http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2 Technology In Motion / Macs, Smartphones, and Mobile Media Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:44:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear SoftMaker customer: Today, we have some news for you that many users have been waiting for: SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs is shipping! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now available: SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- After extensive beta testing, we are proud to announce that SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs is shipping and ready ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/press-release-softmaker-office-2008-for-pocket-pcs.htm For the sixth year in a row, I'll be a judge for the Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards. If you use a Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone, or Smartphone, be sure to let me know what your favorite applications via the Contact Us page so ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/here-come-da-judge-2.htm You'll all find out soon enough. In the meantime, the site is going to be focusing back on its roots - mobile devices. I'm going to have another outlet for my Apple fixation soon enough! Stay tuned (and sorry about the mess right now...) http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/wtf-with-movable-beast-steve.htm FlipSide MP3 Player, Featuring "Swooshing" Album Art as Part of Acclaimed Visual Interface, Now Available for Windows Mobile WYE VALLEY, UK (April 29, 2008) - FlipSide, the MP3 player from Electric Pocket that has had BlackBerry users buzzing, is now available to users of Windows Mobile devices such as the Treo ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/press-release-flipside-mp3-player-for-windows-mobile.htm About a month ago I was glancing at some tweets that had come in and noticed someone commenting on "Chumby". Since that is one of the four million names I have for our cat Ruby, I immediately took notice and did a quick Google to see what this was all ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/chumby-love.htm I've had my MacBook Air for three weeks now, so I thought I'd do a little progress report on what I like and/or dislike about the MBA. After all, if you're considering purchasing a MacBook Air, you don't want to base your purchase on some of those breathless unboxing videos ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/macbook-air-a-users-report.htm The first smartphone I really loved was the Nokia 3650. It was kind of a goofy phone - instead of the traditional 10 key pad, it had a "ring" of keys around the exterior of the key area. It was fairly easy to use (Symbian OS), took decent photos, and ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/nokia-smartphones-functional-but-boring.htm Hey, you can watch me unbox my new 1.8 GHz (no SSD) MacBook Air that was just delivered. The video is after the break so it doesn't hose up my wonderful formatting here on the site. You can also see it down in the center of this page (although there ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/new-movable-beast-tv-macbook-air-unboxing.htm I've had the pleasure of traveling to Columbus, Ohio twice over the last year. Last August, I was here to do a two-day class on my way to a conference in Cary, NC; now I've been here for four days doing a Business Analysis Boot Camp for ASPE Technology. One ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/another-airport-that-gets-it.htm Reading a lot of the posts or comments on other Mac-related web sites these days, you hear a lot of talk about the MacBook Air. People either love it or hate it, with not much common ground. After holding one in my hands at Macworld Expo, I knew I had ... http://www.movablebeast.com/wp2/why-the-macbook-air-will-be-a-successful-product.htm