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Windows Mobile My Phone Impressions - It's a Fancy Backup Service
Windows Mobile fans hoping that Microsoft's My Phone over-the-air syncing service was going to be Mobile Me for WinMo can put those thoughts away. It's basically just a fancy backup service. But it works! More » -
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Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile Smartphone In Action, Looks Even Better
"Sleek, elegant design," says the official video of the Toshiba TG01 smartphone. And it's true. But their interface demo also shows why it may be the best Windows Mobile weapon against Android, iPhone, and Blackberry. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by weatherman: Hardware looks fine (nothing to drool over) but the OS still looks crappy. I really think that this Android thing... 4 Responses | Other threads
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SkyMarket: Windows Mobile's App Store
Windows Mobile's been around the block a few (6.1?) times, so there are endless lists of apps for it. What the phone OS doesn't have is a universal place where users can buy and download programs. This job listing, which Long Zheng of Istartedsomething.com wrote about, reveals Skymarket, Microsoft's solution to this problem. The marketplace is set to launch with Windows Mobile 7. [Istartedsomething] -
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Motorola Alexander Cellphone Spy Shot: It Doesn't Look Like a Savior
It has been a few months since we first heard about the upcoming "Alexander" phone from Motorola—a release that was considered a do-or-die for the company. BGR has managed to snag a spy shot of the phone that clearly shows a Windows Mobile platform running (listed at 6.1 but may be 7) as opposed to UIQ and what appears to be a vertical sliding QWERTY. It's still slated for a Q4 release, but I don't see it bringing Moto back from the brink or anything. [BGR] -
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HTC Touch Diamond Shows Up on FCC With US 3G Specs
Like the sun rising or your prostate swelling to grapefruit sizes, the HTC Touch Diamond showing up on the FCC site was an inevitability. It's not like we didn't know it was coming, but seeing for ourselves that it exists and has the proper US-based 3G HSDPA capabilities is always good. Now all that's left is to wait for someone to release it for realsies. If you've already got an imported Touch Diamond, you can add 850MHz support to it via a software update. [FCC via Engadget]
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By Jason ChenComment by ANoel: @Connman: @theorieofself: @blitzkrieg999: @The_Gas_Man: @theorieofself: @Munch the BanNail: @kaneshadow: @bpapa9013: @ppiddy: @Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!: @Keirmeister: @o0adam0o: @AlternateEarth: @poedgirl: ... more » | Other threads
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Video of the Samsung Omnia i900 UI in Action
If you were thinking about picking up the new Samsung Omnia SGI-1900 with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a little video demonstration of the touchscreen UI could go a long way in helping you arrive at a decision. All-in-all things look great, just don't be surprised if you fall asleep watching the following video. Not because the UI is boring mind you, but the music has that single mom reunited with her child Oxygen movie of the week vibe to it. More » -
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Zumobi Browser for WM5, WM6 Updated: Users Can Add Their Own Content
Earlier this year I put the Zumobi browser for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices through its paces and determined that it had some novelty value, but it was clear that there were shortcomings that needed to be overcome before it had any chance of attracting a serious audience. The folks behind the project have taken a step towards that end by updating their software to allow users to customize and create their own tiles from RSS feeds. They have also made it possible to select and upload Tiles directly from your phone. More » -
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Pantech Duo 2 Dual-Sliding Windows Mobile Phone Leaked on FCC
Seeing as the original AT&T Pantech Duo 1 is the C810, this C820 has a really high possibility of being the Pantech Duo 2. There aren't many details, but it's got WCDMA 850/1900, which is AT&T's 3G, and probably will run Windows Mobile like the previous ones. It's interesting to check out the differences between this and the Ocean 2, which also popped up on the FCC a few weeks back if you're into looking at FCC drawings. [FCC] -
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Rumor: MWg to Launch Windows Mobile 7 Device This Year
One fun rumor bopping around the phone sites is that MWg, the smartphone maker previously known as O2 Asia, will be rolling out a Windows Mobile 7 phone in the fourth quarter of 2008, specifically the Flame II shown above. That's about a year earlier than we last heard. Everyone sounds skeptical, but you never know, the timeline could have been Boy Genius, or to see the whole MWg presentation, have a accelerated because WM6 isn't exactly a crowd pleaser. If you want a more complete roadmap, check out Boy Genius; for the original video presentation from MWg, look at MoDaCo. Either way, take it with a grain or two of salt. [MoDaCo via BGR] -
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Hands-on With Windows Mobile Skyfire Browser Beta 0.6
Skyfire just got its 0.6 update, bring with it a few more features (listed after the jump) and a bit of compatibility increase that makes it feel more like a real browser than it was even when we saw it at CTIA. The overall idea is the same: Skyfire servers render pages into image form, which then makes it onto your Windows Mobile phone over an internet connection. On our Sprint HTC Mogul, Gizmodo loaded pretty damn fast over EV-DO, and features like Flash actually seemed to work well. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by inimical: @TurboFool: If you click once to zoom, it brings up a zoom box which you can resize by pulling the... more » | Other threads
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Giga-Byte GSmart Windows Mobile Phones Have a Fancy Smart Touch UI
It took a year for Giga-Byte to follow in HTC's footsteps, but the upcoming GSmart Windows Mobile smartphones will have a brand new UI on top of the standard WinMo affair. The interface is called "Smart Touch," and will be more finger-friendly—more oriented toward gestures and finger-navigation—lending itself to launching your commonly used programs directly from the home screen. The Chinese version of this has been available since April, but suffers from some incompatibility issues that most likely won't be in the European release version coming sometime after May. [The Unwired via Into Mobile]
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By Jason ChenComment by ninjatales: Video's been deleted. Thanks a bunch YouTube. Always finding ways to disappoint. more » | Other threads
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cellphones
HTC Launching Most Important Product of the Year Next Month
The Taipei times quotes HTC's own financial executive Cheng Hui-ming at an investor's conference as saying they will launch "the most important product for HTC this year" at an event on May 6. Cheng wasn't too forthcoming with details, but it seems like it's going to be a "Touch" phone—as in one of the HTC Touch models—and be called the "Diamond". He says that it's going to be so good, he's "confident of landing orders from most major carriers," but warned about possible delays because they haven't gotten certification for the phone yet. Sounds very interesting. Could it be this phone? [Taipei Times via Engadget] -
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TouchBrowser Brings iPhone Finger-Flicking Browsing to Windows Mobile
Desktop-like browsing is already headed to Windows Mobile in version 6.1, but can you use your finger with it? Like on the iPhone? Not exactly. For that, you'll have to install TouchBrowser. Along with being able to pan around a page to get your Britney Spears news with your finger, there's even a proprietary onscreen keyboard that takes up almost the entire display. Would you pay $14.95 for this? Only if you're building the world's lamest iPhone replica on your HTC Touch. [Makayama]
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By Jason ChenComment by firewolf006: i have an awkward question.... who types on a phone's keyboard with their non thumbs? that browser flatly sucks. i said it more » | Other threads
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smartphones
World's First Dual-SIM WIndows Mobile Phone Keeps Girlfriends and Wives Separate
Dual-SIM phones that let you have your phone be simultaneously on two GSM networks are nothing new, but until now they've been on regular phones. This makes no sense. Who needs two phones? Businessmen. And businessmen need phones that scream "I AM A BUSINESSMAN!" Few do that better than Windows Mobile, and these W1000 and G1000 Windows Mobile phones from HKC accomplish the job quite nicely. More » -
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HTC Touch Dual Set to Make Its Debut in the U.S.
The HTC Touch Dual has been available in Europe for some time now, but a recent announcement has revealed that it will be sliding its way to the states sometime during this quarter. No pricing has been announced, but if you want to get your hands on one, Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile is where its at. Full details available in the press release after the jump. More » -
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Hi Ho Silverlight? Microsoft Windows Mobile Gets PDF and Flash Friendly
Microsoft just signed a deal to license Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader PDF formats for Windows Mobile. There's no word yet on when this will appear in the operating system itself, but it's a nice show of openness. It also means two things: More » -
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MSN Direct Weather, News and Stocks Comes to Windows Mobile
MSN Direct's weather, news, stocks, and entertainment info have been available on MSN Spot devices for a while now, but have been surprisingly missing from Microsoft's own cellphone devices. Not anymore. You can get now up-to-date info right on your Windows Mobile home screen direct from whatever data connection you have (Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE). Best of all, it's free, which means that MSN Direct might be moving more towards a software service on already-connected devices, which in turn means that it might even expand to non Windows Mobile phones in the future? [MSNDirect]
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By Jason ChenComment by olstar: installed onto my v1415 (HTC S710) works a treat! Little edit of the xml file can help set its screen position.... more » | Other threads
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Toshiba G810 Windows Mobile Smartphone Looks Like the HTC Touch
Toshiba's no stranger to Windows Mobile devices, but their latest G810 touchscreen handset looks more similar to the HTC Touch than their previous HTC-like phones. It's got Windows Mobile 6 on board, 3g HSDPA, 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio 2.8-inch touchscreen display, 256MB internal memory, GPS, and a late Spring European launch. It's got enough features to be a good phone, but it's nothing revolutionary. [Toshiba Europe via Tech Digest via The Unwired] -
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Samsung's Flagship i900 Windows Mobile Phone Leaked in Color
The first leak of Samsung's supposed flagship Windows Mobile phone was leaked a few weeks ago in black and white, but this time we've got a picture in color of what the touchscreen device is going to look like. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by sonicwind: this is nice stuff except for WinMo and all that space around the edges of the screen. Definitely one of... more » | Other threads
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cellphones
More Treo 800w Details Possibly Leaked
There's been a slow trickle of details on the upcoming Treo 800w, but this poster on WMExpert's forums seems to know a little more than everyone else about the phone. He says the 800w will look like a Palm Centro with rounded corners and thin body. It will ship with Windows Mobile 6, but be upgradeable to 6.1 when that hits. More » -
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Samsung BlackJack Finally Getting Windows Mobile 6 Update!
You've been waiting almost a year for it, but Samsung's finally putting out the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for your BlackJack. Just hit up the link below at 5 p.m. EST (2 p.m. PST) and you'll be able to load it on your own phone. Saves you a bit of cash from having to upgrade to the BlackJack 2. [Samsung]
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By Jason ChenComment by reconpj: Had no issues whaen I upgraded my two phones here. Directions on the site were easy to follow and it... more » | Other threads
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HTC Touch Windows Mobile Smartphone Coming to Verizon
If you Verizon customers were peeking enviously over the fence at the HTC Touch on Sprint, you won't have to peek much longer. According to a Howard Forums user (who apparently took this shot at the UT Starcom booth at CES), the HTC Touch will be headed to Verizon as the XV6900 soon. It'll be white, and it'll be slightly thinner than the Sprint version of the phone. In the end, however, it's still the same Windows Mobile phone that's not all that great to use (unless you load PointUI on it.) [Hofo via Crunchgear] -
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HTC Pharos Spy Shot - Windows Mobile, GPS and Confusing Name
We're not sure if this HTC Pharos 3470 Windows Mobile Smartphone will actually be called the Pharos when it launches—especially since it gets people confused with Pharos, who also make GPS Windows Mobile smartphones—but this spy shot looks interesting. The phone has a 200MHz OMAP processor, 128MB RAM, 2.8-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.0, and GPS. What it supposedly doesn't have, oddly enough, is 3G or Wi-Fi; two things that HTC phones usually throw in standard. It does have the HTC Touch's TouchFLO interface, which means to us that there's no keyboard underneath. [Pcdebolso via Uber Gizmo] -
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By Sean FallonComment by sanjsrik: I tried this when it came out: couldn't install the useless thing when I did get it installed, it froze and died. It... more » | Other threads
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Redfly Mobile Companion is the Palm Foleo For Windows Mobiles
Remember the Palm Foleo? This REDFLY Mobile Companion is just like that, except it's for Windows Mobile phones. The MC looks like a small 8-inch screen laptop (styled in Famicom colors), has a keyboard and touchpad, but weighs 1.9 pounds and measures 9x6x1 inches. The point of this? To hook up to your Windows Mobile phone via USB or Bluetooth in order to "extend the smartphone platform to a larger display, keyboard and mouse", essentially what the Foleo was trying to do. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by evanator: I think ultimately, they are targeting road warriors that want to be connected all the time to salesforce.com/email and can... more » | Other threads
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cellphones
Windows Mobile Internet Sharing Made Easy (3G iPhone!)
After tooling around with getting internet sharing working on the Sprint Mogul for a bit, we discovered this small WMWifiRouter app by Jorrit Jongma. It's pretty much an install and run affair (save a bit of internet connection Wi-fi setup beforehand), but the only thing you have to watch out for is using a static IP address on the device you want to access it with (iPhone/laptop/whatever) because there's no DHCP server present. There's a good guide in the XDA Dev forum as well. The result? A 3G-ish iPhone. [WMWifiRouter] -
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Asus M930W Smartphone Flips Out, Kills People, Has QWERTY
Asus already has a full stable of Windows Mobile phones, but this flip-open QWERTY-enabled candybar seems like one we can get behind. Not only does it have a screen underneath for typing (in addition to the outside screen), it's powered by a 520MHz CPU, has Tri-band GSM, 3G, 256MB ROM and 128MB RAM, not to mention Wi-fi and Bluetooth. As long as that keyboard underneath feels as good as it looks, this could be a killer communicator. More » -
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Obscure Company Launches WM 6, GSM/CDMA Smartphone...in the US...for Gamblers
Interestingly enough, Hop-On, a company once known for making disposable cellphones, has introduced a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone dubbed the HOP2001 that is AT&T and Verizon ready. The phone features dual-mode GSM or CDMA, a 320×240 touchscreen, a 3-Megapixel camera with 10x zoom, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, 256 MB Flash ROM and 128 MB SRAM, microSD expansion and Telenav compatible GPS. More » -
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LG KS20 Windows Mobile Phone Coming as LG MS25
The Unwired spotted the LG KS20 Windows Mobile smartphone on the FCC, noting that it's going to be called the LG MS25 when it reaches the US. Our guess is AT&T. [The Unwired via Boy Genius] -
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What's Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It
We just got the scoop from Microsoft on Windows Mobile 7 and Windows Mobile 8, the two upcoming platforms that will fix what is undeniably broken about the Windows Mobile platform to date.
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Zumobi Browser Beta For WM5 and 6 Now Live: Content Partners Announced
The Microsoft backed Zumobi browser is now freely available to download for anyone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6 (Blackberry and selected J2ME compatibility will be coming early in the second quarter of 2008.). They have also announced content partnerships with providers such as Amazon.com, MTV Networks, The Associated Press, AccuWeather.com, Traffic.com, FlightStats.com and OTOlabs, who developed Tiles for Vail Resorts and Fox Television's "Family Guy." More » -
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Windows Mobile 6.1 Video Walk-through
Following up on the Windows Mobile 6.1 details and pictures, Boy Genius has a video walk-through of the latest Microsoft Mobile OS. If you can hear the guy's voice over the music (we had a hard time), he says it's AT&T branded, so it'll definitely hit AT&T some time early next year. (You may want to mute the sound, since that's all he says.) The responsiveness seems to be about the same as current versions, but we'll have to wait until we get our hands on it to make sure. [Boy Genius] -
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Samsung Ace SPH-I325 Smartphone Headed For Sprint
Seemingly out of nowhere comes the Samsung Ace SPH-1325 smartphone complete with full QWERTY keyboard, WM 6 (could WM 6.1 be far off?), a 1.3 megapixel camera, and more than a passing resemblance to another well-known Samsung phone. BoyGenius also expects this device to sport CDMA / GSM, but Mobiledia has it listed as CDMA only, so we will have to wait a little while longer to find out the full details —possibly as early as Q1 of 2008. [BoyGenius and Mobiledia] -
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Unlocked Treo 750s Now Available
Just in case you were interested, the first unlocked Treo 750s are now available to US customers at Palm retail and online stores. The device will come complete with Windows Mobile 6 and its HSDPA wireless data compatibility. You can pick one up for $549. [Product Page via MobileBurn] -
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Windows Mobile Successor Launching Early 2008
Shown at the Mobius Conference in Amsterdam, the next version of Windows Mobile will be "an update rather than an upgrade." This means that it's not Windows Mobile 7/Photon, which would be a huge leap in functionality, but more along the lines of the transition of WM5 to WM6. More » -
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SyncMate Lets You Sync Your Windows Mobile Phone With Your Mac for Free
What Missing Sync did for $39, SyncMate does for free—syncing your contacts, calendars, notes and favorites from your Windows Mobile phone onto your Mac with little to no hassle. Unfortunately for WM users, the default iSync software doesn't support either WM5 or WM6 as well as it should. We haven't tried SyncMate yet ourselves, but if it works nearly as well as Missing Sync—which we have tried—then it'll be worth every penny. [Eltima via Thinkabdul]
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By Jason ChenComment by Alex_Taylor: Eltima Software has released SyncMate vers 1.4 (Maс to WinMobile synchronization tool). SyncMate is offered at Standard Free Edition... more » | Other threads
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Microsoft Backed ZenZui is Now Zumobi, Announces Beta of New Mobile Browser
Our first look at Microsoft backed ZenZui came back in March when we discovered a new mobile browser that promises to make "painful loading delays a thing of the past." In a call today with the folks at ZenZui, I learned that they will now and forevermore be known as Zumobi, along with new details about the browser and information on how the general public can get involved in the beta that launches on December 14th. More » -
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HTC Touch vs iPhone: 25 Minute Head to Head Video
If you have been on the fence about picking up an HTC Touch or an iPhone, you owe it to yourself to check out this 25 minute comparison from the guys at WM Experts. If your attention span is limited to 15 minutes and under, I can tell you that the verdict was mixed...sort of. In the end the battle was really between Windows Mobile and the iPhone. Not surprisingly, the reviewer felt that WM was a better choice for him personally because of its productivity features (WM Experts, go figure). More »
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