McAfee, the brand Windows geeks know and mostly loathe, has acquired Singapore based tenCube with the intent to enter the mobile services spaces. Now unlike McAfee’s desktop antivirus software, the company doesn’t intend to scare the bejesus out of you into buying their bloatware. Instead they’d like to clone Apple’s MobileMe or RIM’s BlackBerry Protect…
Namco Networks brings Firemint’s Flight Control to Windows Mobile, Brew and Java mobile phones
Just as we expected, Namco Networks is bringing Firemint’s highly popular Flight Control game to more mobile phone users. The original iPhone title is one of the best-selling games in the AppStore, so we were not surprised when we’ve heard Namco wants to port it to other mobile platforms. And that’s exactly what they did,…
Samsung i917 Cetus Windows Phone 7 Handset Gets Outed
Samsung is all over this Windows Phone 7 game with its handsets already out in the wild to a select few developers and journalists. While we’ve all been reminded that what we’ve handled so far is pre-production hardware with pre-production versions of Windows Phone 7 software, which probably isn’t the greatest idea when introducing a…
HTC HD2 gets an update for annually recurring calendar appointments
HTC has released yet another update for its popular Windows Mobile smartphone – HD2. This time they’re adding support for recurring calendar appointments year on year. Here’s how to install it: First, make sure you have Microsoft ActiveSync installed on your Windows XP PC or Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista PC. Connect…
LG profits down thanks to its lame smartphones
LG Electronics saw its profits tumble for the second quarter thanks to poor performances by its TV and handset divisions. It looks like smartphones like the LG Ally just aren’t going to cut it in a market filled with Android superphones the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S, Motorola Droid X, HTC EVO 4G and…
AT&T to be ‘premier carrier’ for Microsoft Windows Phone 7
The upcoming Windows Phone 7 won’t be lacking strong partners, as AT&T said it would fully support the new smartphone operating system. Today, AT&T has proclaimed itself as the champion of wireless carriers to get cozy with the Microsoft WP7 mobile operating system. “We’ll be the premier carrier for Windows Phone 7,” an AT&T spokesperson…
HTC Launches Own Branded Devices in China
HTC has announced four phones for China, some of which may seem familiar to those elsewhere in the world. The Wildfire, Desire, Tianxi (HD2), and Tianyi (looks like a Wildfire with a trackball) will all be coming to China Mobile under HTC’s name, nixing the Dopod brand HTC had traditionally used in the area. In…
Samsung Omnia Pop (SPH-M7200) gets a WinMo 6.5 update, too
It seems Samsung is giving its best to fix the i7500 fiasco — if you recall, the Korean company’s first Android device is still stuck to version 1.5 of Google’s mobile OS. On that note, we’re glad to inform you that Samsung hasn’t forgotten its Omnia Pop (SPH-M7200) users, who were just being blessed with…
AT&T ordering 8 million Windows Phone 7 devices?
It looks like AT&T is taking a big bet on Microsoft’s upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system, as noted tech pundit Michael Gartenberg is saying the carrier has ordered 8 million units. According to his Twitter account: Interesting e-mail from a trusted source. AT&T has apparently signed up for 8 million #WP7 devices.…
HTC Handset with Windows Phone 7 Spotted in the Wild
Speaking of HTC devices running Windows Phone 7, a little mystery device has been spotted out in the wild. Up until now, we’ve only seen Samsung handsets running about with Microsoft’s latest mobile operating system. Now we’re seeing what one HTC Windows Phone 7 handset will look like. It’s nothing super exciting or groundbreaking since…