Articles in the Review Category

5 Apps To Make Your Blackberry An RSS Reader
Posted in Blackberry, Freeware, Review, Smartphone Software on 28 October 2008

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Viigo:

It used to cost $30 (named Newsclip) but now it’s for free.
You can add and remove RSS links from your BlackBerry homescreen.
It can remember up to 1000 RSS feeds (250 by defaul so you’ll have to change the settings)
You can manage your feeds here too

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newsGAtor:

It’s not only available for BlackBerry. [...]

User Interface Replacements
Posted in Review on 15 October 2008

As I reviously wrote about gDesk for Symbian, I thought some people might be interested in UI Replacement applications for Windows Mobile too. Here’s what I came across:

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WisBar Advance

Totally customizable user interface.
Ability to add as many pages as you want.
You can use animations when you’re switching pages.
Clock, weather conditions, registry monitoring, [...]

SIC! FTP - Free Powerful File Manager And FTP Client For Your Symbian Device
Posted in Freeware, Review, Smartphone Software, Symbian on 1 August 2008

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Fast, easy, reliable way to update and maintain your website via FTP or simply upload / download files to and from public or own FTP servers.
The application is very simple to use but very powerful and besides the FTP functionality application also features the powerful file manager.
You can switch between the local and the remote [...]

The Samsung i800 Was Just A Promise
Posted in Review on 29 July 2008

The News:
Access systems announced the Samsung i800 smartphone back in February, which, according to the firm, was going to be introduced by Orange in the second half of this year
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The i800 should have been launched in June this year but we’re already in July and still no sign of the phone. The weird thing [...]

iPhoneish Contact List On Windows Mobile
Posted in Review, Smartphone Software, Windows Mobile on 18 July 2008

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iContact

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It’s easy to install and works perfectly on Pocket PC based units.
The software turns your Pocket PC contact list into an iPhone style navigation menu that can be navigated by sliding your finger up and down your contact list

Where to learn more:
mobiletopsoft.com

3 Ways To Sync You Symbian Phone With Google Calendar
Posted in Review, Symbian on 14 July 2008

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Gcalsync:

GCalSync is an open source application that lets you do a two-way synchronization between Google Calendar and your phone’s built-in calendar.
Download events to your phone, or add an event on your phone and upload it to Google [...]

OpenMoko - Linux Based Smartphone Platform Launched
Posted in Review, Smartphone Software on 9 July 2008

The News:
Last Friday, OpenMoko launched its highly anticipated FreeRunner smartphone, a Linux-based handset that’s completely open in both hardware and software, and is designed to encourage third-party modification and customization.
Why it’s important:

Multitude of parallel options with many layers and varying degrees of overlap
There are currently three separate software stacks that are available for OpenMoko handsets.
OpenMoko’s [...]

8 Dr. Yukka Applications To Enhance Your Symbian Phone
Posted in Review, Smartphone Software, Symbian on 8 July 2008

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Y-Browser:

Free file manager application designed for S60 3rd edition Symbian smart-phones.
Y-Browser is currently available in 34 languages

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Y-Browser

Y-Tasks:

A collection of development helper tools for Symbian S60 3rd edition smart-phones.
Y-Tasks application and plug-in modules are all self-signed

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Y-Alarms:

Your Alarms is a free multi-alarm applications designed for OS 9.1 S60
Symbian smart phones. OS 9.1 Symbian mobile [...]

Upload Your Photos From Anywhere To flickr
Posted in Blackberry, Freeware, Review, Smartphone Software on 17 June 2008

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flickr For Blackberry devices

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You can upload images to your flickr profile from anywhere
The uploaded images can be geotagged if you have a GPS enabled device
You can even adjust the size of a picture, put it in the right album and even tag it.
It’s for free

You probably can’t expect [...]

Firefox Mobile - It’s About Time
Posted in Freeware, Review on 12 June 2008

The News:
FireFox is coming to mobile.
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FireFox is one of the best Internet browsers (for PC).
It’s for touchscreen and it’s dedicated to view content with not too many useless controls.
It’s easy to create tabs and navigate from one to another.
In the zoomed out view you can arrange the pages as you want.

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This concept [...]