Some solid pictures of the first iPAQ in a long time have surfaced, and it looks like it’s packing Windows Mobile 6.5. The K3, code-named “Obsidian” isn’t anything especially impressive, but it sure is stylish. Based on what we had heard before, the K3 should be packing tri-band HSDPA, quad-band GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, aGPS, 2.8?…
Android market share surpasses Windows Mobile for the first time ever according to AdMob
AdMob, which is an ad network used on over mobile 7,000 websites and over 2,500 applications, serves over 7 billion ad requests per month. Parsing through that data, they’ve noticed that Google’s Android operating system has grown by 25% compared to the previous month and as such has reached 5% global market share, making it…
Google Maps for Mobile 3.2: Layers of data such as public transportation and Wikipedia now available
Google has just released version 3.2 of their fantastic Maps application for S60 and Windows Mobile handsets. With it comes the new ability to see layers of information, superimposed on the map you’re currently viewing. Say you’re in a new city. Just walk outside your hotel room, get a location fix, turn on the Wikipedia…
HTC Whitestone hitting Verizon as HTC XV6975
We love it when a leak comes together. Following on HTC’s leaked roadmap that showed a the WVGA touchscreen smartphone hitting market in the second half of 2009, we have new information that points to Verizon Wireless picking up the HTC Whitestone as the Verizon HTC XV6975. Tweakers.net has been able to confirm the Whitestone’s…
HTC Firestone render leaked?
The HTC Hero and Touch Pro2 are the brightest stars in HTC’s smartphone portfolio, but there’s another Windows Mobile handset waiting for its time to shine. Meet (again) the HTC Firestone Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional smartphone! Previous rumors pointed to an August unveiling of this touchy-feely handset, and now that July is almost done and…
CDMA-flavored Toshiba TG01 passes FCC
The single most powerful smartphone on the market in terms of CPU clock, Toshiba TG01, has been cleared by the FCC. And we’re talking about the CDMA version here, which could end up in Verizon’s or Sprint’s portfolio. You know the specs — there’s virtually everything you could imagine under the TG01’s hood (GPS, WiFi,…
WiMAX-Enabled Samsung Mondi Available August 1st.
Samsung has announced the commercial availability of the Mondi, a WiMAX-capable MID, for August 1st. on Sprint’s Clearwire network in Atlanta, Las Vegas and Portland. As the first U.S. device to make use of WiMAX, the Mondi is sure to grab a lot of attention, despite being limited geographically – even then, we’re hearing that…
More Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 images leak, she is one yummy looking smartphone
It’s been over a month since we’ve seen images of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 leak. These new pictures uploaded by “nevermind” on the XDA Developer Forums give us a new, less blurry, peak at the X2 and a good size comparison with the X1. The keyboard is, and I quote: “waaaaaaaaay better” than that…
Rumor: Full HTC Leo specifications leak: 1 GHz, 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen, 5 megapixel camera
Yesterday I published an article saying that the HTC Leo was going to be a clamshell qwerty device with a 5 megapixel camera and Qualcomm chipset. Apparently that was 66% right. It’s going to be a regular monoblock (aka iPhone form factor) device; the full specification sheet was leaked via ai.rs and it confirms the…
Latest Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM leaks, shows Microsoft attempting to make their OS finger friendly
When I think Windows Mobile, I think of an over worked corporate executive with an expense account, hunched over a small screen, tapping away a falsified expense report for an extra night at a hotel and an escort with his stylus, generally looking like a douche bag. Not as bad as the guy who has…