Skip to main content

Posts

Windows Mobile 6.1 to be announced on April 1?

Hey hey it is not kind of April fool joke and dodgy news. But word is that Microsoft will be launching its rumored update to its Window Mobile 6 operating system on April Fool's Day, regardless of the implications, and which coincidentally (or not) is also the first day of the CTIA Wireless tradeshow in Las Vegas. According to a report on Pocket-lint, Windows Mobile 6.1 is designed as the temporary upgrade solution for Windows Mobile handheld users before version 7 is introduced. The former will offer several enhancements over the Windows Mobile 6 version which debuted in February 2007, including a cleaner user interface, new homescreen, task manager and the ability to copy-and-paste in Internet Explorer.

Mobile Testing - Introduction

On a popular demand i am publishing this post for benefit of people who are in need and people who has zeal to learn things. Disclaimer: Contents of this post are purely based on my experience and thoughts and i am not liable if someone found that contents of this post mismatch with what other say in internet. So it is purely meant for knowledge purpose and please also refer other material. Ok ok ok .. enough of crap .. let us start .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. Gooooooooooo I assume that you are familiar with "Testing Traditional PC based application", even if you are not aware don't worry. Glance: Due to the evolution of technology, mobile devices and their networks and applications are becoming more complex and require a great deal of testing to enhance their security and performance. Yes security and performance these are two important key aspects of any communication device. Let us take an small example to describe the importance of Mobile device in day to day life. Let us consi...

Streaming Your TV - Personal broadcast

Being obsessed with technology and gadget i have decided to experiment with my new TATA Sky connection which is integrated with my Home PC (Windows Media Center Edition 2005 ). Since i am paying for TATA Sky and BSNL broadband i thought it would be great if i can stream my TV so that i can watch it live when i am not at home. I have following options but they come with cost Option 1 : Buy Sling box www.slingmedia.com (A stand alone device using which you can stream your source, it could be normal cable or Satellite TV or even DVD player ) but it does cost you $200 ( 8000 - 9000 /- but you have to get it from US ) - So i ruled out it for time being but you can explore it and believe me it is very good option to stream your TV. Option2: HAVA www.myhava.com , This product is in similar lines of Sling device but also adds Wireless functionality for local viewing and amazing thing is local viewing is almost DVD quality because they stream with MPEG-2 Full D1 quality and remote viewing is...

Recover Permanently (Shift+Delete) Deleted Mails in MS Outlook

I am pretty sure that this tip / article is useful to many of the people who have NO or little or even moderate experience with MS Outlook. Infact once i was strived to recover mails which i accidentally deleted, that is point where i read lot of columns and micrsoft help articles to recover my my files. I thought of sharing this little tip save lot of people time :). This article describes how to recover items that have been "hard deleted" / Shift + Deleted. By default, the Recover Deleted Items functionality is only enabled on the Deleted Items folder in a user's private folders; items that are hard deleted cannot be recovered. To enable the Recover Deleted Items functionality on mail folders other than Deleted Items (for example, for Sent Items, Drafts, Outbox and Inbox folders), you must make the following changes to the registry: 1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). 2. Locate and click the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Excha...