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Use the Zoom feature in Internet Explorer to improve readability

Submitted Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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Use “Copy Contact” option to duplicate information

Submitted Tuesday, November 20, 2007

If you need to enter multiple new contacts into your device and they have much of the same information, such as several people from the same company, you can use the Copy Contact option instead of creating a new Contact for each person. Follow these steps:

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How to identify business processes for potential mobilization

Submitted Thursday, April 12, 2007

Before you try to implement mobile technologies, you have to find the areas of your business that can be improved through the use of mobile and wireless technology.

Use a dashboard or windshield mount in vehicles

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
If you use your Windows Mobile device in the car to listen to music or to navigate via GPS, get a dashboard or windshield mount and keep the Pocket PC or Smartphone in the mount while you're driving. It will be easier to see and you won't have to fumble around to find it. Some device manufacturers offer these as optional accessories. If yours doesn't, they are available from third-party vendors.
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Accessing IMAP4 mail servers on the Pocket PC

Submitted Thursday, August 16, 2007

Werner Ruotsalainen discusses the advantages of using IMAP4 to access your e-mail and the third-party applications that allow you to do so, such as FlexMail 2007 and Qmail. Click here for the article.

Protect yourself from text spammers

Submitted Wednesday, August 29, 2007
To avoid receiving text message spam, call 888-382-1222 to register with the National Do Not Call List, which will block your number for five years. You must call from the number you wish to block. Or, you can register at donotcall.gov.
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How to use Excel Mobile on touch screen devices

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
Excel Mobile is built into Pocket PCs and Windows Mobile 6 Classic and Professionals. It does not include all the features found on the full desktop PC version of Excel, but retains the core elements.

Play video & audio in various formats

Submitted Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Media Player Mobile can only play video in ASF (Advanced Streaming Format) or WMV (Windows Media Video) formats. In addition, it can only handle audio in WMA (Windows Media Audio) and MP3 formats. If you want to play content saved in another format, you will have to first convert it to one of the supported formats or install a media player application that supports the other format.
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How to set an arbitrary suspend timeout in Windows Mobile

Submitted Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Werner Ruotsalainen explains how to set an arbitrary suspend timeout in Windows Mobile by using a third-party registry editor to make registry changes.

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Answer incoming calls automatically

Submitted Tuesday, January 22, 2008

You can set a phone-enabled touch screen device to answer calls automatically without pressing the Talk key.

  1. Go to Start >Settings >Phone >More tab.
  2. Check the box labeled “Answer incoming calls without pressing Talk after [x] rings” (under Automatic Pickup).
  3. Once you have checked this box, you can select the number of rings you want the phone to wait (1-10) before answering in the drop-down menu.
  4. Tap OK to save the changes.

Set X button to close down programs completely

Submitted Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The X button in the upper right corner of a touch screen display does not really shut down the current program. For example, if you are working on a Word Mobile document and open Calendar to check an appointment, when you tap on Calendar’s X button Word Mobile pops back up and you no longer see Calendar. But Calendar is still running in the background, using some of your system RAM to do it.
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How to assign a ringtone to a Contact

Submitted Friday, December 8, 2006
To easily identify who is calling you, assign different ringtones to each Contact in the Edit menu.

How to change the 5 minute backlight timeout limit

Submitted Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Read Werner Ruotsalainen’s tutorial on making registry changes to get around the 5 minute backlight timeout limit.

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Outlook Notes not synchronizing to your Pocket PC

Submitted Thursday, May 17, 2007

You may receive the following error when you try to synchronize your Outlook Notes with the Pocket PC using Activesync: "Synchronization cannot be started because you are not able to log on to the network and access information. Restart your desktop computer and synchronize again. If the problem persists, contact your network administrator." If this happens, there is a good possibility that your Personal Folders Store (.pst) file is damaged. Microsoft's support Web site has a fix for this problem.

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How to buy a Windows Mobile phone

Submitted Thursday, February 7, 2008

Dieter Bohn at WMExperts.com has written an excellent article on the factors you should keep in mind when purchasing a smartphone. Click here for the article.

Sound recorder compatibility with Windows Mobile 5 devices

Submitted Thursday, September 6, 2007

Read Werner Ruotsalainen’s roundup of sound recorder applications here.

How to use Pictures & Videos

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
Pictures & Videos lets you view, edit, delete, and beam digital images, as well as play slide shows. (Note: On pre-WM 5 Pocket PCs, this program is called “Pictures.”)

How to customize Solitaire and Bubble Breaker

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
Solitaire's Menu >Options screen (pre-WM5 PPCs: Tools >Options) lets you customize the game the way you prefer (Options not available in Smartphones). Bubble Breaker's (called Jawbreaker in pre-WM5 devices) Game >Options screen (Smartphones: Menu >Options) is where you can customize your preferences.

How to defragment your built-in File Store

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
If you happen to have a pre-Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC with built-in storage, or File Store (FS) (it's called iPAQ File Store, LOOXstore, Built-in Storage, or something similar depending on your particular Pocket PC brand), you may want to regularly defragment it, particularly if you often write to it. To do this, copy the contents of your File Store into a temporary storage folder, and delete the original File Store. Then copy your temporary File Store back to the original location.

Using the "auto fill" feature in Excel Mobile

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
Excel Mobile has an auto fill feature that lets you fill sequential values automatically. For example, you can automatically fill sequential dates or sequential numbers.
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