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Today I noticed that the Evernote blog had a post up titled, “The Shiny and New Evernote for Windows Mobile” and I was initially quite excited to see it. New features, new views and no more resorting to the mobile web to see existing content — instead, there’s an integrated viewer.

Alas, it turns out to be a huge disappointment. I’m not sure if this is an upgrade so much as a lateral slide…

Did you see the announcement for Google Mail Mobile 2.0 this week (mobile link)? It is truly incredible! Now, I have no clue how much better it really is than previous versions… I could never actually get the earlier version to run on my WinMo phone but I definitely like this a lot.

Two of the more full-featured mobile web browsers have offered upgrades recently. I’m not sure which has the edge and think both are worth a look if you’re running a supported device.

Today the Opera folks announced an update for Opera Mobile beta – now with Opera Widgets support. I’ve just started to play around with it and have yet to see the “out of memory” error that I used to see all too often. That alone makes this minor upgrade compelling!

I’d like to enter the sub-notebook space this fall. I want one of those light-weight and super portable laptops. Sure, I have a great laptop for work, but it is a desktop replacement. Super powerful – and super heavy. Not something I can just toss in a bag and go without planning (and grabbing a power cord!).

I want to be able to quickly hit web pages, email, connect to VPNs and even run Remote Desktop. I can do all these things on my HTC Mogul, but for long sessions that little keyboard goes quickly from convenience to pain in the butt. I want something a bit larger for sustained efforts.

There are some interesting choice these days and that’s what’s giving me pause.

For instance:

Checkboxes! When did Evernote’s web interface add support to add, remove and check/uncheck checkboxes? Was it the end of July release (who puts up a blog without search)? I sure wish I had noticed that sooner.

Regarding VirtuaWin (last mention): I’m still using VirtuaWin daily on my XP laptop. This weekend I realized it works for Vista too so I now have it running on my home desktop as well.

This is the first time I’ve stuck with a virtual desktop product for windows for this long. With the addition of the modules I mentioned in my earlier article it “just works” for me.

Regarding VirtuaWin (last mention): I’m still using VirtuaWin daily on my XP laptop. This weekend I realized it works for Vista too so I now have it running on my home desktop as well.

This is the first time I’ve stuck with a virtual desktop product for windows for this long. With the addition of the modules I mentioned in my earlier article it “just works” for me.

I continue to be intrigued with the idea of tracking or mapping my bike rides. Back in June I found Gmaps Pedometer which I initially liked. However, tracking the longer rides via double-clicking waypoints for each and every turn got old. Fast!

My neighbor sent me over a link to TrackMe this week and I had a chance to give it a run this afternoon.

To use TrackMe, your Windows Mobile (5 or 6) device needs GPS — either built-in or external via something like Bluetooth. You also need to install a load of other “framework” stuff, so the footprint isn’t all that light, but it definitely seems to work well.

While I don’t always love the folks at Sprint (for instance, see this old post) I do have to admit that I sure am happy with how they’ve been supporting my HTC Mogul phone since I bought it last fall. The updates have been coming along at a reasonable rate and each offers new features.

I just finished installing BlueCast and am about to head out for a long bike ride to try it out. I’m quite hopeful this will be the answer to my prayers.

And now you’re wondering what BlueCast might be and what does it do? From the site:

BlueCast streams your podcasts, music, voice notes, game sounds, and other audio content to Bluetooth headsets that support the “hands-free” Bluetooth profile.

Source: Solo Technology

Here’s a quick heads up for folks interested in calendar sharing and syncing.  Starting later today (Noon Pacific Standard time on July 22, 2008 to be precise) all the Calgoo products will changing to Free. That’s a price that can be intriguing, eh?

I meant to look at their stuff in the past, but since I’m syncing Google Calendar direct to my Windows Mobile phone I have not yet figured out if there’s a match for me (no desktop Outlook in my equation).

I have never been a great fan of Windows Mobile on mobile phones. Probably it is because I started  using Windows Mobile on embedded systems a long time ago in my previous jobs and at the time it was not so impressive.

If we look at Windows Mobile phones on the market today we see that it basically run on high end mobile phones, usually smartphones or PDAs. Unfortunately it needs a very good chipset to provide you with the right speed and responsiveness and this basically lead to higher prices on the final product.