Here's a list of some of my favorite landing places, the mobile software I'm trying out, and new websites I've bookmarked this week that I'd like to share with you.  Enjoy!

You may have noticed the Goals I posted in the Sidebar to the left.  About a month or so ago I decided to use my Pocket PC to help motivate me to get back in shape and I bought some fitness and GPS software to help me keep track of my runs.  I've also recently set some fitness goals to keep me focused.  I haven't made much progress yet, but I'll be posting periodic progress reports and you can check my progress if you feel so inclined.

Favorite Landing Places

goodreads - I created an account there weeks ago, but now I seriously want to get it going.  It's a nice place for me to inventory the books I've read, the books I'm reading, the books that are queued up to read and the books I'd like to read.  Even though the website does not offer a mobile version, I found the website to be entirely accessible from my Pocket PC.

widgetbox - lets me create widgets for my websites.  I joined and created my first widget.  I entered it through the backdoor so it took me a few minutes to figure out how to use it, but it works well enough.  I'd like to learn how to write my own widgets so I can do away with the advertisements that come along with these kinds of tools, but for now something like this seems useful.

photoblog - Create a daily photo blog with pictures that can be uploaded from a mobile device.

Flickr - I've had an account with Flickr for several months, but I recently learned how to set up my account to upload pictures and then have them automatically posted to my blog by sending an email to a special email account.

myvidoop - Set up an OpenID identity to use at other OpenID websites (instead of setting up unique login and passwords all over the place).  I created an account several months ago, and resurrected it this week for some work I wanted to do on the web.  OpenID sites are not as plentiful as myvidoop would have you believe.....

Zinio - In my quest to always minimize the amount of paper products I use, I've been taking a close look at Zinio.  Unfoturnately, some of the magazines I'd like to renew subscriptions to are not offered in an electronic format.  I've signed up for one subscription which I'd really like to read on my UMPC, so we'll see how it goes.

Celio Redfly - An interesting gadget that I think I would like, but probably will never get.

Aloksak Bags - Inexpensive waterproof storage bags (compared to Aquapac waterproof bags) to protect my electronic gadgets.

Mobile software I'm trying out

Last week I performed a clean reset of the hw6925 and spent several hours rebuilding it from scratch.  I documented the process every step of the way and performed a couple of backups along the way.  I am now trying out some software on the hw6925:

• Photo Viewer software.  I want to take pictures with the hw6925, and email them to Flickr, photoblog, and other places.  The HP Photo Viewer software only lets me email through the Outlook email account (which I don't use because it must be synced).  To do this, I need a Photo application that will allow me to edit the pictures (crop, resize) and then upload the pictures directly to my blog.  I am evaluating the following software:
  • Resco Photo Viewer .  I like it and think I'll probably buy it.  I can email pictures from any POP3 messaging account I've created on the Pocket PC and I am not limited to just entering information in the email subject line.  I can actually write out and post an entire blog entry using this application. 
  • XnView Pocket:  this photo viewer is free.  I've used it for quite a while on my hx2415, but now I'm trying it out on the hw6925 to see if I can use it to post to my photo blogs.  The email feature allows me to email from any email account I've set up on the hw6925, but it only allows me to enter information in the the subject line, so I would have to go online to edit the entry before it is posted to the blog.  I've never been very comfortable with the user interface.
• VITO SMS -Chat:  I installed this software to try out threaded text messaging.  It's a nice piece of software that I'll be writing a more detailed article about later.
• Spb Mobile Shell:  I tried out this application when it was first released in February 2007 and found it to be too limited for my tastes, but lately I've heard so many positive reports about the software I decided to give it another spin.  The software has changed quite a bit from its first iteration.
• Windows Live Search for Windows Mobile:  I reinstalled this application because I wanted to check out the GPS feature.  I have written an article about Windows Live Search and I am interested in comparing this application to Google Maps..
• Yahoo! Go is another nice piece of software installed to the hw6925.  I'm not sure that I prefer it to the simple Yahoo mobile website, but it is a nice looking application.

Interesting Sites I've Bookmarked

MSN now has a mobile website!  You can check your hotmail, instant message through an online instant messaging client, go to your Windows Live account and stay up to date with the news, weather, movies.  Bookmark www.mobile.msn.com on your Pocket PC and check it out for yourself.  To promote the new mobile website, Microsoft is giving away a Zune a day through the month of June.  If you have a Pocket PC phone, go to this website, enter in your mobile number and see if you win a Zune (I didn't).

All with an AT&T Tilt - is a Photoblog of one of the readers here.  This user posts pictures taken exclusively from his AT&T Tilt.  I had been interested in photo blogs for some time and I signed up with this website to create my own photo blog.

In anticipation of my trip to The Netherlands next year:

• Websites that sell international SIM cards
  • Telestial Wireless Solutions for Travelers
  • CellularAbroad
• Walkabout Travel Gear: a website that sells AC adapters

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