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Sprint and Motorola are teaming up to release a handset for rugged business users and the ES400 is ready for work. The Sprint Motorola ES400 is powered by the Windows Embedded Handheld technologies, which also means it has Windows Mobile 6.5.3. Other features include: – Customizable Motorola Enterprise User Interface (MEUI) makes business-critical information and…
In a long-ranging interview with the Seattle Times, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussed the company’s mobile strategy with the upcoming Windows Phone 7. The Microsoft CEO said that the company just wants to make sure that customers are excited to get Windows Phone 7 devices when these launch in a few weeks. It will worry…
As the launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 grows closer and closer, the leaks just continue to spill out. DSL Report’s mobile speed test has unveiled another pair of devices from Samsung and HTC. The Samsung device is probably the i8700 which has been spotted multiple times. It appears that the device will be called…
LG Optimus 7, formerly known as the E900, was previewed and detailed by the Korea Economic Daily. According to the report, the Optimus 7 will feature a 3.8-inch touchscreen display, 1GHz processor, 16GB of on-board storage, and a 1500mAH battery. It had been previously spotted with DLNA support and a 5-megapixel camera. Hardware-wise, there are…
Toshiba jumped head first into the mobile phone marketplace when it launched its Windows Mobile-powered TG01 smartphone, one of the first handsets to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. The TG01 had a short lifespan and was superseded by another Windows Mobile offering, the TG02, early this year. Now in September, we have yet another Toshiba offering, the TG03, spotted…
The day for Windows Phone 7 draws near, and nothing could be more proof of that than Amazon.de, the retailer’s German site, throwing up the LG Optimus 7 page for all to see. Well, it could be the Optimus 7 we’ve already seen or another Windows Phone 7 powered device, the E900. Which one is…
Contrary to the prevailing rumor that suggests Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 at a NYC event on October 11th, Paul Thurrott is reporting that Microsoft will launch its latest mobile OS on November 8th in the US. Though he confirms that there is a NYC event slated for October 11th, it is an annual event…
The Mondrian was an HTC codename discovered earlier this year in a leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM. Details on this Windows Phone 7 handset have been sparse, but thanks to a series of advertisement videos from JP Incorporated, who presumably did the music for the ads, we now know that the Mondrian is headed to AT&T. Based upon…
Microsoft is launching Windows Phone 7 with much fanfare and even more cash. So much cash that Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum predicts the Redmond Company could buy its way into this mobile OS war, using its cash to propel itself into third place behind Android and iOS. According to Gelblum, Microsoft has a war…
Well, it looks like Microsoft Windows Phone 7 devices won’t be able to tether after all. This leaves the upcoming platform another step behind Android and iPhone, which can turn handsets into mobile modems. “Windows Phone 7 does not support tethering,” Microsoft said in a statement. This is a quick turnaround from yesterday, when a…