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Assign pictures to your Contacts

Submitted Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Windows Mobile devices have the ability to assign a picture ID to your Contacts. Once you assign a picture to a contact, it will pop up on your screen when that contact calls you. After you have snapped a picture of the contact with your device (or saved one on it from another location), do the following:

Touch screen devices:

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Use third-party programs to convert images during synchronization

Submitted Thursday, August 16, 2007

Werner Ruotsalainen discusses different ActiveSync plug-ins that convert images so that they will fit onto Pocket PC screens, such as Resco Picture Viewer and SplashPhoto. Click here for the article.

Use third-party programs to convert images during synchronization

Submitted Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Werner Ruotsalainen discusses different ActiveSync plug-ins that convert images so that they will fit onto Pocket PC screens, such as Resco Picture Viewer and SplashPhoto. Click here for the article.

Tips for taking good pictures

Submitted Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Even though the built-in cameras on touch screen and non-touch screen smartphones aren’t of the same quality as most standalone cameras, you can still take pictures that are worth saving if you keep in mind a few simple pointers:
  • Make use of the entire frame. Most people have the tendency to only focus on the center of the view.
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How to set an image as your Today or Home screen background

Submitted Friday, December 8, 2006
On most Windows Mobile devices, you can use the Pictures & Videos application (known as “Pictures” in pre-WM 5 Pocket PCs) to select a JPEG image file as your Today or Home screen background image. Open the full-screen view of the desired image and select Menu >Set as Today Background (or Menu >Use as Home Screen).

How to add a picture to Contact information

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
Users of WM 5 and 6 devices can add a picture to an individual contact from the Pictures field in the New or Edit screens in Contacts. Select “Picture” from the Edit menu, select the picture you want to correspond with the contact, and select OK (or Done on non-touch screen smartphones).
 
 
The ability to add photos to your contacts is built into WM 5 and 6 devices and can be added to pre-WM 5 Pocket PCs.

How to save Web images on pre-WM 5 Pocket PCs and non-touch screen smartphones

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
Viewed Web images are automatically saved in one of the sub-folders found in the \Windows\Profiles\Guest\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 folder. Use File Explorer or File Manager to find them. Then copy them elsewhere and rename them as necessary.

How to use Pictures & Videos

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
Pictures & Videos lets you view, edit, delete, and beam digital images, as well as play slide shows. (Note: On pre-WM 5 Pocket PCs, this program is called “Pictures.”)

How to save Web images on WM 5 and 6 touch screen devices

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
On Windows Mobile 5 and 6 touch screen devices you can save images displayed in Internet Explorer Mobile by tapping and holding an image and selecting “Save Image” from the pop-up menu. If a thumbnail of the image is displayed on the Web page, tap on or select the image to see if you can get it to display larger and then save it.

Speed up Web browsing and save money by disabling image downloads

Submitted Friday, February 23, 2007
If you are using a phone-enabled device and find that Web sites are taking a long time to load, you can make your browsing experience faster by disabling picture downloads.
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