Fans of Tech » Mobile http://www.fansoftech.com Web. Gadgets. Tech. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:52:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Make Your Windows Mobile Experience More Tolerable with iPhone Dialer http://www.fansoftech.com/2009/03/24/make-your-windows-mobile-experience-more-tolerable-with-iphone-dialer/ http://www.fansoftech.com/2009/03/24/make-your-windows-mobile-experience-more-tolerable-with-iphone-dialer/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:53:30 +0000 Jason http://www.fansoftech.com/2009/03/24/make-your-windows-mobile-experience-more-tolerable-with-iphone-dialer/ If you have a Windows Mobile touchscreen device, you’re familiar with the process of being unable to accomplish pretty much anything without the use of a microscopic stylus. I’m referring to just about anything: opening a program, dialing a number, closing a program, writing an email, etc. Plus, if you’ve got fat, er, large-framed fingers or some kind of arthritis, fuhgettaboutit.

(I actually used to be a big fan of the stylus when I first started dealing with PDAs – wow, I sound like I’m 80 – but I’m now of the opinion that “if you can’t do it without a stylus, it should be designed differently.”)

Well, if you’re more than familiar with the problems I’m describing, you might want to check out iDialer for Windows Mobile. [Author: Doug Melton of supware.net. He’s on Twitter if you want to follow app developement.]

The application is completely free and gives you a nice, full-screen application for dialing numbers or contacts. The interface is modern (read: iPhone-esque), the keys can’t be missed and it certainly benefits those of us who are forced deal with (what seem to be) 2 pixel x 2 pixel number keys on our existing WinMo phones.

As Geoffry over at TechZulu mentions, “the program is QVGA and VGA compatible and should work in both portrait and landscape orientation.

In addition to giving your fingers, eyes and stylus (stylii, if you will) some much-needed relief, iDialer offers integration with Google Voice, Phone.com or jajah! Essentially, you can configure you the iDialer app to make outgoing calls from your account on these networks. You can use supware.net’s iDialer online configuration to generate a customized .cab installation file based on your Google/Phone.com/jajah account info. (You just need to provide your phone number, no passwords.) Then, install that after you’ve gone through the initial iDialer installation.

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[via TechZulu]

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[via Pocket PC Thoughts]

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