Verizon outs Mobile Email 4.0: true push and Exchange support for dumbphones
We imagine that the lion's share of people that need Exchange email access are getting it on a BlackBerry or some other manner of smartphone, but Verizon's covering all its bases here today with the release of Mobile Email 4.0, a dumbphone-compatible release that lets even some of the cheapest handsets in Big Red's lineup (the Octane , Cosmos Touch , and Zeal are specifically called out) in on the corporate action. Besides Exchange support, the release includes a "true push experience," an all-new UI, and Outlook calendar synchronization -- the perfect companion to Exchange email compatibility. It's available now for free if you're on a data plan of at least $15 a month, or for $5 a month with a pay-as-you-go data option.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, compatibility, cosmos touch, entry, exchange, lion, mobile, outlook, release, result, smartphone, verizon, vzw
Microsoft: 15-app push notification limit isn’t that big of a deal, could be increased in the future
So Microsoft sounded off this week on the row over the 15-app push notification limit that just recently came to light, and while they've confirmed that the limit is very real, they've done a good job busting some of the FUD, explaining why it's not a huge deal, and how the limit might change in the future. First off, apps that support push but don't have it enabled don't count toward the limit, so that means that you won't necessarily end up with crashy software as long it's all coded correctly to handle errors raised by the operating system. Secondly, built-in live tiles -- Outlook, People, and so on -- don't count toward the limit, so if you include those, you could actually end up with over 20 total live tiles (sounds excessive to us, but we're sure someone's going to want to push the envelope)
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bandwidth, count-toward, entry, fud, limit, load, microsoft, Notifications, operating, outlook, server, sliver, windowsphone7
Windows Mobile vs. Android: WinMo Is Better Than You Think
Android (s goog) is the hot phone platform, with market share growing at a rapid pace, and handsets with the ...
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other, PS2 Tags: article, BlackBerry, iphone, james-kendrick, outlook, phone, PS2, windows, winmo
HTC Leo Messaging
The Leo has a lot of little things the HTC have changed, including the SMS UI, but one thing I've only just noticed is that deleting SMSs is a lot easier than it use to be. Delete SMS
Categories: htc, Other Tags: htc, htc-leo, messaging, mobile, outlook, podcast, related, white, wordpress-theme
eReader.com Intros Android App – AppScout
Need an e-book reader for you shiny new Motorola Droid? eReader.com today announced the introduction of a reader for Google's Android platform. It's not the first e-book reader available for the OS--I've got an app called WordPlayer ...
Categories: Android, htc Tags: apple, entertainment, financial, free-downloads, htc, intros-android, microsoft, microsoft-windows, mobile-apps, outlook, security, utilities, video, video-games
Best Buy Discounts HTC Hero and Samsung Moment Android Phones …
Best Buy's Mobile retail unit announced that it is discounting two Android-powered Sprint smartphones, the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment, to just $99.99 with a two-year contract and after instant rebates.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc Tags: BlackBerry, digital, ipod, mobile, outlook, recommendations, samsung, security-watch, techsaver, video-games
Hands On: enTourage eDGe eBook Reader Runs Android – Gearlog
The enTourage eDGe, a dual-screen eBook reader that sports both a 9.7-inch E-Ink display and 10.1-inch LCD will cost $490 when it hits the market in February.
Categories: Android, htc Tags: apple, apple-macintosh, digital, digital-cameras, friends, gadgets, gearlog, mobile, outlook, security-watch, ziff-davis-home
Adobe Photoshop Comes to Android – AppScout
Just in time for today's big Verizon Droid releases, Adobe has announced the available of its mobile version of Photoshop.com for Google's Android . The app features simple image editing tools and photo-sharing features.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc Tags: BlackBerry, copyright, downloads, free-downloads, htc, microsoft, microsoft-windows, outlook, recommendations, security-watch, utilities, video, video-games, wallpaper, white
Philip Greenspun's Weblog ยป My year with Android
In other words, it works great if you stand on one foot in space L17 in the parking lot of the Swedish Physicians office across the street from T-Mobile's Bellevue, Washington headquarters.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other, Phone Street Tags: BlackBerry, flying, htc, iphone, life, microsoft, Mobile Phone, outlook, owner, phone, user, windows
Video: Hands-On With the HTC Droid Eris – Gearlog
The Motorola Droid doesn't come out until tomorrow, but Verizon Wireless is already pushing the second device in that line, the Verizon Droid Eris. Essentially a re-branded version of Sprint's HTC Hero, the device goes on sale the same ...
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc Tags: apple, apple-macintosh, BlackBerry, digital, digital-cameras, friends, gearlog, htc, ipod, motorola, outlook, recommendations, security-watch, verizon, video-games