Another Compact Digital Camera - Canon PowerShot A640

Who wants to spend more than $200 but less than $300 should think about Canon PowerShot A640.

Basic features:

• 10 MPix Resolution
• 4 x optical zoom (35-140mm equivalent of 35mm film)
• Manual mode, Aperture Priority mode, Shutter Priority mode
• 4 AA Bateries, folding display
• dimensions 109x66x49 mm
• approx. price $290

XnView Pocket - The Best Picture Viewer

In my opinion the XnView Pocket is the best picture viewer for Windows Mobile 6. I run it on my HTC Artemis. If anyone need some help or have a suggestion here is forum.

Ubuntu 7.04

I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 for first time. I have booted from CD so it's not fast enough loading applications but I like it.
The system recognized all my hardware. I can connect to the Internet with no additional settings. So I'm satisfied so far.

Connecting WM6 device to Windows XP computer via Bluetooth

Reading this thread I decided to compose a quick How-To about BT ActiveSync synchronization WM6 device with Windows XP pomputer.

WinXP
Right click on the BT icon in the task bar (bottom right next to the clock)
Show Bluetooth Device/Options/Turn discovery on
Show Bluetooth Device/COM Ports/Add/Incoming
after clicking OK you should see the COM port in the list (for me COM 4)
Right click on the ActiveSync icon (task bar)
Connection Setting - choose the correct COM port from the drop-down list

WM6
Settings/Connections/Bluetooth/ADD new device...
select the device (WinXP computer) and type the password. Make sure that "Turn discovery off" checkbox is ticked and click finish.
CommManager/ActiveSync/Menu/Connect via Bluetoth

Now the ActiveSync and even Internet should work propertly.
I wish you Good Luck!

Upgrade HTC Artemis (P3300) from WM5 to WM6

 Last week I upgraded my HTC Artemis to WM6 operation system. I followed this how-to (in Czech language only).
The main steps were:

• "unlock" the device - start_uspl.exe
  
• upload WM6 O2 ROM - RUU_Artemis_O2_UK_3.4.206.2_4.1.13.28_02.67.90_Ship.exe
  

Other also useful installations were:

• HTC Home - HomePluginWM6.cab
  
• HTC DialPad - Wizard_reTOUCHed_Dialer2.cab
  
• BateryStatus - BatteryStatusExt.1.04.CAB (easy overclocking)
  
• HTC Theme - Htc_default.tsk
  
• and HTC Home Config - HHCv08b.cab
  

You can find all those files here.

I also installed TodayAgenda Plug-In. Now I have HTC Home and TodayAgenda the only Plug-Ins on my Today screen.

All installation went easily - no problem occurred. The WM6 looks better now and are really faster even without overclocking. Additionally my HTC Artemis is working at 273MHz (original 200MHz).

You can find further information at xda-developers.com