Last chance to upgrade your HTC Windows Mobile 5 device to Windows Mobile 6

If you own any of the following devices and you still have not upgraded to Windows Mobile 6, then you better upgrade your device(s) before Oct 31, 2008 because HTC is going to remove the free upgrades after that date.

Here is a message on the HTC’s website:

October 31st is the last day to take advantage of the free upgrade to Windows Mobile® 6. The upgrade link will be removed from HTC’s website at 12:00 pm (noon) GMT on October 31st.

Removal of this free upgrade may affect users of the following devices: HTC S621, HTC S620, HTC P4350, HTC P3300, HTC Advantage.

You can check your windows version by Start > Settings > System tab > About

http://www.htc.com/europe/supportcontent.aspx?id=19302

NetFront Browser Widgets Community Site launched – finally, Windows Mobile widgets!

Almost all of us liked the widgets on the Windows Vista. You can now enjoy those widgets on the Windows Mobile now too! Thanks to folks at Netfront, you can now use the Widgets on your device.

The site now includes a section for developers, which features a developer tools download page as well as a widget upload page.

Additionally, the widgets player for Windows(R) Mobile(R) has been updated, and there is also a new widget player for S60. (Both players are free to download.)

They have even created special site for content to be viewed on windows mobile(240 x 320)

http://www.access.co.jp/nfbwc/mobile/en/

And for the PC, the link is:

http://www.access.co.jp/nfbwc/en/top.php

EEE Box launched in India by ASUS – launch event pictures!

The world’s smallest, greenest and most cost effective desktop PC has been launched in India.

  • The ASUS Eee Box Delivers the Ultimate Space-saving, Power Efficient Computing Solution
  • Powered by Intel’s Atom processor ASUS Eee Box is the smallest desktop and consumes 90% less power than a normal PC
  • EEE Box launched in India by ASUS - launch event pictures!

ASUS in association with Intel today announced the launch of world’s greenest, quietest and the most cost effective desktop PC in India. The Eee Box which measures only 1L in size consumes 90% less power than normal desktop PCs and is one of the quietest desktop PC with only 26 decibels sound emission. This revolutionary product is targeted at the Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) and the Home Users segments in India.

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VsNotepad 2.5 for Windows Mobile Released

The concept of VsNotepad 2 is to note, change pages and view your notes like a true notepad. VsNotepad 2 allows you to organize your notes with a modern, simple, complete interface.

  • Now Compatible with 240×400 screens (WQVGA)
  • Now Compatible with 480×800 screens (WVGA)
  • Extra screen with clock, date and shortcuts  (only for 240×400 and 480×800 screens)
  • Add: Drawing Tools Bar.
  • Enhanced your draw with Shadow and Lightning.
  • Fix minor bugs.

VSNotepad 2.5 is available here for $24.95

iWindowsMobile Winterface updated – support for Weather

A couple of months, we reviewed Winterface. At that time, there was no support for weather. iWindowsMobile has updated the Winterface with weather support now.

iWindowsMobile Winterface updated

The new version of Winterface features a Weather icon among other status icons with “live” info like time, calendar, e-mail, tasks and other icons. Winterface 1.14 also addresses some minor device specific bugs and provides further improvements.
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HCL MiLeap MH 04, X series, Y series, V series, S series and L series = Just Rebranded products

In this post, we will take a quick glance at the RE-BRANDED HCL products. This means that the HCL does not manufacture any of the products in it’s MiLeap range.

I will make you aware of the devices which the HCL imports and rebrands them as an HCL product.

1) HCL MiLeap MH 04: This is just a rebranded MSI Wind. HCL didn’t even introduce it with better battery. Nothing much to talk about here. Strange thing is that the Wind is also on sale in India and is cheaper than MH 04.

hcl MH 04
HCL MH 04
MSI Wind

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Play the Online Games of Spb – for both Pocket PC and Smartphone

Spb Software, the world’s leading maker of Windows Mobile applications announces the release of Spb Online Games as a separate suite. Originally, part of Spb Online – a set of online services under one roof, which attracted over 15,000 users in under two weeks (at the rate of more than 1000 users per day) – Spb Online Games is a collection of four instant online games, supplemented with an online chat service.

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