ALK Technologies has announced that a free 15-day trial version of its navigation system, CoPilot Live HD, will be pre-installed on the HTC Touch Diamond2. As far as we understood, this deal was made for the UK market, as ALK talks about UK/Ireland maps for the trial version. After the 15 day ends, users will…
Garmin-Asus Ditches Linux in Favour of Android and Windows Mobile
Everyone’s still tapping their toe, waiting for the Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20 and G60, and the official line is that we’ll be seeing the GPS-centric smartphones before the end of the year and that Android was in the cards for future devices. Well, it looks like the G60 will be the one and only Linux-running nüvifone,…
Huawei U8230 and C8000 Introduced at CommunicAsia 2009
The good folks over at Huawei have introduced two new devices via the CommunicAsia 2009 Expo and Conference in Singapore. The first is the Huawei U8230. Running Android, it features a 3.5″ LCD touchscreen that allows users to switch between a full and half QWERTY keyboard. Of course, Google apps are highly integrated, with Google…
Samsung unveils the Samsung Omnia II I8000
Samsung blitzed the wires with new handset upon new confusingly-named handset today, showing off their latest touchscreen lineup. Included in their slew of new touchscreen offerings is the Samsung Omnia II I8000. Now that the Samsung Omnia II has been officially outed, it’s looking every bit the high-end smartphone that we had expected it to…
Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 Announced
The fourth and final phone announced by Samsung today is the Omnia Lite (9B7300). So far, they’re only telling us that the B7300 packs TouchWiz 2.0, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, aGPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and comes preloaded with Opera and the Microsoft Office Suite. The B7300 had snuck out back in March, but not much was…
AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser) loses fight with a lawnmower!
I once got a crappy haircut that drew all kinds of snarky comments from my friends. “What, did you lose a fight to a lawnmower,” some would ask. It sucked being me back then. But, it’s funny now. At least I didn’t literally lose a fight with a lawnmower – that’s something to be happy…
In an effort to save money, Microsoft will pay an employee’s bill only if they use a Windows Mobile device
One of the nice things about working for a corporation is having your employer pay your phone bill. I once racked up a €1500 bill at Nokia during a weekend in Germany and making my phone a wireless access point. Those were the days. If you work for Microsoft, you used to be able to…
Sony Ericsson may unveil XPERIA X2 on June 17
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 hasn’t even been officially outed by Sony Ericsson, yet we already know that the XPERIA successor will be one-upping the X1 with upgraded (faster, better, stronger) specs. The X2 rocks a faster processor, an 8.1-megapixel camera (with auto-focus and 30fps video recording), the new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, a refreshed…
Samsung Louvre B7610 is the Omnia Pro?
And we have more details to share about the Samsung’s upcoming Windows Mobile smartphone – Louvre B7610. From what we’re hearing it could be called Omnia Pro, and considering its specs and the fact that it runs Microsoft’s mobile OS the name is about right. However, this time around we also have some leaked press…
HTC Snap hitting Sprint on June 21st!
Just as we expected, Sprint will offer HTC’s full QWERTY keyboard-equipped candybar – HTC Snap. The date is set for June 21st, when interested users will be able to grab the WinMo-powered smartphone for $150 after rebate and with a new two-year agreement. Alternatively, those who don’t like contracts can buy the device unsubsidized for…