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July 30th, 2008

Sky Link ASP-505 - another WM 6.1 EVDO smartphone

Don’t ask me where the folks at JAMPB’s heard about this device - but, seeing their excellent track record, it’s rather likely to be true.

The image above shows Sky Link’s latest EV-DO smartphone. The device is said to have the following specs:

  • Windows Mobile 6.1
  • EVDO Rev.A
  • 400MhZ Samsung CPU

The device has been demoed at an unspecified event in Moscow a few days ago. It is expected to drop in Q4 2008; as of now, nothing is known about carrier partners, pricing or a GSM version!

Should you have any further info on the device, please get in touch with us ASAP!

July 30th, 2008

Resco releases CustomKeyboard component for .NET apps

Resco recently branched out into the components busi9ness, and has released loads of interesting and/or useful components since then. Their latest offering is called CustomKeyboard and is just that…a control that allows you to create custom keyboards for your application.

The image below (animated GIF) shows a few of the endless possibilities:

Developers interested can obtain a free evaluation version of the control at Resco’s web site. The controlo itself comes as part of Resco’s MobileForms toolkit and - unfortunately - costs at least 500$…

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