As you can clearly see, changes are afoot at Mobile Tech Digest. Discussions will now take place over at the TotalPDA forum — if you want to leave a comment but not register, use the forum name MTDcommenter and the same for the password.
A lot of the comments I’ve seen posted here would be much [...]

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Italian consultancy Inverse Path reveals research that shows RDS-TMC receivers may be vulnerable to hijack by hackers.
“The trouble is that people trust sat nav,” he points out. “It’s not like your PC which everyone knows is vulnerable to hackers and viruses, so are wary of. Sat nav naturally inspires blind faith.”
Systems that do not primarily [...]

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A US survey finds that very few of those who use broadband Internet connections are accessing the Internet via mobile devices.
The top two barriers to using mobile devices for Net access are extra fees and difficulty of using the Net on small screens. Among those who own Net-enabled phones but don’t use them for [...]

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The IT-Observer has printed a long-ish release from Pointsec Security on information security. The key to safe (in terms of data security) device disposal appears to be: encrypt, encrypt, encrypt.
The Companies Act in the UK, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US (which a growing number of UK organisations, especially those that trade with the [...]

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Jason Langridge (MR Mobile) on MSDN Blogs has posted a PDF document comparing Windows Mobile 5 and 6 with simple checklists. Exchange 2007 is required for quite a few of the new features. This news comes via msmobiles.com.

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I spotted a press release for a new version of WebCamera Plus on Google News. What it purports to do is turn your PDA or smartphone into a webcam, which connects to your desktop PC either via ActiveSync, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Maybe I’m completely missing the point here, but I don’t see any real market or [...]

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I’m one of those people who finds great convenience — and sometimes, humour — in capturing a screenshot of something or other. This is no problem on my desktop or laptop, but this is the first time I’ve seen one for the smartphone or Pocket PC. Ilium Software Screen Capture is a free utility that [...]

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TotalPDA is running a prize giveaway, with entrants standing a chance to win their own TomTom ONE Europe.
If you want to enter the competition, all you need to do is subscribe for our free newsletter, which can be found on the left hand side of our online store.
The competition closes 17 April, and winner will [...]

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On thinking about it, this is so simple I can’t believe I didn’t think of it first. Then again, I can be kind of old school. The Smart PDA has an article on turning your smartphone or PDA into a ‘portable computer’. What the author means is using your smartphone or PDA much like some [...]

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GPS Review has posted a very handy tutorial on itinerary planning with the TomTom GO series (510, 710, 910). The tutorial is clear, takes you step by step, and notes that it is useful for long trips that need route flexibility or more complex ones with multiple stops (waypoints).

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