With more and more people using Smart Phones, the need for software on these devices continues to grow as well. Some of these programs are available for free while some you must pay for, but all of them will help you to get the most out of your device. Since I have purchased my first smart phone I have used or tested out many different programs, some have worked perfectly while some have been complete waste of time and money.
Below is a list I use daily and would
recommend for anyone.
1. TxtMan - TxtMan is a good free SMS client that puts all messages into chat format for easy viewing of conversations.
2. Google Maps - With Google maps you can get real-time traffic reports, step by step directions, local business search integrated into your maps, interactive maps that allow you to zoom in or out, and satellite imagery.
3. Octrotalk - Octrotalk is a free internet based IM client that uses Jabber/Google Talk to connect to almost any IM service including Yahoo Messenger, AIM, ICQ, and MSN. It also allows using it’s always connected service on low bandwidth networks like edge, GPRS and CDMA. Remote access to your pc is also available by install OctroTalk for windows and sharing a folder on your mobile phone.
4. Windows Live Search - With Windows Live search you can get news and search the web for information, get business info by category, search for local movie listings and times and also get traffic reports in major cities. With a Gps receiver you can also get turn by turn directions right on your device.
5. Opera Mobile - Opera mobile web browser formats most web pages into a mobile friendly format making it much easier to view standard pages on a mobile device. Another thing about opera compared to other mobile browsers is its speed when loading webpage’s, I have used almost every mobile browser and none can compare to this one.
6. WorldMate 2007 - This is a must have app for any serious business traveler wanting to keep up with real-time flight status, flight schedules with over 800 airlines, global weather forecast, currency converters, world clocks, and a travel center for information about car rentals, airports, and hotels.
7. Documents to go -This program lets you take your work with you anywhere’s you go. Creating or editing word, Excel PowerPoint or even PDF files with this program is made very easy. With In-Tact technology you don’t have to worry about losing your original formatting of files edited on your mobile phone.
8. WeatherBug - Weatherbug Mobile is pretty much like the version they make for you pc. This mobile version includes mobile alerts to notify you of severe weather, search of weather radars, and mobile on demand which requires you input a zip code for current weather conditions for a particular location.
9. Oxios ToDo List - This is a very good program for anyone who wants to create and sync task with Outlook without the need for exchange server. This program was designed specifically for smart phones so everything seems to display perfectly on a small screen.
10. Sprite Backup - After spending lots of time and effort getting your smart phone setup just the way you want it the last thing you need is a crash, that’s where Sprite Backup comes in. This program backups up everything from saved data, contacts, settings and installed programs on your smart phone. It even features an automatic backup so you can set it and forget.
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Microsoft has announced two new deals that will certainly help the growth of their Ad campaigns. The First one is a deal they have cut with Electronic Arts (one of the largest game producers) to provide in-game advertising. So far the five games they have announced to have ads in are: Madden NFL 08, NASCAR 08, NHL 08, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 and Skate. Although 35 other game publishers already use Microsoft’s Massive Inc. for in-game ads this should really be a huge boost for Microsoft considering how popular EA games are. The second Deal that has been cut involves the popular site Digg.com. Microsoft will be providing Digg with Contextual and display advertising for at least three years according to sources. Many Digg users are complaining, stating this may mean the end of content about Linux or apple while other users see this as a chance for Digg to possibly expand it’s services with this new source of revenue. Google and Yahoo are still way ahead in online advertising revenue, but with deals like this being cut Microsoft could become a serious player in this booming market really quickly.
The Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680 has been released in the U.S. for a price of $3,199, which isn’t bad considering the powerful specs of it. The key selling point for it will be its ability to burn HD-DVDS. This new laptop ships with a glossy white finish and features a 17-inch monitor that plays content back in full 1080p resolution. Other media centered features included with this laptop are a remote control, USB HDTV tuner (for viewing and recording live high definition TV), Harmon speakers, and a built in subwoofer. Having a HD-DVD-R burner means users will be able to store up to 30 gigs of content on one disk compared to 25 gigs with Blue Ray drives. Besides the media features, this laptop is also a powerhouse system with 802.11n Wifi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, Geforce 8600M GT graphics card (256MB memory), Core 2 Duo 2ghz processor, 2GB of RAM, Windows Vista Ultimate (this is one thing I am not crazy about), a fingerprint reader, and a huge 320 gig hard drive for storage. This laptop seems like a good system for a reasonable price, but I would make sure and check if Windows XP drivers are provided from Toshiba just incase Vista doesn’t work out for you.
Although Facebook has been gaining quite of bit of steam lately in the social networking arena, another company is now claiming they stole the idea from them. The owners of Connect-U has claimed that Mark Zuckerber(Facebook Founder) was supposed to write some code for Connect-U but instead opened up Facebook a few months later. Facebook has now grown to about 31 million users and continuing to grow daily. The founders of Connect-U have filed a suit and want a judge to shutdown Facebook and turn it over to them. If Facebook did indeed steal the idea from Connect-U I really don’t think any judge will grant them what they are asking, plus Facebook contends that there is no proof of any of this.
After debuting their video sharing service in a few states AT&T has expanded it to almost 160 markets. This new video sharing service allows user to send live video during a regular voice phone call as long as the user is in a 3G-network area and has a Video enabled handset. The cost of this service may be a little too high to appeal to many users because for 25 minutes it will cost you about $4.99 or $9.99 for 60 minutes, but there is also the 35 cents a minute charge for video time making this service more of a novelty than an actual need. Another thing that will hurt the growth of the new service is the lack of 3G coverage outside major cities. While 3G has grown it has been a very slow growth so most subscribers don’t ever get to realize this faster network. This is just a first step for AT&T, their ultimate goal is to bring video sharing to Pc’s and Televisions, which to me makes more sense than cell phones. People love getting new phones and having more options for services, but I think what is most important is call quality, because isn’t that a cell phones main purpose?