Last week I installed the latest version of Skype on my Windows mobile PDA. The effect of this was that I upgraded from version 2.x to 3.0. My main motivation for doing this was that version 3.0 supports file transfers. I thought that this could be useful for when I am travelling and I take photos with my PDA that I want to share immediately with friends. Sending files via Skype has the advantage that everything is fully encrypted end-to-end, so it does not matter if the WiFi connection is not encrypted.
I had some difficulty obtaining the latest CAB files. Unfortunately, Skype has decided to stop supporting Windows Mobile according to Why can’t I download Skype Lite or Skype for Windows phones?. That is a real pity :(
The currently supported mobile devices are listed in Skype on your mobile. However, many of these versions are crippled so that they do not allow you to make voice calls using the telephone network. I guess that it would be too much of a loss to the network operators :o
Luckily, you can still download the CAB file directly from Skype’s website using the following URL: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-winmobile-cab
If any readers of this blog are unable to obtain a copy of the CAB file, then let me know and I will share my copy ;)
Tags: PDA, Skype
The Irish Times has an interesting article about popular iPhone applications: App-solutely fabulous.
I do not use an iPhone, so I do not know how usefule these applications really are :)
Tags: The Irish Times
There has been a lot of media coverage of Nokia’s MeeGo announcement this week. The best summary article I read was Nokia and Intel team up on Smartphone development.
I am quite surprised by this development! I would have thought that Nokia would have been better-off to adopt Android!
Tags: MeeGo, Nokia
Google announced its latest offering during the week. It is called Buzz, and it represents Google’s entry in social networking (again).
More opinions of Buzz are contained in Google takes on Facebook and Twitter with network site and Google Buzz - Gmail mod for the Tweetbook set.
I think that it looks like a good idea, and it should certainly appeal to people who already use Google’s other services.
Tags: Google
Hacker pilfers browser GPS location via router attack
Even if it is a month late :)
Oh - and Happy New Year while I am posting :D
Tags: GPS
The Irish Times has finally launched a mobile edition of its website! It is about time! Previously, I had to get all of my national news from RTE when I was using my PDA!
I read the news on it last night, and I thought that it rendered very well.
You can read more about it in ‘The Irish Times’ on your mobile, and you can view it here: m.irishtimes.com.
It is interesting, but not surprising, that The Irish Times chose not to use a .mobi domain.
Tags: mobi, PDA, RTE, The Irish Times
I read yesterday that an Irish company called Cauwill Technologies won the Best Emerging Company category in the 2009 Seedcorn Business Competition. For more about the winners see Intertradeireland Seedcorn Competition Announces Winners.
Cauwill Technologies develop GPS based solutions for use with LBSs.
Tags: Cauwill Technologies, GPS
A friend recently made me aware of a new child locating service called num8 by a company called Lok8u. The service is delivered using a child-friendly watch that contains a GPS receiver, and it uses Google Maps to display the child’s location.
The Lok8u website claims:
Now available.. the world’s first GPS locator that locates your child…not just the device.
And…
num8 is the world’s first GPS locator device that has been specifically designed with children in mind.
I am wary of these claims… For example, I think that Wherify would dispute these claims (if it was still operating)!
Wherify Wireless Watches
I am sure that there are many others also!
Tags: Google, GPS, Lok8u, Wherify
I had to validate some web pages today that are optimised for mobile devices. I found ready.mobi very useful!
The web pages that I checked got a score of 5. I do not know what the maximum score is though!
Tags: ready.mobi
I read about the latest PDA from HTC today - my favourite PDA manufacturer :o Its latest offering is the HTC Hero. Probably the best review that I read was HTC Hero review.
HTC Hero
This PDA appears to be very nice, although its “chin” (the bent piece at the bottom) seems strange!
I have not actually handled an Android based PDA yet, so I am not sure that I would be happy to move away from Windows Mobile!
Tags: HTC, HTC Hero
