12/15/08

Shazam like win mobile app for the 6800? - PDAPhoneHome.com

Shazam like win mobile app for the 6800? - PDAPhoneHome.com: "Song Recognition Cab (Update 10/2 - PPCGeeks"

Looks like "Music ID" works for windows mobile. Just tried id'ing two songs (one in a noisy subway restaurant) and it worked great. Here's the link: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=4763.

Also, looks like a version of Pandora is ready for windows mobile. I found it here in these forum threads:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48458(http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18353&d=1228928403)

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6700-xv6700/100033-pandora.html (http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/attachments/ppc-6700-xv6700/12387d1199632942-pandora-pandora.zip)

12/8/08

Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. Nice!

I played with the sony reader the other day and was really surprised. If you haven't seen the screen, its a little crazy when compared to all the screens used by cell phones and pda's. I actually thought it was dummy display because the text looked so good I thought it was fake. Its really nothing like a pda/cell phone screen. I wouldn't mind having the Amazon Kindle at all now, but the price is just too steep right now.

Tired of the windows mobile screen. Love the Touch's screen.

I'm just getting tired of this winmo device whenever I play with my ipod touch's onscreen keyboard. And its not just that. Its really the responsiveness of the screen in general. It gives the whole device a much better feel than my xv6800. But I did notice that maybe Apple did their homework in the usability department. The touch's screen is just a bit wider than my xv6800 screen. It makes quite a bit of difference when it comes to space used by the onscreen keyboards of each device. Ho hum. I just can't switch to ATT with our current contracts on our family plan. Maybe that blackberry storm will end up working for me when I can do the new every two again in 1-2 months.