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Killjoy: See the funny thing is that I've seen people, actual people in real life using things like the G1 and the iPhone as dumbphones, just talk and text. T... more »
redman042: Given the contract issue, I can't imagine getting a smartphone for anyone other than my wife or kids (if I had kids that were old enough and responsib... more »
Curves: I am not getting one, but would love one for sure. Adult or not, I still love to get toys for Christmas. more »
Jeb_Hoge: I'm thinking about finding out what the lowest-cost plan for an Eris would be for me; more out of curiosity than anything, but I'd be using birthday (... more »
Malfunktion v2: Just got a Droid for X-mas. The transfer was pretty simple since I already had a smartphone (BB Storm) more »
Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Gifting someone a smartphone who isn't a spouse or direct relative is kind of like a promise ring. "Here is an expensive piece of tech. I plan to ke... more »
Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Not to mention, the last time I gave someone a phone that I had picked out for them, they dumped me 3 weeks later and I still had to pay on their cont... more »
Jeremy Lee Ingram: I would imagine they are focusing on those that are buying for a family member in their family plan. Other than that, it seems like a pain in the ass. more »
Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I guess I look at it like giving a car to someone. Unless they specifically told me exactly what they wanted, AKA it wasn't a surprise, I wouldn't pu... more »
Jack L. Peterson: I am 99.9% sure I am receiving the HTC Touch Pro2 from U.S. Cellular (There was a $350 bill last month, which could have only been augmented by a new ... more »
OrbitalGun: I imagine the marketing push is to convince parents to buy one for their teen(s). Unless you're gifting an unlocked one, which wouldn't bind anyone t... more »
aokiqiao: I have an actual Zune 120 with Zune Pass and its the best thing thats happend to me this year. And when I dont have the zune I just use Orb Live on my... more »
Nathan Obbards: Now there's even more reason for me to use my newly acquired HTC Imagio. The Zune Pass is great, as much as iPeople love to bash it. I'm waiting for... more »
MarcusMaximus: Except that then you have to deal with WinMo, rather than the excellence that is the Zune HD. (I know I'm going to get attacked like crazy from the pe... more »
beercheck: Dammit. more »
Kaiser-Machead: If Android's current growth is any indication, by late next year, Microsoft won't have a leg to stand on to wait that long. Android's app pool will be... more »
ibelli: MS has as much time as they want. They have the money, they have the resources, and if they come out with the super-dopeness in windows mobile 7, all ... more »
DustyButt™: MS has officially tapped out.They had plenty of time to put something together. What's it been, almost two years since they announced that they were ... more »
Glen Mitchell: seriously why is the zune hd team not fixing this broke platform more »
Nathan Obbards: I'm not one to usually say this, but, seriously, MS, just give up already. Android is tanning your ass and geeks love it, BB OS is still loved and do... more »

#questionoftheday

Are Smartphones a Weird Holiday Gift?
Naturally, manufacturers are pushing smartphones as big holiday gifts this year. But how many of you are actually giving/receiving one? More »
#zunehd

How To: Play Zune Pass Music on Your WinMo Handset
For $15 a month, a Zune Pass subscription is a pretty great deal. The only catch, seemingly, is that you also have to pony up a couple hundred bucks for a Zune. Except! Turns out you don't. PocketNow shows how: More »
#windowsmobile7

Don't Wait Up for Windows Mobile 7
Windows Mobile 7's been nudged back a couple of times, and Microsoft UK mobile head Phil Moore now says it's "been put back until late next year." Hey guys, sooner is better. [Mobile News via WM Power User via BGR]
#windowsmobileapps

Skyfire 1.5 Brings More Speed, Less Ugly
Love that Skyfire can play any Flash videos, and optimize websites to load incredibly fast, but hate that it kind of looks like ass in the process? So does Skyfire! Which is why they've released version 1.5 for Windows Mobile. More »
#rant

It's Time To Make Phone OSes Work On Any Phone
VMWare is making noise about smartphone virtualization again, claiming their new system will run two operating systems at once, sorta. It's a compelling idea! But even more, it's a reminder: Why the hell can't we choose our smartphone's OS, again? More »
#review

Samsung Omnia II Review
Samsung, stop doing this. More »
#samsung

It's Official: Samsung Omnia II Is $200 on Verizon
Last Friday's tipster was right on the money: The Omnia II lands December 2 for $200 on contract (after $100 mail-in rebate). It runs WinMo 6.5, but that sweet-looking 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen gets the 3D cube TouchWiz 2.0 UI. More »
#samsung

Samsung Omnia II Hits Verizon December 2 for $200
I still don't know why the Omnia II's 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen is resistive, but the WinMo 6.5 phone will go head-to-head with Verizon's own Moto Droid. Leaked docs suggest it'll be $200 on contract after $100 mail-in rebate. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones
However you feel about Windows Mobile 6.5, chances are you don't have it, so you (probably) haven't been able to try out the new Marketplace for Mobile. Starting today—earlier than promised!—anyone with a 6.x handset can access it. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store
Microsoft added a few nice new features to its Windows Mobile Marketplace today, including enhanced security and a nice-looking store that can be accessed from your computer's browser, much like Xbox Live. More »
#htc

HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor
HTC's new UI patent that "organizes applications, widgets, and web pages into pages of a virtual book" may "borrow" a few ideas from Palm, but it's cool with me. I'm all for a snazzier version of Pre's card system. More »
#samsung

Samsung Omnia II Examined: Looks Okay, But Why the Resistive Touchscreen?
Samsung's going the HTC route with Windows Mobile on its new AMOLED-packing Omnia II by cramming its own TouchWiz interface into every nook and cranny of WinMo. Ai.rs has a thorough walkthrough of the hardware and TouchWiz for your perusal. More »
#ballmer

Confirmed: Zune Integration Coming in Windows Mobile 7
Ballmer just confirmed to Engadget that Zune integration IS coming to Windows Mobile 7, as was implied by these leaked screenshots earlier this year. [Engadget]
#ballmerinterview

Ballmer on the Smartphone Race: "It Doesn't Matter What the Critics Say"

In this segment of my exclusive interview series with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, I brought up the sore subject of Windows Mobile 6.5. After defending it, he cited another product that did well but suffers mounting criticism: Nokia smartphones. More »
#windowsmobile7

Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leak: Where's the Start Button?
PocketNow got ahold of some screenshots apparently culled from WinMo 7, since they look a little flashy and aesthetically different from WinMo 6.5—and that's definitely a good thing. More »
#rumor

Mockup Offers More Details On Windows Mobile 7 UI
Rumor has it that the bottom section of the image above is an internal mockup of what UI controls on Windows Mobile 7 might look like (compared to WinMo 6.5). More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile 6.5.1: Must...Keep...Polishing
Window Mobile 6.5 was a visual upgrade over all else, which makes the fact that the new UI isn't very good particularly disturbing. Windows Mobile 6.5.1 takes the interface changes deeper—like they should've been in the first place. More »
#windowsmobile

Six Things I Actually Like About Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 6.5 was a failure of imagination, design, and foresight. I've covered this, rather adamantly! But while the new version didn't add that much—that was the problem—there are some things I still genuinely like about Windows Mobile. More »
#windowsmobile

How To Install Windows Marketplace For Mobile On WinMo 6.1
Windows Mobile 6.5's dirtiest secret is that all the good bits—the Marketplace, My Phone—work on all 6.x phones. Marketplace for 6.0 and 6.1 is officially slated for December, but with a dead-simple trick, you can download it now. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile Marketplace App Copy Protection Is a Joke
According to a developer on XDA, the already slack copy protection for Windows Marketplace is a complete joke—with a "hunch" and five minutes, he was able to get around it, creating unlimited copies of paid apps. More »
#htc

How the Hell Is HTC Hurting Right Now?
Endless hardware rumors. A dedicated fanbase. The best Android phones around. How is it that HTC, a company that people actually like, and which looks like it's doing so well from where we all stand, is hemorrhaging profit? More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile 6.5 Comes to Sprint With Samsung's Intrepid
Though we pronounced Windows Mobile 6.5 anything but intrepid, Samsung is bringing a WinMo 6.5 phone by that name to Sprint. It should be available October 11th, and looks pretty much like Sammy's old BlackJack line. More »
#smartphones

Motorola Passes on Windows Mobile 6.5
Ouch, when Motorola passes on you, things must be really bad. More »
#microsoft

Robbie Bach Promises Windows Mobile Won't Evolve So Damn Glacially From Now On
Asked why it took so damn long to get from Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5 (which there isn't a whole lot of difference, honestly), Robbie Bach says that the shift from a business focus to an all-around one, was huge, and took a lot of time. More »
#review

HTC Imagio Review: HTC Is Microsoft's Best Critic
For Windows Mobile 6.5, the OS is only (and thankfully) half the story. Microsoft left plenty up to the carriers and handset manufacturers, and with the Imagio, Verizon and HTC have at least created something interesting. More »
#smartphones

HTC's Only Actually Interesting Windows Mobile 6.5 Phone Isn't Coming to the US (Update: It Is)
HTC's most awesome Windows Mobile 6.5 phone isn't coming here: The HD2 has a giganto 480x800 screen and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor inside of a 11mm-thinner-than-the-iPhone body. And, it's the first WM phone running Sense, of Hero fame. More »
#flash

Flash 10.1: Full Flash for Everyone But iPhone, Actually Playable HD Vids
A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1: Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile. and it'll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly. But the bad news? More »
#remainders

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Woman Disarms Terrorist With Ax, Then Shoots Him With His Own AK-47...Windows 7 XP Mode Is Ready For Realsies...Skype Rumored To Become Lenovo Crapware...Windows Mobile, Symbian To Dominate World Smartphone Biz in 5 Years??? More »
#windowsmobile

Verizon's HTC Imagio Is Just the Blunted Tip of the Windows Mobile 6.5 Iceberg
Cast your gaze upon the HTC Imagio: a same-y WinMo touch phone, not unlike the Touch Diamond2, with an aging Qualcomm processor, familiar specs and a manufacturer-designed interface. This, folks, is the new, old face of Windows Mobile. More »
#htc

HTC TouchFLO 3D Exposed on Video, Looks Damn Hot
Set to debut on the HTC Leo/HD2/whatever, we've seen screenshots of HTC's updated TouchFLO 3D but now we've got some video. PocketNow managed to install it onto a Touch Pro2, and despite that handset's lesser specs it looks nicely smooth. More »
#steveballmer

Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
There's something disarming, humanizing even, about sitting Steve Ballmer in front of a webcam, sipping a giant iced coffee from Starbucks (which explains so much), talking about how Apple can only dominate "niche" categories, like media players, not something bigger. More »
#blockquote

“Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
Today at a Venture Capital Summit, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted a few things we all already kind of knew: Windows Mobile 7 is late as hell, and needs a lot of work. More »
#gps

Free Waze App Turns GPS Navigation Into a Social Cellphone Game
The problem with most turn-by-turn navigation apps for cellphones is that they are outrageously expensive. Not so with Waze. In fact, the app is totally free—and it even turns the driving experience into a fun little game. More »
#exclusive

The Pink Phone Pictures Microsoft Doesn't Want You To See Yet
Project Pink is Microsoft's secret new phone, their first major phone play since the iPhone. Here are the first pictures of Pink phones, Turtle and Pure. More »
#windowsmobile

Leaked Release List Details AT&T Windows Mobile Phones
One of BGR's "ninja tipsters" has graced that site with a roadmap of AT&T's Windows Mobile phones for the remainder of 2009. Topping the list is a business class duo consisting of the LG Monaco and HP Obsidian. More »
#cellphones

i-mate Briefly Reappears On Everyone's Radar, Just to Die
Oct 23 2007: The last time we posted a story on i-mate, a once-hopeful early player in the Windows Mobile handset field. Since then, the company's story has been one of slow decline: restructuring, moving, layoffs, missed orders and debt. And now, at long last, death. [ITP]
#windowsmobile

Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
There's word that if an app is unapproved and removed from Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft's version of Apple's App Store, then it will also be removed from all users' devices. No information on whether that includes refunds for paid apps. More »
#htcleo

HTC Leo Is the First Windows Mobile Phone With Multitouch
Leaked specs for the HTC Leo had everyone excited about the possibility that its massive 4.3-inch screen could be a glass capacitive panel—a novelty for Windows Mobile phones. Well, not only is it capacitive, it's multitouch. And how! More »
#htcleo

HTC Leo Bares All: Huge 4.3-Inch Screen, 1GHz Snapdragon
Remember that gloriously powerful, oddly fake-looking HTC Windows Mobile 6.5 phone from a while back? Well, it's real, and it's huge. For reference, the phone pictured next to it has an already impressive 3.6-inch screen—this thing breaks 4. More »
#smartphones

HTC Touch Pro2 Gets Its First Reasonable Price Tag, Courtesy of Verizon
The HTC Touch Pro2 is a manifestly decent phone, which has been priced into oblivion by every carrier that's touched it. Until today, that is, when Verizon announced that their variant of the 3.6-inch-screened QWERTY smartphone will come in at $200, after a mail-in rebate. More »

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