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I’ve been playing around for a while with a beta version of Skyfire on my Samsung Blackjack. Skyfire’s a new gecko-based browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones, and if you’ve got a Windows Mobile based phone, you’ll want to request access to the beta ASAP (the beta program requires a US phone number, unfortunately). It’s not quite ready for prime time, but it is definitely something to track as it moves toward 1.0. Here are some screen shots of Skyfire in action: Splash Screen as Skyfire Beta Loads Optaros.com in full screen view. Note that the flash carousel of images works just as on desktop browser

Handango, a provider of smartphone applications for various mobile platforms, has recently released its First Half 2008 Handango Yardstick, a trend report about smartphone content and applications. Games and entertainment applications are the big winners so far this year, as people turn from productivity to time wasting. The games category leaped from fourth place at year-end 2007 into the second spot behind the entertainment category -- for the first time in Yardstick's history.

Windows Mobile only: The newly-released Opera Mobile 9.5 beta offers a host of features for surfing on your handheld device. The browser operates in full-screen mode to maximize the amount of web...

Windows only: Free PocketPC app Calendar+ sorts the Today screen calendar to your liking. Set Calendar+ to only display X number of days ahead or to ignore certain days altogether or to show only...

Windows only: The My Mobiler desktop application controls your Windows Mobile device through its Active Sync connection. We've already covered the GetPDAScreen program, which allows you to see your...

Windows only: PocketPC app GetPDAScreen takes screenshots on your mobile device. There's no installation required: simply launch the EXE on your PC, and take a screen capture of any device connected...

Windows Mobile/CE/Smart phones: Wrangle files on your handheld with the portable version of popular Explorer replacement Total Commander. Bringing the increased functionality to Windows Mobile...

Windows Mobile only: The free PIM Backup utility makes backup copies of your appointments, call logs, contacts, messages, speed dials, tasks, and even folders and file types you specify. PIM Backup...

Windows Mobile/Windows CE/Palm OS: Although development has halted on the project, The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) remains a robust option for media playback on Windows and Palm-based mobile...

Windows Mobile devices only: Free application TaskPlus is a Today screen plug-in that reorders the standard task list interface on Windows Mobile devices into a compartmentalized and more manageable...

Windows Mobile phones only: Web based service Dashwire syncs your Windows Mobile phone data to the web site with a Dashwire applet you install on your phone. Dashwire backs up and syncs photos,...

Windows/Mac: Evernote 3.0, the latest version of the note synchronization service, has opened up to public beta. Most of the same web, phone, and desktop functionality remains from its previous...

Windows Mobile only: Windows Mobile and PDA devices may have a copy/paste function, but selecting and copying can be a serious click-click-click pain. ceSnipURL, a free link-shortening app for...