http://www.smartphony.net/weblog A free weblog about all things smartphone, like smartphone software and smartphone homescreens. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:18:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had assumed that this week's column would be dominated by news about the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. But frankly, it seemed like Apple's iPhone announcement dominated the news last week. We'll look at that briefly, plus give links to CES coverage and reviews of the ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/22/jim-karpens-web-guide-apple-iphone-ces-news-treo-750-reviews/ This is the Asus Pegasus Pocket PC phone and comes with GPS on board. It's a slim device with numeric keypad and jog dial for speedy navigation. Asus are already responsible for a large number of laptops and their skills for design and build are shown in this handset. Exact ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/20/asus-pegasus-pocket-pc-phone/ I'm both annoyed and frustrated by this Guardian story which states that Virgin Mobile UK have sold less than 10,000 of their Lobster 700TV handsets, despite dropping the price heavily and launching a massive advertising campaign with Pamela Anderson. You may remember our review of it - although the ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/18/lobster-700tv-sales-prove-disappointing-maybe-because/ The lack of a multi-touch screen on a Pocket PC secretly causes people to curse daily when they try and tap a number in quickly using the dialpad. Perhaps a way around this is to combine the slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a standard numeric keypad on the front of ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/18/htc-vox-sneak-shots/ Keni has once again emailed following my recent rant at the Vodafone UK Press Team whilst trying to get news of the Vodafone v1210 / VDA IV. It turns out that he's got several contacts within Vodafone and they've confirmed to him that this handset should appear on Voda ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/17/vodafone-v1210-vda-iv-coming-february-to-uk/ Keni has emailed in after spotting recent news on upgrades to the HTC Hermes / HTC TyTn handsets. He's had a chat with the guys at Vodafone and they've advised him that the AKU3.3 Firmware is currently being tested and should launch soon. If you've got a Vodafone v1605, keep ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/17/vodafone-v1605-updates-on-the-way/ If, like me, you need telnet or SSH access into a server then you'll be used to using tools like Putty and secureCRT on your PC. For Windows Mobile you should definitely check out zaTelnet, which has support for telnet, SSH1 and now SSH2. There's two versions available, both ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/17/zatelnet-remote-telnet-and-ssh-access-for-windows-mobile/ WM Soft have released a freeware application called Export Contacts which will create a HTML or XML file with more than 50 properties, including photos and ringtones. Although your contact details are effectively backed up when you synchronise, this free product will let you create a further backup store. ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/17/free-contact-exporting-tool-now-available/ Sure, I may be sat in my hammock here in Cancun, but I'm still here to bring you the latest news. Today it's the HTC Cavalier, which looks to be the successor to the current HTC Excalibur - seen as the o2 XDA Cosmo and T-Mobile Dash. TheBoyGenius has ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/17/htc-cavalier-unboxed-and-online/ You may remember our our earlier story on a Vodafone handset called the v1210 being released in Portugal. It's now also available in Germany here as the VDA IV. We were first to tell you of this handset along with its 3G capabilities which make it an ideal solution ... http://www.smartphony.net/weblog/index.php/archives/2007/01/16/vda-iv-available-at-vodafone-germany/