Review: FlexMail 4.0: Pump Up Your Productivity

According to Merriam-Webster:

con·nec·tiv·i·ty : the quality, state, or capability of being connective or connected <connectivity of a surface>; especially : the ability to connect to or communicate with another computer or computer system

Connectivity.  That is the buzz word in use these days.  In many career environments, the ability to be "connected" is directly proportional to success.

A corporate executive is informed of a change in a meeting time.  A reporter receives a hot tip on a story.  A  technician receives a service call.  An IT System Administrator is notified of a server problem.  A notification of severe weather.  Parcel delivery notification.  Pick up bread on the way home.  Cheerleading practice is over.

A few examples of important things that being connected can do for you.  Initially, Research In Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry was the way to go.  Not to be outdone, Micro$oft rolls out "Direct Push".  Now your email can follow you everywhere.  But how can you access your information?…  What tools can you use?…  In the Windows Mobile community, you have Pocket Outlook.    But what if you want greater control?  FlexMail 4 from WebIS may be the answer you are looking for.

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JAMM Relaunch Contest Final Winners

Doug has selected the last batch of winners in the JAMM Relaunch Contest, and even though he’s on vacation and dealing with a spotty Internet connection, he didn’t want to keep them in suspense.

Drumroll please! The winners are:

     Foxpaw

     jd_denver

     i-bystander

     Pointoflight

Prizes this time are DDH HanDBase and winner’s choice of any program from VITO’s iWindowsMobile. Winners (and previous winners), be watching your email for a note from Doug in the next few days.

Thanks to everyone who participated! We got a lot of terrific suggestions and feedback. Some are already on the site (like gravatars and 30-minute comment editing) and more will be coming soon. Unfortunately to write all the great suggestions we got for reviews and articles we’d need about twenty more writers — so if you’re interested in joining the JAMM team, especially if you’re a Blackberry, Symbian, or Palm user, drop us a line!

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Review: gpik™ super thumb stylus

Touch screen devices.  Wonderful things.  But the search for the perfect input method is long and frustrating.

Styluses are great, but the ones that come in most devices are very small and difficult to use for a long period.

Pens with stylus tips are better for lengthy use, but carrying one for just the stylus adds to your pocket.  Or the pen is rather large.

Then there’s the finger.  Many software input alternatives are available, but they all result in a screen with fingerprints.

Here’s a new product from Gordon Adkins: the gpik™.  Read on for more.

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Do You Lie, WinMo can tell…

The windows mobile platform is really advanced and will support many applications, and the limits are, well are there limits. It seems though that some apps may delve into your indiscretions. What if there were an app for WinMo that turned your device into a polygraph, now you’re listening.

This article over at MSNBC, highlights a new application that runs on windows mobile, that uses voice recognition tech to tell if you are lying.

This is designed for military use, not really mainstream software, to help GI’s assess people they come in contact with.

The new device, known by the acronym PCASS, for Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System, uses a commercial TDS Ranger hand-held personal digital assistant with three wires connected to sensors attached to the hand. An interpreter will ask a series of 20 or so questions in Persian, Arabic or Pashto: “Do you intend to answer my questions truthfully?” “Are the lights on in this room” “Are you a member of the Taliban?” The operator will punch in each answer and, after a delay of a minute or so for processing, the screen will display the results: “Green,” if it thinks the person has told the truth, “Red” for deception, and “Yellow” if it can’t decide.

If you think about it though, an application like this may circumvent those “Darling, I have to stay late at the  office” phone calls, that let you stay at the sports bar to watch the game on a big screen TV.

This application ported to general windows mobile devices, and able to be utilised with real time conversations, actually becomes an issue of privacy. At what point do we accept that we may be monitored in ways that we don’t accept, with out notification, whilst using our windows mobile phone?

via WMexperts

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Australia’s Optus iPhone plan: no unlimited data either!

Peter, our Australian connection, sent me info on the Optus plans for the iPhone 3G. I took a look at the website and then got really, really confused with the wording and titling of the plans. Apparently ‘YES’ is the actual branding of the data/voice plan, and you can say yes to a 3G iPhone for $0 as long as you take up one of their offerings. I won’t get into the details of the plans because, frankly, I don’t understand them. I will tell you this though, they’re still beating Rogers with a $0 iPhone and a two-year contract. It’s funny though, I thought it was pretty standard to offer unlimited data for higher-end phones, especially the iPhone.

C’mon, Optus, you call that a data plan? This is a data plan!

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More reason to celebrate with PPCTechs

If you’ve been holding off on that upgrade or repair on your PDA, now’s the best time to go to PPCTechs.com to get the job done. From now until July 31st you’ll get 15% off all repairs, as well as a “buy two, get a third free” sale on accessories available on the site. I don’t remember there being this many discounts on Canada Day. My lunch was still just as expensive as before.

Just enter the code PPCTRC0708 at PPCTechs.com. I’m seriously, seriously tempted to buy myself some WriteShield screen protectors for my iPhone, but I’m not going to buy two packs

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