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TuneWiki for BlackBerry

Steve Laser — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:39:57 +0000

I’ve had enough of iPhone this and iPhone that. Let’s talk cool apps for your BlackBerry, shall we? Gear Diary reported that TuneWiki is available for the BlackBerry. What is TuneWiki? It’s a website that plays music of your choice and displays lyrics. It’s a community forum. It displays maps that show what other users are listening to. It may still be a beta, but it’s pretty darn cool! Now they have an app available in the BlackBerry App Store (yes, we have one too). It’s a free download, but you can upgrade to the Pro version for $4.99. Supposedly the free version is ad-supported, but I didn’t see any. So let’s give it a quick walk through…

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App of the Day: Copy and Paste Made Way, Way Better!

Steve Laser — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:52:37 +0000

A couple days ago I presented a software program called, CopyPaste Tool, a utility that allows you to copy multiple clips of information before pasting. I liked it, but it had some issues. As you know, the Windows Clipboard only allows you to copy one item at a time. If you find yourself copying then pasting over and over, then a program like CopyPaste Tool or the new one I will present, will allow you to copy many items before pasting.

Clipomatic is a free, and excellent copy and paste utility. It blows away CopyPaste Tool. How? check it out.

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App of the Day: Copy and Paste Made Better

Steve Laser — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:49:38 +0000

Don’t you often find yourself going back and forth, copying things from two or more sources to paste them into one? My work database is separate from my contacts database, so I have to copy the name, then paste it into my contacts database, then copy the address, then the zip, and phone numbers. It’s time consuming and tedious. But I found a cool, free software that will change all that!

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Agendus for Blackberry v. Pocket Informant for Blackberry

Steve Laser — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:36:41 +0000

PI icon top right, Agendus icon middle right

I recently received a Blackberry 8350i for work, and like Windows Mobile, the built in Contact Manager is inadequate. There are separate modules for each function. If you want to make an appointment you must open the calendar. To view contacts you must open contacts. These two suites I am reviewing combine all the functions into one program. Open a contact and you can make an appointment, send an email, assign a task and so on. So I am putting both Pocket Informant for Blackberry v1.6 and Agendus for Blackberry v1.21 through a rigorous testing process. Both have features that enhance contact management, though they go about it in very different ways. And both versions are relatively new and will likely see enhancements and improvements in the months to come.

Agendus uses the built in databases to perform its duties. Pocket Informant (PI) feels that the built in databases are too limiting, thus they have their own databases. There are many other differences as well. I will attempt to illustrate them in this head to head comparison.

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Xpad Slim Review

Steve Laser — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:33:44 +0000

In January of 2008 I had the pleasure to review the Xpad for Laptop, a nonslip laptop cooler and heatshield, and I have used it ever since. As you know, laptops get mighty hot – up to 130 degrees Fahrenheit - and uncomfortable sitting on your lap. The Xpad for Laptop, as I said in my previous review, works like this: “The legs of the “X” shape are raised slightly above the base of the unit, allowing airflow and cooling. Inside is a strong platform with insulative air pockets, and EVA insulation material at the bottom provides a third layer of insulation and acts as the non-skid surface.”

There are no mechanical parts. The design itself provides the cooling using passive technology. No assembly required. Just take it out of the box, put it on your lap or a desk, put your laptop over it and you are ready to roll. It’s light and strong, and provides a great base for computing. So does the new, slimmer version, improve upon the old design?

The first difference I noticed about the Xpad Slim is the size. The original weighed 1 lb, and had dimensions 13″ x 10.5″ x .66″. The new, slimmer model, weighs less than a pound and has dimensions 14.5″ x 10.5″ x .5″. Both fit well under my 15″ laptop (see pictures below):

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Vito Technology Contest and Discounts

Steve Laser — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:13:50 +0000

Vito Technology is getting ready for the summer and announcing its Summer Actions –

a lot of cool initiatives to enjoy the hottest season of the year!

First of all the Vito Technology contest ‘Give a new face to Winterface’ opens today.

A lot of Winterface fans have expressed the desire to create new skins for Winterface and now the opportunity is there for them to grab. So get creative and send Vito Technoogy your new Winterface skins.

- Vito Technology will collect them and show them on the http://blog.vitotechnology.com selecting “staff favorite” each week.

- Vito Technology will select the best skins, adapt them and let our users download freely additional skins for the new Winterface version coming out in summer

- with previous creators’ agreement Vito Technology will name the new skins with the title given by its creator (feel free to use your personal name or use your creativity for it)

- Great prizes are available for the best skins: a mobile device for the winner and bonus cards ($) for second and to fifth place.

Few tips on how to take part in it:

format of skins should be png or psd, each element in the separate layer (further details on how to make it and an example psd file find on our blog)
send your skins via email to Olya at vitotechnology dot com
follow updates and see your skins published on Vito Technology http://blog.vitotechnology.com/?p=78
send skins in the following 3 weeks
winners will be announced one week after

Please note that Vito Technology designers will have to work on the files sent by the participants or make sure they fit with the new Winterface technical requirements. Some changes might apply.

Vito Technology also understands that during summer a lot of people feel like changing style. No better opportunity than this one to enjoy the super discount on Communication Suite now at only $24.95 (you save another $15). Communication Suite changes the style of your Windows Mobile Phone giving it a complete remake and functionality. It includes 5 programs: Winterface, Fun Contact, SMS Chat, ZoomBoard, Weather and you pay for each of them even less than $5.

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Supercharge Your Outlook with Agendus for Outlook v5.41

Steve Laser — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:03:28 +0000

I’ve had a Windows Mobile device since 2000. But recently my work gave me a Blackberry 8350i to replace my aging Nextel phone. I had the opportunity to reduce my load from two devices to one. I had to make a lot of changes in order to accomplish my goals of continuing to carry my important business information and integrating the Blackberry into my business routine. One big switch I made was moving from Act! Contact Manager to Outlook. I suppose I could’ve kept Act! if I used the excellent CompanionLink software to sync my device, but I want a more direct solution.

Outlook excels at email, but is not a great contact manager. Act! is a great contact manager but does not excel at email. Hmmmm. If I downloaded the Business Contact Manager for Outlook add-on, I’d have to use CompanionLink, so I felt stuck. That is, until I demo’d Agendus for Outlook.

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Supercharge Your Outlook with Agendus for Outlook v5.41

Steve Laser — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:57:17 +0000

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How To Make Free Ringtones For Blackberry

Steve Laser — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:29:46 +0000

Why pay money for ringtones when you can make them yourself easily? My guide will take you through the very easy steps. You’ll have your own ringtones in minutes! I’ve only tried this on the Blackberry Curve, but I bet you can use it for many types of phones.

Open up the free Audacity software.

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Vito Tuned In Package

Steve Laser — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:25:27 +0000

The Tuned in package offers a $7 savings when you purchase AudioNotes, SoundExplorer and RingtoneEditor. $14 gets all three programs, but when purchased alone they are $21.

Most pocket pc devices have a built-in voice recorder that is very basic. Vito uupgrades this capability with AudioNotes and SoundExplorer.

Vito AudioNotes

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VITO Offers ‘Tuned in Package’

Steve Laser — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:21:45 +0000

‘Tuned in Package’ 3 apps for $14- the new spring offer from VITO Technology

Vito Technology wants to inaugurate spring with a new offer for its customers. With its newly created ‘Tuned in Package’ customers, buy 2 applications and get 1 free.

The Tuned in Package includes: audio bestsellers AudioNotes, SoundExplorer and RingtoneEditor for $14 instead of $21. All information can also be found on Vito technology new ‘Offers ‘ page where users can get up to date with current offers by VITO Technology and enjoy them.

So go and get Tuned! Make your MP3 notes filed and send them around via mail or MMS with AudioNotes, create your own ringtones and share them with your friends with RingtoneEditor and… more get your player and audio recorder onto your phone with SoundExplorer. All for the price of $14 instead of $21.

Still in need of more info? Here you find a detailed description of applications’ main features:

RingtoneEditor allows you to make ringtone of any MP3 file. You just need to start the app choose the MP3 file that starts playing press the “Start” button and then “Finish” button. The Ringtone is ready, now you may save it or set as a default ringtone immediately.

AudioNotes is for making audio notes. You may just with one tap (firstly assign the hardware button) start recording with the help of your WM device in any situation. Or if your device doesn’t have any restrictions for calls recording then you may record important calls to have this information at your device.

SoundExplorer is for not only recording your notes and lectures it can be a great tool for reproducing your notes using different speeds of playing and creation of playlists. Besides it reproduces different formats like mp3 and wav. It also has equalizer and VAS. You may edit ID3 tags and even convert wav files into mp3.

Offers site page: http://vitotechnology.com/offers.html

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Windows Utilities You Need – 2 Apps of the Day

Steve Laser — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:22:48 +0000

Last night I was trying to figure out what was taking up so much memory in my pocket pc and my laptop hard-drive. I used Windows Explorer and searched through all the files and folders for the culprits. But it was very tedious because folders don’t show their size in the Windows Explorer columns. Check out the screen shot below:

Find my solution after the break.

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iWindowsMobile Communication Suite Version 1.8

Steve Laser — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:45:55 +0000

Make your mobile phone wear its new Communication Suite

March 16th, 2009 VITO Technology Releases New Version 1.8 of iWindowsMobile Communication Suite. Communication Suite makes your Windows Mobile device look stunning with new graphics and finger-friendly interface and reveals the real potential of Windows Mobile touch screen device.
iWindowsMobile Communication Suite has in it all 5 bestsellers from VITO Technology inlcuding new Winterface 1.31, and the forever favorites SMS-Chat, FunContact, ZoomBoard and an improved free Weather app with added options and all bugs fixed.
If you haven’t tried our new Winterface 1.31 yet, here is what you will find different in it. It offers you the possibility to choose between black skin with white stylish icons or bright one with colorful icons and 3d images. Furthermore what makes Winterface even more attractive is the ability to switch on or off Windowed mode. This mode allows you either to show or hide the standard top WM bar that shows the essential info like start button, time, profile, mobile operator, etc.
Together with the new Winterface 1.31 this is what Communication Suite includes:
FunContact for managing all your contacts in a fun way with clear and stylish icons.
SMS-Chat for threaded SMS on your device where all SMS written and received appear in a very user friendly way.
ZoomBoard for finger-friendly typing with options to add any language you need.
Weather gives you regular updates on weather of the day and weather forecasts. The new Weather gives the option to choose how frequently updates should appear: every hour, 3 hours or 12 hours. The skin of Weather app changes together with the Winterface skin. All major bugs have also been fixed.
Communication Suite is available for $39.95 at http://www.vitotechnology.com/communication-suite.html. Purchasing the Suite you are saving $30! You may download 14-day free trial version to check the deal.

Useful links:
iWindowsMobile Communication Suite Page: http://vitotechnology.com/communication-suite.html
Download link: http://vitotechnology.com/files/iWindowsMobileCommunicationSuite.exe

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Allocate Screen Space for Widgets Free

Steve Laser — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:25:22 +0000

I love Widgets. They are so cool. Widgets are mini-programs that are always on your desktop and do handy things. I have a calendar, To-Do list, weather and a few others. Yahoo! even provides a dock to hold your widgets (see the right side of the screenshot above). But unless you feel like resizing every window you have open, you won’t have easy access to your widgets. You can choose the “always on top” option, but then you’ll cover up your other windows. Bummer. But today I think I found a solution that will let me have easy access to widgets while not impeding my open windows.

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Q2 MSI Wind Netbook Mini Review

Steve Laser — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:50:02 +0000

The MSI Wind is a small, impressive laptop. It sports an 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 1 GB ram, 120 GB hard drive, Windows XP home, WiFi B/G and a 10.1″ screen. It came with a wall charger, and some very meager instructions. But fortunately it was simple to setup and use. It is small enough to be very portable, yet large enough to be quite usable. Lots more photos and info to come…

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