Engadget’s Chris Ziegler has been busy in writing what seems as the first book dealing with Android-powered T-Mobile G1. As a result, “T-Mobile G1 for Dummies” is produced and it will help all G1 owners get around their brand new smartphone. From what we can tell, Chris covered most of the aspects of the device,…
HTC Footprints app ported to HTC Touch (Vogue) – Photo geo-tagging for the rest of us
With the release of the HTC Touch Diamond and the more recent HTC Touch Cruise (Lolite), there are probably a fair number of HTC Touch owners feeling a little left behind. Worry not, early Touch-fan, the always capable folks at xda-developers are on top of it. Forum member NFSFan has posted a new Windows Mobile…
T-Mobile Launches WinMo Shadow
After much ado, the new T-Mobile Shadow is now available, including Hotspot@Home access so subscribers can enjoy free calls over Wi-Fi networks. The big deal here is that it’s an entry-level Windows Mobile phone; it’s not often you see complex OSes stray from your usual smartphone form factors (QWERTY, touchscreen or side-slider), but it’s a…
Mozilla looking to bring Firefox Mobile (Fennec) to HTC Touch Pro next week
This one comes straight from the horse’s mouth, folks. A new blog update on their Firefox Mobile (codename: Fennec) development wiki has announced that Mozilla is aiming to go live with a Milestone release of Firefox Mobile in the first week of February. Better yet, the Fennec team is working to run the new mobile…
Verizon finally rolls out Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Verizon XV6900 (Touch)
Well lookey here. Verizon Wireless has finally gotten around to releasing the almost irrelevant Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM update for customers using the Verizon XV6900 (Verizon’s version of the HTC Touch). Of course, most HTC Touch owners unfortunate enough to find themselves under Verizon’s thumb have likely already upgraded their Verizon XV6900 with the Windows…
HTC Touch HD coming to Australia’s Telstra
Telstra is bringing HTC’s Windows Mobile 6.1-powered beast, Touch HD, to its portfolio. The WVGA touchscreen-equipped device is ready to sing along the carrier’s fast Next G network. According to HTC’s release, the smartphone will be available for purchase from February 10th exclusively through Telstra shops and dealers. Price without any contracts signed (RRP) is…
Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HTC Touch Pro… kinda
There’s just something cool about running an as-yet-unreleased mobile operating system on your still-new smartphone. Last we saw, the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM had been allegedly hacked and ported to some seriously old HTC hardware. We have to admit, we were a bit disappointed with what we saw in Windows mobile 6.5’s UI design,…
T-Mobile launches T-Mobile G1 in all US markets
The T-Mobile G1 has been launched for all! The Android-powered smartphone brought to T-Mobile the honor of being the first wireless carrier to offer Google’s new mobile OS. Unfortunately for T-Mobile customers living with T-Mobile’s EDGE data speeds, the G1 has thus far only been available to customers covered by the carrier’s US 3G footprint.…
HTC Touch Cruise photo geo-tagging demonstration – Footprints on video
HTC just went live with their GPS-loving HTC Touch Cruise this morning, giving the world a glimpse at their redundantly-named, photo geo-tagging powerhouse. The highlight of the new touchscreen smartphone is the handset’s ability to automatically add GPS geo-tags (the “Footprints” feature) to every photo taken with the smartphone’s 3.2 megapixel camera. But, just how…
Boot-up your computer from your T-Mobile G1!
Sure, you could just use your T-Mobile G1 as an Android smartphone and call it a fulfilling day. But then you’d be missing out on the geekery that is booting your PC from your T-Mobile G1! The fine folks over at Logical Tech have figured out a way to use the T-Mobile G1 as a…