Canadians fiending to get in on Samsung’s touchscreen lineup will be happy to hear that Bell is gearing up to launch the Samsung Omnia in April. Following a successful run in the US as Verizon Wireless’s Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-powered smartphone, it seems Samsung is bringing the Omnia to Canada. Word on the street has…
Microsoft integrating Silverlight Mobile into Windows Mobile 7!
Microsoft’s Flash competitor, Silverlight, is about to get a big boost. Word from Microsoft has Windows Mobile 7 rocking an integrated Silverlight Mobile client that should allow smartphone users to view and play with all kinds of Silverlight-based streaming and interactive media on the web. Unfortunately, Silverlight is only slated for Windows Mobile 7 because…
Native Windows Mobile YouTube App Launched
Right behind the S60 YouTube application is another version for Windows Mobile. The big talk, however, is the possibility of YouTube using Silverlight rather than Flash technology as demonstrated in their March Madness channel. WinMo devices have already shown they can handle Silverlight with the Skyfire mobile browser, and Internet Explorer Mobile is due to…
HTC Touch Cruise hitting Middle East this month
HTC has recently announced that its Touch Cruise is coming to the Middle East this month. The Windows Mobile powered smartphone will be available through all the major retailers in selected ME regions starting with UAE at an estimated end user pricing of $654. Although it lacks a hi-res screen (it’s QVGA only), the HTC…
Microsoft confirms Windows Mobile Widgets are coming
Last Wednesday, we mentioned Windows Mobile 6.5 will come with widgets support. Now we have more details to share. First we know the official name – they will be simply called “Windows Mobile Widgets,” and they will rely on the latest draft of the emerging W3C standard for mobile widget applications. Since new Internet Explorer…
Android-Powered Omnia HD on the Way?
Word has it that upcoming versions of the Samsung Omnia will not only be running Symbian, but Android and other operating systems as well. What about Windows Mobile, like we were expecting? Apparently that’s not going to happen, purportedly because Microsoft was taking too long with updates. Yeah, Ballmer was talking about moving more quickly…
Rumor: Bell Set to Launch the Samsung Omnia in April
More good news for Canadians this morning. A tipster over at BGR has reported that Bell is set to launch the Samsung Omnia between April 9th and 12th. The Omnia runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and has a 3.2″ 240×400 touchscreen display… Plus all of the other things you’d expect including GPS, WiFi, EVDO…
Hackers offered $10,000 to Crack Mobile OSes
Running concurrently with their desktop browser hacking challenge (where one clever programmer broke down Safari in 10 seconds), the Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest will also be testing the security of mobile operating systems. If they can break through any of the five big platforms (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile), reps from those companies…
WorldMate Live Updates with Google Maps Support
WorldMate Live, one of my favourite travel apps for BlackBerry (also available in S60 and Windows Mobile flavours) has had an impressive update lately, now plugging directly into the Google Maps application. After plugging in your itenerary details through their web interface, you can review everything on your mobile and launch right into navigation through…
Winterface reaches version 1.3; Makes Windows Mobile iPhone-like more than ever
VITO Technology has recently released an update to its popular Windows Mobile user interface application – Winterface. Version 1.3 fixes some of the known bugs — such as the bug related to SMS alerts and the weather icon — but also adds few extra features. For instance, now you place URL shortcuts on the homescreen,…