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Windows SideShow on Mobile

Posted on 2:34pm 6/09/2008 by Bruno Silva in Mobility, Software, Windows

Have you heard about Windows SideShow? It’s kind of a geeky feature of Windows Vista. :-P

It allows you to connect an external device to your PC, displaying gadgets like incoming e-mails, photo galleries among other stuff. There are already some devices that support this feature. You may be familiar with an ASUS laptop which comes with a display on top of it.

ASUS - Windows SideShow

There are other devices detached from your laptop like digital picture frames.

Digital Picture Frame

More details available in the Windows Vista official website - Window SideShow details.

A beta version of a piece of software is now available which transforms your Windows Mobile 5 or 6 devices into a Windows SideShow compliant device (using bluetooth). :)

The developer preview can be found at Microsoft Download Center. Follow the instructions that come with the software. After a successful install you can download and install new gadgets from Window Live Gallery. (Suggestions: Microsoft Office Power Point Remote and Picture Viewer)

You can configure your gadgets for each plugged Windows SideShow device in the Windows Control Panel (Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Windows SideShow).

Take a look at some screenshots at Chris Craft’s Blog.

(Based on another great post from Channel 10)

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