The Boy Genius received some bits of information that AT&T customers may be interested to know about: The BlackBerry 9700, which Simon wrote about 1.5 weeks ago, is coming to AT&T; no dates or prices have been announced. The Garmin Nuvifone G60, which launched in Asia over 2 weeks ago, and can be seen in…
Verizon’s Diamond 2 and HTC Mega for Show their Faces
Two Windows Mobile handsets have popped up their heads: the HTC Diamond 2 (code-named Whitestone elsewhere), and the Mega (whose UI was recently spotted). Only the Mega will be shipping with Windows Mobile 6.5, although the specs on it aren’t exactly bedazzling (3 megapixel fixed-focus camera, QVGA display, 528 Mhz processor). The Diamond 2 we…
Skyfire adds Gmail integration, search history and Facebook thumbnails
Skyfire, the up-and-coming mobile web browser has just released a handful of new features. The Skyfire browser uses a client-server setup to process all web pages on super-powerful computers that you would never be able to afford. That makes for really fast page-load times and even streaming media like Flash or Silverlight content. Yesterday, Skyfire…
Waze brings crowd-sourced traffic navigation to iPhone!
“Crowd-sourcing” might be the latest catch-phrase in mobile tech, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be awesomely super-cool. The term basically refers to a method of collecting data from a group of people out in the real world. The benefits with crowd-sourcing are the ability to get real-time data from a massive network of people.…
WinMo-powered Motorola A3300 caught in the wild; Heading to China?
A new Motorola all-touchscreen device has been spotted in the wild. It’s the Motorola A3300, which we’re hearing is heading to China all in its Windows Mobile glory. Details are scarce at present, but we know this baby will be equipped with a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, as well as touch-sensitive buttons bellow the…
Study: BlackBerry Curve Tops U.S. Smartphone Sales
According to IDC Research, the BlackBerry Curve is the head honcho when it comes to U.S. smartphone sales in the second quarter of ’09. It’s no surprise, given the BlackBerry 8900’s widespread popularity, but there is certainly some heated competition from the runner up, the iPhone 3GS. A variety of other BlackBerrys rocked the top…
HTC Sense UI ported to Windows Mobile-powered HTC Vogue!
If you thought the innovative HTC Sense UI on the HTC Hero was limited to the Android OS, you’d be wrong. Well, half-wrong. HTC designed the Sense UI to run on top of the Android OS, but that hasn’t kept enterprising developers from porting the UI to the Windows Mobile platform. What you see here…
Microsoft helps devs port iPhone apps to Windows Mobile
So you’re an iPhone developer. You love how easy it is to develop powerful iPhone apps with rich user experiences. But, you can’t help but think of the millions upon millions of Windows Mobile Windows Phone users that have never even heard of your app. Well, we have some good news for you. Microsoft has…
LG Layla with Windows Mobile 6.5 Passes Wi-Fi Certification
LG’s GM750, named Layla, is making it through the certification hoops, and according to some XML snooping, will be hosting Windows Mobile 6.5, a 400 x 240 display, 5 megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi (duh) and likely using LG’s S-Class UI. One particularly interesting rumoured feature is called Chat on Map, which will allow you to…
SPB Radio allows Windows Mobile users to listen to 1,500+ radio stations
SPB Software is out with yet another Windows Mobile application called SPB Radio. As you can guess for yourself, it’s designed to provide you with access to various radio stations from all over the world. Featuring finger friendly interface with on-screen controls, SPB Radio allows you to browse through 1,500+ stations, categorized by genre, geographical…