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Microsoft’s replacement of ActiveSync for Windows Vista just received an update. So what’s new in Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1? This is a fairly minor update and it:

enhances support for Windows Mobile 6
allows you to synchronize files with your WM6 Classic and WM5 Smartphone devices
synchronizes HTML-formatted emails
allows WM6 devices to open documents protected with Information [...]

Here’s a list of Windows Mobile 6 (WM6 Standard) and Windows Mobile 5 programs that I find useful, most of them available for free. They work on my T-Mobile Dash (HTC S610) but they should also run on Samsung BlackJack, Motorola Q and other Windows Mobile 5 smartphones as most of them aren’t specifically coded [...]

On Friday, T-Mobile released its latest ROM updating the Dash to Windows Mobile 6 Standard making it the first carrier in the States to offer WM6 to consumers. Update itself is about 45MBs and requires ActiveSync 4.5 or Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista. Unfortunately when I tried installing it from a Vista machine, [...]

I’ve covered some games that work well on Windows Mobile 6 Standard (WM6) so I’ve decided to put it in a single post. They work on T-Mobile Dash (or HTC S610) but they should run on other Windows Mobile 5 smartphones such as Samsung BlackJack and Motorola Q as well since most of these aren’t [...]

I’ve decided to test Microsoft’s Deepfish project by throwing these 3 popular sites at it: you can clearly see the differences.

The other big announcement from Microsoft is the release of Deepfish technology preview available to the public. So what exactly is Deepfish? It’s a browser that’s miles ahead of the Pocket IE (and this could possibly be the next versione of Pocket IE) allowing you to fully view properly formated websites that were designed for [...]

ArithmeTick
ArithmeTick by SpaceTime Arcade is a simple game: you calculate addition, substraction, multiplication and division problems as fast as possible. With 3 levels of difficulty and pleasing presentation, it serves well as a minor diversion.
Download here
Convert It 3
Conversion softwares are always useful when you travel to new countries or to those not using the metric [...]

A valid criticism of Windows Mobile devices is, even though the home screen is customizable, it basically looks the same albeit with different graphics and colors. Now Samsung is looking to fullly customize the GUI with their latest Samsung Ultra Messaging (basically Cingular AT&T Blackjack for the Asian markets). From what I can see [...]