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Clone Wars: Windows Mobile App Store
Jan 26th
Microsoft is huge on copycatting anything that seems to be working elsewhere. They are known to be that one person that’s always late to the party. Perhaps trying to be fashionably late, many times it’s just a huge embarrassment for Microsoft . . . other times, they are just glad they got in the door before it was too late.
Here’s a classic example of the clone-aholic tendencies of Redmond WA: Windows Mobile smartphone users (like me with my Samsung Blackjack) now have an App Store of their own. Of course, Microsoft is in denial that it is copying Apple’s itunes apps store, so it’s not called the “Windows Mobile App Store” like it should.
Instead, it is branded as the Windows Mobile Marketplace:
The only problem is that while the Blackberry App Store has launched with hundreds and hundreds of apps – over 1,100 games alone, the WM App Store only has about 500 or so apps in total. Nothing to write home about at this point.
We’ll have to wait until Microsoft figures out how to load up the store with great apps from 3rd party developers as the iPhone app store has done. But in the meantime, there are some neat WM apps like the Facebook, Skyfire browser, MySpace, and other apps which most WM6 users will want to look at and download.
Have you tried the Windows Mobile App Store? What apps have you downloaded so far? Which have been a waste of your time and money? Let us know in the comment section below!
Gain New Super Powers With Your Voice
Mar 18th
Some people are loud mouths.
Now they officially have a reason to be proud. Their voice just gained new super powers.
Demonstrating this new cell phone trick to friends will make you the envy of all.
For example, what if you could simply speak into your cell phone phrase like, “all the things my wife said I had to by at the grocery store” and voila! you get the entire list verbatim. And I mean verbatim!
This new trick may just save your life or at least your hide some day. What is it?
It’s a neat new technology that’s being previewed by Microsoft and available as a free download for Windows Mobile phones right now. . . Read the rest of this entry »
Listen to XM Satelite Radio on Your Blackjack
Feb 28th
My Blackjack has 3G support, so it’s about time that I start figuring out how to make the most of it. Streaming media is one of them of course. The Blackjack comes with XM Radio Mobile preinstalled already. It gives you a free trial period, but after that you’re on your own. Cingular tries to sell you a $8.99/month subscription fee for the XM mobile radio service. However, you don’t get the dozens and dozens and dozens of channels on the native XM radio. You get a whopping 25 channels. While they are great to have with you wherever you go, if you already have an XM radio subscription, you’re already used to having tons more channels available and you’re already paying a subscription fee for it.
So what to do? There are 2 alternative ways to get XM Radio on your Samsung Blackjack without paying Cingular. Thank goodness you have web-access! 2 sites allow you to enter your XM radio subscriber email address and password and you’re in!
MUSIC DOCK > http://Mobile.MusicDock.com
XstreamXM > http://www.xstreamxm.com/mobile
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