HTC has announced will be the first mobile phone company integrated Google Android mobile open source operating system on the upcoming HTC Touch Cruise mobile phone. This has been a great news for Google Android fans which finally have a mobile phone that support Google Android and commercial worldwide on smart mobile phone market.

As Google Andriods mobile OS has been receiving a lot good review recently about the functionality and features. The upcoming HTC Touch cruise will supporting VGA, 2D graphics library, 3D graphics, SQLite for structured data storage. Plus more, It will supports a wide array of connectivity including GSM, CDMA, Bluetooth, EDGE, EV-DO, 3G and Wi-Fi. The Web browsing is build based on WebKit application framework.

However, the full information about HTC Touch Cruise with Google Android has not been finalized yet. But there is no doubt that HTC Touch Cruise will be the most exciting products HTC has ever come out with.

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Speereo is based on a unique mathematical speech recognition algorithm that lets you speak to your PDA and understands any type of accent or speed of speech. With Speereo Voice Mailer, you can now compose, send, delete and sort your email letters with simple voice commands. You can also speak out find by name, company, or city to find the required person.

It is easy to send voice e-mail message, just press the ‘Record’ button, say as much as you need. When you have finished recording, just press the ‘Record’ button again and say “Send E-Mail”. The message will be instantly sent to the recipient as an attached voice file.

To download, visit http://www.personal-secretary.com/Products/Mailer.html. It is compatible with all Windows Mobile devices.

Send Emails With Speereo Voice Mailer is a post from: TechieQuest

Efficasoft GPS Utilities shows all your GPS information such as co-ordinates, altitude, current speed, course and the statistics of satellites at a glance. You can also have a more detailed information with the digital speedometer and digital compass views, or manage waypoints, POI and destinations with the new Waypoint & POI Manager.

Efficasoft GPS Utilities features:

• Summarized view shows all your GPS information at a glance.
• Digital speedometer with customizable speed alarms.
• Two-mode digital compass with destination information display.
• World map view displays your location anywhere in the world with free-scale zooming.
• Free to use any map image (e.g. Google Earth satellite/aerial photos) for real-time moving map navigation. View your location, moving direction, track route, POI …
• The new “Go To” navigation function can guide you all the way to your destinations, there’s dest. distance, TTA, direction guider, proximity alert… almost everything you want!
• Customizable track logger can record all your movement in .csv format for later replay or analysis.
• Trip statistics with information like Moving Time, Trip Length, Max Speed and etc.
• Graphical satellites state display with detailed statistics.
• Waypoint & POI Manager and GeoPoint Editor helps you manage waypoints, POI and destinations easily.
• Fully support GARMIN .csv POI format with 30+ pre-defined POI icons.
• Friendly interface design with night view support, switch views at a single press of 0~8.
• Advanced “5 Seconds Average” and “Kalman Filter” NMEA processors for high precision navigation.
• Works with any serial, CF, SD and Bluetooth GPS device that supports the standard NMEA0183 protocol (that’s almost all GPS receivers!). Auto detects Bluetooth GPS devices.

Efficasoft GPS Utilities is useful for those who are traveling overseas, hiking, driving, geocaching and more. It supports Windows Mobile Smartphones (2003, 2003SE, WM5, WM6), QVGA (240×320) and landscape screen. You will need a GPS Receiver together with your Pocket PC to use the GPS Utilities.

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Efficasoft GPS Utilities For Windows Mobile Smartphone is a post from: TechieQuest

Search results are listed with thumbnail images, latitude and longitude, distance from your location and a short summary. You can sort them by name or by distance from your current location. You can also browse referenced Wikipedia articles for much more information on the place of your choice.

Windows Mobile GPS SightFinder features:

• GPS SightFinder works worldwide, it is the ideal guide for world traveling or just short trips to popular places.
• GPS SightFinder is customizable. You can configure how and how many search results are displayed. For example, search results can be sorted by name or by distance from your current location.
• Thumbnail images are available for many sites and are displayed with your search results.
• Because GPS SightFinder fetches text and pictures over the Internet from Wikipedia articles, all information is always up-to-date. New geo-referenced articles are constantly added by the community.
• Add geographical coordinates to your favorite Wikipedia article on local sites, and they will soon appear in GPS SightFinder when you visit them. Impress your visiting friends with your knowledge on-site.
• Travel light and leave your books at home! All you need is your mobile phone and GPS SightFinder.

GPS SightFinder is useful for traveling to popular places. It requires Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0, an active GPS device (built-in or via Bluetooth) and Internet connection on your device to find information about points of interest.

GPS SightFinder for Windows Mobile Smartphone is a post from: TechieQuest

With GPSed, you can:

• Map GPS tracks from your mobile and keep them in a personal archive – Enable real-time tracking from mobile devices and collecting track data in an online archive.
• Pin your photos to a map with one-click geotagging feature – Take photos when you travel and link them to a map precisely at a place they were taken. The geotagged photos will be stored on your computer for easy and private access.
• Share your position and tracks with friends and family – Let your friends see your instant position on a map when you are recording tracks with GPSed.

GPsed is designated for hikers, bikers, drivers, tourists, adventure travelers, sportsmen, photographers and GPS/GIS professionals working in various industries such as forestry, fishery, transportation and others.

All you need to start tracking is a mobile device with an internal or external GPS receiver. GPSed mobile application supports RIM BlackBerry handhelds and a wide range of J2ME mobile phones, like Nokia N95, Nokia N82, Nokia 6110 Navigator and others. You can download it from http://gpsed.com/mobiles.

GPSed – Track and Record Your Trips from Mobile Devices is a post from: TechieQuest

Comeks Shorts makes SMS’s more expressive and fun, for the price of a normal SMS. Only a few characters are reserved from the SMS for transferring the graphical information. If the receiver does not have the Comeks Shorts application, the Shorts message is displayed as a normal SMS.

To use Comeks Shorts, you need to download Comeks Shorts application from http://sh.comeks.com with your mobile browser.

You can create your own avatar – so called “Shortie” and use it to send text messages. For every message you send, you can modify the avatar’s mood and the background. Your message text will be displayed in a speech bubble. The price of the SMS is the same as what your service provider charges for a normal SMS.

Comeks Shorts application is now available for public beta, you can download it from the Download page. Also check out the Introduction Video.

For a list of supported phones, visit http://www.comeks.com/support/phones.

Comeks Shorts – Send SMS with Your Own Avatar is a post from: TechieQuest

To let your friends know of your whereabouts, give them your codeword to find your location. They just send you an SMS with this codeword and in return receive an SMS with your coordinates. Now all they need to do is to input the coordinates into the search box at Google Maps and see your location.

To find your friends’ location, you need to send their codeword via SMS to their Pocket PC Phone Edition. In return you will receive an SMS with their coordinates that can be looked up at Google Maps.

VITO FindMe features:

• easily spot your friends on Google Maps
• send your location additionaly via email
• protect settings by password
• send SMS from a regular cell phone and see your friends location on a desktop

This VITO FindMe is very useful when you are lost in somewhere and need somebody to know your location.

You can download VITO FindMe from here. It supports Windows Mobile 2003(SE)/ 5.0/ 6.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition with built-in GPS receiver.

VITO FindMe – Find Your Friends’ Location on Google Maps is a post from: TechieQuest

With Shazou, it is possible to locate the whereabouts of a website using the Mozilla Firefox web browser. It can locate any website’s server you are currently viewing and display the location on the Google Map. Shazou ties in directly with Google maps and offers you the usual Google representation, a satellite or hybrid view.

You can then locate the whereabouts of any Website either by:

1. Right-click on a Web link and select the “Shazou this Link” option
2. Go to the Website and then select the “Shazou” option in the right-click context menu
3. Go to the Website and then click on the S icon shown in the browser’s Status Bar

Shazou will open a new window and show where the website is hosted at. It will also show you the website registrant’s address and your IP address.

You can download the latest Shazou Firefox Extension from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2993 or from the authors site, http://www.seisan.com/shazou/.

Shazou – Locating the Whereabouts of a Website is a post from: TechieQuest

With PDAsync you can synchronize multiple mobile devices to a single PC or synchronize a single mobile device to multiple PCs. When synchronization is executed for the first time, PDAsync executes a full
synchronization.

PDAsync features:

• Fast Synchronization – PDAsync provides fast synchronization. After the initial synchronization, PDAsync synchronizes only your changes, saving you time.
• Email Manager – PDAsync not only synchronizes email, but it also manages whether email has been read or not. Email that has been read on the mobile device automatically appears as read on your PC once synchronization is complete.
• Easy to Use – PDAsync will automatically connect your mobile device to your PC. The Scheduled Synchronization feature keeps your device synchronized as long as it is connected.
• The Flexibility You Need for a Changing Environment – You can synchronize multiple mobile devices to a single PC application and synchronize a single mobile device to multiple PCs.
• One Solution for Multiple Devices, PCs, and Applications – PDAsync support Windows Mobile, Palm, Sony Ericsson, NEC and other major mobile devices. It will also let you synchronize your devices with Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise, Lotus Organizer, and ACT!

You can download the trial version of Laplink PDAsync 4 from http://www.laplink.com/pdasync/trial.html and see how it works for you. For more information on how to use it, read the User Guide.

PDAsync support Windows Mobile, Palm, Sony Ericsson, NEC and other major mobile devices. You can visit Device Compatibility to determine if your device is compatible with PDAsync.

Laplink PDAsync – PDA Synchronization Software is a post from: TechieQuest

With the PerDiemCo software installed on your PDA or Phone, you can:

• Show your PDA or Phone’s current location on a Map – A map can be displayed on the PDA if an internet connection is available.
• Establish geographic Zones with entry & exit notification.
• Selectively send your current location as a Map to others.
• Provide ‘coded’ web access to your Maps.
• View location and tracking on the PDA or on a PC Map.
• Create Shared Zone and location maps on the PDA and on the map Server.
• Take photos & provide Location or Map based Viewing.

For a list of all complete features, read the PerDiemCo Location & Tracking Product features.

You can configure the real-time tracking interval for GPS data packets such as coordinates (latitude/longitude), speed, max speed, heading, altitude and GMT time to be sent to the server. Currently the database will keep only 500 records. When the limit is reached older records will be overwritten.

Zones are geographic boundaries defined by Latitude and Longitude coordinates. There are 3 types of zones, Red Rectangular Zone, Blue Rectangular Zone and Polygon Zone. These are useful for Start and Finish tracking inside a boundary and alert when someone enters or leaves a zone. An alert notification will be sent to Web Tracking Page.

You can remotely configure the GPS setting via SMS text messages. PerDiemCo will detect the double # signs SMS Commands embeded in an SMS Text Message body and execute it.

To download, you can click here or go to the PerDiemCo website and click on the download link. To use PerDiemCo, you will need to register to PerDiemCo service center to set up the database with your tracking information such as user name, PDA phone number, PDA type and email address. On-line registration is available at: http://www.perdiemco.com. You can control internet access to maps of your current location by creating a ‘PIN’ number for your location data.

You can also download the User Manual to understand more on the system architecture and learn how to use it.

PerDiemCo Location and Tracking – Your Personal GPS Tracking System is a post from: TechieQuest