Windows Mobile is improving smartphones to better meet people’s rapidly expanding work and personal needs, Microsoft Corp. today announced. At CTIA Wireless 2008, the company unveiled the newest version of Internet Explorer Mobile, which adds desktop-grade Web browsing to Windows Mobile phones. In addition, Microsoft announced Windows Mobile 6.1, an update for its Windows Mobile software that includes new time-saving features, easier phone navigation and management, and increased security safeguards.
“People want a single phone that’s flexible enough to meet their needs throughout their day, whether it’s connecting to work or your everyday life,” said Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. “The innovations we’ve added to our Windows Mobile software ultimately make it easier to manage your world.”
“Microsoft is taking the necessary steps to broaden its consumer appeal while also addressing the complex mobile needs of the enterprise,” said Ben Bajarin, analyst with Creative Strategies. “Internet Explorer Mobile and Windows Mobile 6.1 demonstrate Microsoft’s ability to harness its technologies to bring tangible innovations and benefits to customers and partners.” Read more inside and here for the review:

"Resco’s applications have been immensely popular with power users due to their rich functionality and high reliability. Now, the Resco Games division decided to overhaul its award-winning Sudoku – by giving it an iPod-style UI. Even though the product currently is not available on the market(release planned in a few week’s worth of time), TamsPPC proudly presents a video and a few screenshots of the application to all interested parties." via tamsppc.tamoggemon.com

"Over the years, I have purchased several of CrazySoft’s products. CrazySoft has a reputation for producing some of the most entertaining, quality puzzle, action and adventure games for PDA’s of various cross-platforms. Their latest addition, The Final Battle, is their most ambitious entry into the PDA gaming market.
The Final Battle is a quest-adventure where you begin the game having awakened in a prison. However, you are stricken with amnesia and don’t know who you are, much less how you ended up in jail. The game requires that you be on top of your mental game as it entails the use of your cognitive as well as your best, deductive skills. However, fans of “Lost in the Pyramid” know that the journey is a light-hearted one as characters are encouraged along by the great humorous interactions that prods game-players onward! " Read more about the best adventure game of the year here:

"The first thing to explain about TeleNav is that it is primarily distributed through carriers as a monthly service fee. Currently, TeleNav is available for selected PDAPhone from AT&T Wireless, Alltel, Rogers, SouthernLINC, Sprint-Nextel, and Verizon Wireless. It is also also developed and made available in device specific versions. They will not let you sign up with one Windows Mobile device, just because its available on another Windows Mobile device. They want to customize and test it on each individual model device. This is good, but could delay availability for newer PDAPhones. There was a bit of a lag before they released V5.2 for the Mogul, while through testing a number of users found that V4 for the PPC-6700 worked reasonably well on the Mogul.
Aside from the monthly rental fee, there is a significant difference in how TeleNav works when compared to other purchased nagivation applications. With most other programs, you must load all of the maps that you intend to load onto your PDAPhone. With some programs like iGuidance, they have you load all the US maps on at one time, so its easy to do, but takes up a significant amount of your microSD card. For other programs like Mapopolis, you have to select the maps you are going to use by state and county, and load them before a trip. None of this is done with TeleNav... there are no maps ever resident on your PDAPhone. TeleNav is a client/server type application. You select where you want to go, and it accesses a large server and pulls the data for the trip or location back to your device for display. On the one hand, this is bad because you need a data connection to use TeleNav. But on the other hand it is good because the maps are always updated, AND, the points of interest and location search capability is much more powerful using a server than what you can do on your PDAPhone. I will now go over some of the basic functions of TeleNav. " Read this BIG review here:

"To start things off let’s take a look at the first thing you see when you pick up any device - the home screen. We’re all familiar with Active Standby on S60 and we can probably all agree that it’s extremely limited. Beyond the basics, Nseries devices offer a few shortcuts along with calendar entries, tasks and the WLAN wizard on WiFi-enabled devices. With the Eseries you get a few more options such as the Active Standby mailbox which displays the two most recent emails in one mailbox and a few other configurable choices." Read this interesting article here:

" The application uses the games to encourage the player's mind to think quickly and clearly. Some games, such as Balltracker, require strategy and planning, while others, like Arithmetics, require the player to solve a problem has quickly as possible. The game begins by creating a profile of the player's name and completing a diagnostic test called a Brain Marking to determine the initial brain status, which is labeled as Child, Schoolboy, Student, Intern, etc. After the initial status is determined, the player is introduced to 4 of the 10 games, 2 of which must be played to complete a day's "Brain Training." Each game's difficulty increases with consistent play. The difficulty of each game is tracked on a bar underneath the game's name where the last and best results. As the player moves up in difficulty, the more games are unlocked to play.  As more games are unlocked, the number of games required to complete each Brain Training is increased. To judge the player's progress, he must complete another Brain Marking. Progress is tracked in the "My Diary" tab with a graph and a calendar. As the player progresses he is awarded "certificates" and "ribbons" for maxing out the difficulty of a game or completing the entire training in the application." Read this nice review here: and download a free demo here:

"When I first saw the screenshoot, I said to myself, "Pretty!" Installation, as usual, was easy and hassle-free. The title screen itself is amazing. With the sound of the sea as the background music and the sound of a gun firing when you clicked on a button(while at the title screen), the sound effect is just perfect! The 'Settings' menu allows you to adjust the volume of the music and sound. Click any button and you will see a nicely animated button split into 4 pieces due to the 'gunshot'." Read this review here:

"For the past two months now our whole family - my partner, me and our 10 year old - has been totally engaged with Rwdshift's latest RPG - The Quest. And most rightly so, as this latest release from the people who have been dedicating their skills and efforts for more than five years now to developing serious Role Playing Games for the mobile community (Palm, PPC and Symbian), including the well-renowned Legacy is nothing but amazing.
The story begins with a short and deliberately obscure introduction - Hume, the governor of the island of Freymore has disappeared lately, rumors being he is either sick or missing, and as disorder spreads across the small island, Mersant, the king, decides to send a special agent to investigate into the matters. By a strange request of the councillor of the Magic Ministry this special agent has to be you - a new recruit with little skill and no real knowledge of the island.
In the tradition of classic role playing games you start your quest by "building" your own character - selecting its gender (male or female), race (out of five options) and special skills. These initial choices of yours would later determine not only your battle tactics (e.g. relying more on magic if you belong to one of the magically inclined races) and some of the story developments and branches, but in some cases (such as that of the undead race - Rasvim)
your whole way of living (undead, for example, can not gain regular health points and need special potions to cure themselves)." Read this review here:

"According to their web site, Orions uses a powerful particle engine for animation.  Now, I have no idea what this means, and I suspect that you don’t either; and it really doesn’t matter.  What does matter is that the animation in this game is crisp, smooth, and exceptionally well drawn.  Unlike many graphically-rich games, however, Orions does not rely on the graphics and animation to tell the story.  In fact, this is a game which would probably be just as interesting and enjoyable with minimal animation and graphics.  Orions does not need these graphics, however, it certainly uses them well and benefits from their presence in the game." Read more here:

"The Now screen, which the program defaults to when you switch it on displays a large clock, weather, date, battery and memory status, unread email and text message indicators, along with network connectivity status. You have a choice between an analog or digital clock face.
The main desktop screen, which you can modify in the settings menu, allows you to place your favorite elements in addition to the SPB shell. There are four icons on the SPB shell panel. From left to right appear a battery status indicator, a clock, a weather icon, and a picture dialer icon. This is the default mode. You can add or subtract any item from the Today Settings Items menu for display on this tool bar. I might add that these are large, finger tapping size icons so that there is no need to drag out a stylus for use throughout the shell." Read more here:

"Based on Activision Inc's award-winning PC title, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 2 Pocket PC Edition has been created for Windows Mobile handheld devices, including pocket PCs and smart phones, and is optimized for Marvell Technology Groups newest processor family (codenamed Monahans) based on third-generation XScale technology. Call of Duty 2 Pocket PC Edition continues the trademark cinematic intensity of the Call of Duty brand. Gamers will be transported to the front lines of World War II and experience chaotic battlegrounds with exploding artillery and whizzing bullets, authentic battleground recreation, a vast arsenal of weaponry, and a highly polished gameplay progression. The title features 12 complete single-player levels and utilizes the touchscreen for maximum control and accuracy."Read a review of this great game here:

"There has been a number of slot machine games for the Windows Mobile but most where very basic in functionality, graphics display and one that fads in enjoyment very quickly. Frutakia from CrazySoft is one that provides a very clean display, excellent image resolutions and a unique gaming twist that should provide you hours of continued enjoyment.
As soon as you load the game, the instruction screen appears that can be easily turned On or OFF. This is not your typical slot machine. What Crazy Soft has done is combined the slots action with some unique puzzle action. The game screen consists of 3 rows and 5 columns of fruits. Your standard SPIN ALL button allows you to start the game in motion. Once you spin the reels, this is where Frutakia becomes very unique. After the spin, if 3 or more fruits do not line up to produce a reward value you have two options. You can SPIN ALL again or move each reel independently either up or down. The only limit to the number of times a reel can be SPUN or moved is based on your life total. A percentage setting allows you to determine how much of your life is used on each SPIN or move. The higher the percentage, the more value is accumulated in your total whenever you macth 3 or more in any straight line. You can combime multiple lines and multiple fruit wins. When you do match 3+ fruits these fruits are scrolled horizontally and replaced with new fruit. Therefore with each winning SPIN or move, the reels combinations change adding to the excitement." Check this review here: