Misbehaving "third party" applications usually get the blame for Windows Mobile crashes, but the real fault lies in a bad OS architecture.  Isolating applications is a fundamental requirement of an OS and Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS fails here.   Leaving off third party apps does make Windows Mobile more stable, but even then it's still not as stable as dedicated phones.  The iPhone is no saint either, but the Mac OS X watchdog kills off hung processes far more effectively than Windows Mobile and I've never had a problem with the Phone app.  Both PalmOS and Apple's iPhone carefully restrict background apps to avoid these hangs.

Palm är ju som de flesta vet tillbaka, men nu med Windows på insidan. Det har funnits ett flertal modeller som har tagit mycket av det bästa från gamla Palm OS och lagt på toppen av Windows Mobile. Formfaktor och utseende har dock kanske inte varit i toppklass. När nu Palm Treo Pro släpps tycker jag att det är en riktigt fin produkt. Jag kände på den tidigt i sommar och var faktiskt mycket imponerad av byggkvalitén och hur den kändes i handen. Palm Treo Pro använder Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional och är fullproppad med finesser och funktioner. Självklart är det en turbo 3G lur med inbyggd GPS och pekskärm och ett bra qwerty tangentbord. Jag har god anledning att tro att denna fina telefon kommer att bli tillgänglig i Norden och Sverige inom en inte alltför avlägsen framtid.

Läs mer på Palms officiella blog http://blog.palm.com/

Läs även andra bloggares åsikter om Palm, Treo, Windows Mobile, Smartphones

Am Montag hatte ich den HP iPAQ 914C Business Messenger bestellt, zum im Vergleich zu anderen Online-Händlern günstigen Preis von 447,95. Lieferbarkeit:

Verfügbarkeit: Auf Lager. Verkauf und Versand durch Amazon.de.

Gestern Abend dann hatte ich kontrolliert, wie der Status ist, weil ich eben noch nicht die erwartete Versandbestätigung hatte. Als Liefertermin stand in meinem Konto "15. September bis 1. Oktober". Hallo?

Eine Kontrolle des Artikels ergab eine Preissteigerung um fast 30 Euro, Lieferstatus:

Verfügbarkeit: Auf Lager. Verkauf und Versand durch Amazon.de.

Nun ist Amazon schnell dabei, Preise nach oben wie nach unten zu ändern, hält aber immer den (niedrigeren) Preis bei Bestellung ein bzw. senkt den Preis, wenn der Artikel beim Versand weniger kostet. Das konnte kein Faktor sein... warum wird er aber erst in 4-6 Wochen versendet? Kein Problem: Amazon hat einen hervorragenden Kundenservice, der (meist) schnell und problemorientiert antwortet. Schnell in diesem Fall ja, problemorientiert... lest selbst:

Es tut uns sehr Leid: Der gewünschte Artikel "Hewlett Packard IPAQ 914C BUSINESS MESSENGER Smartphone " aus Ihrer Bestellung (Bestellnummer siehe Betreff) ist noch nicht bei uns eingetroffen.

Es besteht kein Grund zur Sorge. Sie bekommen den Artikel zum alten Preis EUR 447,95 von uns.

Darf ich nochmal rekapitulieren: Die ganze Zeit war der Lieferstatus:

Verfügbarkeit: Auf Lager. Verkauf und Versand durch Amazon.de.

Wie vertragen sich die Aussagen "Auf Lager" und "noch nicht bei uns eingetroffen"? Heute morgen habe ich es dann telefonisch probiert, und bekam folgende Aussage:

Wie mit Ihnen besprochen, habe ich in unserem Versandzentrum nachgefragt und kann Ihnen Folgendes mitteilen:

Der Artikel "Hewlett Packard IPAQ 914C BUSINESS MESSENGER Smartphone" ist zur Zeit nur bei unserem Logistikpartner auf Lager. Dieser versendet leider mit per Premium.

Meine Bitte an Sie ist daher folgende:

Aendern Sie bitte den Versand auf Standardversand. Dann kann der Logistikpartner die Ware umgehend an Sie versenden. Der Versand ueber Amazon.de kann erst wie angegeben in 4 - 6 Wochen erfolgen.

Hä? Wie vertragen sich denn die Aussagen "Versand duch Amazon.de" und "nur bei unserem Logistikpartner..."? Wie auch immer: Versandart geändert, Liefertermin passt sich automatisch an. Hoffen wir mal, dass nicht mit dem Spediteur für Grossgeräte verschickt wird... :-)

On the other hand it was during these two weeks that I started to appreciate the work done by Microsoft. The amount of effort one has to put in to port the code from Windows Desktop to Windows Mobile is less or infact trivial. Wonderful. Almost effortless. And with Visual Studio things can hardly be difficult for one. Hats off to Microsoft.

*If you are not easy with redaction your registry you should not do so, meet intend the newest edition of Tweaks2k2*

Using a registry application operation and modify the mass threesome values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemStorageManagerFATFSCacheSize=0x1000(4096)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemStorageManagerFATFSEnableCache=0x1(1)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemStorageManagerFiltersfsreplxfiltReplStoreCacheSize=0x1000(4096)



Be trusty to opt Tools>Exit in meet to hit the settings practical to the registry and then invoke soured your Windows Mobile device, don't set yet! You hit to do this because WM5 keeps whatever things in RAM and by cycling the noesis it module indite to ROM.



Now, fleecy set your device.



We aren't finished yet, though you module belike attending a disagreement in action correct away.



Now, you requirement to kibosh Activesync from periodically play on it's own. To do so unstoppered Activesync on your WM5 figure and contact on Menu>Add Server Source. Add some content to create a imitation computer sync. After that is rank go to Menu>Schedule and modify the digit dropdowns to "Manual" and contact "ok" at the crowning right. You crapper today go to Menu>Options and withdraw the Exchange Server environment you meet added. Now Activesync module not move when you origin your device.



Error Reporting is actual pipage on the shelling and on performance. It is ultimate to disable, meet go to Start>Settings>System(tab) and contact the Error Reporting icon. Change the environment to "Disable nonachievement reporting".



For beatific measure, fleecy set again. Everything should be MUCH snappier!!

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Tidligere i sommer skrev jeg om faceofmobile, et program som gjorde det enkelt å surfe Facebook fra mobilen. Nå har det kommet en til.

Facebook-feberen har vel avtatt litt, men folka i Facebook satser nok på økt bruk igjen nå som de har lansert en nyere og freshere versjon.

Snap2Face (hehe) er en Windows Mobile Facebookapplikasjon fra Magnifoca. Med Snap2Face kan du se på album, laste opp bilder og importere bilder til Outlookkontakene dine. Det er den biten jeg foretrekker, og kunne ha de siste bildene av venner på mobilen.

Programmet har vært i beta i noen måneder, og under betatestingen fikk Magnifoca flere tilbakemeldinger og forslag til funksjoner, og har lagt til muligheter for å oppdatere status, se venners status og profil,  du kan lese og svare på meldinger, du kan poke (Yiha!!), se veggen og fikse de friend request'ene som bygger seg opp i øvre høyre hjørne.

Første gang du laster ned programmet (4 enkle steg), tar det forever å hente inn informasjon. Og brukergrensesnittet er godt, men ikke fantastisk. Jeg savner litt mer snap, hvis jeg kan si noe sånt?

Knappene nederst lar deg legge til bilder, se album, lese og sende meldinger, stirre på veggen, poke noen eller se friend requests.

Helt greit, men jeg tror ikke dette er noe jeg kommer til å bruke hver dag...

-Petter Tancred Olsen

Google sur un telephone mobile?

En fait, Google ne met pas a proprement parler en vente un telephone mobile, mais va proposer un mobile fonctionnant sous OS Google (nom de code Android). Difference notable, mais somme toute assez logique.

Premierement, Google n'a aucune experience dans la vente, et surtout le support, de hardware. Il semble des lors logique d'eviter de se lancer dans un inconnu qui n'aura pour effet que de complexifier son modele d'affaires et d'eroder ses marges. Bien vu!

Ensuite, et Google le repete a l'envie, ce qu'ils savent faire mieux que personne, c'est la recherche (et de fait, tous leurs produits ont un point commun : la recherche!). Ils se sont donc concentres sur le developpement d'un logiciel maison. Qui plus est, au vu du success de l'App Store, on ne peut decemment le leur reprocher [a quand un G-store?]... Donc, une nouvelle fois, bien vu.

Un iPhone killer?

Derriere la strategie de Google, doit-on voir une tentative d'attaque du marche de l'iPhone? Probablement pas. Google tire l'essentiel de ses revenus de la publicite en ligne, qu'il vend grace a sa confortable part de marche au niveau recherche.

Il y a fort a parier que cette introduction d'un produit Google pour telephone mobile n'a pour seul but que d'etendre la domination de Google sur le segment, en regain de croissance depuis l'introduction de l'iPhone, de la navigation web mobile, et naturellement des recherches associees. Et donc en corrollaire, de consolider et de croitre les revenus lies a la publicite.

Le raisonnement est simple : nous savons faire de la recherche, c'est notre metier de base, un nouveau terrain pour la recherche s'est ouvert : occupons le! Peu d'analystes risquent de leur donner tort...

Sans trop se forcer, on peut meme imaginer un emulateur d'OS Google tournant sur iPhone ou autre mobile (Windows mobile ou Symbian). Si on peut emuler un Atari, hein...

En conclusion, Google risque fort de donner un coup de pied dans la fourmilliere des OS pour telephone mobiles, mais seul un test de sa nouvelle interface montrera a quel point elle est - ou non - innovante, et donc potentiellement une raison de basculer vers elle pour le plus grand nombre. Si c'est juste un nouvel OS, Google aura certainement beaucoup plus de mal a s'imposer.

Enfin, restons surpris du manque de vision des concurrents (mais le sont-ils vraiment encore?) d'en face : Microsoft. A l'heure ou ceux-ci ne savent plus que faire pour prendre des parts de marches dans le segment de la recherche et pour redynamiser leur portail Live; un redesign et relancement de Windows Mobile dote d'un bon moteur de recherches et d'applications interessantes aurait semble tres pertinent... Encore un acte manque??

if you are a Web, Windows or Enterprise developer as I am. this could take sometime until we could start developing state of the art mobile applications. we need to learn the guidelines and restrictions that mobile software required. if you are a .Net developer you can check out the Compact or Micro Framework, the only  thing is that the apps developed in those framworks can only target windows mobile OS. i heard about some guys that are already running Mono on their IPhones, but i don't think Apple aloud this in a legal way.

Androidis about to be unveiled and a lot people has good expectations. i will be looking forward on the development environment for this. because if you want to start developing application for the Iphone be sure you got everything you need: A Mac, An Iphone and a subscription, yes that would be like a couple of hundreds $.

i dont have a Mac and i dont expect to buy one soon.  but i am wondering how my 13 moon calendar gadget will look in the Iphone or Android.

It's official, you can fly but you can't hide. I was reading in this week's Economist how mobile phones on planes are not as annoying as people think according to the first in-flight trials ran by technology providers OnAir and AeroMobile. In fact, the reaction is said to have been "overwhelmingly positive" with text messaging most popular and the average length of voice calls just 2.5 minutes.

Really? Who are these people?! Sure, it's early days yet with most business travellers considerately trialing the new opportunity, but what happens when I sit down next to you? I'll blow that average right out of the sky, that's what. You would certainly have a hard time getting me to disconnect from my "life support machine" aka Windows Mobile. To be perfectly honest, even I wouldn't want to be sitting next to me- unless of course you find me on the Red Eye in which case I will have popped enough tablets to keep me in a coma for pretty much the entire journey.

Which brings me onto my second point. In this always connected era, and as a frequent flyer, my time in the sky is sacrosanct. It is pretty much the only uninterrupted time I get which affords me the rare opportunity of a "sorry I missed your call / that meeting / I could not respond etc - I WAS IN THE AIR". No more. Picture the scene: me, Red Eye, coma, call from boss - not pretty right? Perhaps, but it's coming anyway. One thing's for sure, there's no stalling the march of technology.

Mange av oss som driver innen salg og markedsføring har behov for å skryte av produktene våre fra tid til annen. Selv om det kanskje ikke er det mest fornuftige å gjøre, tyr vi gjerne til en PowerPoint-presentasjon og kanskje en kort demo.

Når jeg er ute og viser frem Handyman for potensielle kunder, viser jeg en live-demonstrasjon av produktet, før jeg presenterer ePocket med to eller tre slides på skjermen. Det har lenge gått an å styre presentesjonene fra Windows Mobile-telefoner, men først nå har det blitt enkelt.

Jeg forsøkte dette på en presentasjon tidlig i forrige uke, og resultatet ble selvfølgelig et salg (!) - selv om æren for det bør gis produktet og ikke hvordan jeg presenterte min ppt. Aaaanyway.

Nå kan du laste ned en applikasjon til telefonen, og en til pc'en og styre ppt'en via blåtann.

Last ned Windows Sideshow til Windows Mobile Developer Preview her.
og
last ned gadget'en til PowerPoint her.

Slå deg løs, og bank inn salgene (eller skolepresentasjonen, eller vis frem resultatene av den siste markedsundersøkelsen osv osv)!

-Petter Tancred Olsen

Como primera entrada, os voy a hablar de un nuevo actor que hace su entrada en el mundo de los navegadores Web para dispositivos Mobile, el Iris Browser que viene a competir cara a cara con el Opera Mobile superándolo en muchos aspectos.

Este navegador se caracteriza sobre todo por su motor de renderizado, el WebKit (basado en el khtml, un viejo conocido de los linuxeros). Pues si, usa el mismo motor de render que el Safari del Iphone o el propio Safari del MacOX o Win32 que en principio asegura una navegación lo más parecida a hacerlo desde un PC.

Llevo un tiempo probándolo con mi iPAQ 214 con Windows Mobile 6 y os voy dejar mis impresiones del mismo.

Entre sus características yo destacaría las siguientes:

• Soporte para Windows Mobile 5/6 o librerías de Trolltech (Qt o Qtopia). Me parece un detalle muy importante ya que garantiza su portabilidad a otras plataformas.

• Soporte para múltiples ventanas o pestañas. Permite cambiar de pestaña mediante un submenú o a través de capturas de pantalla en miniatura de las páginas abiertas.

• Control touch screen.

• Interface personalizable.

• Funciones de zoom & tap

• Uso de un cursor para el puntero, que incluso cambia de cursor al pasarlo sobre los links, vamos, lo mismo que los navegadores de PC.

• Soporte para orientación horizontal.

• Bloqueador de pop-up.

• Soporte de SSL, java script, XSLT, XPath y SVG.

• Autocompletado del historial.

• Soporte de perfiles XHTML 1.x.

• Soporte de plugins mediante la API de Netscape.

• Efectos especiales. Es muy curioso moverse por el historial de páginas visitadas al estilo de CoverFlow de MacOX o de los nuevos iPod.

• Permite escoger la conexión que usará. Esto es la primera vez que lo veo en un navegador para dispositivos móviles. Normalmente necesitas escoger antes el tipo de conexión que usas y después ejecutas el navegador. En este caso para los dispositivos WM permite escoger cualquiera de las conexiones que se tenga configuradas.

• Tiene un contador que permite controlar el tráfico de Internet, muy útil sobre todo para controlar el gasto cuando se usan conexiones GPRS o 3G.

• Permite guardar la página visitada a disco, muy útil para poder navegar offline.

• Permite guardar imágenes a disco de una forma curiosa, te muestra todas las imágenes de la Web y escoges la que quieres guardar.

• Soporta actualizaciones online.

Lo he probado durante un tiempo y mis impresiones son muy buenas, con un renderizado suave y rápido aunque en determinadas páginas le cuesta (sobre todo páginas con mucho flash o contenidos multimedia) y me encontré con problemas de memoria en alguna Web con muchos contenidos multimedia dando el navegador fallos de memoria.

Teóricamente, el soporte de plugins mediante la API de Netscape permitiría usar flash aunque en las pruebas que realicé nunca llegó a funcionarme :(.

El navegador es una versión preview final aunque se ve que faltan cosas por completar y corregir cosillas, pero van por muy buen camino siendo una versión usable. Lo llevo probando desde hace unos meses y se notan las mejoras en cada versión nueva.

Para poder compararlo justamente hay que hacerlo con la última beta del Opera Mobile 9.5. Personalmente el Iris Browser me parece un navegador más avanzado que el Opera.

Para todos los que queráis probarlo podéis acceder a la Web de los desarrolladores Torch Mobile y proceder a la descarga. Hay que rellenar un pequeño formulario con los datos y a continuación podéis descargar el CAB para la instalación.

El navegador es gratuito para uso personal.

Enlaces de interés:

Web de los desarrolladores: http://www.torchmobile.com/

Área de descarga: http://www.torchmobile.com/download/

Blog de los desarrolladores: http://www.torchmobile.com/blog/

mau nokia e61i males liat specnya... mana keypad mental mentuk kurang tactile... mau hape biasa dengan wifi, hsdpa dah pake nokia E51... mau icip2 SE P1i lihat review2nya pada ngeluh soal keyboard yang model butterfly..  cari2 eh kepikiran si PALM TREO 750 atau 680, akhirnya pikir2 ambil TREO 750 aja d... official ROM dah Windows Mobile 6, gosipnya tar akan diupgrade free ke WM 6.1. Ada HSDPA, keyboard dashyat, daleman windows mobile.

nah iseng2 main ke berbagai forum ngiler juga untuk upgrade ke WM6.1 setelah sebelumnya dapet WM6. kutak katik seharian akhrinya bisa juga... dan hanya berlaku untuk UNLOCKED VERSION atau NON BRANDED kenapa gitu? karena saya testnya pake yang TREO 750 saja tanpa brand dan memang tidak di lock.

hal tersulit itu ada di software bernama CHEETAHUNLOCKER, yang mana butuh versi khusus untuk TREO 750 -atau menurut kalangan pecinta WM TREO 750 itu bersandi HTC CHEETAH, dimana HTC merujuk ke OEMnya- tidak bisa pakai versi universalnya. CHEETAHUNLOCKER ini sendiri sebetulnya mirip dengan software HARDSPL yang memungkinkan untuk memflash ROM demi tujuan tertentu seperti mengubah CID -ini yang dilakukan di treo 750-, membuka langkah unlock, mengubah RADIO ROM agar semakin kuat kemampuan jaringan ponselnya. nah CHEETAH UNLOCKER mampu melakukan ketiga hal diatas dalam satu software dan hanya diciptakan untuk TREO750 ini -dan seri2 treo yang menggunakan WM-.

langkah2 melakukan instalasi WM6.1 cukup simple hanya menggunakan SD card yang diformat dengan format FAT32, mengkopi file installer WM 6.1 ke dalam SD card tsb, memasangkan di TREO 750, lalu masuk ke bootloader - dengan cara tahan tombol SEND/GREEN/DIAL bersamaan dengan melakukan reset dengan tombol reset-, lalu secara otomatis akan keluar menu upgrade ROM dimana di layar akan muncul pilihan YES/NO.

nah dikarenakan ternyata CID saya belum diubah, maka saya harus melakukan hal diatas dengan menggunakan CHEETAH UNLOCKER. dan fatalnya sebelumnya saya sudah mengosongkan ROM dari WM karena ternyata langkah saya salah waktu menggunakan CHEETAH UNLOCKER dimana ROM WM6.1 yang saya unduh ternyata corrupted!!. akhirnya mencari lagi dan menemukan yang usable ehehehhee...

nah karena ROM kosong, maka booting treo akan terhenti hanya sampai di layar dengan gambar TREO saja... untung belum brick ehehehehehehhe.... akhrinya dengan deg2an coba paksa upgrade ROM ke ROM resmi yaitu WM6. dengan cara sama seperti di atas, hanya ROMnya diextract dari installer WM6 resmi. setelah berhasil, saya mengulang langkah di atas dan berhasil!!! dan relatif stabil untuk ROM yang sebetulnya unofficial, walau saya memakai yang STANDARD EDITION bukan LITE EDITION yang sudah di trim untuk memperingan OS dan menambah free RAM.

INFO: langkah2 diatas hanya untuk ROM yang sudah di'cooked' dengan file ROM berekstensi .nbh, jadi tinggal pakai saja. dan detil tentang ROM, cheetahunlocker silahkan di google :) apabila ada kesalahan persepsi mengenai cheetahunlocker dan hardspl mohon dimaklumi ehehehehe...

Key Features:

• Scheduled wireless LiveUpdate service helps keep security definitions up to date
• Quarantine viruses for later review
• SMS Listener allows administrators to remotely initiate select on-device actions
• Advanced Event Logging allows administrators to generate an on-device .xml file that provides more detailed event logging than the on-device Activity Log
• Real-time Auto-Protect w/cached scanning support
• Support for Windows Mobile Smartphone OS

Key Benefits:

• Award-winning Symantec antivirus technologies protect handheld-resident data against malicious code downloaded from the Web, sent via email or a Wi-Fi connection, or beamed via Bluetooth or infrared ports
• On-device alerting to respond promptly to potential threats
• Optimized to preserve handheld performance – Minimal install footprint
• Backed by Symantec Security Response, a leading Internet security research and support organization

More Info:

• Quarantine viruses for later review.
• SMS listener allows administrators to remotely initiate select on-device actions.
• Advanced event log capability allows administrators to generate an on-device XML file that provides more detailed event logs than the on-device activity log.
• Windows Smartphone support.
• Continuous protection of data with a minimum amount of user intervention.
• Comprehensive protection without affecting performance by using a small application footprint on the device.

Key Features:

• Scheduled wireless LiveUpdate service helps keep security definitions up to date
• Quarantine viruses for later review
• SMS Listener allows administrators to remotely initiate select on-device actions
• Advanced Event Logging allows administrators to generate an on-device .xml file that provides more detailed event logging than the on-device Activity Log
• Real-time Auto-Protect w/cached scanning support
• Support for Windows Mobile Smartphone OS

Key Benefits:

• Award-winning Symantec antivirus technologies protect handheld-resident data against malicious code downloaded from the Web, sent via email or a Wi-Fi connection, or beamed via Bluetooth or infrared ports.
• On-device alerting to respond promptly to potential threats.
• Optimized to preserve handheld performance – Minimal install footprint.
• Backed by Symantec Security Response, a leading Internet security research and support organization.

More Info:

• Quarantine viruses for later review.
• SMS listener allows administrators to remotely initiate select on-device actions.
• Advanced event log capability allows administrators to generate an on-device XML file that provides more detailed event logs than the on-device activity log.
• Windows Smartphone support.
• Continuous protection of data with a minimum amount of user intervention.
• Comprehensive protection without affecting performance by using a small application footprint on the device.

• followed instructions at http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceWithUbuntu up to the test: synce-pls. Passed the test i.e. saw the directory of the WM6 phone.
• turned on Internet Sharing in the accessories menu of WM6
• in ubuntu: sudo dhclient rndis0

The X1 comes with what Sony Ericsson calls an Arc Slider Design where by sliding out the screen reveals a really neat keyboard.  The screen slides out and slightly up in an arc fashion, hence, the name.  But it doesn't tilt upwards like the HTC TyTN II, just slightly up.  It's somewhere between the TyTN and the TyTN II.  What you will find in the brush metal body bracing the keyboard is a set of great QWERTY keys and those keys are probably one of the best I've used so far.  We'll tackle the screen in another posting.  More on the keyboard. 

The first thing that impressed me is that the keys are larger than most other keyboards.  Nice big keys make it easy for my thumbs.  Although I've seen people use two index fingers on such keyboards, they are actually designed for the two thumbs while the device fits snuggly in two hands.  Perhaps the production units that I hope to lay my hands on later will give me a better experience on the tactile feel of the keyboard.

Suffice to say that the keyboard is well designed and has a solid feel.  Supported by the brush metal body, the keyboard can be used with full confidence with a very good feedback.  That is very important in a good keyboard.  Otherwise, one might as well go straight to the on-screen keypad.

The keyboard is a definitive characteristic of the X1.  It separates this device from others which are fully touch screen PDA phones like the new Samsung Omnia as well as the Apple iPhone which provides only on-screen keypads.

The thickness of the X1 with the keyboard is 17mm, thinner than the HTC TyTN II which is 19mm.  Don't look down on a 2mm thickness.  Losing that 2mm makes the X1 much nicer to hold.  The X1 is shorter than the TyTN II by 2mm and narrower by 6mm.

The X1 with the keyboard gives the feel of slim, thin and narrow as compared to the TyTN II being big, fat and thick.  The X1 opened with the keyboard is actually easy to hold because it is lighter than the TyTN II by a whopping 45 grams.  The combination gives the X1 the edge in overall feel and weight to hold, especially the cold steel.

The X1 is not for everybody.  You must have an affinity to use a keyboard and the X1 keyboard is the best in its class too.  I used to think that the ladies will shy away from a PDA with a QWERTY keyboard but I have been proven wrong.  There are many ladies using the HTC TyTN II.  The X1 will give them a good reason to upgrade when it is available.

I would classify the X1 in the same range as those with a keyboard like the TyTN II and the Nokia E90.  Given what I've seen, the X1 has the best specification in its class.  Certainly, if the X1 isn't, there would not be a market for it.  Sony Ericsson must make the X1 better than all the the devices in its class that are already in the market.  By the time the X1 is launched, I hope there aren't any other devices that will eclipse it.  Oops, I didn't say when the X1 will be available yet.  Maybe next time. ;-)

Gallery from engadget

Technical specifications from pdadb.net

I love qwerty pad, but I still prefer large screen for VGA devices

• La biblia de las PocketPC en español, Todopocketpc.com . En esta web encontraras muchísima información y sobre todo unos foros muy concurridos.
• En Pcdemano.com podrás estar al día referente a las noticias de las PocketPC, aunque esta pagina es un poco mas generalista.
• Voy a recomendar también esta, Pdaexpertos.com, a pesar de que esta centrada en Palm, pero también tienen un subforo para PocketPc.
• Y por ultimo, si lo tuyo son los Smartphones, no puedes dejar de visitar Todopdas.es, se centran en estos, aunque también puedes informarte en sus foros sobre otras PDA.

Y de momento nada mas, solo comentar que en breve dejare el mundillo de las PocketPc, y lo mas probable que vuelva a adquirir una Palm, algo mas sencillita que mi Hp Ipaq.

Not 2: Bu yazıya aynı zamanda buradan da ulaşabilirsiniz.

Merhaba arkadaşlar,

Son zamanlarda mobil uygulama geliştirmekle uğraşıyorum, ve sizlere de bir giriş yazısı hazırlayayım dedim.

Bu yazıda mobil uygulama geliştirmede hedefleyebileceğiniz çeşitli platformlardan, bunlar için uygulama geliştirilebilecek programlama dillerinden, kullanabileceğiniz IDElerden, ve telefon spesifik SDKlardan bahsedeceğim.

Platformlar

  Aslen 2 ana platform var. Symbian ve Windows Mobile. En çok bunlar kullanılıyor.

  Google Android ve iPhone'u da unutmamak lazım tabii; ancak onlar bu yazının konusu değiller.

Symbian'a JME(Java Micro Edition) ve Symbian C++ ile yazabiliyoruz. Ancak farketmişsinizdir; direk C++ yazmak yerine Symbian C++ yazdım; çünkü C++ biliyor olmanız rahat bir şekilde Symbian C++ da yazabileceğiniz anlamına gelmiyor. En basitinden Symbian C++'ta stringleri kullanamıyorsunuz; çünkü Symbian'ın yazılım geliştiricilere açtığı API'ler parametre olarak 'descriptor' adı verilen şeyler alıyor. Descriptorları kullanmalarının amacı string'leri yazılım geliştiriciler için daha güvenli bir hale getirmeleri imiş. Aynı zamanda descriptorlar unicode; c++ stringleri ise değil. Exception handling de dahil olmak üzere daha birçok konuda farklılıklar var. Ancak Symbian C++'a derinlemesine girmek istemiyorum; Symbian C++ cidden bir derya ve anlatılabilecek cidden çok fazla şey var.

Peki ya, neden Symbian C++'ı kullanıyoruz ki o zaman diyebilirsiniz; JME çok daha rahat yazılıyor sonuçta değil mi?

Evet, aslında bir bakıma haklısınız; eğer birşeyi JME'de yapabiliyorsanız orda yapmalısınız, size çok zaman kazandıracaktır. Ancak, bazı özellikler telefonlardaki JME implementasyonları tarafından desteklenmiyor. Örneğin cell id'yi JME'den alamıyorsunuz; symbian telefonların büyük bir kısmında. Eski 3650'de alınabiliyordu diye hatırlıyorum, N96'da da alınabilecekmiş; ancak dediğim gibi, telefon üreticisinin buna izin vermesi gerekiyor. Bu tip durumlarda native(yerli) kod kullanarak hangi Symbian telefon olursa olsun, Symbian'ın bize açmış olduğu herşeye erişebiliyoruz. Ancak tabi bu sefer de Symbian işletim sistemi olmayan telefonlarda çalışmıyor :( Görüldüğü gibi, bu bir tradeoff aslında; hangisi sizin durumunuza daha uygunsa onu seçmelisiniz.

Başka bir husus da tabii doğal olarak Symbian C++'ta yazılmış bir uygulama JME'den daha hızlı çalışacaktır yerli kod olduğu için. Her 2 dildeki aynı özelliklere sahip uygulama geliştirme süreleri göz önüne alındığında, bu hız farkı çok da önemli olmayabilir tabi duruma göre. Symbian C++ ve JME karşılaştırması hakkında son bir cümle daha söyleyeyim ve bitireyim: Symbian C++ çok daha güçlü; ancak çok daha eziyetli de güzel bir kelime olurdu :)

Symbian'a aynı zamanda Python'la da yazabilirsiniz, ancak daha önce herhangi bir tecrübem olmadı, o yüzden pek fazla birşey yazamayacağım bu konuda.

Symbian'a .NET'le yazabiliyor olmak ister miydiniz? Birkaç sene önce aslında buna izin veren bir firmanın IDE'si(Appforge CrossFire) vardı, ancak daha sonra Oracle şirketin entellektüel mülkiyetini satın almıştı ve şirket operasyonlarına son vermişti. O zamandan sonra bu mümkün olmamıştı, ancak şimdilerde yine bir firma bir library aracılığı ile Symbian'a .NET uygulamaları yazılmasına izin veriyor. Ancak Net60 adı verilen bu library paralı ve sadece .NET CF 1.0 uygulamaların geliştirilmesine izin veriyor. Hali hazırdaki .NET CF 1.0 uygulamalarınızı Symbian'da çalıştırabiliyorsunuz böylece.

   Windows Mobile'a ise herhangi bir para ödemeden daha geniş bir dil havuzuyla yazabiliyoruz denebilir sanırım..

Windows Mobile için uygulamalar daha çok .NET framework'ü ile ve C# ile yazılıyor; ancak bildiğiniz gibi .NET framework'ü aslında herhangi bir dile has değil, bildiğim kadarıyla yaklaşık bir 35-40 dilde yazılabiliyor. Ancak bunların hepsi 'managed' olmuş oluyor, yani .NET framework sonuçta hepsini tek bir dile çeviriyor. 'Managed' olmayan bir şekilde C++ ile yazmak da mümkün tabii. Aynı zamanda JME ile de yazabiliyorsunuz, ancak ben hiç denemedim. Benim gözlemlediğim, C# ile gerektiğinde DLL çağrıları yaparak istediğiniz herşeyi yazabildiğiniz. Ancak yine de önceden belirttiğimiz gibi uygulamanızın geniş bir telefon yelpazesinde çalışmasını istiyorsanız JME vazgeçilemez durumda şu an.

IDEler

   IDE'leri inceleyecek olursak; JME uygulamaları için Mobility Pack'li Netbeans en iyi seçenek gibi gözüküyor.(Eclipse ME de bir seçenek) Windows Mobile uygulamaları için tabii ki Visual Studio'yu, ve son olarak Symbian C++ için Nokia'nın Eclipse'i baz olarak alıp ve onu geliştirerek yarattığı bedava olan Carbide.c++ IDE'sini kullanabiliriz. Aslında bazı özellikler sadece 1 aylığına bedava,(telefon üzerinde debuglama gibi) bundan sonra gerekli ücreti ödeyerek satın almanız isteniyor kullanmaya devam etmek için. 

SDKlar

 Ancak IDEler dışında, hedeflediğiniz telefon platformu ve işletim sistemi için gerekli SDK'ları(Software Development Kit) da yüklemeniz gerekiyor. Örneğin N95 için 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 SDK'sını yüklemiştim ben, ona uygulama geliştirdiğimde. Aynı zamanda Windows Mobile için de işletim sistemi versiyonlarına göre ayrılıyor. Windows Mobile 5.0 veya 6.0 SDK gibi işletim sistemi versiyonuna uygun SDKyı yüklemeniz gerekiyor uygulama geliştireceğiniz sisteme.

Hangi SDK'yı yüklemem gerektiğini nasıl anlayabilirim diyorsanız; dostumuz Google'a "[telefonModeli] spec" tarzında aramalarda bulunarak, telefonun spesifikasyonunun olduğu bir sayfaya yönlenip oradan gerekli bilgiyi alabilirsiniz.

Evet, şimdilik bu kadar, umarım faydalı olmuştur, aklıma başka şeyler gelirse gerektiğinde eklemede bulunabilirim.

Ozan Safi

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