Some manufacturers are plum excited about the new version of Windows Mobile coming out in early October, but those dwindling numbers are apparently deterring others. According to the trusted head of Mobile-review, due to the projections for Windows Mobile, the X2 may very well be the last Sony Ericsson smartphone to use Microsoft’s mobile OS.…
How-to: Bring auto-complete back to your HTC Touch Pro2
In-line auto-completion can be a godsend when you’re tapping out a long-winded email. Unfortunately for all you HTC Touch Pro2 owners, HTC decided to disable the feature in favor of you using the trick slide-and-tilt QWERTY keyboard. Auto-completion is still available through the Touch Pro2’s Windows Mobile Professional OS, but it takes a little fiddling…
Qik updates its Windows Mobile app for touchscreen phones
Qik has recently released an updated version (v4.21) of its Windows Mobile client, specially tailored towards touchscreen-equipped devices. The single most important change is in the user interface, which now looks way much better and is more context-aware — depending whether you’re in the viewfinder mode or recording, you’ll see different icons. Moreover, the updated…
Windows Mobile 6.5 Coming to Xperia X1 Soon?
Windows Mobile 6.5 is looming for an early October release, alongside a slew of new devices to kick off the update, but older hardware will also be able to pick up the new operating system. itje, an active member on xda-developers, has claimed that he got his hands on an official Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM…
Android Boots Up on HTC Kaiser
It’s not a new trick, but it is one that never gets old. This HTC Kaiser, perhaps better known as the AT&T Tilt, is shown here loading up Google’s mobile operating system, Android, thanks to some fancy codework in an app called HaRET, that apparently runs in Windows Mobile 6.5 (no ROM flashing required). Man,…
Toshiba TG01 re-launches with Windows Mobile 6.5
Toshiba announced its Snapdragon-powered TG01 smartphone… again! This time around, the Japanese company said they’ll ship it with Windows Mobile 6.5. Not that we didn’t knew it will be upgradable to the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS once it’s released, it’s just that Toshiba’s PR folks decided to get some additional media attention. And…
Disable your Windows Mobile Standard phone’s Application Lock with ease
First, it’s important to know that this really only applies to WinMo fans with Windows Mobile Standard smartphones. What is Application Lock? The WM Standard operating system uses Application Lock to keep unqualified Windows Mobile applications from accessing core parts of the Windows Mobile platform. This essentially cripples apps without privileged signatures from running on…
UK: How many smartphones do/will O2 support?
Picking up on a quote in the post I put up on the release of the (Android-powered) Samsung Galaxy, O2 now seems to be the place to go for smartphone exclusives: “O2 has become the home of smartphones and launching our first Android-powered phone with Samsung is a key part of this,” said Steve Alder,…
Sprint Touch Pro2 tutorial video makes us drool
With Sprint having announced their own HTC Touch Pro2 this week, Windows Mobile fans have been foaming at the mouth in anticipation of the Sept. 8th launch date. Today, there’s more reason to drool over the Touch Pro2. Sprint has posted a new set of Sprint Touch Pro2 tutorial videos that highlights the business-centric smartphone’s…
LG to Announce Three Windows Mobile 6.5 Handsets Soon?
It looks like LG couldn’t quite make an announcement of new Windows phones alongside HTC and Sony Ericsson, but word has it they’ve got plans for three devices in the next couple of weeks. The GW600 is a likely bet, and the Monaco is another possibility, but it’s all up in the air until we…