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Hands-On with the Mio Mobile Internet Device Running Windows MobileToday

After seeing this post at jkOnTheRun, I hot-footed it over to Mio's booth to check out their new device -- which is a Mobile Internet Device running Windows Mobile Pro 6.1. It's still very much a prototype, they're still deciding on final specs, and they're not even sure that they're going to bring it to market. Price, final RAM, even whether or not it will have a SIM card slot for connectivity are all up in the air.

Nevertheless, it's one sweet piece of kit and the best Windows Mobile device I've seen at CES. Find out more after the break and check out our hands-on gallery!

Mio is calling it a "Mobile Internet Device" instead of a Netbook primarily because they're concerned that it doesn't quite rise to the level of 'Netbook functionality' because it runs WinMo6.1 Pro instead of Linux or WinXP. We tend to disagree, naturally, but whatever they call it, color us impressed.

What you have here is a very thin package sporting some good specs:

7 inch WVGA (800x480) screen
Likley will

Sprint/Verizon/Alltel phones: Have a delay when answering a call with data connection? Read on.Today

Seems as if that popular tweaking app Schaps Advanced Configuration program and perhaps other GSM-based "tweak" apps (e.g. Diamond Tweak) might be causing a nasty side effect on CDMA (Sprint & Verizon) phones.

Problem: Ever had an incoming phone call and when you answered it lagged big time?

Turns out that this occurs when you have an active data connection. In theory, the phone should immediately shut that connection and you should be able to answer the call instantly. And it does...unless you inadvertently change some registry settings, specifically ones related to "force data disconnect".

Thanks to ppcgeeker snovvman, you can verify if you have the problem. Simply open up your favorite registry editor (see our great guide here) and look under:

--> HKLM/Comm/ConnMgr/Planner/Settings/SuspendResume

If that value reads ~GPRS, you have a problem; Its should be set to #777 (a least for Sprint users). While manually editing the registry is probably the best way, Juggalo_X created a .cab file

Round Robin Contest Ends TomorrowToday

The Round Robin Contest ends tomorrow. All you have to do to enter is to post in any of the Round Robin Forum threads. You can find the Round Robin Update page or through our RSS Feed.

Once the Round Robin is "officially" over tomorrow, Dieter will be able to return to Windows Mobile and will share his thoughts on his triumphant return. Look for it next week and in the meantime, take your chances at winning one of the smartphones involved in the Round Robin and post in one of the discussion forums.

Good Luck!

Roadmap shows Windows Mobile 7 betaToday

We'll obviously be swallowing this one with a decent grain of salt, but all-things-Microsoft blog uxevangelist [via] has a roadmap that shows a Windows Mobile 7 beta slated for sometime this year, with the actual release in the "future." We heard a while ago not to expect the final build of WM7 until well into 2009, and none of that's really cleared up with this.

That said, we'll probably be staring at this thing for quite a while, hoping to glean some other tiny morsel from it. Or, if we squint just right, maybe we'll see a sailboat.

WunderRadio for Windows MobileToday

RadioTime, Inc., developer of radio applications, and Weather Underground, a popular online weather source, have combined forces to bring WunderRadio to Windows Mobile devices. Previously available only for the iPhone, WunderRadio offers access to 50,000 AM/FM/Internet radio stations.

Programming can be searched by local radio, location and genres. Expected launch of WunderRadio is January 15 and will be priced at $9.99 under a special 30-day promotion. After the promotion the cost will rise to $14.99. Once the application launches, we'll try to get our hands on WunderRadio for review and try to have it available over at the Software Store as well.

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