With all this talk about rumored Palm Pre release dates and Android-powered smartphones, we’d almost forgotten about HTC’s consumer-friendly BlackBerry fighter, the HTC Snap. The svelte HTC Snap doesn’t have that “cool” touchscreen cachet, but the comfortable QWERTY keyboard, Pearl-esque trackball and “Inner Circle” smart-email feature make the HTC Snap a messaging handset to watch…
TellMe to bring system-wide voice control to Windows Mobile 6.5
Holding a couple arm-fulls of groceries. Driving a car. Eating a bowl of cereal while combing your hair. There are too many instances throughout the day where your hands just aren’t free to mess around with your cellphone. And that’s where voice-control comes in. The latest rumblings from Redmond point to TellMe bringing voice commands…
iPhone-Fighting Microsoft Handset Coming to Verizon?
Even if Verizon doesn’t win Apple’s affections for their upcoming devices, word has it Microsoft is attempting to woo America’s biggest carrier. A Windows Mobile device, still bearing the codename Pink, will have all the latest fixings from 6.5, including the Microsoft Marketplace and apparently extending current software, but branding is still up in the…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 mention gets our hopes up!
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is one spiffy smartphone. The exclusive Panel UI does a good job covering up Windows Mobile’s downfalls and the X1’s high-end styling and material quality made for an expensive handset that we could almost justify buying again. In fact, we very well may have to justify buying another XPERIA handset.…
Samsung readying QWERTY-toting Samsung Omnia Pro for July?
HTC pioneered the smartphone one-two punch with their HTC Touch Diamond slate and HTC Touch Pro QWERTY-slider. The formula worked – HTC offered those without a need for a QWERTY keyboard a slimmer touchscreen smartphone (Touch Diamond), essentially adding a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for those with a need for hard keys (Touch Pro). And, now…
Mobile author ‘thumbs’ 400-page novel on Windows Mobile smartphone
It’s not everyday you hear of a best-selling novel being written almost entirely on a QWERTY-toting Windows Mobile smartphone. While the rest of the commuting public was likely sleeping, listening to music, tooling around on Facebook or just plain hating the subway commute, NYC author Peter Brett used his spare commuting-time to work on his…
O2 offering HTC Touch Diamond2 for FREE with contract
It really doesn’t get any better than this. O2 is now offering lucky Brits a chance at buying the HTC Touch Diamond2 for FREE when purchased with qualifying 24-month (that’s 2 years, but you knew that) calling plan. And, cellphone retailer Mobiles.co.uk sweetens this already cavity-inducing deal with the option to get “9 months half…
MobileSync pulls Facebook profile pictures into WinMo contacts
If the iPhone can do it, Windows Mobile should have no problems. As the arguably most flexible mobile platform in the mass market, Windows Mobile has no problems synchronizing Facebook contact pictures to your Windows Mobile contacts. Just don’t go expecting any snazzy design elements or touch-optimized UI, this is Windows Mobile, after all. Thanks…
Microsoft report hints at Windows Mobile 6.5 launch by October!
Still waiting on pins and needles for Microsoft to finally launch their latest Windows Mobile revision? Well, keep waiting. Sorry. Them’s the breaks. But, it seems we may have a bearing on Windows Mobile 6.5’s launch window. Microsoft’s latest earnings report indicates that the new touch-optimized WM6.5 OS will launch “by the fourth quarter.” It’s…
New Viigo Feature Lets you Make Restauraunt Reservations
Viigo has teamed up with OpenTable.com to let you make dinner reservations right from your mobile – just check out the Local Interest channel and pick your city and region. It would be nice if there were some automated suggestions based on GPS location, or if it let you initiate a call from within Viigo,…