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WM5 HTC Smartphone Joel 10-10-2007
---> Re: WM5 HTC Smartphone Arne Hess [MSFT...10-11-2007
Posted by Joel on October 10, 2007, 8:46 pm
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 I bought this HTC S621 and a bluetooth gps, I don't know if its just me,
but I cant find much that will run on this phone.. I get more times then
not, this cant be installed on this device etc...

I have this GPS and I cant find one software that will run on the phone.

Is it just me ?

Posted by Arne Hess [MSFT MVP] on October 11, 2007, 2:38 am
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 Look for Windows Mobile Smartphone or Standard software. This works fine
since it was designed for non-touchscreen devices unlike Windows Mobile
Professional or Windows Mobile Pocket PC software which is design for PDAs
and smartphones with touchscreen.

I'm happy with my Smartphone and even have GPS software running. As a start,
you might want to begin with Google Maps Mobile which is also available for
Windows Mobile Standard smartphones.

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>I bought this HTC S621 and a bluetooth gps, I don't know if its just me,
> but I cant find much that will run on this phone.. I get more times then
> not, this cant be installed on this device etc...
>
> I have this GPS and I cant find one software that will run on the phone.
>
> Is it just me ?
>


Posted by Joel on October 11, 2007, 4:59 pm
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"Arne Hess [MSFT MVP]" <www.theunwired.net> wrote in

> Look for Windows Mobile Smartphone or Standard software. This works
> fine since it was designed for non-touchscreen devices unlike Windows
> Mobile Professional or Windows Mobile Pocket PC software which is
> design for PDAs and smartphones with touchscreen.
>
> I'm happy with my Smartphone and even have GPS software running. As a
> start, you might want to begin with Google Maps Mobile which is also
> available for Windows Mobile Standard smartphones.
>

So the only reason is that my phone is not touch screen which is giving me
this error?

Is there no emulator so these programs can run on it ?

Posted by Scott Seligman on October 11, 2007, 8:27 pm
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>
>So the only reason is that my phone is not touch screen which is giving me
>this error?
>
>Is there no emulator so these programs can run on it ?

No, that's not the only reason, there is still a handful of things the
PocketPC platform supports that the SmartPhone platform doesn't.

And no, there's no emulator. I'd assume the user experience to use an
app designed for a touch screen on a non-touch screen device is too
poor to make writing an emulator or compatibility layer too expensive
to be worthwhile.


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--------- Scott Seligman <scott at <firstname> and michelle dot net> ---------
There are fewer great satisfactions than that of self.
-- Calhoun in Star Trek: New Frontier: Being Human by Peter David

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