Time for another phone rebuild. I’ve got so much junk on it that it’s got a sync problem. Definitely on the device, not an ActiveSync issue.
I’ll be moving from the Qtek 2.17 ROM to the latest T-Mobile USA ROM. There are many new features in this ROM, even though it has its own flaws.
Again, I’ll be streamlining my software stack on the MDA – trying to thin out the items that I don’t use that often. It also includes changing where I install some app’s, and what sequence they are installed.
Since there are things about Windows Mobile that bother me, here is a short “wish list” of things I wish were built into the OS today.
HTML capable email client, for POP3 and Exchange push mail
A close button that actually closes the application instead of minimizing it
A more robust and easier-to-access task manager
Ability to change the “From” address when responding to an email. I’d like to use my GMail account to reply to an email that I received from my Exchange push-mail account.
Phone Ring Profiles – the ability to change from a “Normal” to a “Meeting” to an “Outdoor” profile quickly
Well, we’re getting closer! It’s been a long summer and fall, waiting for our townhouse to be completed. Luckily it’ll be complete by the end of the month and we can move in!
We met up with our realtor this evening checking on progress, and things are coming along quite well. Since we are living only a block a way from our unit at the moment, we have been able to watch the progress daily over the last month and a half.
Ok, I’ve not talked about the Google “Office” lately, but it sure has gotten coverage lately. Its good to see that Google has paid more attention to some of their ongoing projects. With the level of quality Google Docs & Spreadsheets and Google Reader are approaching, I really have to think about going all-web again.
I’ve been using Writely, the service that became the docs part of Docs & Spreadsheets, since about March of this year and am very impressed with the capabilities of online software. With Writely, I wrote letters, blog posts, reviews, a resume draft, taken notes, and many other documents. Some I saved as .DOC files, some I printed directly from the service – the point is that the service did everything I needed in a basic word processor, and stored the file for me!
Good stuff, if your looking for simple online tools, check this out. But also take a good long look at ZoHo Office, which offers docs, spreadsheets, presentations, collaboration and much more.
Well, I’ve waited quite awhile to see a day like today. You couldn’t get away from it! Certainly, Cingular & Verizon have had days like this, but T-Mobile has always been treated like an also-ran when it comes to phones and service in the media.
But today was different – literally, everyone had coverage of the newly announced T-Mobile Dash Smartphone. And well they should – the Dash is everything the Moto Q was supposed to be. Affordable, usable, fast, compelling features, etc.
HTC, the company that makes the actual hardware, has a long history of building quality handsets running Windows Mobile Smartphone. The Dash is the latest variant of their capabilities.
So check out some of the following links for more information – pretty much everybody covered the news of the launch of the T-Mobile Dash today. One more thing to note – T-Mobile USA is the first division of T-Mobile International to get this phone. Usually one of the European arms in the UK or Germany gets the new phones first! Kind of interesting on that alone.
the::unwired – CONFIRMED: T-Mobile USA announced the HTC Excalibur as T-Mobile Dash
Of course, it occurred to me that on this topic, Gartner is not talking to people who understand the consumerization of IT. This is happening, and traditional IT folks, yes including us Microsoft/Linux/Apple junkies, don’t see it coming.
For myself though, all I get from news articles of Gartner is the same opinion: Isn’t this obvious enough?
Obviously the news of the day is the Google YouTube deal. For a paltry $1.65Billion, Google now owns the most popular video site on the web. Not a bad deal for the 67 person firm from San Bruno.
First Lady Melania Trump: "Most know my husband as the strong Commander-in-Chief, but his empathy transcends the role and shapes a caring leader who constantly remembers each and every American soldier is someone's child."
Time for another phone rebuild. I’ve got so much junk on it that it’s got a sync problem. Definitely on the device, not an ActiveSync issue.
