tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109650602012-01-19T15:46:21.172+01:00Use your PC and Pocket PC more efficientlyIvan Ičinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239278149125551941noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10965060.post-54950730318764243122010-12-21T23:17:00.000+01:002010-12-21T23:17:04.577+01:00

If you are a heavy document user, take note of this novel file manager Desk & Archive. While it is not still published yet, it seems to introduce some new concepts that might be worth of taking a note.

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Though Windows mobile Internet explorer couldn't be called capable browser, and it is well behind Safari on iPhone, good thing is that Windows Mobile is a platform and you always have option to install another application (as iPhone is closed platform you only can't do this). Though this is still bad thing for average consumer, as it shouldn't bother with this.One free option is Opera Mini. At

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Now, as iPhone is out it is about time to compare it to Windows Mobile. I must say that I haven't seen iPhone in alive as it is released only at U.S. at the moment, but I have read many reviews, and I feel confident that I wouldn't feel surprised facing the real product. First of all iPhone will be very successful. It is sexy, and sexy products are always successful, unless they are a total

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This is actually not fully Windows Mobile Tip, but if you are Windows Mobile user, and you need to use Palm OS, here is what to take care of: In Palm OS there is just one way to do things, best example is starting programs - while Windows Mobile has several ways to do this (Home, Start menu, Programs application, Windows Explorer) on Palm OS there is just one way to do the thing - just Home

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Probably all of you are asking browsers to remember passwords. But it is a very risky business. Just simple utility can reveal all your passwords stored in the Internet explorer. And it doesn't even require installing, but it can be run from USB disk! Firefox is a bit better. If you use it properly. If you set master password under Tools/Options/Security/Set master password, you are safe. All

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As your PDA has probably big and bright screen (if it is at least a bit modern one), it has enough light to be used as a flash light. Now and then you will see the programs for this, but they are more or less useless. They can only turn your screen into white to get more light. If you don't need every bit of light, just run some program that has enough white on screen (Pocket Word is strongly

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This is the question to think both when you buy your desktop and mobile device. Generally speaking, vertical displays may fit better to most of user needs. Actually, all business needs fit better into vertical display: it is easier to track your agenda on vertical screen, as you can see more items on it - this is specially important for Windows mobile smartphones, as you may have less screen

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Once in a while you will see something on the Internet that requires more attention, but your time at the moment might be limited. But if you leave page without writing some kind of the reminder, it is likely that you'll forget to come back. At first, I bookmarked pages in a folder "To visit". Unfortunately, solution was far from perfect. I usually forgot to check this folder. After a time I

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While it is true that most portable digital devices have ability to show photos on their screens - from mobile phones to music players like iPod, the abilities of Pocket PC in this area are usually unmatched. Specially if your Pocket PC has screen resolution of 600x480. The first thing to think of is to compress images a bit. Remember, your images are usually in very high resolution if taken by

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An important reason for using Windows mobile device with touch screen is to type text faster. And though you'll probably input text faster than with 12-button mobile phone, it will always seems too slow to you. I suggest using Letter recognizer mode on Windows mobile. Transcriber is attractive, but it has more complex job to do (splitting your pen movements into letters) which eventually leads

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Built-in functions of Pocket Outlook lacks several things: it is hard to track tasks - though you can have start and end date for them, you have just plain list not related to calendar, so it all ends in reminders which might come too late; there is no common look on tasks and meetings, and as they are all time related stuff, managing your schedule is much harder; birthdays are not integrated

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I think that having Windows mobile on your Pocket PC makes choosing your mobile phone much easier. The point is that features of Pocket PC are above even latest phones (of course, Windows Mobile smartphones may have comparable features, but still have smaller screen and sometimes not even touchscreen), and thus you have less to worry about some of the phone characteristics. You will probably do

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If you are extensive web surfer (or even better reader), you are probably aware of the fact that you forget many things you should remember, and that you have trouble in finding some important articles you have read. And you might feel the need to take these clips on your mobile device. First solution for this is EverNote, which is capable for taking of all sort of notes, though I think it is

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AOL made interesting twist in mobile search. AOL mobile search (located at mobile.aolsearch.com) doesn't deliver some spectacular search results. These are just ordinary search results from Google, formatted, more or less, as other mobile search providers do. What it does is that it reformats the page you visit after clicking search results much better than any other engine. It replaces all

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If you take Pocket PC or Windows Smartphone with you, then you probably don't want to carry another gadget just for playing music. All you need is just decent memory card to store your music, and... a good media player program to play it. Windows Media Player comes with every Pocket PC, and it might be used for playing music. Probably the best tip for its use is to go to Tools/Settings/Buttons

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Whooh, what are tips and tricks on Windows, on Linux might be basic settings. But some of you might be using Linux for any reason... particularly since Ubuntu Linux is very simple and intuitive for doing some things like creating office documents and surfing the Internet, though you will still have trouble to make it work with multimedia codecs, DVDs, 5 mouse buttons, your Windows partitions,

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I feel like that info from my Pocket PC are underused on my desktop. I face several problems: I don't get any reminders unless Outlook is opened or Pocket PC is connected through ActiveSync. But with Pocket PC on my table, I don't need more reminders I lack some sort of view to see what is my plan in the near future, and this is the case even with Outlook opened. From now on, there is a

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Though you might not need such option, Microsoft ActiveSync can't be disabled. Though it doesn't take too much resources, it still slows down your computer and prolongs boot time. For those people that miss this option, there is small utility called ActiveSync Toggle which does this.

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Running several programs at once on Windows is easy - you have taskbar to switch among them. However, there is no such built-in solution on Windows Mobile. The poor substitute is Running tab in Home where you can chose program to switch to (or close). This is too demanding for such a trivial task. Good news is that many developers have noted this, and there is a wide choice of task managers.

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Default reminder is rarely enough. You may miss it at a time it rings (and depending on your device, it may not be loud enough). Fortunately, apReminder+ solves this problem. It may repeat alarm for several times, so you can be more sure to hear it, and it can gradually increase volume so that it doesn't bother anyone if you are on the meeting, but also that you may here it if it is in your

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Gmail has changed the way we interact with e-mail on the web. Not just that it added 1 Gb of storage, but it also allowed people to work with e-mail without constant reloading and waiting. It is well known that Yahoo mail experiments with the same technology, and its next mail technology is available to limited public. Still, if you are a Firefox user, you can enjoy the merits of new technology

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I have forgot one day pen of my Pocket PC. At first I was very annoyed about this, but after trying to use fingers instead of pen, I came to great idea why not use ordinary pen instead? Of course, you can use just plastic pens for this, as other pens would probably damage your Pocket PC. And sure, don't forget to turn it off! After some writing with ordinary pen, I realized that it is great for

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This tip highly depends on your number of contacts. If you have so many contacts that you must create a "VIP" group to access those contacts easier, it is not applicable. But if you can sort through all contacts normally just by using letter navigations on the top, then you should keep Contacts showing "All Contacts", when exiting this Application. Reason is simple - when you launch Contacts if

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I am going to turn this into the series of articles, as there are so many programs that are set by default in a quite inefficient way. But for now just general remark: Keep your user interface clean. It is a great luck that most of today's programs have option to customize its icons and sometimes even menus, as most programs have pretty unusefull interface after the install. Your first, and

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If you miss this, you might need to wait for next 10 years! As Opera celebrates 10 years of being on-line, it gives away registration code to virtually everyone, so you can have free Opera without toolbar for ads. Opera is a good browser, definitely better than Internet explorer and it has improved significantly since the last time I wrote about browsers. Now it has much better user-interface,

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I believe that great potential of smartphones / Pocket PC phones is not in some side functions like editing Word files, but rather in helping user to better manage his communication. Call Assistant is a good representative of this category. If you turn it on, it will send predefined SMSs, saying probably "I am on meeting now, try at 7". And you can bet that it will do the smart way, so to send

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Surfing on mobile device has several disadvantages. Depending on the your current provider, you may have much less of a speed comparing to your desktop computer with broadband connection. Also, surfing may turn to be expensive. But that is one part of the deal that you can't solve by choosing/upgrading your pocket PC/smartphone. The problem that you can solve is to use some browser which will

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I try to compare antivirus with safes. They protect you, but you don't want the burglars to go around them, as it is burglar's job to crack the safe. So, in real life, you put guards, cameras, additional locked doors and security procedures in order too keep everything fine. It is very similar with antiviruses - they are definitely are must in today world of worms, but if you allow viruses to go

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As you can see from design of my blog, I like simplicity. It is not that I don't like features (I am all for them), but interface made for me should have simple frontend and powerful backend. I can deal with complex interface, but it leaves unpleasant feeling, and makes me less efficient when doing every day tasks. But, according to Register, Koreans tend to disagree. You probably know that Apple

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There are several things to look for when you chose browser.According to current survey, most of the people have spyware, though they are not aware of it. If you have anything below Windows XP SP2, using of Internet explorer is very risky, as you are likely to get viruses, spyware or trojans by browsing with it. Service pack 2 brought more security to Internet explorer, but it also opened several

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Some small tips usually turn to be the most important ones: Try ordinary pen Text input - it is never too fast

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Tips for use of your Windows XP: Web reminder Take the clips Calendar on Desktop Make Yahoo mail to work as Gmail now Keep your UI clean Is antivirus your best protection?

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Windows Mobile can bring more efficiency and fun into your life: Take the clips Play some music Take your photo album with you

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These posts relate to office and similar applications of Pocket PC, and should result in your increased productivity: Horizontal or vertical display?" Turn your agenda into dashboard Calendar on Desktop Get Task Manager for your Pocket PC Full reminder Contacts filter slows down Contacts start

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Those posts cover the tips on using Windows Mobile to surf the Internet, connect Pocket PC to mobile phone, using mobile phone and synicing data between dveices: Which phone for your Pocket PC? AOL Mobile Search Features Syncing on Linux ActiveSync Toggle Send SMS baby, I am busy! Opera for Windows Mobile

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