The Mobile Minute 84

 catching up…

Software / Hardware 

• geek.com (PDAGeek) have a good review of the i-mate JAM
• c|net has a roundup of mobile wi-fi routers  (I’ve been thinking about getting one.. )
• Nokia has announced that they will be including Microsoft ActiveSync technology on future mobile devices (via mobilepipeline.com)
• msmobiles.com has the skinny on the forthcoming HTC Universal (aka T-Mobile MDA IV) here.  You detail junkies will want to be sure to follow the link at the bottom of the article that has a high-res photo. Here is the T-Mobile press release This thing is going to give the MPx a run for it’s money….
• msmobiles.com has a HTC rumor round-up for those of you into speculation… <g>
• want to by an MPx?  A place in Hong Kong has them for a paltry $870 (before shipping).  Ouch.
• Madbeetle has released a home screen animation plug-in.  IMO – I have better things to expend battery life on….or I’m just too old see this as cool.
• Mozilla / Firefox fans: Doug Turner from the Minimo team has confirmed that he is working a WinCE version.
• Review of a production Motorola MPx over at Howard Forums (via pocketpcthoughts.com)  Warning: Some photos displayed on the device and the end of the review article itself are not safe for work (NSFW).
• Microsoft and Flextronics anounce the ‘Peabody’ platform WM Smartphones (via smartphonethoughts.com)  Helping the spread of our favorite platform…
• The let’s_see_how_small_we_can_make_it folks at Nextlink give us the Bluespoon AX

 Development

• That swell guy from SourceGear, Eric Sink, has donated some Vault and DragNet licenses to OpenNETCF.org. 
• View and report bugs in OpenNETCF.org’s SDF.  Details here.
• Microsoft’s Patterns & Practices team is asking for feedback to help guide their support for mobile developers. 14 questions – takes less than three minutes.  Help the mobile community.  Do it.
• Check out this Channel 9 video from MS Research .. Nifty smartphone app. 

Information / Services

• Microsoft has a Small IT Solution for Mobility guide now available (via msmobiles.com)
• HTC revenue info anyone?  Yeah, they had a good year.
• A new mobile site is up – allaboutmobiles.com  RSS / ATOM feeds on the top right of the page.

-Nino