Imagine a device with a 800 x 480 pixel screen that folds just like a laptop and has a QWERTY keyboard. Imagine that this device, in the closed position, has a 320 x 240 pixel display on the front. That mental image you now have, is what the HTC Leo may look like. The code…
Garmin-ASUS bringing Nuvifone G60 and M20 to Malaysia next month!
The Nuvifone G60 and M20 navigation-oriented smartphones have been delayed time and time again, but it seems the Garmin-ASUS duo is still intent on launching the devices before the end of the decade. In fact, if the latest rumblings along the mobile grapevine pan out, we’ll see Garmin-ASUS launching the Nuvifone G60 and Nuvifone M20…
GPS on Verizon’s Samsung Omnia is now free as a bird!
Don’t you just hate the carriers when they block a feature on your phone? I do, and I personally disliked Verizon Wireless for locking GPS on the Samsung Omnia. After all, it’s a super capable device running Windows Mobile, allowing users to install a number of applications. Verizon has finally realized that it was a…
HTC posts Bluetooth vulnerability patch for HTC Touch Diamond/Pro/HD
HTC Touch Diamond, Touch Pro and Touch HD users worried that their Windows Mobile smartphones are open to Bluetooth hacking can now rest easy. HTC has posted a Bluetooth patch that promises to close a security hole that allows nefarious Blue-hackers to gain access to your HTC WinMo handset’s file-system. Once hackers have access to…
Hands-on the Toshiba TG01 @ Mobile Beat 2009
If there’s one super-model-thin mobile phone I can’t get enough of, it’s the Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone. Measuring an impossibly thin 9.9mm thick and packed with a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor (with a second processing core dedicated to handling all communications) from Qualcomm, the Toshiba TG01 is just about the slickest Windows Mobile smartphone on…
LiveJournal Now Location-Aware on Windows Mobile
Hey wow, LiveJournal‘s still around. Whodathunkit? Not only that, but they’ve announced that anyone blogging on their service through a Google Gears-enabled Windows Mobile device can now geotag their posts. All you have to do is hit the Detect button in the Location field, and it’ll figure out where you are. Even without Google Gears,…
Attention O2 Germany customers who purchased the Toshiba TG01: Your device is infected
The Toshiba TG01, which is the fastest Windows Mobile device on the planet thanks to the 1 GHz Qualcomm processor inside, is being sold in Germany via O2 with a virus conveniently pre-installed says O2 spokesman Albert Fetscher. How this happened is anyone’s guess, and of course O2 is saying this impacts few devices. If…
Bluetooth vulnerability found in HTC Windows Mobile smartphones!
First off, don’t ever accept Bluetooth connections from untrusted or unknown sources. Especially if you own a Windows Mobile 6.0 or 6.1 smartphone from HTC. As long as you keep an eye on your Bluetooth connection, you’ll be fine. Otherwise, you might end up getting your WinMo-powered HTC device hacked via Bluetooth. The problem: HTC…
Yet another app store, this time from Verizon Wireless
It’s not enough that Stefan and your mom both have their own mobile applications store, it looks like Verizon Wireless wants in on the party. Following LG’s just-launched LG Application Store (creative, no?), Verizon Wireless is planning a July 28 event to unveil their own mobile app store. The kicker here is that Verizon has…
AIM 2.0 goes beta for Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile users loyal to the AIM instant messaging platform will be happy to hear that the AIM 2.0 client has just gone public beta for the WinMo platform. The new version of the AIM client for Windows Mobile brings some serious new features to the table. Most notable among them is the new AIM…