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Palm Treo 800w set to launch July 22, 2008

According to WMExperts, Sprint will be releasing the long-rumored Treo 800w on July 22 of this year.  This announcement comes after many months of speculation and a plethora of rumors around the web.

If the specs turn out to be accurate, this will definitely be a sweet device, and by far the best Treo yet.  This new device will replace the aging 700wx.  Once again,  Verizon has missed the boat on a new launch of a smartphone....sigh.

Here are highlighted the specs:

• Threaded SMS (looks to be the Palm type, not Microsoft's)
• WM 6.1
• Autonomous GPS
• KB is larger than the Centro, slightly smaller than the 750/755
• KB keys still light up
• It's very fast with no lag
• 320x320 resolution
• EvDO Rev A (though some tester units are not Rev A active as of now)
• Wifi
• 256/128 Memory
• Official color: Charcoal Black

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SlingPlayer Updates For WinMob Devices

I am still using the Blackberry 8830, and at this pint I have to say screw it, I like it, there I said it, done.  But the one thing I really miss not having my Treo with me everywhere I go is SlingPlayer. 

The recent announcement from SlingMedia doesn't bring with it any good news on the BB front, but for those of you with:

Nokia N95 8GB
Treo 500v
Samsung i760
Sprint Mogul

Enhancements all around for those models, but nothing for the PalmOS, nor for Blackberry.  But I have to say, I haven't experienced a single problem on my Treo. 

Read my review in the Product Review category.

SlingMedia

FlipSide Goes Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile users are a lucky bunch today.  FlipSide, the extraordinary MP3 player that has up until now, been exclusively for Blackberry, is now ready for Windows Mobile devices, as I have just discovered over on PalmAddicts.

Check my review on the "Product Review" page.  If you're wondering why this is a big deal, read my review, you'll understand. 

Flipside for WM is available for $19.99 with a trial period. 

Verizon also queued to launch 800w?

All the speculation over the last few weeks about the 800w launch has indicated that Sprint will be the first carrier to launch the rumored 800w WM Smartphone from Palm.  However, nyc_rock has posted at TreoCentral that he visited with an employee of Verizon, who claimed to be holding a VZW demo model of the phone.

Gosh, I hope this is accurate, because I'm with Verizon, and the last several new smartphone releases have always hit ATT or Sprint months before VZW releases them, if ever.  This drives me nuts; and I don't understand why it's this way.  I really like my service with Verizon, but they seem to be so consumed with feature phones that they leave little attention to the smartphone market.  I was always under the impression that the phone manufactures alternated between all of the carriers. The last couple of years, however it's been only between ATT and Sprint.

I'm eligible for my "New Every Two" upgrade and am strongly considering the XV6800, but would like to see the 800w first.

Fingers crossed.

TreoCentral

mDesktop: Mirror Your WM Smartphone On Your Desktop

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Product Updates: TripTracker for Windows and Windows Mobile Updated

This past Friday, iambic released a major update to TripTracker for Windows and Windows Mobile PPC.  TripTracker is a great application to manage your travels. It syncs up with Outlook and handles time zone changes beautifully.  The desktop companion makes mass entry and viewing a breeze.

If you travel often or make the occasional trip, this could prove to be an indispensable tool. Currently it is only available for Pocket PC devices (Windows Mobile Pro), but rumor has it they will later have a Smartphone (Windows Mobile Standard) version.

"TripTracker is the convenient way to carry along trip essentials (such as flight, hotel and rental car information) and track all the trip-related activities (frequent flyer miles, expenses & more) at the desktop as well as on the go. Our new travel management solution is designed to allow easy and straightforward organization of every important trip related detail, including itineraries, flight and related connections, hotels, rental cars, and more.

Whether for business or pleasure, TripTracker provides peace of mind and a handy way to store details of all frequent flyer programs, such as account numbers, PIN numbers, balances, elite status, and recent activity.

The application allows to record expenses and to create expense reports. International currencies are fully supported, and also embedded are a currency converter, customizable world time clocks, and travel phone book.

The Windows Desktop and the Windows Mobile Pocket PC applications are available standalone, as well as part of a bundle, for users wishing to take advantage of the integrated two-way desktop to mobile synchronization, made possible by the included Active Sync Provider."

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Windows Live Is All The Live! Downloadable For Your Device

  If your WinMob version doesn't include "Windows Live" and you want to enjoy your desktop or laptop experience on your mobile device, today is your lucky day.

Windows Live is now ready for your consumption on your live-less device.

Download

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VITO Technology Releases Audio Notes Touch For Windows Mobile

Vito Technology has updated their Audio Notes app to Audio Notes Touch.

"The features that Audio Notes Touch inherited from VITO AudioNotes are the following: the ability to record MP3 files (low, middle, and high quality), calls auto record (where hardware permits), microphone sensitivity enhancement, speakerphone auto on, VAS (voice activation system), and many more. The main difference in Audio Notes Touch is the brand-new user-interface. The application is touch-oriented, so you can perform all necessary actions only with fingers. The stylish finger scrolling through the list of audio notes, T9 look-up and big buttons is a major breakthrough in mobile audio recording."

Audio Notes Touch is available for $ 14.95

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It's Officially Official! Windows Mobile 6.1

  Well here it is, officially sanctioned by Microsoft themselves, the starting point to WM 7, is good to go for device upgrades this Quarter.

Here is the list of devices and carriers that will be providing your WM upgrade love out of the gate, as reported by Engadget:

Mobile operators:
Alltel Wireless: HTC PPC6800, HTC Touch
AT&T: Samsung BlackJack II, MOTO Q 9h global, Pantech duo, AT&T Tilt by HTC
Sprint: A new Palm Treo and updates for the Mogul by HTC, Touch by HTC, MOTO Q 9c, Samsung ACE
T-Mobile International: T-Mobile MDA Ameo 16 GB, T-Mobile MDA compact IV

Device-makers:
ASUS: New phones including the P320, ZX1, P560, M536 and updates for the P527, P750, M930
HTC: A new Touch Dual for the U.S. and updates for the AT&T Tilt, Touch by HTC, Mogul by HTC from Sprint, TyTN II
i-mate: 8502, 9502, 8150, 6150
Intermec: CN3
Motorola: MOTO Q 9c, MOTO Q 9h global, MC70, MC9000
Pantech: Pantech duo
Samsung: BlackJack II
Toshiba: Portégé G810,Portégé G910

New Releases: Resco Backup for Pocket PC has been released

Resco has finally released Resco Backup for Pocket PC. As a long-time advocate of RescoBackup for Palm, this is very exciting news.  IMO, RescoBackup is far and away the best backup solution for Palm OS.  I haven't really tested it the new PPC version thoroughly, but after a quick once-over and some trial, it seems to include pretty much all the same features of the Palm version.

The biggest advantage of RescoBackup over the other backup solutions for WM is the ability to create profiles (Projects) and flexible schedules for each, whereas the others AFAIK don't have this flexibility, with the possible exception of Spb.

Previously I was using SpriteBackup, which is a great solution. I have never tried SpbBackup, but it actually also looks more versatile than Sprite.  As a die-hard RescoBackup for Palm user, I'm definitely going to give this a shot.

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