Popular memory cleaning app for Windows Mobile, cleanRAM has received an update bring the version up to v1.8 and delivers extra features, compatibility and fixes reports xda-developers.

Probably the most notable feature of v1.8 is improved compatibility with non touch handsets and compatibility with Windows Mobile 6.5.

The changelog goes like this… Fix all s2u2 issues; new registry key (s2u2Folder) added, more compatibility for Windows Mobile v6.5, addition to “Backup / Restore” feature you can now select and load default settings from reservoir list, new registry keys added, new strings for language file added, languages files added to cab file, and fix small issue with wake up device screen light.

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The strength of the Apple iPhone and Google Android operating systems in the mobile phone market gives Microsoft a significant challenge to force their way back into the reckoning. Its latest Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system is set for release, with mobile consumers looking on intriguingly with interest as Microsoft seeks to find its place in the market.

As a multimedia mobile device, the iPhone and the latest Google Android handsets such as the HTC Magic and HTC Hero are very highly rated and enjoy a stronghold with users that wish to enjoy compatibility and flexibility both in the home and at work. Yet Microsoft is keen to target this same crowd by offering Exchange email software and database access at work as well as connectivity to social networking and music applications at the touch of a button at home.

Mobile phone usage has evolved over the last couple of years in a considerable fashion. No longer are users happy to own a device for calls and a device for multimedia the expectation is to be able to purchase and enjoy using a single device that is fused to meet both consumer and business needs.

HTC has added its weight behind the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 software by including the operating system in its latest handsets, the Touch2 and the Touch HD2 due for release next week. A revamped version of the Internet Explorer mobile interface is set to impress consumers as well as businessmen that will largely seek the OS for its synergy with Microsoft Exchange servers.

It was revealed that only ten percent of the mobile consumer market realised that there is a Windows Mobile service available, however this is largely due to Microsofts previous primary targeting towards business users. The extra competition in the multimedia and business mobile market can only be good for the consumer.

Pixi智能手机搭载2.63英寸显示屏幕，分辨率达到QVGA级别，带来细腻的显示效果。同时，内建高达8GB的内存与GPS模块，全面照顾商务人士的需求。

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Pixi智能手机配备QWERTY全键盘，完全符合商务人士的口味。四行排列的QWERTY全键盘，按键之间并没有出现错位设计，而且按键之间过于密集，用户需要一段时间来适应操作。值得一提的是，按键的键帽采用水晶键帽，按键信息都在水晶键帽下方印刷，免去按键掉色烦恼。

Pixi智能手机配备3.5mm耳机皆有与200万像素摄像头，并支持闪光灯。能满足用户夜间的拍摄要求。双立体扬声器有效增强来电音量，即使身处嘈杂的环境都不会漏接任何一个重要来电。

Pixi内部采用高通的MSM7627处理器方案，并搭载WebOS平台。响应速度更为快速，直观的菜单设计，使用操作更顺心。

五款限量版手机外壳，与Pixi智能手机同步发售。

“别人院子里的草坪总是更绿”，这句话也同样适用于数码产品。即使一个人已经拥有最新最眩的产品，也会忍不住看身旁的人手上拿着的不一样的数码设备，心里想：“那个比我这个多什么功能呢？”

对黑莓(BlackBerry)和iPhone手机的忠实用户来说，这种想法尤其普遍。他们往往都很好奇，想知道对方那款手机有什么功能是自己手机所没有的。本周，我会根据自己的一些亲身体验，介绍这两款智能手机各自的利弊所在，省得你们再费心琢磨。

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由于这两款手机我都经常用，因此很了解它们的不同功能。此外，还有五个人最近把黑莓手机换成了iPhone，我也会将他们的新发现介绍给大家。在我的要求下，这五个人一路写下自己的感想，比如想念黑莓手机的什么功能，以及喜欢iPhone的哪些地方。本文并不想贬低或抬高哪一款手机，而是总结归纳一些用户的感受，并结合我自己的看法，希望能对读者有所裨益。当然，我的介绍不可能全部概括这两款手机的差异之处。

换手机的那五个人最欣赏iPhone的地方是它的应用软件。
　
他们是第一次使用驾车导航等功能，因为这些应用软件比黑莓上的界面更漂亮，用起来更得心应手。他们经历了一段疯狂下载的时期，发现iPhone有各式各样的应用程序，比如游戏、娱乐，以及提高商务旅行效率的软件等。“正在浏览游戏下载，也许现在该离开办公室了。”有人在留言上这么写道。

虽然Research in Motion公司(RIM)的黑莓手机也能运行应用程序（包括一些和iPhone上一样的软件），但黑莓的网上软件商店App World提供的软件只有2,000个出头，而苹果公司的网上软件商店App Store有超过65,000款应用程序。iPhone上预装了进入App Store的快捷方式，而黑莓的App World是由手机运营商自己决定是否预装，因此你有可能在手机界面上看不到进入App World的快捷方式。

那五个人不喜欢iPhone的电池续航时间，抱怨手机动不动就没电。有个人说：“我每天都得给iPhone充几次电，这样不太方便，特别是出门旅行的时候。用黑莓手机的时候，我只在睡觉时给它充电，然后就能用上一整天。”

当然，他们现在用的都是iPhone 3G上网手机，而以前用的黑莓手机网速较慢，屏幕较小，因此能省不少电。不过，总是担心iPhone会没电确实是个令人烦心的事情。有个人说，他的iPhone经常没电是因为他用这款手机比用黑莓更勤了。

iPhone和黑莓手机最明显的区别在于键盘。iPhone用的是屏幕键盘，而黑莓（除了触摸屏的Storm型号外）用的是实体的QWERTY键盘。正如我所料，换手机的五个人觉得iPhone的键盘不好用，尤其是在头几天；但过了一周左右，大多数人都适应了屏幕键盘，而且iPhone有自动纠错功能，只要你不断输入下文就能自动更改错误，没必要停下来修改。有人说：“我以前对iPhone的输入方式持怀疑态度，觉得根本不会好用，但实际感觉还不错。”

另一个说，刚开始的时候用屏幕键盘写字很不适应，但稍加练习后就没事了。

有几个人表示，他们还能像在黑莓手机上一样，用两手的拇指在iPhone上输入文字，但大多喜欢把手机横过来用，因为这样按键更大一些。有人说，输入速度不如用黑莓的QWERTY键盘那么快，但也差不了太多。

黑莓的实体键盘固定在屏幕下方，这意味着每输入一个字母、数字和符号，必须按下相应的某个键，并通过ALT或Shift键来切换数字和符号。有几个人注意到，在iPhone的屏幕键盘上按下功能键切换字母大小写或数字要比在黑莓手机上反应时间长一点。

那五个人很喜欢iPhone的Safari网络浏览器，他们激动地说，与黑莓手机的浏览器相比，用Safari来搜索、浏览和阅读的感觉很好，给人一种愉悦的心情。

如果你是黑莓手机的用户，就会知道所有收发的电子邮件都列在同一个屏幕上。iPhone的邮箱用起来更像电脑，专门有一个文件夹存放发出的邮件，得单独打开才能看到，这需要一点时间来适应。

有几个人说，他们希望iPhone上能有BlackBerry Messenger那样的东西，这种总是在线的即时讯息系统能实现所有黑莓用户之间的彼此沟通。

每次你进入一个新时区，iPhone会自动变更时间显示，而黑莓手机仍维持原有的时区，并应用于所有邮件的时间显示，除非你自己变更时间设置。

RIM公司一直以黑莓手机能同时运行多个任务而自豪，iPhone允许自己预装的程序同时运行，如Mail和Safari等，但不能和其他的应用软件同时运行。

举例而言，有个人感觉很懊恼，因为每次一打开Mail软件收取邮件，Pandora就会自动关闭；这是一款类似收音机的播放软件，能根据用户的喜好播放歌曲。

黑莓的电源适配器需要占用两个电源接口，而iPhone的电源适配器较小，方方正正，只占用一个电源接口，因此用起来更方便，能在更多的地方充电。

iPhone目前只和一家手机运营商合作，即AT&T公司；而黑莓手机有多家运营商支持，如Verizon、AT&T、T-Mobile和Sprint等。我的这个测试组开始用的是T-Mobile，后来又换到AT&T。

别人手上的手机总有些东西看起来比你自己的手机要好。

不过，iPhone应用程序的良好体验，以及App Store海量的软件供应，极大强化了苹果公司数码产品的竞争力。

RIM公司还在不断改善其软件商店，但需要加快动作，才能保持忠实用户的满意度。

MetroPCS has been around since 1994. Windows Mobile has been around in one form or another since 2000. You think at some point their paths would have crossed, right? Nope - not until now, at least.

Live images of the Samsung SCH-i220 Code have just leaked out, and there it is, emblazoned across the top of the device: the MetroPCS logo. Running WinMo 6.1 on a QVGA display with EVDO, a 2.0 megapixel camera, and a QWERTY keyboard, it’s not exactly mind-blowing on the hardware specs front - but a smartphone is a smartphone.

Current rumors pin this launching sometime next month, though there’s no word yet on pricing.

In a Wednesday report, the Taiwan-based tech journal DigiTimes said Microsoft plans to use both Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 to compete with Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone.

Quoting unnamed sources with knowledge of Microsoft’s road map, DigiTimes said Microsoft plans to launch Windows Mobile 6.5 on Oct. 1 and then follow that with an upgrade next February that adds a touch-screen interface.

Windows Mobile 7, which Microsoft has said will offer a user experience commensurate with that of the highest-end smartphones, won’t launch until the fourth quarter of 2010, according to DigiTimes. Microsoft hasn’t offered a timetable for Windows Mobile 7, but its industry partners expect it to arrive early next year. The oft-delayed Windows Mobile 7 has been linked to the reported struggles of Microsoft’s top-secret ‘Pink’ smartphone project.

When Windows Mobile 7 is completed, Microsoft will cut the price of Windows Mobile 6.5 and go to market with both versions, using the former to compete with the iPhone and the latter to compete with Android devices, DigiTimes reported.

Given Microsoft’s Windows Mobile struggles and the software giant’s borderline clinical obsession with both Apple and Google, all of this sounds extremely plausible. However, Microsoft declined to comment on the DigiTimes report.

“We have said we will deliver new Windows phones this fall and we remain on track to do that,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in an e-mail. “We have nothing new to say about future versions.”

Microsoft in February introduced the term “Windows phone” to describe devices running Windows Mobile and services. While this was interpreted as an effort to rebrand Windows Mobile, it’s actually part of Microsoft’s strategy of portraying Windows as a hub for the “three screens” of PCs, mobile devices and televisions.

At Microsoft’s financial analyst meeting last month, Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, said Microsoft will continue to invest in and build on the brand of Windows phones, and also will strive for “dramatic improvement” in integrating Windows Mobile with devices built by hardware partners.

“To date, we haven’t done as good a job as I would like in building the relationships and getting the right level of integration with our hardware OEMs,” Bach said at the event.

But even if Microsoft were to launch Windows Mobile 7 today, the iPhone’s momentum would likely continue to cause insomnia within Microsoft’s executive ranks. Apple sold 5.2 million iPhones in its most recent quarter, and RBC Capital Markets recently predicted that Apple will sell 31.4 million iPhones in its 2010 fiscal year and 82 million iPhones in fiscal 2012.

Meanwhile, Microsoft officials continue to put on a brave face with respect to the iPhone. Last month, Bach said the Windows Mobile 6.5 Web browsing experience will be better than that of the iPhone, and Steven Hegenderfer, group product manager of Windows Mobile, said it’s too early to assume that Apple will be the dominant player in mobile applications. Microsoft has also begun luring iPhone developers over to Windows Mobile.

While it’s still early days in the mobile industry, Microsoft will have to start figuring out how to deliver more quickly on its Windows phone vision or Apple and other industry foes are just going to continue padding their already sizable lead in the space.