When I first created this site it was to do reviews of Windows Mobile Apps. I have a Windows Mobile Phone (HTC Touch from Alltel) and I enjoy finding new apps to use on it, unfortunately there aren’t many apps that come out for WM phones on a regular basis. One of the ways I get ideas to review apps, besides word of mouth, is through a service that sends out “press releases” of new apps and programs and I get a lot of these releases a week but I have to turn 99% of them down because they aren’t Windows Mobile related.

Well, I bought an iPod Touch and looking for apps on it are becoming another favorite pasttime when I’m not working or looking for new things for my phone. So an idea popped into my head the other day — I need to review more than just Windows Mobile Apps, I need to review all mobile apps. Expect more reviews, of both Windows Mobile Apps and iPhone/iPod Touch Apps, in the future. And if anyone can get me a G1 to review Android Apps it would be great!

If you have Alltel I’m sure you are gnawing at your fingernails to get some action with Windows Mobile 6.1, like I was. Forum posts at PPCGeeks.com and XDA-Developers.com have been promising ROM updates from Alltel for weeks but with nothing to show once the promised date arrived. I’ve been following the posts since the announcement from HTC that there would be an update available and finally decided that since Alltel wouldn’t release anything I would get a cooked ROM from the real developers — the users.

I knew that I wanted the HTC Touch Pro interface, dubbed Manilla 2D, mainly for the ease of access it gave to everything, something that the normal Windows Mobile interface lacks. So I went with Conflipper’s Manilla 2D Alltel 6.1 ROM and I haven’t looked back on the 6.0 ROM at all. It was a simple process (especially for someone who had never flashed a cooked ROM before) and took all of 2 hours.

If you are on Alltel and want to update the instructions and all the files are here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=33359. Follow the instructions and everything will work out A-OK. If you have problems the great community at PPCGeeks will try their best to help you out.