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Installing Windows Mobile 6.1 on XDA II Mini by 09154137756
For many years, the XDA-Developers community had been committed to helping Windows Mobile users make the most out of their unit, by providing lots of free software, giving tips and tricks to enhance the functionality of the phones and letting users have a peek at upcoming developments for Windows Mobile. But by far the best thing you can get there are the custom ROMs that can be installed in any WM unit. If you think that sounds rather unappealing, imagine what it can do to a WM handset: OS upgrades.
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Sphere: Related ContentRSS: Why It’s Important For You by 09154137756
RSS means Really Simple Syndication, referring to web feeds. They are used by sites that frequently updates their contents, such as news, blog and some social network sites to notify and show new content. Subscribing to RSS can save you time because you don’t need to constantly open the site from your browser to check for updates.
The feeds, or each individual unit of information, typically contains capsule version of the actual update in the site, but they may also include other form of media such as images, audio or video, or even download links to uploaded files. Sometimes, audio is used in place of text, and if that’s the case, the feed is called a podcast.
Most browsers will automatically search for feeds, and if they’re able to detect one, they will usually display the RSS icon, either on the actual page or on the browser’s address bar.
However, to view the actual feeds, you will need a RSS client. The good news is that a lot of programs has this feature built-in, such as web browsers, Outlook, widgets/gadgets, media players and even as a built-in feature in most mobile phones. However, if you want a dedicated program for RSS, you can always install some programs. The latest versions of Opera Mini have support of RSS. As for native clients, most Symbian users recommend MobiSpine (direct dload link). For Windows Mobile, the best one is BeyondPod. Both are freeware.
To subscribe to the RSS of a site, you must first determine the URI of the feed (kinda like a website’s URL). You can do so by clicking the RSS icon. Select the format (RSS or Atom, you can choose whichever format you like, most of the programs recognize both anyway, since both are based on the Internet standard format XML). Take note of the address in the address bar, that’s the feed’s URI. By default, all of the blogs created from Globe Circles have RSS feeds. The URI of each blog is as follows: http://circles.globe.com.ph/[url_name]/feed, where you have to replace [url_name] with the appropriate term (for example, mine would be siegfried, for Mr. Mobile’s page, it’s mobile, and for Anime Nation Clan, it’s edgarluvitug)
Sphere: Related ContentThoughts on Changes at Globe (and something about FB) by 09154137756
Yes, you can still browse Globe for free.
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Sphere: Related ContentDirect Dload: Windows Media Player 11 *FOR SYMBIAN* by 09154137756
Program: Windows Media Player 11
Platform: Symbian
Compression: ZIP
RAW Format: jar
File Size: 138KB
License: Freeware
Description: can play most audio and video formats
Instructions: Click image to download
Free Browsing [Update] by 09154137756
I tried browsing again today on zero load and much to my delight, my phone’s net connection has both local and Internet connection:
I was able to update my antivirus software and even scrobble my Last.fm cache. Anyway, I didn’t do anything special to my GPRS settings, I’m using iNet using a proxy. I have no idea regarding the mechanics of free browsing, but to contribute something useful, I’m going to state some of my observations and also formulated the following pointers:
- All of the FB sessions happened at night, at around 8pm to 11pm. I tried connecting at various times of the day, but it seemed it only happened between those times. Also, on one instance, the FB disconnected at around 12 midnight
- Successful FB is a matter of luck, but to avoid any complications, it’s better to connect on zero load. Hell, if you have a spare Globe SIM, you can use this specifically for browsing. Then, try and try until you succeed.
- You can still browse some sites even when FB is not activated, including G-Blogs, Globe Corporate site, myGlobe, myGlobe Forums and Pixlink. Yahoo Mobile used to be browseable as well, but I can’t open the pages for a few months now [EDIT: ummm, apparently Yahoo Mobile is still browseable, I didn’t realize I was inputting the wrong address, it’s http://ph.m.yahoo.com/, not mobi.yahoo.com.ph or m.yahoo.com.ph
- I think you can only do FB using a desktop-class browser, such as Opera (Mobile or Mini) and some other browsers out there.
Favorite Mobile Apps (Open-Source) by 09154137756
Mobile apps? Sure, the iPhone may have its App Store as one of its killer features and boasts of having more than 20,000 apps already, but it’s pretty pointless when only around 1% were deemed useful. In the meantime, I have always thought that Symbian apps were mostly a joke. For a platform that’s based on weak hardware, has poor multitasking skills and a confusing file system, Symbian OS should be best left as a phone OS, rather than expanding its capabilities to other territories.
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