Blog by Andreas Glaser

Q: “Browse flash sites on HTC Touch HD”

A: There is at the moment one browser available for Windows Mobile which fully supports flash. The browser is called “Skyfire“.

Skyfire about Skyfire:

Watch any video
YouTube, Hulu, any web video – you name it – it’s playing on Skyfire. Skyfire is the only mobile browser that supports full Flash and Windows Media videos, including Flash 10 and Silverlight 2.0.

Share instantly
Easily share what you find on the web or what you are up to. Post web pages and status updates to Facebook and Twitter, with one click!

Blazing fast
Skyfire fires up fast and web pages load quickly. Don’t take our word for it, check out this showdown by Laptop Magazine.

Stay connected

Follow your friends’ Facebook and Twitter updates plus keep track of news, sports, video and other content in your own customizable activity feed.

Browse any page

Browse your favorite websites on Skyfire exactly like you do on your PC. No compromises! We’re the only mobile browser to support all major Web 2.0 standards – Ajax, Javascript, Flash 10 – it just works.

Every once in a while I’m asked how to change file associations in Ubuntu. It’s very simple and explained in two steps.

Step 1
Right mouse click on one of the files you want to associate with a specific program. Select “Properties” from the context menu.

Step 2
Jump to the “Open With” tab, select your preferred software and close the window.

From now on, when you double click files from the definied type, it automatically starts the previously selected software.

JaZz

My old domain “zorrox.com” is now officially down.
Most of it’s content is also available here. Try the search bar on the right side!

JaZz

A few months ago i came across this campaign called “IE6 No More”,
it’s attempt or better yet it’s goal is to erase once and for all, the source of all evil “Internet Explorer 6″. :)

Quote

Why?

Enough is enough. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 was released in late 2001. For its time, it was a decent browser, but in 2009, it is still in use by a significant portion of the web population, and its time is now up.

As any web developer will tell you, working with IE 6 is one of the most difficult and frustrating things they have to deal with on a daily basis, taking up a disproportionate amount of their time. Beyond that, IE 6′s support for modern web standards is very lacking, restricting what developers can create and holding the web back.

What?

This website is run by a group of people who want to see IE 6 disappear as soon as possible. To help make that happen, we’re encouraging the IE 6 users of our websites to upgrade to a more modern browser, so they can have a better experience using our sites and browsing the web.

How?

Check out the code samples for different styles and languages, or just copy and paste the following code onto your site

You are using an outdated browser

For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser.

This is definitely worth to support.
If you feel like supporting the campaign as well, visit their website and follow the instructions.

External Links

• www.ie6nomore.com

quote: “How to update HTC Touch HD .NET Compact Framework”

This is a search query a user typed in Google and ended up on my blog.
I thought it might be a good idea to answer it since there seems to be need for it. :)

This How-To should work for all Windows Mobile devices.

Step 1
First of all you need to make sure you installed “ActiveSync” correctly. A good way to test it is to synchronize your contacts with the contacts on your desktop PC.

Step 2
Now it’s time to download the .NET Framework from Microsoft’s official website.

• Click here to download

Save it somewhere where you can find it easily (preferably on your desktop).

Step 3
Connect your Phone via USB to your PC and select “ActiveSync” mode. To confirm that it’s connected correctly check the ActiveSync icon in your traybar in the bottom right of your screen. It has to be green.

Step 4
Double click the downloaded file “NETCFSetupv35.msi” to execute it. Follow the installation procedure until it tells you “Please check your mobile device to see if additional steps are necessary to complete this installation”.

Step 5
Check your phone. It should ask you if you want to install the .NET Compact Framework. Click OK to proceed.

That’s it. Your handset should now run on the latest .NET Framework.

External Links

• Microsoft
• .NET Compact Framework
• Windows Mobile

This is a collection of 40 awesome SPB Mobile Shell Wallpapers (Backgrounds).

  SPB Mobile Shell Wallpapers (7.9 MiB, 10,594 hits)

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  SPB Mobile Shell Wallpapers (7.9 MiB, 10,594 hits)

All credit goes to the artists of the wallpapers!

Enjoy,
JaZz

Here is a list of the best software for Windows Mobile 6.1 that i found so far.
I will update this list in case I  got more great apps.

.NET Compact Framework 3.5
Many applications you will come across might need the .NET Compact Framework 3.5… it’s therefore probably a good idea if update it right away.

BeyondPod
If you enjoy listening to podcasts, this is a must have app.
It give you the possibility to browse podcast directories, subscribe to podcasts and to downloaded them (one by one or all together).

Google Maps
What can I say… it’s Google Maps :-)
Really great working map software which also does a quite good  job (not even close as good as TomTom or Garmin) in giving you direction.
Don’t forget to enable GPS in the software.

Fring
Fring is a nice multi messenger that combines various protocols/messengers in one software. It’s by far not perfect but I’d say the best choice at the moment. Nimbuzz might be better but it’s far too slow.

Skype
Official Windows Mobile version of skype. Looks great, works great but the downside is, you can’t use it as long as you’re not connected to a wireless connection.

Klaxon
Klaxon is a alarm clock software. It much more convenient as the inbuilt alarm clock and also provides some sweet gimmicks.
Lets say your alarm clock goes of in the morning… you grab the phone and shake it… now you can snooze another 10 minutes… 10 minutes later you turn on the light in the room and the alarm is disabled. You can customize that of course.

Skyfire
Like Opera Mini, Internet Exploere is Skyfire another web browser. Although the resolution of the programm including rendered website is horrible, it provides one thing none of the other browsers have. Flash! Enjoy alle flash website as YouTube.

HTC Tweak
This software provides you with HTC Touch HD setting you cannot access usually.
For instance: You can change the ringing type to “vibrate + increase ring”. which is not available in the standard options.

Facebook
This app is a must have, if you’re one of the millions of Facebook addicts. It keeps you up to date and also saves bandwith since you don’t have to access the website.

FingerSuite
The FingerSuite replaces the standard menu view with a finger friendly and way more attractive alternative. It’s slightly slower (no reason not to use it).

SPB Mobile Shell
This is the first none free app in my post so far… but believe me when I say: It’s worthed every cent.
The SPB Mobile Shell completely replaces the default TouchFlow surface. You can for instance, connect contacts with your contacts on facebook.

Enjoy!

This is a list of all major cities in Brazilian divided by counties!

  brazilian-cities-by-jazz-2009-10-05 (38.3 KiB, 238 hits)

This list might be useful for my fellow developers

Greetings,
JaZz

I finally got my hands on the HTC Touch HD.
For weeks I was comparing and reading about the various touchscreen phones out there.  And quite frankly I was more or less disappointed with the choice I had. Some were too slow, some had no 3.5mm audio jack and most of them were simply too expensive for what they offered.

By some coincidence I came across the Touch HD by HTC. It was love at  first sight! Particularly the huge 3.8 inches touchscreen was pretty attractive although I didn’t really like the idea of using a Windows Mobile 6.1 based cell.

Some of the videos I watched before I bought the phone

After reading dozens of reviews I decided to get me the Touch HD.

Now, two weeks later and hours and hours of playing around, installing cool software, changing the shell (software surface) and using the fully touchscreen based keyboard – I can say that this is by far the best phone I’ve ever had.
It’s reasonable fast, the battery lasts up to two days (moderate usage), it has a stunning video quality and it’s quite responsive.

I dearly enjoy being able to install/update/change basically anything I want. This goes hand in hand with the sheer amount of free and paid software available for Windows Mobile.

So much for expressing my love for my new HTC Touch HD.

In my next post about this phone I will list some of  the best apps i came across.

Links

• http://www.htc.com

JaZz