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Easy text entry methods for your PDA - Mobile Minute

TenGo FreeText entry on mobile devices has never been what you would call a pleasant experience. These days, many PDA and smartphones often include built in keyboards for typing with your thumbs. But if you're an old fashioned stylus warrior, there are a few ways to improve the hunt and peck experience.

While Microsoft includes an on-screen keyboard and several types of handwriting recognition to choose from, here are a few third party programs that might make typing on your Windows Mobile device faster and easier.

Tengo

Tengo is a pretty nifty application that brings predictive text to Windows Mobile. Technically, it was there all along, with Microsoft integrating a word suggestion feature. But Tengo makes typing with an on-screen keyboard a bit more like typing on a cellphone keypad. And believe it or not, that's a good thing.

TenGo divides presents you with a QWERTY-style keyboard, but the 26 letters of the alphabet are divided up into 6 zones. You don't have to hit a letter precisely, you just have to hit the zone it is in. As you add more letters, TenGo will try to guess the word you're trying to enter. It works surprisingly well.

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Filed under: Video, Windows Mobile, Commercial

Spb Mobile DVD 2.0 to support DVD extras

Spb Mobile DVDPersonally I've never seen the point in paying $25 for software to rip DVDs into a format for viewing on a Windows Mobile device when Fair Use Wizard does the job perfectly well for free.

But then Spb goes and announces that they're upgrading Spb Mobile DVD to support all the extras you get with a DVD, menus, scene selection, language and subtitle selection, extra videos.

There's no word on pricing or availability yet, but Spb Mobile DVD 1.1 goes for $25. Version 1.1 outputs videos as WMV or XVID files in 320x240 or 640x480 resolutions, so I'm going to assume we can expect at least that quality in version 2.0.

Filed under: OS Updates, Windows Mobile

Spb Mobile Shell - Windows Mobile gets a facelift

Spb Mobile Now ScreenSpb has released what they're calling an operating system upgrade for Windows Mobile devices, although it's probably safer to call Spb Mobile Shell an elaborate skinning and program launching application.

The program is designed to account for the fact that many new PDAs are mobile phones, while the Windows Mobile operating system is really designed as an interface for tiny computer-like devices. In fact, for the most part, Microsoft's default interface for Pocket PC and Smartphone devices hasn't changed very much at all since Pocket PC 2000 was released. You still have a Today Screen, Start Menu, and separate pages for programs, settings, and connections.

Spb Mobile Shell lets you replace the Today Screen with a Now Screen, which provides some of the info you need most often. In addition to an analog or digital clock, battery info, and weather forecasts, you can customize the Now Screen to include info such as upcoming appointments.

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