HTC isn’t afraid to rip out everything that Microsoft has built, and subsequently left to die, in Windows Mobile and then replace it with their own solution. You’ve seen their “Sense UI” replace the calendar user interface, photo gallery, email viewer, and even the application launcher, but now they’re stepping up their game by working…
SPB Flash Cards allows WinMo-powered device owners to learn languages on the go
SPB Software is out with its latest piece of Windows Mobile software – SPB Flash Cards, which is a learning application created to “quickly and effectively expand one’s word stock in a language under study.” The app works on touchscreen-equipped Windows Mobile 5.0 devices and higher, providing over thousand cards in 14 languages — all…
HTC HD2 updated with Calendar View and card storage capacity info
In two instances, HTC has released updates for its powerful WinMo smartphone – HD2. Here’s what’s affected: Update for HTC HD2 Calendar View – this update expands the dynamic nature of the Calendar application. Whether your week starts on Monday or Sunday, allowing you to view appointments occurring tomorrow, next week, or even next month.…
LG and Sprint Releasing Something Big at CES
LG and Sprint are having a big launch event on January 6 during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which is apparently going to be hosted by Brooke Shields. Celebrity endorsement isn’t cheap, meaning they’re launching something big, but nobody really knows what just now. Our buddy Greg thinks it’s most likely the LG…
HTC updates Diamond2, Touch Pro2 with handwriting recognition
What do you know, I thought every single Windows Mobile device ships with handwriting recognition capability. Apparently, I was wrong as I caught an item from HTC’s support saying that the mentioned functionality has been added for two of their WinMo smartphones – Diamond2 and Touch Pro2. Of course, an update is needed, but it…
New HTC HD2 ROM Bears T-Mobile Logo
As if you needed any more confirmation that T-Mobile is getting the HTC HD2, a new ROM (version 2.03) primarily featuring tabbed document browsing is happily bearing T-Mobile’s “stick together” tagline. The Italian source leads us to believe this is the UK version, but not all hope is lost for T-Mo in America. If you…
Verizon Getting Palm Pre Plus?
Last week, we got wind that Verizon was conducting some webOS training, but no word on which handset (the Pixi or the Pre) they were using. As it turns out, neither. Internal inventory is showing a new model called the Palm Pre Plus, with absolutely zero indication of what that “Plus” exactly means (bigger camera?…
India’s Tata DoCoMo launches HTC HD2
HTC and Tata DoCoMo launched what probably is the best Windows Mobile phone on the market – HTC HD2 in India. The device will be sold bundled with 500MB of data per month, which comes free for the first 6 months. Kinda nice, though I’m not sure why the period isn’t longer. Anyway, you probably…
LG eXpo now available on AT&T sans projector
AT&T has started selling the WinMo and Snapdragon powered LG eXpo. The device which has all the nuts and bolts of a high-end smartphone could be yours for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract. By “all the nuts and bolts” we mean super-fast CPU (1 GHz), 3.2-inch WVGA touchscreen, GPS,…
Study: iPhone Outranks Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Still King in North America
ComScore has released some survey stats on North American smartphone users gathered in October, revealing that BlackBerry still has the largest penetration, and that iPhone maintains second place and the strong lead over Windows Mobile it has had since 2007, according to other metrics. Here’s a quick rundown of the October numbers: BlackBerry: 14,963,238 users…