will give customers immediate access to a wide range of popular titles. The new service will apparently be available as a one-month trial, with a subscription required after that. Below are two phones that will support V CAST Music right away, the LG VX8100 on the left and the Samsung a950 on the right.
Trio of Next-Gen Windows Portable Media Centers Unveiled
InfoSync World has an article covering 3 new Windows Portable Media Center devices that were announced today at CES 2006. The Toshiba gigabeat S, LG PM70, and Tatung V620 are covered along with InfoSync World’s always-fantastic hi-res pics to along with them – check it out!
Treo 700w – No MSFP!
According to Jason Landridge, the Treo 700w does not include the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (aka AKU v2.0) in it’s shipping form right now. The current configuration does however connect with Exchange Server for Always Up To Date (AUTD) synchronization. It also should support the original Exchange 2003 “push-mail” solution, where the Exchange server would send an SMS message to the device to trigger an AUTD sync that would pull any new email to the device.
Of course, since the device is Windows Mobile, Verizon could at any time release an AKU 2.0 update for the Treo 700w that would include the MSFP functionality.
FlexWallet Purchased by WebIS
Wow – didn’t see this one coming. Pocket PC Thoughts has scooped the story on this one! Check out the press release at WebIS as well.
CES 2006 & Microsoft
Looks like there will be a number of extremely interesting product announcements coming out of CES 2006 this week. I’ve been watching the Bill Gates keynote, and there has already been a number of details that I had been unaware of a few hours ago. Neat stuff! More details to come during the next few days.
Intel Unveils New Brand Identity
With the coming launch of new product brands, Intel is launching a new brand identity that they believe will better represent the company as they position themselves as a market-driven platform solutions company.
“‘Intel. Leap ahead.’ is a simple expression that declares who we are and what we do,” said Eric Kim, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Sales and Marketing Group. “This is part of our heritage. Our mission at Intel has always been to find and drive the next leap ahead – in technology, in education, social responsibility, manufacturing and more – to continuously challenge the status quo. It’s about using Intel technology to make life better, richer and more convenient for everyone.”
There is also a “Brand Architecture” PDF as well, which details the new product brand lines coming up in the near future.
Still On Vacation
Ah, still have a few days of vacation left – through the end of this week actually. With the prospect of a "Monday" on the work horizon, I’m trying to tie up my Christmas vacation with some productive personal projects. I’ve updated the AC website slightly with a few minor changes, one of which was the addition of my Dell Business Partner links (finally). There are still some PDFs that need to be created, and a few service details to fill out, but its coming together.
On my blogger site, I’ve been really busy – strange for me because keeping on top of a blog and regular posting has never been natrual for me. Even though I fall into the "Gen X" age group, the technology itself has always interested me rather than the use of technology. Anyway, my blogging has turned more into a headline site rather than deep insights and I’m thinking of modifying the name of the blog from "Rick’s Ramblings" to something that fits the content better.
Well, work will be a new adventure when I get back this coming Monday. There is quite a bit of work to get done on our Windows image upgrade project, and we will have our entire group toghether in town for a quarterly meeting. Some new tasks for me are to work more towards mentoring and coaching – a bit more dificult as it is not a task that I have had to focus on previously. At any rate, it will be a growth opportunity for me, and any challenge can be exciting.
More in a few days.
Verizon Announces the Pocket PC XV6700
In another press release, Verizon Wireless is announcing the Pocket PC XV6700! This device is based off the HTC Apache reference design which supports EVDO, WiFi, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Windows Mobile 5, Exchange 2003 connectivity, bluetooth, and a 416MHz Intel xScale processor.
It is similar in most ways to the HTC Wizard that most people will have read about, with the exception of CDMA/EVDO radios instead of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and the Intel chipset instead of the TI one.
I’ve seen a version of this device (also available on Sprint) in person and have to admit that the EVDO speeds bring an entirely new usefulness to the device.
The Pocket PC XV6700 will be available starting on January 19th, 2006 for $300 after $100 rebate, 2 year contract and qualifying data plan.
I hope the leadership of the Republican Party will take his word seriously. Because this is exactly right.
This is very simple: only Americans citizens should be allowed to vote in American elections.
The SAVE America Act is common sense, and we need to pass it now!
I don’t recall you complaining when gas was $5.00 under Biden.
Hypocrisy much?
Please RT!
This Middle Ages bullshit is a cancer on the planet👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸