Wow, Sprint (NYSE: S) Mogul customers have been getting their fair share of software mods recently. The newest cooked ROM brings Windows Mobile 6.1 features with it.

If firmware hacking is your thing, you might want to forego that previously leaked Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional ROM, and go for broke with threaded SMS text messages. This cooked ROM is GPS enabled, so you’ll get the same benefits as the pre-release ROM, but with the added benefit of threaded text messages.

no2chem from PPCGeeks forum cooked up this ROM and has made it available for brave Sprint Mogul owners itching to try out threaded text messaging. You can grab the ROM here.

As with all firmware modifications, you’ll want to get nice and intimate with the flashing procedures before you dive in. All data will be wiped from the handset, so make sure you back up your contacts and what-not prior to applying this ROM update. Good luck, and let us know how you like it!

Sprint Mogul Windows Mobile ROM with 6.1 features 

We already know pretty much what to expect from Windows Mobile 6.1, but we thought you WinMo fans would like to see more screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.1.

Again, here’s what to expect from WinMo 6.1:

• Threaded SMS text messages
• Speedier, faster, quicker – however you put it, WM6.1 should work better
• Internet Explorer now lets you define a homepage, and also zoom in and out using a nice and clean interface
• Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Office will includes One Note
• Copy / Paste
• Domain Enroll in Settings (Enrolling in a domain will connect your device with company resources.)
• New home screen (pan left and right to check out missed calls, notifications like email, sms, etc.)
• Change Master Security Code
• Added text input settings
• Recent Programs when pressing Start menu
• When you compose an email, or SMS, and start typing the name of the contact in the “To:” field, the contact names finally pop up like Windows Mobile Professional!
• New “getting started” application to ease new users into the setup process
• Improved Task Manager

Keep reading for those pics we mentioned.

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Windows Mobile handsets (most, if not all) come with “stereo speakers” nowadays. The thinking is that you’ll be able to rock-out to your Windows Mobile smartphone without the need to don some cumbersome headphones (earbuds, earphones, whatever). The sad reality is that the stereo speakers on most WinMo devices are placed to close together to project any real sense of “stereo” in the audio-field. What you get is incredibly flat, mono-sounding music from your cellphone. And that’s the other thing, the music sounds flat because there’s not enough definition, bass, treble, etc.

Enter the SRS WOW audio-enhancing plugin. With this handy-dandy little plugin, you’ll be able to squeeze Hi(er)-Fi sound from your WM device. SRS WOW allows you to control things like the “loudness,” definition, focus, bass, and even the center channel. But, the best part feature of the SRS WOW plugin is that it allows you to adjust the “SRS 3D Effect” – which essentially tweaks your audio output to give the impression that your stereo speakers are further apart than they really are. This feature is commonly known as “stereo widening” or “stereo separation.” If you’ve ever messed around with the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N95’s audio setting, you’ll know what we’re talking about here.

Imagine that, stereo-sounding audio from your stereo speaker. Just remember to change your audio setting when you use headphones – there’s a special setting for that.

SRS WOW won’t endow your WinMo handset with the same audio-prowess as the N95 (it’s got damn fine audio-performance, by the way), but hey, it’s better than the crap-audio you’re dealing with now.

Grab SRS WOW here:
Windows Mobile (non-touchscreen)
Windows Mobile (touchscreen)

Download the file, unarchive the CAB file, then install it directly from your Windows Mobile device. Reboot your device and you’ll find your SRS WOW plugin under Start / Settings / System / WOW HD Settings.

[Via: PocketPCMag]

We’d be willing to bet that most iPhone owners out there that keep up to date with the iPhone-related posts have already jailbroken their iPhone v1.1.1. Further, chances are even better that iPhone v1.1.1 users have jailbroken their handsets using the Jailbreakme.com web-based solution.

Now that the iPhone v1.1.3 jailbreak method is online and greatly simplified (thanks to the iJailbreakMobile application available on Installer.app), we’re willing to bet that many iPhone v1.1.3 owners will be looking to downgrade their handsets to v1.1.1 in preparation for a jailbroken v1.1.3 upgrade. If you haven’t already done so, hit up our iPhone v1.1.3 jailbreak/downgrade guide.

Well, we’ve just got word that jailbreakme.com is helping to streamline the process of jailbreaking your v1.1.1 iPhone and updating to a jailbroken v1.1.2. Once you’ve downgraded to the iPhone v1.1.1 firmware and you’re ready to jailbreak the sucker, just head on over to jailbreakme.com (from your iPhone’s Safari browser) and click “Install AppSnapp.” The jailbreakme.com application now installs Oktoprep automatically, obviating the need to install the Oktoprep package prior to updating to the iPhone v1.1.2 firmware.

It’s a small update, but it makes life that much easier for enterprising iPhone fiddlers.

Go forth and jailbreak, people!

Don’t know you have heard about MindMeister, but it’s a great web-based mind mapping tool which allows creation of mind maps by multiple users in real time — and which I personally use. And guess what, they’ve decided to get some media attention by adding support for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s handset.

To be fair, it’s not the complete service you’ll be able to access from your iPhone. Rather the Germany-based company decided to “iPhone-ize” their Geistesblitz Tools, allowing users to quickly submit their ideas (or Geistesblitzes) to a default map in MindMeister. The ideas are inserted in a special branch top left of the root and remain there for you to copy to other maps, or move around within the default map.

Finally in case you’re wondering what the hack “Geistesblitz” means, it’s literally translated as mind flash – a sudden insight or idea, often brilliant and unexpected…

Word on the street has it that the upcoming revision to the Windows Mobile 6.0 platform could go live on February 11. The thinking is that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) unleashed Windows Mobile 6.0 on us at 3GSM in Barcelona last year, and they could very well launch their updated Windows Mobile 6.1 OS at Mobile World Congress (renamed from 3GSM) on February 11 in Barcelona, Spain.

Msmobiles suggests that the WinMo6.1 launch could happen during Microsoft’s press event, scheduled for 15:00-16:00 on Feb. 11 (that’s 12 noon PST for us west-coasters).

We’ll be there, covering the press event live. Stay tuned!

[Via: Msmobiles]

Users of the group-chat interface Campfire will be glad to hear that they can continue the group-conversation on their iPhone. 37signals has announced that their Campfire interface is now live on the iPhone. Any iPhone that visits a campfire site will find that a new iPhone-optimized interface is waiting for them.

The iPhone-specific Campfire sites have been designed to allow you to scroll through the chat-transcript, but you’ll need to use a “two-finger scroll” method.

If you use Campfire and the iPhone, head to your Campfire site and, uh, fire ‘er up! We don’t use Campfire, so let us know how you like the new iPhone interface.

[Via: 37signals]

Mozilla’s recent announcement of an official Firefox Mobile development push gave Windows Mobile fans the world over a reason to celebrate. Unfortunately for Mozilla, Skyfire’s browser may just emerge as the browser of choice for Windows Mobile users seeking a more desktop-like browsing experience.

Still, Mozilla has launched their Firefox Mobile Wiki to give all of us a peak at what the Mozilla code-monkeys are brewing up. The new mobile browser will apparently be offered in touchscreen and non-touchscreen flavors.

The touchscreen variant of Firefox Mobile should feature an intuitive, familiar, tap-based (no stylus) interface that will require 1-2 taps to access the most common features. Non-touchscreen fans will be able to use a cursor to move around web-pages. But, from the looks of it, the touchscreen version is where it’s at.

Visit the Firefox Mobile WiKi for more info.

Keep reading for more screenshots.

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We’re not sure that many users will be taking advantage of an online photo-printing service for the iPhone. The iPhone’s camera isn’t anything special and the lack of a built-in flash turns night-shots into nightmare shots. But, that didn’t stop ECCE TERRAM from bringing an online photo-printing service to the iPhone.

ECCE TERRAM has announced that they will be launching an iPhone client that allows iPhone users to order prints of their pictures online, directly from their iPhone. It seems that the iPhone’s ability to store your digital picture album and multi-touch image manipulation makes the iPhone “the first attractive and user-friendly mobile phone photo print application that will be loved by its users.”

Users will be able to order picture-books and postcards printed from the image files on their iPhone – either taken with the iPhone’s camera or transferred from their computer. A

A final version of the ECCE TERRAM iPhone picture-printing service should be available shortly after Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) releases the official iPhone SDK.

[Via: Macworld]

Full desktop-like web browsing on a mobile phone has been just beyond the grasp of many enthusiasts for quite some time. Sure, there are mobile browsers out there that offer an almost desktop-like browsing experience and combine it with a good dose of usability (ahem, iPhone Safari), but the lack of integrated Flash support keeps these browsers from claiming true desktop-like browsing.

Enter Skyfire for Windows Mobile. The new mobile browser brings the true internet (like you’d experience from your desktop or laptop computer) to Windows Mobile smartphones. Flash-advertisements, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook – any and all web-pages load in speedy fashion thanks to Skyfire’s behind-the-scenes server-magic. With integrated Flash support, animated/interactive advertisements come to life, embedded videos play in the browser, and Flash-based web-pages are finally viewable.

Skyfire is compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 – in both touchscreen and non-touchscreen flavors.

Check out the video below to get an idea for how Skyfire will work on your WinMo handset. Then go sign up for the private beta here.

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