Skyfire 1.x Sucks, but so does 2.x

Skyfire is a browser. See the site above, there is 2 things to note. Officially,
http://www.skyfire.com/focus-geography-and-skyfire-1-0/

1. Skyfire 1.x does not run on other regions except north USA and western Europe, which about leaves the whole world out...
2. Skyfire 2.x is only for Android.

This almost sound like a conspiracy. Suppose Google sponsored this and wants to force everyone into using Android, this certainly fits the bill. While Skyfire has its glorious days, I think with this move, it will begin its path into the history just like Netscape... By forcing people into a certain OS is definitely the way to do this. That leaves out the Symbian, windows mobile and AppleOS users, which I dare say takes the majority of the market.

Anyway, I was at first keen to look out for a way to hack out of this using 1.x on my wm6.5, but why not just let it go... After all, there are plenty of choices for the wm6.5 users from IE, Opera to the infamous porn browsers. Skyfire is a good to have, but not dying to have. 

And why doesn't Skyfire support area such as china, japan or eastern Europe? It sound like a lazy way to say "Sorry, English only". If they leave these region out, they can heck away with the language support. This does sound logical?

BTW, if you are on Android, do you really want to use Skyfire? 

Getting the code for the HTC Accuweather Control on Windows Mobile 6.x

After the ROM upgrade, I realized that the localization of the weather is gone and I have to set a new code to receive weather for my region. After some tough luck asking and searching, I found many wrong direction (outdated perhaps). But here is the current solution that works.

Go to:
http://www.accuweather.com/world-index.asp

Enter your country and search for it. After you find some entries, copy the shortcut of the link.
For example, I search Singapore, and it gives the following link:
http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&loccode=ASI|SG|SN---|SINGAPORE

What you are interested is the loccode in RED above. If you just close this windows and think you got it, sorry, you will be wrong. The code somehow does not work. That's because you need to add a "|" at the end of the code. So the correct code should be:

ASI|SG|SN---|SINGAPORE|

In any case, good luck looking for your code. You may want to share some code with other in the comments here.

Windows Mobile 5 or 6 Activesync Internet Pass Through

If you had problem connecting to the internet via activesync on Windows Mobile 5 or 6 or simply get a 0x80072f78 from Pocket IE, I found a solution here:

1. 1. Open Registry Editor on your desktop (Start/Run and type "regedit") and locate the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services.
2. 2. Right-click on the value list and choose New/DWORD value. Type the name "AllowLSP" and leave the value zero.
3. 3. Disconnect and connect your device and Pocket Internet Explorer (and all other applications) will start working.
   

Jeyo Mobile Extender and Windows 7 (Firewall)

Jeyo Mobile Extender allows you to sync and send SMS as if they are email using Outlook. In fact, its a good SMS backup tool as well for your PDA / Windows Mobile.

More info:
http://www.jeyo.com/extender.asp

However, there seems to be a problem detecting the mobile device in Windows 7. I did some check and eventually found out that it was due to a firewall issue in Windows 7. So, this probably only affect people who are using Windows 7 default firewall. However, if you do encounter such an issue, you can try this out on your 3rd party firewall as well.

Taken from:
http://www.everythingq.com/forum/software/jeyo-mobile-extender-windows-7-cannot-connect-30819.html

Overview:
Add an Inbound Rule in Windows Firewall for outlook.exe, protocol TCP and port 9035.

Details:
Open Control Panel
Open Windows Firewall
Click Advanced Settings
Select Inbound Rules

From the Menu, select New Rule
Rule Type -> Custom
Program -> %Program Files% (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office 12\OUTLOOK.EXE (or wherever your Outlook.exe is)
Protocol and Ports -> Protocol type: TCP, Local Port -> Specific Port: 9035
Scope: Which remote IP address does this rule apply to? These IP address -> Predefined set of computers -> Local subnet
Action: Allow the connection
Profile: Uncheck Domain and Public
Name: Jeyo Mobile Extender

Samsung Omnia / Orca Firmware HH3

Its out! Finally. While a HI3 is already leaked, the official ROM is not at HH3.
What are you waiting for? Grab it at :
http://www.samsungmobile.com/promotion/omnia/sg/sub02_Vista.jsp

WM5 Themes

Been hunting up and down for these. Most of the sites host many crappy (my standard) ones. However, I would like to introduce you to one of my fav :

Shino's blog
http://blogs.shintak.info/articles/wm5themes.aspx

Its in Japanese, but I do not think pictures has that limitation. :)