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Comment on HTC Hero Review: From Windows Mobile to Android by Del Colone

Del Colone — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:59 +0000

fabulous article! I am loving this!! Will certainly come back again – having you rss feeds at the same time,

Comment on HTC S730, GPS mystery resolved by FerbilGerbil

FerbilGerbil — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:33:32 +0000

“Bobsynk says:

If there is a GPS unit on this device, it’s sertainly not activated by G. Maps.”

Oh yes it is…

Comment on Android Applications by Guy

Guy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:15 +0000

Thanks both for the suggestions.

A couple of these I have installed and will mention in my next app post.

Comment on Android Applications by Colin

Colin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:40:50 +0000

Hi Guy,

Here are some of my favourites:

Locale – changes your phone profile or fires events based on your location.
NewsRob – brilliant Google Reader client. The developer is very responsive to fixes and new features.
SMS Popup- Great SMS interface for stock android (don’t know how this would work with Sense though).
CardioTrainer – If you go running/cycling etc then is a must have!
FBReader – very good ereader.
Twidroid – Excellent twitter client.

Comment on Android Applications by NetPierre

NetPierre — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:47 +0000

Nice list, but Layar is missing… – the Augmented Reality Browser.
Layar is a free application on your mobile phone which shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality through the camera of your mobile phone.

Comment on HTC S730, GPS mystery resolved by Bobsynk

Bobsynk — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:12:45 +0000

For syncing the s730 use funambol (myfunambol.com). it has a client for Mac, Win and Linux.
It’s a bit quirky to set it up in Linux but it works. Simplest way is Thunderbird with the funambol plugin.

As for GPS i tried the s730 without a sim card and it positioned me in London (beeing in Norway).
That means it’s lost without GSM connections witch is what Google Maps use for positioning on this phone.
If there is a GPS unit on this device, it’s sertainly not activated by G. Maps.

Comment on MojoPac for Vista by igalast

igalast — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:49:57 +0000

also keep in mind User Account Control (UAC) must be turned on (it is by default in Vista).

Comment on MojoPac for Vista by igalast

igalast — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:48:34 +0000

this is the url to get the mojopac vista beta:
https://system.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=822&c=658034&h=4df64cd3e1fd6a3d49a9&_xt=.bin

here is the site I got the link from: http://community.mojopac.com/mojopac/board/message?board.id=vista_beta1&message.id=1

Comment on HTC S730, GPS mystery resolved by Guy

Guy — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:20:59 +0000

There is also an option in Google maps to use GPS if the device has a GPS receiver. Google maps mobile can also use cell tower location to give an approximation of your location.

Comment on HTC S730, GPS mystery resolved by troxx

troxx — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:02:46 +0000

google use the 3G to position you. That not a GPS but a service who cost some money
(my English is bad… I know xD)