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HotSpot Login Utility Update

Posted by Mike Benton on July 26th, 2008

T-Mobile has released an update to the HotSpot login utility. This is important to have if you login at Starbucks locations using the HotSpot service.

You will need to restart your device after installation.

Note:
As far as I can tell these updates haven’t been rolled into the Shadow Upgrade Software posted several months ago. So if you perform a Hard Reset you will have to reinstall this.


Get an Extended Battery from T-Mobile

Posted by Mike Benton on July 26th, 2008

Edit: The Shadow will fit in the case with BOTH of the Extended Batteries.

First off, if you haven’t bought a Shadow yet make sure you get one in the White Packaging. It has two batteries in it. The standard OEM battery that everyone else has and the new Extended OEM battery.

Okay now for more battery goodness… Starting on Monday, T-Mobile customers can call into Customer Care and order a new Extended Battery (thanks tmonews.com). Supposedly it’s free of charge, which would be a gesture towards customers.

Here is the battery lineup. Starting at the left we have the standard OEM battery with 920mah. In the middle, the new Extended OEM battery from HTC, with a much healthier 1350mah. On the right weighing in at a hefty 2200mah is our BoxWave Electraspan battery we did a full review on. If you want a full 2200mah of power for nearly 3 times the useage then you can order the BoxWave Electraspan here.Keep reading for more Shadow battery pictures and comparisons. Read Full Entry


12 Free MP3’s this Friday!

Posted by Mike Benton on July 25th, 2008

That’s a whole album! I know you like free so I try to keep on these. Today Amazon is giving away 12 free MP3’s along with some severely low priced albums. You might find a favorite in there so it doesn’t hurt to check. While you’re at it go ahead and download the free MP3’s.


Tango: Viigo’s Beta

Posted by Mike Benton on July 24th, 2008

Many of you have already discovered Viigo and have been using it for awhile now. You might be interested to know that Viigo’s beta Tango is available for Windows Mobile. It has many improvements over the current stable Version of Viigo. Among the many enhancements are Podcasts, Weather, Sports, Entertainment and Finance. Travel and Local Interest channels will be coming in the next couple of weeks.

What I have been looking forward to in the next version of Viigo are the channels, especially Audio and Podcasts. While it works like it’s supposed to I am a bit disappointed that the audio files don’t download automatically and that I can’t specify how many of them to download (or they do and I can’t get it to work). I prefer my large files to download while I am sleeping and my device is plugged in. Additionally, there still isn’t a web reader interface for the feeds similar to Google Reader.

However! There is a web feed management interface available at myviigo.com where you can add a couple feeds at a time or make the switch from other RSS readers (while you’re at it, add ours!). Viigo is a solid application and your feeds will download when they’re supposed to. One thing that makes Viigo a top level app is the continuous development. The masterminds over at Viigo see an opportunity and are constantly innovating.

To get Viigo Tango on your Shadow (or other Windows Mobile device) point your mobile browser to http://www.getviigo.com/beta


Free DVD Catalyst…Free

Posted by Mike Benton on July 23rd, 2008

Okay good news and more good news First the good news, I tested this out on Vista and it worked great. Now the more good news is it also works on XP. If you remember we posted about DVD Catalyst 3 awhile back and gave it a high rating. DVD Catalyst Free is not DVD Catalyst 3 but it comes from the same people, which means it should work but if it doesn’t don’t let that reflect on DVD Catalyst 3 until you try both.

A word of advice, don’t insert the DVD until you have opened DVD Catalyst Free and selected Windows Mobile from the drop down menu. Also you might need TCPMP on your Shadow to play the movie. If the file size looks a bit big for you just grab that white slider at the bottom and move it until you’re happy.

You can get DVD Catalyst FREE in our store…for free


Video: Old School Nintendo on the Shadow

Posted by Mike Benton on July 22nd, 2008

This video is a followup to our original post on the NES for the Shadow. If you prefer Super Nintendo check out our video on SNES.


Get Better Battery Life in 5 Minutes

Posted by Brandon Miniman on July 21st, 2008

The Shadow’s battery life could be a bit better, which makes us glad that T-Mobile is using a bigger battery for the Shadow II. What if there way that you could get better battery life in 5 minutes just by installing a CAB file?

Well, this may be the case. dom2686 from the forums has posted a registry-tweaking CAB (that came from XDA-Devs) which he claims has increased his battery life by 3 hours. Not bad. The CAB contains several registry tweaks that changes the power management of the phone. As with any registry tweak, be sure to backup your phone before installing.

Those in the thread are reporting no ill-effects from installing the CAB, and most are indeed finding their battery life to be better, some even finding there to be a “significant increase.” There are some, though, citing that they see no improvement, or even worse battery life, in which case they were able to uninstall it with the registry changes reverted. Whether this works is probably determined by what other tweaks you have made to your Shadow (overclocks, programs installed, other registry tweaks made, etc).

To download the battery-saving CAB, click here. As with any CAB file, download the file to your computer and transfer it to your phone. Then, run the CAB from the phone. Let us know if you see a difference!


A Nice Helping of Free MP3’s

Posted by Mike Benton on July 18th, 2008

Yup, good ol’ Amazon is at it again with 7 free MP3 tracks for today and some low priced albums. I like adding free MP3’s to my collection because sometimes you are pleasantly surprised. You don’t have to buy anything just download the freeness, after clicking the link SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN. Enjoy!


Now Get NES on Your Shadow

Posted by Mike Benton on July 17th, 2008

Thanks to Joe for bringing this one up. For all of you that would enjoy having NES on your Shadow or other Windows Mobile device, prepare to be thrilled. You can be up and running your favorite game in no time. Just follow these instructions.

  1. On your Shadow go to mobile.surrealnetworks.com
  2. Click on Applications for Dash
  3. Scroll down to Pocket Nester Plus and download it
  4. Run the cab file if it doesn’t automatically
  5. Go to Start > PocketNesterPlus > Options > Controllers > and assign the keys to your liking. Don’t forget to assign a key to Menu
  6. Go back to Internet Explorer, from the same page you downloaded PNP from is a link (in the same paragraph) that lists a directory of NES roms/games.
  7. Download the game you want and start playing!
  8. The mega packs don’t work so we’re creating one for you. Should be up in the within a day.

Enjoy!

For another source of ROMs see our page on NES Pocket Nester Plus


MySpace for Windows Mobile…Sort of

Posted by Mike Benton on July 16th, 2008

Kcjxvolley asked if there was a MySpace app for Windows Mobile that would work on the Shadow. Yes there is, in an indirect way. Most of you have probably found the link for mobile MySpace and Facebook here. However there is a better interface available. You will need Yahoo Go 3.0 first, which is a hefty little download in and of itself.

After downloading and installing Yahoo Go 3.0, go to beta.m.yahoo.com on your Shadow and in the upright corner select the Widget icon (it looks like some gears). You will need to login to get everything working correctly. Once logged in, select ‘Yahoo Gallery Widget’ on the next page you can search for it by name.

Edit: Apparently it’s gone fully missing… It was there and then POOF! If anyone is able to find it let us know.


Two Facebook Apps for Windows Mobile

Posted by Mike Benton on July 15th, 2008

In my opinion, Snap2Face is the better of the two applications that I took a look at for Facebook apps for the Shadow as it uses its own interface. Additionally, it gives several handy options like being able to SYNC your Facebook contacts with your Outlook contacts/address book, and setting your Cache folder to the Storage Card. You can get updates, check your inbox, poke friends, write on other’s walls and pretty much every major action you would want to do on Facebook from Snap2Face. I think the layout can be improved upon a bit and the soft keys used more effectively. You can get started by going to http://www.magnifoca.com/download_snap2face.html

The other is FriendMobilizer from FaceOfMobile. I don’t really care for this as it is basically (with apologies to the developer) an ad driven Internet Explorer wrapper. It has a badly placed Exit function and since it wraps the mobile Facebook page, pressing the Back key on the Shadow when in a text field will exit the application instead of backing over the previous character like any other application. Because it pulls down webpages instead of just Facebook data the speed is much slower than Snap2Face. The features weren’t better than actually visiting Facebook’s mobile page so I didn’t keep this one installed. If you want to check it out go to FaceOfMobile.com


Memory Management: Finding That Extra Space

Posted by Mike Benton on July 11th, 2008

The fact is that not everyone can have the biggest storage card. That’s why it’s important to manage what you have. Here are a few tips for some commonly used programs you can use to reclaim some of the space on your device. If are badly in need of some real estate on your Smartphone then keep reading… Read Full Entry


Changing the Shortcut Key to Any Program

Posted by Mike Benton on July 10th, 2008

If you have ever wanted to set your Shortcut Key to a different program than what is provided in the default list then keep reading. This Tip has been floating around the forums and I decided to let everyone else in on this handy secret. Keep reading for the full how-to… Read Full Entry


View or Read PDF files on Windows Mobile

Posted by Mike Benton on July 9th, 2008


Viewing PDFs on the Shadow smarpthone is simple with Adobe Reader LE already included. To get started go to Start > Applications > Adobe Reader LE or just open a PDF from File Explorer.

Here are some handy shortcuts. While viewing a PDF press the number on your keypad to achieve the corresponding result:

  1. Zoom In
  2. Fit Screen (Entire Page on Screen)
  3. Zoom Out
  4. Previous Page
  5. (unused)
  6. Next Page
  7. Find
  8. Rotate Counter-Clockwise
  9. Rotate Clockwise

Viewing preferences change depending on the file. For example; I like to view the Survival, Evasion, And Recovery Field Manual in landscape and zoomed in just enough to view the full width of the page. I found the text to be readable and if there was more detailed text I can zoom in and out quickly. Very handy in case I get lost on my way to the store…

I have started a thread in the forums as a place for AllShadow Community members to add free public domain eBooks they have. If you want to add to the collection please upload in Zip format. Please no Pirated Works.


Get AIM on Your Phone, Free

Posted by Brandon Miniman on July 8th, 2008

If you’ve been around the Windows Mobile world for a while, you know that AOL used to put out a client for AIM that was decent but not great, and they neglected to update it.

A few years later, it looks like AOL is getting really serious about AIM on mobile devices. Currently AIM for Windows Mobile (the new version) is in beta, but I’ve found it to be quite stable, and impressive. You can get the download link texted to your phone from AOL, or, if you’re like me and don’t like giving out your phone number to third parties, download the CAB from here.

I think that AOL’s prerogative for the new AIM for Mobile was to make the experience much like the newest version of AIM on the desktop (version 6 and above), and they’ve succeeded. Above we can see a shot of my buddy list. Like AIM desktop, it shows you the current status of each buddy next to their screen name. Plus, when you’re in your buddy list, you can get a view of current IM conversations off to the left. When a new message arrives, you get an indicator over the persons button icon. This all makes it easy to carry on multiple conversations at once. Neat.

Then, during an IM conversation, you can quickly shoot back to your buddy list with the left soft key, or enter the Menu where you can change settings. The settings menu looks very similar to what you’ll find on the desktop and gives you quite a bit of control over the behavior of AIM for mobile - including sound, skin, block, and sign on options.

I give AIM for Windows Mobile 5/5 Shadows - it’s free (for now), and does a fantastic job at bringing AIM to your Shadow.


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