October 2004 - Posts - Nino Benvenuti: Nino.Mobile

Electoral Vote Predictor

Filed under: General

PostedThursday, October 28, 2004 10:18 AM by Nino

Something more worthwhile than the info on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, IMO:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Thanks to Tom S. for the link.

-Nino

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Orange C500 update released

Filed under: Mobility, Windows Mobile

PostedThursday, October 21, 2004 9:49 AM by Nino

Orange has released a ROM update for the new SPV C500

From the Orange site:

Videos can be sent via MMS

Flickering issue in games has now been fixed

Packet video full screen mode and backlight fix

Improved memory management of the camera and video applications

Improved browsing/upload speed (changed from GPRS class 8 to class 10)

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The Mobile Minute 74

Filed under: .NET Compact Framework, Mobility, The Mobile Minute, Windows Mobile

PostedThursday, October 21, 2004 12:13 AM by Nino

The "the 80 hour weeks are over. . . . for now" edition.

Symbol introduces a new model, the MC50 (via Engadget) Here's more from Mobile Pipeline
Xtrack introduces RFID-embedded Smart Labels (via Engadget)
Dell introduces their new Axim X50 (via MGN)
Pocket Streets 2005 has been released as a standalone app
T-Mobile SDA registry locked ?!? (via msmobiles.com)
The long-awated OQO is now available (via PDAntic.com)
MSDN: Architecting Disconnecting Mobile Applications using SOA
Some suggestions for making your code retargetable from .NET CF to full .NET (FX) (via The Moth)
http://www.meyersmobile.com (via Scoble)
Kevin Lisota enlightens us to the Windows Mobility webcast series

-Nino

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Smartphone 2003 SDK patch released

Filed under: Windows Mobile

PostedSunday, October 17, 2004 9:59 PM by Nino

The Windows Mobile Team blog drops us a note about a patch for the Smartphone 2003 SDK. Download is here.

From the download page:

Download Service Pack 4 for eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 and the Smartphone 2003 SDK SPDPS update today. Developers who have installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 on their development machines should download both these updates to ensure optimal performance of their development environment on Windows XP Service Pack 2.

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Grace: Legacy Edition

Filed under: Personal

PostedFriday, October 15, 2004 11:31 AM by Nino

Going through my stack of mail and packages that arrived while I was out in NJ for the last two weeks, and I find a small treasure in the mix:

A special release of Jeff Buckley's Grace album, Grace: Legacy Edition. I think this is a must-buy for any Jeff Buckley fan.

-Nino

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The Mobile Minute 73

Filed under: Mobility, The Mobile Minute, Windows Mobile

PostedSaturday, October 09, 2004 10:36 AM by Nino

This edition of the The Mobile Minute is brought to you from lovely New Jersey.