Did you manage to get up on time today? There’s nothing worse than losing an hour of sleep. That is, unless you have a high-end smartphone in your pocket with a crippled GPS and EVDO Rev. A radio. Well, Sprint Mogul owners are waking up to find that they can now go full-throttle with heir…
HTC to launch Mobile Internet Devices (MID) in 2008?
If you want to believe the latest hearsay to come out of Taiwan’s handset manufacturing industry, then yes, HTC is set to launch a mobile internet device (MID) in 2008. The MIDs would hit the market sporting the more robust x86 chip architecture and should prove to be more compatible and will perform better than…
HTC Star Trek gets some Windows Mobile 6.0 love
Does anyone still use an HTC Star Trek? It wasn’t too long ago that the HTC Star Trek enjoyed some limited time in the limelight, but as things go in the mobile industry, it’s already old news. The HTC Star Trek debuted as a Trek-ish flip-phone powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 – among the smallest…
T-Mobile Germany announces the MDA compact IV
During this year’s CeBIT, T-Mobile Germany announced the MDA compact IV Windows Mobile smartphone. Apparently, the new device is based on a new, yet unknown HTC smartphone which most likely runs Windows Mobile 6.1, and which will start selling from May 2008 for 111 EUR with T-Mobile’s 24 months Relax 100 plan. Other specs include…
Sony Ericsson: The SE XPERIA X1 is still good to go for later this year
Sure, we could wait until Q1 2009 to get our hands on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 superphone. But, it turns out that would only happen if we chose to ignore the SE XPERIA X1 for a couple months after it launches. You see, following reports that Sony Ericsson had delayed the launch of their…
HTC Touch Cruise gets reviewed
HTC’s TouchFLO user interface offers the touch-based experience that Windows Mobile should have from the get-go. It’s so good, in fact, that Microsoft will reportedly be working to improve the TouchFLO interface and integrate it more closely with upcoming versions of Windows Mobile. The latest and greatest Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional smartphone to rock the…
UK: Orange confirms HTC Shift incoming
The HTC Shift comes to Orange UK at the end of the month, according to the Register. For those (few, I suspect) of you that don’t know, it’s a UMPC running Windows Vista Business Edition – with hardware including a trick keyboard, that HTC seem so keen on. Apparently Orange are going to range this…
T-Mobile offers update to T-Mobile Shadow
T-Mobile Shadow users are about to get even more functionality from their T-Mobile handset. A new software update from T-Mobile should fix some bugs, but will most notably add audio postcards, music, ringtones, and wallpapers to the mix. The new audio postcard feature allows Shadow users to extend on the myFaves experience by sending pictures…
HTC: No Imageon video drivers, but we’ll improve video acceleration for our customers
It’s always nice to see corporate big-wigs actually putting the customer ahead of any internal-policy nonsense. HTC has apparently done an about-face regarding the poor video performance on their HTC smartphones that use Qualcomm’s MSM7500 and MSM7200 chipsets. Peter Chou, HTC’s CEO, and Dr. Florian Seiche, Vice President of HTC Europe, have both stated that…
AT&T Tilt upgrade available
Owners of the AT&T Tilt device, here’s a reason to rejoice. HTC and AT&T have made the new firmware version available that will reportedly bring the so much needed stability while improving the overall device performance at the same time. The upgrade also enhances Bluetooth, enables DTMF tones for the slide-out QWERTY keyboard and includes…