Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile Official Facebook App: Unpretty But Useful

Cnet has a runthrough of the first official Facebook app for Windows Mobile—developed by Microsoft with Facebook—whose defining feature might be that it makes no real attempt to mimic the look and feel of Facebook. https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-finally-gets-a-decent-facebook-app-5164738 But its “address book” is way more useful than the iPhone app’s, since it supplies you more instant connections…

Social Media Matt Buchanan May 7

Oct. 31 Last Day to Upgrade HTC Windows Mobile 5 Phones

If you’ve got a Windows Mobile 5 phone from HTC and have been putting off the jump to WM6 for whatever reason, you’re reaching do-or-die. HTC will be pulling its Windows Mobile 6 upgrade link on Oct. 31, forever sealing the fate of your T-Mobile Dash or AT&T 8525. You’re still running Windows Mobile 5…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 20

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…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 5

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…

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 11

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…

Tech News Jason Chen May 5

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…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 29

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…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 14

Windows Mobile Face Contact Plugin Adds CoverFlow Contacts

CoverFlow may be only semi-useful on your Mac, but imagine what it would look like on a Windows Mobile phone. Actually useful! The Face Contact plugin, which costs $14.95, displays all your contact photos in a CoverFlow-esque way in your home screen, letting you flip between people and even directly dial, text or send emails…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 29

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…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 11

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.…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 11

Nokia, Microsoft in Talks to Load Windows Mobile on Phones

Nokia, who’s supposedly super loyal to the Symbian platform, is currently in talks with Microsoft (says one of Microsoft’s marketing directors) to load Windows Mobile on the handset maker’s phones. Here’s what Nokia already uses of Microsoft’s: ActiveSync and PlayReady, but like an anxious teenaged lover, Microsoft is working “closely” with Nokia and wants to…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 7

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…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 24

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…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 23

Lightning Review: Zumobi Mobile Browser

The Product: The Microsoft backed Zumobi browser for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 phones consists of bite-sized web content called “tiles” (a new fangled term for “widget”) that offers users a customized, shareable web browsing experience. https://gizmodo.com/zumobi-browser-beta-for-wm5-and-6-now-live-content-par-333985 The Price: Free The Performance: Zumobi is, in reality, a fancy widget application. So don’t be fooled into…

Reviews Sean Fallon Jan 16

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…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 2

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…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 26

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…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Dec 19

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]

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 18

What’s Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It

Click to viewWe 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. This was originally going to be a piece about how Microsoft had no idea what the consumer wanted, where I…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 14

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,…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 14

Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile Official Facebook App: Unpretty But Useful

Oct. 31 Last Day to Upgrade HTC Windows Mobile 5 Phones

Zumobi Browser for WM5, WM6 Updated: Users Can Add Their Own Content

Rumor: MWg to Launch Windows Mobile 7 Device This Year

Giga-Byte GSmart Windows Mobile Phones Have a Fancy Smart Touch UI

HTC Launching Most Important Product of the Year Next Month

TouchBrowser Brings iPhone Finger-Flicking Browsing to Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile Face Contact Plugin Adds CoverFlow Contacts

MSN Direct Weather, News and Stocks Comes to Windows Mobile

Toshiba G810 Windows Mobile Smartphone Looks Like the HTC Touch

Nokia, Microsoft in Talks to Load Windows Mobile on Phones

More Treo 800w Details Possibly Leaked

Samsung BlackJack Finally Getting Windows Mobile 6 Update!

Lightning Review: Zumobi Mobile Browser

Redfly Mobile Companion is the Palm Foleo For Windows Mobiles

Asus M930W Smartphone Flips Out, Kills People, Has QWERTY

Obscure Company Launches WM 6, GSM/CDMA Smartphone…in the US…for Gamblers

LG KS20 Windows Mobile Phone Coming as LG MS25

What’s Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It

Zumobi Browser Beta For WM5 and 6 Now Live: Content Partners Announced

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