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The Samsung Omnia 7 has a made an early debut courtesy of Samsung’s Russian website. The Omnia 7 revealed itself last month and was thought to be the GT-i8700. The press photos above of the Omnia 7 are almost identical to the previously leaked GT-i8700 shots, confirming the two models are the same handset with the GT-i8700…
October 11th is almost upon us and Microsoft’s official launch event for Windows Phone 7 is a less than 10 hours away. We are already in NYC ready and rearing to cover the keynote which will be co-hosted by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega. Once the keynote is over, we are…
Windows Phone 7 will be unveiled tomorrow, October 11th, and the last-minute rumors are dropping left and right. The latest leak provides some new renderings and details on the T-Mobile HTC HD7. The HTC HD7 was spotted with the codename HTC Schubert on a leaked T-Mobile roadmap from early July. Since that initial leak, the HD7…
An inadvertent leak on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 website suggests that AT&T will offer the Samsung Focus starting November 8th. Similar to the HTC Mondrian leak, this Microsoft-generated leak reveals an AT&T-branded handset in Windows Phone 7 attire. Interestingly enough, the handset in the advertisement bears a striking resemblance to the Samsung Cetus. The Cetus should be familiar…
Microsoft is all set to formally introduce its Windows Phone 7 platform Monday (check out our ultimate preview) and Verizon and Google are already trying to downplay it. It’s like they say: Haters gonna hate. In a long-ranging interview with CNET, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam didn’t sound too impressed with the upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone…
The brains behind Android, Mr. Andy Rubin himself, sat down recently to talk about the Google mobile operating system. He spoke to PCMag about carrier and OEM involvement of the creation of Android handsets, and the best features of the OS, and a small snippet of Gingerbread. Very small. When asked about his favorite features…
Microsoft, AT&T (and maybe T-Mobile) will officially introduce the first crop of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 devices on Monday and we wanted to let you know what to expect. Software If you still have a bad taste in your mouth from Windows Mobile, you should rest assured that Windows Phone 7 is a complete break…
A clever Russian hacker by the name of Cotulla has shoehorned Windows Phone 7 into the HTC HD2. We had seen others try to pull off the same thing back in the spring, but no stable ROM was ever made publicly available. Sure, it has an atrocious load time (on video below), but it does…
We already know the HTC Mondrian is headed for AT&T. We’ve seen the ads and images before they were quickly pulled offline, but above we’re seeing a bigger and more detailed render of what the phone will probably look like when it hits. We’re expecting to see this thing on October 11 when both AT&T…
In today’s world of everyone suing everyone else, sometimes you just have to bit your lip and pay your dues. That’s exactly what Microsoft is doing by licensing 74 patents from Acacia Research and Access, the latter being the company that purchased Palm’s pre-webOS operating system in 2005. Some of the patents licensed were used…