With the unveiling of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker has launched the Panel SDK to encourage developers to do what they do best for Sony Ericsson’s Panel UI. Using the Panel SDK, which includes a tool called “Panelizer,” developers can turn their mobile app into homescreen panel’s for the XPERIA X2…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 gets handled
Sony Ericsson braved the flood of Nokia news today to announce the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2, the company’s successor to its range-topping XPERIA X1. So, naturally, one lucky chap from a far off land managed to put hands on the device and posted his impressions today. According to the broken Google translation from Danijel’s post…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 Gets Official
Hooah, looks like HTC isn’t the only one brining out the big guns in trying to blunt Nokia World hype. Sony Ericsson has outed their XPERIA X2, and though just a little expected, the 8.1 megapixel camera and refined XPERIA style certainly buys its way into the limelight. Screen: 3.2″, 800 x 480 pixel, 65,536…
HTC Announces Touch2 (Mega) with Windows Mobile 6.5
Today, HTC announced their first official Windows Mobile 6.5 handset, the Touch2, heralded earlier by leaked pics and specs of the device code-named Mega. Of course all the other new HTC Windows Mobile smartphones, like the Touch Pro 2 , will be upgradeable to 6.5, but the Touch2 will be launching with it on October…
Alltel adds HTC Snap
Alltel has added the HTC Snap to its portfolio. The Windows Mobile smartphone, which was announced back in April of this year, comes with a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, WiFi, 3G (EV-DO Rev. A in Sprint’s case), GPS, 2-megapixel camera, great battery (318 minutes of continuous talk time), and a microSD memory card slot. All said,…
HP’s iPAQ K3 Obsidian clears FCC on its way to AT&T
HP’s full QWERTY keyboard-equipped Windows Mobile smartphone, iPAQ K3 Obsidian, has been spotted while passing the FCC on its way to AT&T. Why we think it’s heading there? Well, there are a couple of reasons: Its 3G radio sings on 850 and 1900MHz bands, AT&T uses; We’ve seen it in AT&T’s leaked roadmap; Finally, it…
AT&T offers WiFi HotSpot access to Windows Mobile smartphones
If you’ve been feeling a bit burned by AT&T’s decision to give iPhone customers free access to its network of 20,000 WiFi hotspots across the US, today is a good day for you. AT&T has announced that it will be giving its Windows Mobile smartphone customers the same access to AT&T WiFi HotSpots in the…
Windows Mobile 6.5 Launching October 6
Microsoft has announced October 6th. as the Windows Mobile 6.5 launch date. We’ve seen the touch-friendly user interface, the new Marketplace, updated Internet Explorer and My Phone content cloud – now it’s time to to see how it all pans out with manufacturers and carriers. It’s still going to take awhile to get used to calling…
Sprint announces HTC Touch Pro2 for $349.99 on September 8th
CDMA customers are probably all too familiar with having to wait months for the hottest GSM devices to become available on Sprint or Verizon. Today, we learn that your wait is almost over. Sprint has gone official with the HTC Touch Pro2’s CDMA variant, announcing that the Pro2 will be available September 8th for $349.99.…
Sunno S880 to Dual Boot Windows Mobile and Android?
Here are some pictures of an unreleased Chinese handset, the Sunno S880, that supposedly will dual boot both Android and Windows Mobile. If that alone weren’t enough of a selling point, the specs are pretty dang good, too. 3.6″ WVGA display Wi-fi, GPS 8 megapixel camera with lens cover 806 Mhz processor, 256/128 MB of…