The latest rumblings in the rumor mill have Microsoft selling just 500 KIN phones (KIN 1 and KIN 2) since it’s launch earlier this year. No, we’re not joking, and that’s not a typo – although if this rumor is true, we’re sure Microsoft will be wishing the sales figures were at least lacking an…
Motorola to pump cash into cell phone division after split
Motorola will be shelling out a ton of cash to ensure that its cell phone division can survive on its own after the upcoming split. The company plans to buy back all of its debt and pump up to $4 billion in cash into the independent mobile Motorola company, according to reports from the Wall…
Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2 gets hit with minor ROM update
What, you’re still using a Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2? In the mobile world, the Touch Pro 2 is a veritable dinosaur of a smartphone that we haven’t even though about for what seems like ages, but seeing as how bi-annual smartphone upgrades aren’t really feasible for everyone, HTC has released a minor ROM update…
Windows Phone 7 to Take Five Years to Mature – VP
We all know Windows Phone is going to go through some growing pains post-launch to fill obvious gaps like copy and paste, porn, multitasking, and non-Marketplace apps. So how long will it take to get all caught up? Microsoft VP Terry Myerson says: “We’re going to reset, but it is going to take us five…
Microsoft paying developers to port iPhone apps to Windows Mobile 7?
When it comes to the number and even the quality of available applications and games, iPhone is the king. Android is growing fast as well, but it still has a long way to go before coming even close to Apple’s figures. Microsoft is trailing way behind along with the likes of Symbian, Maemo and others.…
Samsung Announces Five Phones, Running Android, Windows Mobile, and Bada
Samsung just unloaded a whole lot of phones, running the gamut of Android, Windows Mobile, and Bada operating systems. For Android, there’s the Galaxy 3; for Windows Mobile 6.5, there’s the Omnia Pro 4 and Omnia Pro 5; finally, for Bada, there’s the Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro. It’s quite an impressive spread to…
SPB TV for Windows Mobile now in version 2.0
SPB Software has released the updated version of its SPB TV application for Windows Mobile devices, both touch and non-touch enabled. Version 2.0 is now a free application as SPB gets its money from ads that are shown in the period while the channel buffering takes place (i.e. non-intrusive way). In addition to switching to…
Skyfire brings World Cup videos to Android, Windows Mobile and Nokia for free
If you want to keep up on the latest with the World Cup 2010, Skyfire has your back. You can use the browser on Android, Windows Mobile and Nokia to watch live games in the palm of your hands. To check out live games, highlights and analysis videos, just point Skyfire to http://www.futbol.univision.com/ and you’ll…
Windows Phone 7 to Include Trial API for App Market
Although Windows Phone 7 will be lacking in copy and paste, they will have a few interesting features for developers at launch. In order to avoid a bunch of duplicate apps in their Marketplace, Microsoft is implementing at licensing API that allows developers to include free trial versions of their apps. I remember this used…
Why Windows Phone 7 won’t have copy and paste at launch
Apple was widely criticized for not having copy and paste in the iPhone until the third major version of the software, so it was kind of surprising that Microsoft won’t include this seemingly-basic feature in the upcoming Windows Phone 7. The software giant said it wanted to focus on other features first but this should…