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.

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

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Enjoy,
JaZz

.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!

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