G-Scroll is a software application that lets you use the capacitive portion of your Fuze (Diamond, Touch Pro) to navigate and launch programs from just the capacitive portion. It adds a level of functionality to the dpad of your Fuze (Diamond, Touch Pro) that’s really worthwhile. Check out the review after the jump for more information!

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System/OS/Device Requirements: Windows Mobile 6.0 and one of the following: Sprint HTC Touch Diamond,HTC Touch Diamond,HTC Touch Pro,AT&T HTC Fuze
Price: $4.99
Company: mobileSRC
Download here or grab the free trial here.

KEY FEATURES

• ”Swipe” to Scroll – GScroll allows you to swipe your finger left/right/up/down on the touch panel to scroll or navigate. This functionality will work in any Windows Mobile application that supports scrolling or navigation via the directional pad.
• ”Tap & Tilt” to Scroll – GScroll allows you to use your built in accelerometer to scroll or navigate any application. Simply double tap the center circle, and then begin tilting. To exit ”Tap & Tilt” mode, simply tap the touch panel.
• Double-Tap Launch Zones – GScroll allows each of the 4 quadrants of the touch panel to be assigned to a custom application. Double tapping the quadrant will launch the application of your choosing. You can also assign custom actions to the hotkey, such as ”Open Start Menu” and ”Close Current Application”.
• AppSwitch – Swipe from one side of the panel to the other to bring up an application switcher. Select the icon in the list you wish to activate and it will be brought to the foreground.

CONCLUSION

For $5 you really can’t go wrong! Head to our store and check out the user reviews and see for yourself! Or, if you don’t know if it’s for you, test drive a free trial!

RATING (out of 5)

Rhomobile has announced details around the ‘Mobile Application Development Challenge’ they are hosting, including an extension on the deadline. The contest promotes Rhomobile’s Rhodes framework, which allows developers to write once to create native apps for all leading smartphones including iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android, and features a $10,000 grand prize.

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The Mobile Application Development Challenge submission deadline date has been extended to May 24, 2009, enabling developers to use the latest release of Rhodes 1.0, with a first prize of $10,000 to the individual or company building the best mobile application. Additional prize packages will include iPhone 3G 16GB, AT&T (HTC) Fuze with Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Storm smartphones, Nokia N97 and G2 Google Android phones. The grand prize of $10,000 will be announced on June 1, 2009 and additional prizes will be announced at a later date.

Contest Requirements
-Registration deadline: April 15, 2009
-Application submission deadline: May 24, 2009
-Applications must run on at least two device operating systems
-Downloads of the build versions for all of these applications must be made available for Windows Mobile, RIM and Symbian
-Applications must operate upon synchronized local data via RhoSync

Criteria for Judging
Rhomobile will evaluate submissions in the following areas:
-Application Originality: value proposition to end users and usefulness of the application
-User Experience: overall usability of the application
-Device Leverage: demonstration of device capabilities
-Code Quality: documentation and maintainability of the code

Availability
Register for the Mobile Application Development Challenge by April 15, 2009.

The Rhodes framework is now available free for download.

With the year drawing to a close, it’s time to pull out the best that WindowsMobile Cool had to offer our readers this year in the way of comprehensive guides on everything from personalizing your WinMo phone to using your phone as a wireless modem.

Let’s take a look at WindowsMobile Cool’s most popular how-to guides of 2008:

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1. How-to: Setup, configure, and personalize your device – a comprehensive guide – Configuring your device involves making some one-time settings that personalize the device for your use. It’s super easy! Check out this in-depth how-to on setting up, configuring, and personalizing your Windows Mobile handset and get started now!

2. How-to: Get Wikipedia on your phone without an internet connection – Being a history graduate (go on, make your nerd jokes now), I pride myself as being the Queen of Trivial Knowledge – but even I need a refresher now and again. If I’m lucky enough to be sitting by a computer (which I’ll admit is quite often) the internet has almost every answer I could possibly need in seconds thanks to Wikipedia. But what if I’m not in front of my computer? Here’s the perfect solution: Wikipedia… on your Windows Mobile phone! I know what you’re thinking. Data. Data is expensive! And Wikipedia is full of images and links and then you have to worry about having the right browser to view it in properly… grah! So here it is…

3. How-to: In case of theft, enable ’self-destruct’ mode – So you just bought a brand new WinMo phone. Does the idea of some thief getting their grubby little hands on your new baby and all its private information (text messages, contacts, credit card numbers, private emails) make you absolutely sick? This walk-through will help you protect yourself against information theft by showing you how to turn your Windows Mobile device into a self-destructing data safe.

4. How-to: Getting Internet Sharing to work on your AT&T Fuze, Sprint Touch Pro, HTC Touch Diamond, and Samsung Epix – This one allows you to ‘enable’ (read: re-enable) Internet Sharing on your HTC Touch Diamond, Sprint Touch Pro, AT&T Fuze (Touch Pro) and the Samsung Epix! Now, this is a registry key edit so use at your own risk as we’re never 100% sure of how these things will turn out sometimes.. but if you’re desperate for Internet Sharing (or brave and up for a challenge) try out this trick…

5. How-to: Watch Digital TV on your Windows Mobile phone – This really cool compact accessory for your phone is called MOBio (MOB View) and it’s made by a company out of Shanghai called Permian. MOBio (MOB View) is an SDIO Interface Mobile Digital TV receiver which uses Bluetooth to provide digital TV services.

6. How-to: Get the YouTube app on your Vodafone HTC Touch Pro – If you’ve purchased a Vodafone HTC Touch Pro, one of the first things you’ll notice is that there is no YouTube application — but with this guide, you’ll have it in no time!

7. How-to: Stop ActiveSync from eating your valuable system resources (and your money!)

8. How-to: Internet Sharing – love between a laptop and a Windows Mobile phone – This how-to was born on a day that I had a bit of a scramble to find a reliable internet connection in order to bring my readers the latest Windows Mobile news so I decided it was a good time to use WinMo’s Internet Sharing application. If you haven’t tried this out – I suggest you do! It’s very easy and works better than you expect it will, I assure you.

9. How-to: Turn your favourite mp3 into a ringtone – A little birdy told me that putting a ringtone on their phone is one of the first things new phone owners look to do. So today, for your auditory pleasure, I’ll show you how to put a ringtone on your Windows Mobile device! You’ll be glad to hear that it’s actually dead simple!

10. How-to: Sync your Windows Mobile device with your Mac – Are you a Windows Mobile user… but a Mac user as well? Well, it’s not impossible to sync up these two devices – in fact, it’s very easy! This tutorial will walk you through installing, setting up and using SyncMate to sync your Windows Mobile device with your Mac.

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Skyfire has officially announced the release of the .85 version of its popular mobile browser with some major changes!

What’s up their sleeves this time?
• New .85 version expands Skyfire’s reach to the UK, including additional servers in the UK
• .85 is the first version of Skyfire to support VGA phones such as the HTC Touch
• Skyfire no longer requires users to register to download or use it
• For the first time, both Symbian and WinMo versions of Skyfire have parity in features

I love Skyfire, personally. If you haven’t checked it out I recommend grabbing yourself a copy of .85 now and giving it a try – you’ll be impressed with the performance and user interface. Very sharp looking!

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Skyfire Launches in UK and Releases New Updates to Make the Only PC-Web Mobile Browser Easier to Get, Share and Enjoy.

Skyfire Beta Comes to the UK with Simple One-Click Download, VGA Screen Support, and Feature Parity for the Symbian Platform

(MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA) December 9, 2008 – Today Skyfire, the makers of the exact-same PC-like browser for mobile devices, launched their beta in the UK and announced new updates aimed at making the browser easier to get, share and enjoy as the company readies the browser for general availability.

Bringing the beta to the UK

“We are pleased to bring the Skyfire browsing experience to the UK,” said Skyfire CEO Nitin Bhandari. “Consumers in the UK have been promised the ‘real web’ on their phone ‘real fast’ only to be disappointed by slow rendering, no Flash support, error messages, watered down WAP pages or second-rate mobile versions of their favorite site. Skyfire has remedied those ills at a speed not seen before on the mobile platform. By extending the PC web experience to mobile phones, we are fundamentally changing the way people use their phones. Our US and Canadian beta users can attest to that and now the UK has the same opportunity to get the PC web on the go.”

Since launching their overwhelmingly popular beta in the US, Skyfire has broken down the two primary barriers for Internet adoption on smartphones – speed and user experience. Skyfire users do not have to change their web browsing behavior on their mobile phones because Skyfire allows them to access the same content, and interact with that content, exactly as they do on their PC. When users load their favorite sites, they will not encounter unrecognizable content, unfamiliar page layouts, or missing content, like they do with other mobile browsers. Skyfire is also the fastest loading mobile browser on the market.

“We are fully committed to user experience and speed. In fact, so much so that we have opened a data center in the UK to ensure that consumers there have the best Skyfire performance and experience. We’ve also customized the Skyfire start pages of for the UK consumer to include their most popular websites like the BBC, Bebo, eBay.co.uk, and Amazon.co.uk.” said Bhandari. “Prior to launching in the UK, we ensured that Skyfire runs on the most popular Nokia E or N Series phones that are so prevalent in the UK. We’re excited to give these UK Nokia users an iPhone-like browsing experience, but even better with Flash supported and unmatched speeds.”

Simple download and optional registration

In September, the company opened their beta program, and now Skyfire has eliminated the need to register to obtain the beta. Now, consumers in the US, Canada and UK can just point their existing mobile browsers to http://get.skyfire.com, and Skyfire detects the device and provides the installer automatically on their phone. From a PC browser, they go to get.skyfire.com to send the download to their phone or sideload via their PC. Once installed, consumers can create an optional Skyfire account so they save their bookmarks and history when they change phones.

Skyfire runs on more phones, including VGA

The newest version of Skyfire Beta 0.8.5 supports VGA and WM 6.1 for Windows Mobile. This means that Skyfire now runs on popular new Windows Mobile phones such as the Palm Pro, Palm 800W, HTC Touch Pro, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC/AT&T Fuze.

Skyfire also runs on more Nokia N or E Series phones, including the N96 and N79. These are added to the list of previously supported Nokia phones: E61, E61i, E62, E71, N73, N75, N76, N78, N81, N82, N85 and N95 phones.

All the latest Skyfire features for Nokia N or E Series phones

Now Nokia Symbian S60 (3rd edition) users have the new Skyfire features and improvements such as the Super Bar, video sharing and faster connectivity, all which were previously available for Windows Mobile users in the Beta 0.8 version. See release notes for specifics: http://www.skyfire.com/users/get-started/

Our main objective with our latest releases was to make it as simple as possible to enjoy the full Internet on your phone. We added new device support, made it easier to download, and added new features that take advantage of the PC web on your phone,” said Nitin Bhandari CEO and Co-founder of Skyfire. “All of this moves us closer to general availability and nothing rallies us toward that goal as the feedback from our enthusiast beta community.

About Skyfire

Skyfire is the creator of the Skyfire mobile browser, which extends the PC Web to mobile phones so users can experience the mobile Web exactly like they do on their PCs. The company was founded in 2006 by Nitin Bhandari and Erik Swenson, who serve as CEO and CTO, respectively. Skyfire is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures and Matrix Partners.

Pocketnow has posted the above video of their software tour of the AT&T Fuze. According to them, the Fuze comes with a lot of extra trial-ware games and doesn’t come with Windows Live or Windows Live Messenger. Hrmm. That’s no good! But it does save a bit of grace, apparently, in that it includes an SMS based IM client that does log in to AIM, Y!, and MSN.

Be sure to check out the above video for the full run down of the AT&T Fuze’s software!
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WMExperts have put the Palm Treo Pro up against the AT&T Fuze to see who comes out the champion and it looks like the AT&T Fuze won by the mere skin of its teeth, as the saying goes.

So, how do these two devices measure up to each other?

Here’s the breakdown of their specs:

Treo Pro

Physically bigger but lighter in weight, dedicated buttons for WiFi and speaker deactivation, micro-USB port, 3.5mm headphone jack, unlocked (no branded software), Sprite Backup, Mobile Office and QuickGPS, Pocket IE, power on via button hit, attract fingerprints both on the casing and the screen, front facing keyboard, $450-500.

AT&T Fuze

Mini-USB port, mute via volume keys which prompts on screen UI settings, hand strap hole, proprietary headphone adapter, branded software, Sprite Backup, Mobile Office and QuickGPS, Pocket IE and Opera, IM application (Yahoo, AIM, MSN), TouchFLO, power on via power only, Attract fingerprints both on the casing and the screen, slide out keyboard, $499.

Verdict

WMExperts says it really comes down to personal preference for them – full keyboard, smaller foot print, larger screen, and a slightly faster processor.
But we all agree, both devices really rock the Windows Mobile scene right now. You can’t go wrong with either!

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Two awesome hacks from XDA-Developers in one day! Woo hoo!

This time one that allows you to ‘enable’ (read: re-enable) Internet Sharing on your HTC Touch Diamond, Sprint Touch Pro, AT&T Fuze (Touch Pro) and the Samsung Epix!

Now, this is a registry key edit so use at your own risk as we’re never 100% sure of how these things will turn out sometimes.. but if you’re desperate for Internet Sharing (or brave and up for a challenge) try out this trick…

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First off, you’ll need a registry editor like Total Commander. Then you’ll need to delete the entire key, not just the value, which does something different depending on the value assigned) in this modification. You will want to delete ForceCellConnection, which is found under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\InternetSharing\settings.

Restart your device and… voila! Let us know how it works out for you!

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It appears that the AT&T Fuze (HTC Touch Pro) will finally see the light of day on Tuesday, November 11th. This very – very - sexy phone will be a big hit, there’s no doubt about it. And at $299.99 it’ll sell like hotcakes. Mmm hotcakes with TouchFLO 3D.

Now, check out these other leaked documents containing all you could ever want in Fuze/Touch Pro accessories as well as some more info on the sweet device itself!

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Rumour has it that the AT&T Fuze (that’s the AT&T version of the Touch Pro) will start shipping out to stores some time in the next two weeks. BGR is saying that it’s targeted for a release near Black Friday.

The Fuze is said to be going for $349.99 with a 2-year contract and data plan.

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