Just when we posted that generic (i.e. non-carrier specific) versions of the HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro are getting firmware updates, we’ve heard the AT&T Fuze (aka Touch Pro with AT&T’s 3G frequencies) will be getting the same treatment. Actually, we’re not quite sure it’s exactly the same update that will come for the…
Acer Talks Up Four Windows Mobile 6.5 Handsets, Two for Under €49
Hot on the heels of their Mobile World Congress announcements, Acer has announced four phones at CeBIT to be running Windows Mobile 6.5: the F1 with a 5 megapixel camera, the L1 a slider with alphanumeric keyboard, and the C and E1, both entry-level smartphones for €49 or less. These were alluded to at MWC,…
Watch Out For Android on the Mobile Web Front
I was just looking over a post from Will the other day, in which he reported the clear dominance of the iPhone when it comes to mobile browsing/web traffic. You can’t deny that at all, the numbers are clear-cut… In fact, from last months’ AdMob report, the iPhone accounts for 51% of all US smartphone…
O2 bringing white Toshiba TG01 to Germany for the summer!
O2 Germany is all proud to announce that they will be the first mobile operator to carry Toshiba’s uber-cool, super-powerful TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone. The Snapdragon CPU-powered handset will hit O2’s offering in Germany “from summer this year,” meaning there are still few months to wait for this super thin beauty. Price wasn’t announced, but…
Mio Announces Navigation-Oriented K70
Mio has announced a new Windows Mobile 6.1 device, dubbed the K70, at ceBIT recently. This looks to be an evolution of the Mio Lovebird spotted last spring, only they’ve managed to cram 3G, a marginally better screen and processor in there. Here are the specs: Qualcomm® MSM7201A 528 MHz processor GSM Quad-band (850, 900,…
HTC Touch Diamond, Touch Pro get new ROM updates
HTC has recently released ROM updates for its popular Touch Diamond and Touch Pro smartphones. The updated Touch Diamond firmware software is primarily designed to solve some software bugs on video playback and camera. More precisely, improved functions and fixes include: When you launch the Camera while the system is working on other programs, the…
HTC Maple Looks Conspicuously BlackBerryish
The upcoming BlackBerry Application Suite might be bringing BlackBerry functions to the Windows Mobile form factor, but what about those who want it the other way around? You might want to look into nabbing the upcoming HTC Maple, recently spotted by CNet at Mobile World Congress. A bit of a cheeky name considering BlackBerry’s Canadian…
Gates to Kids: No iPhone for You
This isn’t much of a surprise, but Bill Gates doesn’t let the kiddies use an iPod on iPhone in the house, according to an interview with wife Melinda Gates. Heck, if you were Bill Gates, would you? That would be some seriously bad press if anyone found out – you can just see the headline:…
iPhone blows away competition with 66% of all mobile web traffic!
When it comes to using the mobile web, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone that denies the iPhone’s multi-touch web browsing experience as anything less than top-notch. The mobile world scurried to bring their own touchscreen competitors to market when the iPhone blew up the scene with its inaugural launch in 2007, but no other…
Samsung Mobile Innovator Windows Mobile SDK released to make Omnia and other Samsung WinMo devices better
It was during the Mobile World Congress when Samsung announced its “Samsung Mobile Innovator” program for Java and Windows Mobile, to support development of games and apps for the two platforms. Now the Korean company is out with the Samsung Windows Mobile SDK 1.0, offering developers APIs to use advanced features unique to Samsung WinMo…