enCORe's Pocket PC

Software – Omarket / Opnmarket

encoreppc — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:19:09 +0000

Opnmarket is an online catalog program that allow you to browse and download windows mobile software directly to window mobile devices. More than hundred program is available for instant download and the best part its fully free. This is a ‘must have’ software incase youre roaming in mobile or wifi. Hence this eliminates necessary uses of activesync host which requried to pair with pc for installing program.

For 1st time users, 2 minute simple registration is needed. this create users login for new Freewarepocketpc account. Register is convenience because users doesnt need to verify account via email. So the program will prompt email and password for login.

Alots of software categorized for convenience browsing include games. Popular download and ‘features’ software is recommended which might usefull to use later. The number of software quite limit and depends on community involvement by uploading files to freewarepocketpc server. However, its a lot better than Microsoft Marketplaces program which preinstalled with WM 6.5

The software download available file from server and install program known setup files (.CAB) into your devices. Once program installed into devices the setup/CAB files was deleted. To see which software been installed, browse to ‘My app’ to list up all the program installed (via Omarket). Select the software to see detail, comments or to uninstall.

Omarket was developed by FreewarePocketPC.com and compatible with windows mobile 5 & 6.

Download here – via Freewarepocketpc

Capacitive and Resistive

encoreppc — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:05:28 +0000

Most Winmo devices using resistive or single touch technology which requiring sharp edge stylus for touchscreen interaction. When Apple iphone release, the display come with capacitive technology or to simplify as ‘multiple touch’ technology (or multitouch). What makes capacitive screen responsive is capable of detecting multiple point and reading large pressure point by using finger.

Thus capacitive increase ergonomics and finger friendly than a small point stylus. So this is the main ‘recipe’ what makes iphone somehow better than winmo devices, imagine if iphone was using similar resistive screen with stylus which os no much different with winmo devices at all.

Capacitive doesnt mean the iphone is faster than winmo, just the mac base UI built simple and faster. After HTC release the Touch HD2, winmo is actually faster and responsive such like the iphone OS. Its the different platform but truly capacitive has ergonomics purpose for finger friendly.

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Years before Retina Display

encoreppc — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:05:12 +0000

Last week Apple iPhone 4G come with impressive screen resolution which is two times better than previous iphone screen. Like a VGA resolution came after QVGA 6 years ago, double the previous resolution (320×480 to 640 x 960). Up to date iphone 4G is the highest mobile phone resolution with ‘Retina display’ marketing gimmick.

Previously, we do have similar gimmick before. PDA gurus Anton Kotov review Dell Axim X50v Pocket PC PDA explain it has better clarity screen quality compare any winmo PDA on that time. The Dell Axim uses VGA screen againts ordinary common winmo devices with QVGA screen. This indicate a VGA screen (640 x 480) has better resolution than QVGA (Quarter VGA) (320 x 240).

In my previous article, “VGA vs QVGA”, both devices was compare to see the different and usability. Its proven VGA screen has more pixel density and increase readability and ’retina’ friendly.

However, VGA screen technology does not affect most common developers due the cost and power consuming factor. Its somehow VGA always being underrate leaving winmo devices stuck few years with major QVGA screen development. VGA device discriminate for high end devices like Dell Axim X50/51v, iPaq4700, Imate JasJar and o2 Flame.

By this time, WideVGA devices appear like Sharp E-one and Toshiba G900. However, WVGA user mostly disappointed of lacking software support. Unlike VGA devices WVGA incompatible with most QVGA running software. This similar problem was also occur with WQVGA devices like Omnia (1). Leaving VGA screen are the best choice due most older software built for QVGA are compatible.

After few years experimenting, HTC announce a short return of VGA screen ‘HTC Diamond and Touch Pro’ with successful increase of VGA screen devices. In few month they come with huge number of WVGA devices succeed Diamond 2 until HD2.

And finally, the iphone 4g has ‘nice retina display resolution’ … and alots of people come to buy it..

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Windows Phone 7 in row

encoreppc — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:50:18 +0000

These are the image of the Windows Phone 7. Its the first row images where there sitting together and saying ‘im better’ each other …

Left = Samsung, Middle = Asus (as seen in MWC2010), Right = LG

okay

link via engadget

WP7s – The curse and the bad

encoreppc — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:39:44 +0000

Microsoft making suprise by limits the WP7s capabality. These are the ‘flaw’ of WP7s

No Multitasksing – all background program closed
Marketplaces is the ‘only’ way to install program – we need jailbreak
No removable storage – hmm
No filesystem – perhaps no file management
No USB mode ( Mass Storage mode ?) – maybe its MTP mode
No program default for browser – like IE is default instead Opera
No 3rd party shell – hahaha… this is suicide
No native code -okay
No peer to peer gaming – dont care
No Copy and Paste – not okay

This is unacceptable … =(

HD2 running on WP7s ?

encoreppc — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:51:27 +0000

A netherlands winmo site has post up image of HD2 might running in WP7s. They saying running WP7s is alot faster & smoother than wm6.5 due clean and better kernel.

Some brief (google translator )

Multilingual
What immediately struck by the first boot: multilingualism!
Windows Phone 7 Series expresses a nice Dutch word as you start the screen (with the tiles / hubs) can see.
Or something of that multilingualism “children” build is a good question, because it is quite possible that the final version with different language versions will work, just as is the case.
Hubs
These hubs are great and resemble the shortcuts on the home screen of HTC Sense.
You can find contacts, applications, shortcuts to websites, widgets and place shortcuts to files.
The pictures hub takes the space of two standard hubs consuming and leave a slideshow with nice effects.
TomTom Navigator?
Very strange but true: the ROM contains a TomTom Navigator (see the shortcut on HD2). It is version 7.916.9189 and touching the icon will launch that TomTom Navigator just that you’re used to. So ehh …. TomTom is already working in the context of developing a package for Windows 7 Series Phone?
Fast!
Windows 7 Phone Series is FAST!
So fast that it seems the Snapdragon processor of the HD2 but at half speed runs under Windows Mobile 6.5.
SMS problem
Good news: Windows 7 Phone Series on the HTC HD2 not affected by the super-annoying SMS problem.
Zune does not
This ROM works unfortunately none of the Zune multimedia features (all error messages, etc.).

Source winmo.nl, via wmpowerusers.com

p/s :- Could be photoshop of still images …

Microsoft introduced Windows Phone 7

encoreppc — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:38:43 +0000

Few days ago, Microsoft announce Windows Phone 7 (aka windows mobile 7). We heard lots of positive (and negative) reaction of the new built from-the-scratches-OS which has common look like Zune HD. From now Windows Mobile 7 are entitle to Windows Phone 7 (WP7s)

Whats inside ?

(excerp from wmpowerusers.com)

Live “tiles” replace start screen and today screen, get updated dynamically unlike the static icons of the old Start Menu.
Virtually anything can be “pinned” to the new start menu letting you jump in to programs, contacts, media, webpages etc.
Multiple, independent calendars: live, Exchange etc: “Work and phone together”
“App Bar” replaces task bars buttons, some icons always displayed, other less frequent ones displayed one a tap, so more screen real estate available. The “App Bar” appears icon based (like 6.5.3) though the extended menus are text
A lot of fancy animations
System wide detection of addresses, phone numbers etc. linked to actions like calls
Bing maps changes to show satellite on close zoom in
Multitouch consistent with Windows 7 (PC) – required on all devices, requires 4 point multitouch.
Standard sensor architecture.
New software keyboard much like the one on the Zune HD
Search – context sensitive, can pick local, web, news etc as data source.
“Bing as a decision engine”, integrated in to lots of things, and also the search button.
Panorama of screens rather than individual, not connected screens. Pan between pages. This replaces the pivots in 6.5.3.
Brand new browser, based on desktop IE, so widely compatible.
Double tap + pinch zoom. Sub pixel positioning on text, new text engine. Text legible on pages when zoomed out. Multiple tabs.
Pin web page to start menu
New exchange client, “works just like outlook on the desktop”.
Data cached locally. Check boxes to delete email, same method to delete one email as many emails (think HTCs email deletion from the latest Sense)
“Hubs” to organise data for common tasks. Integration with third party software and services
Phone primarily about communication, people centric communication like HTCs sense. All contacts brought together, people. Commenting on peoples statuses etc direct from contacts “hub”. Can pin contacts to start screen.
Pictures hub has pictures from web sources, on device etc, images synced from PC.
“What’s new” feeds from Facebook, other social networking. Can integrate services in to hubs, like upload images.
Central data sources used by individual “hubs”. Log in once to Facebook, all data available from relevant applications – Facebook albums, contact updates etc.
“Great for business users as well as consumers”. OneNote great on a phone. “Office hub”. Office 2010 derived judging by the orange everywhere! All data synced to desktops. Panorama with SharePoint, local files, most popular etc. Edit, creation “consistent with desktop applications”. Maybe MS haven’t completed Office yet, no in-depth look at it.
Syncs with Zune PC software. Browsing of data stored on phone.
Games. Most popular category for software. Linked to Xbox Live. Xbox live games. Games as a social experience. Interaction across three screens (TV, PC, mobile).
Trying to bring together web, local data etc. “designed for Life In Motion”.
Media on one central hub, multiple music sources. “One stop shop for music and video” including third party. “Every WP7S device is a Zune”
WP7 is described as “Start over”
Continue to invest in WM6.5, coexisting perhaps?

source

Backward compatible software ?

I kinda suprise with rumour that WP7s not supporting previous application from wm5 and above. However there are higher chance that it will have emulation for old build, but wait, Im just speculating .. hopefuly someone could make it run.

PPCGeeks claim on Winmo7

encoreppc — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:59 +0000

I only can sigh.. I really dont like hate the red part

-The User Interface is based upon codename “METRO”. It will be very similar to the Zune HD User Interface with a complete revamp of the “Start” screen. The UI is “Very Clean”, “Soulful” and “Alive”
-Unfortunately there will be no Flash support at the get go as there was not enough time to implement these features.
-Windows Phone 7 will only support application installation through service based delivery. (i.e Marketplace). Application installation via storage card will not be possible.
- No Multi-Task support. Applications will “Pause” when in the background, however will support notifications via push notifications.
-Marketplace will now support “try before you buy” as well as an API
-No NETCF backwards compatibility. This means the original rumor of no backward compatibility for applications holds to be true. That being said, there are high hopes of porting the NetCF to the newer platform easily.
-Microsoft is confident that devices will be ready by September 2010
-Full Zune Integration
-Windows Mobile Device Center will no longer be used. Zune software to take over syncing via PC.
-OEM Interfaces will not be allowed to run on the device. Say goodbye to Sense UI / SPB Mobile Shell / Point UI / Infinity, etc, etc
-Full XBOX Gaming Integration (Gamer tag, achievements, friends, avatars, merchandising, etc)
-Full support for social networking.

This is a BAD movess, I hope this not gonna happen and assume as rumour. Dayum I hate this …!!!

Source

Windows Mobile 7 @ MWC2010

encoreppc — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:22:46 +0000

Gustavo – Muycomputer speculate Microsoft @ MWC (Mobile World Congress) will present Winmo 7 preview or Zune base phone. He confirm the phone was base on Tegra which been use before with Zune HD. MuyComputer says the phone will have a 480 x 272 screen resolution (oppose to WVGA speculation) with HDMI video out.

I think its a Zune phone with winmo7 inside

Source (in Spanish) Gustavo – Muycomputer

Windows Mobile 7 phone specs analysis

encoreppc — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:31:20 +0000

Disclaimer : Consider as rumour and speculations, as a blogger, I only passes and spread news content.

Snip of a twitter speculating wm7 specs

Windows Mobile 7 should be known as ‘Seven’
Will have Zune Phone Experience and Zune music integration
Come with 2 version, a strip down ‘Business’ version and full ‘Media’ /ME version. Bussiness version might have different developer customisation.
Minimal resolution is 800 x 480 (WVGA) but some device like LG Apollo come with 1280 x 720 (720p) display resolution !
Possible processor used are Tegra (used with Zune HD) and Qualcomm QSD 8650 (1.Ghz), the existing Qualcomm Snapdragon 1Ghz used with HD2, Acer Neotouch and Toshiba TG01 still not clear support ‘Seven’ mobile
Cloud bases assisted GPS ‘Orion’, this features sort of Google My Location services,

ok no photos atm, I’ll update later

source from here, via

source eldar twitter

Updates;

Russian winmo webmaster Eldar Murtazin state he receive and testing a prototype of windows phone with wm7 core. He mention the hardware requirement for running is ;

1GHz processor
3.6 inch WVGA display
G-sensor and compass
8GB of onboard memory
5MP camera

however … suprisingly he snap a photos of Winmo7 running with old devices such iMate JasJar (aka HTC Universal), which means Winmo7 might be capable to running with slower devices.

Source