Context-sensitive SIP switching program for HTC Diamond

Posted by: Ragart on Aug 25 2008 - 22 views

 

The Diamond has this cool little feature that knows when the stylus (which is sealed in magnetically) has been taken out. XDA member, Exidler, has leveraged this feature for use with SIP’s to create a smart switch. If the stylus is out, your SIP will be the small keyboard. On the other hand, if the stylus is docked, your default SIP will be the big finger-friendly SIP that HTC also packaged with the Diamond. You can also change the SIP’s that you want activated from within the program. Very cool!

XDA thread here, news thanks to Solsie.

 

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Quick Tip: Why SDHC may not always work for you

Posted by: Brandon Steili on Aug 10 2008 - 20 views

Saw this over at Gearlog and I figured I would pass it along just in case some of you were in mental limbo like I was on the topic. Be sure to click the link at the bottom for the full story, but basically you’re looking at two different filesystems (fat16 vs. fat32) and older gear just isn’t capable of reading the new stuff.

Unfortunately, older card readers are stuck on the original system. Put an SDHC card in an old-style standard reader and it might as well be speaking Yiddish.

Here’s where we stand:

SD cards can be read in any SD or SDHC reader.
SDHC cards can only be read in SDHC compatible readers.

(Via Gearlog)

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Joys of a wEee Little WinXP PC - Intro

Posted by: tjchan on Aug 02 2008 - 78 views

Asus’ Eee PC is truly one of a kind. After owning mine for about two months now, I am nothing but grins as to its performance and practically in most if not all of my daily PC tasks. From checking email and surfing the Internet to word processing and blogging…heck, even GPS navigation and retro gaming, the Asus’ Eee PC is more than most would expect.

I was recently at a computer store in Sharonville, OH and was told that this little gem was a lump of coal…good for practically nothing but the most basic of basics. After hearing a sales pitch like that, I would have totally avoided the Eee PC like the plague. Sure, this little guy has a Celeron processor and lacks an optical drive…but hey, its tiny, weighs only 2 pounds, and can access an optical drive just like the MacBook Air - via a network.

We’ll be starting out with Part 1 of a multi-part mini series on how you can get the most out of your Eee PC. From loading Windows to getting on all the extra little goodies that makes your Eee PC a road warrior, we’re sure to have a great time along the way!

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Chillaxin’ With Vista

Posted by: Steve Laser on Oct 08 2007 - 761 views

Last week I was visiting customers when I settled in my hotel room.  I pulled out a cold one, turned my Vista lappy on, and connected to the wifi.  Or at least tried to.  My connection was on again, off again.  Everytime I connected and clicked on a link, I would lose the connection.  I kept restarting it, using the Dell Wifi Utility, and using all my meager powers to maintain a connection - all to no avail.  I knew that since my pocket pc connected with no problem, that my laptop had the problem. 

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Methods for Accessing Sharepoint on a Mobile Device

Posted by: PatrickJ on Aug 25 2007 - 879 views

Jason Langridge’s Mr. Mobile site has a great short post up detailing methods for accessing Sharepoint from a mobile device.

Direct Sharepoint Access - It still scares me that so few customers are aware of the Mobile rendered versions of Sharepoint sites in Sharepoint 2007….. if you go to any Sharepoint site and add a /m to the address (eg. sharepoint.contoso.com/m) it will provide a Mobile friendly Sharepoint site.  You can’t post documents but you can browse in a considerably lower bandwidth environment.   

Sharepoint is a very powerful platform, and once in use it quickly becomes THE essential source of information for many companies. Jason’s post is a good heads-up for those who may not have thought much yet about the ability to view Sharepoint data on the run.

Check out Jason’s post HERE …

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Mobile Device Management - A Simple Outline

Posted by: PatrickJ on Aug 14 2007 - 938 views

 

In Brandon’s SecuBox review the other day, he noted (quite rightly) that security on mobile devices is far too often overlooked. That applies to all of us as individual users. Another area that often seems to be sadly lacking attention - probably even more so than with individuals - is mobile device management within companies and organizations.

Steve Reynolds at the Enterprise Mobility World site, has a great post up which provides a very clear and simple framework for tackling this subject. For stressed out IT managers trying to get a handle on this tricky subject, Steve’s article looks a great starting point.

Mobile Devices are getting increasingly sophisticated and as such should be treated no different to a laptop computer when it comes to mobile device management.

Check out Steve’s post HERE.

I discovered Steve’s site via a recommendation at Jason Langridge’s Mr. Mobile site. Have a look at that for some details on Steve’s background in the mobile arena.

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