Wendong’s Smart Phone Weblog

Soleus offers complete control over branding and user experience.

It’s based on the Windows CE 5.0 Embedded core platform, a very inexpensive ($3/unit), basic operating system without the GUI and applications most people associate with Windows.

Rather than purchasing the whole Windows Mobile package, Intrinsyc started with the CE core and added its own telephony layer, custom user-interface builder, and development environment. Like on smart phones, all of a Soleus phone’s features are exposed to developers: Intrinsyc specifically cites “alarm, calculator, calendar, call history, camera, contacts, dialer, file manager, media player, and phone settings.”

[PC Magazine] Cheap Phones To Get Windows

[windowsfordevices.com] Windows CE zeroes in on feature phones

BBC News Headlines Tracker for mobile is available for Java MIDP 2.0 and Flash Lite. The best part is it is free:

The BBC does not charge for the application but you will incur data charges at your standard network rate in downloading the application to your handset.

Some guides to setting up access point on your handset for UK operators.

Via Google Groups

How to view PDF files on Symbian, Palm, Blackberry and Pocket PC:
[PDFzone.com] How to Manage PDFs on Your Mobile Devices

Python for Series 60 tutorial by Jurgen Scheible

Mobup is a small J2ME application that manages photo uploads on Flickr from your mobile device built using the Flickr APIs. Once installed it gives you the possibility to shoot your photo and add title, tags and description, manage sets and groups from the same applications with optimal user experience and to post the shooted photo on your blog.

Mobup source code is now available for free under GNU General Public License.