When it comes to making cellphones, smartphones especially, it makes sense to offload much of the development and manufacturing costs to a third-party ODM (Original Device Manufacturer) more suited to pump out hardware in massive quantities. LG is apparently following the likes of Palm, HP, Motorola, and Acer in choosing to outsource their Windows Mobile…
Memphis Police love them some Celio REDFLY Mobile Companions!
Donuts, good BBQ, and a Celio REDFLY – the essentials for the Memphis Police Department (MPD) in Memphis, Tennessee. The MPD has reportedly snatched up a whopping 1,2000 Celio REDFLY Mobile Companion units in a bid to make their smartphone-wielding officers more efficient and better connected in the field. The adoption of the Celio REDFLY,…
Gresso Skeleton Gold joins the company’s luxury series of WinMo smartphones
Two month ago we saw Gresso unveiling its Avantgarde Skeleton Windows Mobile smartphone. Now we have a new special edition device is joining the family called the Skeleton Gold phone. Basically, the new device is identical to the original Avantgarde Skeleton, sporting 2 megapixel camera, media player, QVGA screen, 2GB of internal memory, Windows Mobile…
Windows Mobile 7 confirmed for 2010 release!
At the beginning of this month, we mentioned Windows Mobile 7 may be released during 2010. Apparently, that’s been confirmed by Steve Ballmer himself in a recent “Microsoft Strategic Update” conference call. Here’s exactly what he said: We’re extending, though, we’re extending our offer to include not only the core platform, but applications and services.…
Windows 3.1 and Nokia N95, together at last!
It looks like the Nokia N95 and Windows 3.1 have finally been united! Wait… what? You read correctly, what you’re seeing here is good ‘ole Windows 3.1 installing itself on a Nokia N95. Polish developer Marcin-PRV devoted a good day’s worth of hacking to get the so-ancient-it’s-extinct Windows 3.1 OS up and running on his…
Sync your desktop browser to Firefox Mobile (Fennec) with Mozilla Weave!
Talk about a cool little feature. Mozilla’s own entry into the mobile browser war, fittingly known as Firefox Mobile (codename: Fennec), is shaping up to be quite a capable mobile browser. And, with today’s news that Fennec is now being developed with support for Mozilla’s Weave service, Firefox Mobile is looking like a great mobile…
TouchFLO 3D ported to Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 !
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has garnered a good deal of attention over the past few months as one of the highest-end Windows Mobile smartphones on market. And, with Sony Ericsson’s Panel UI working hard to cover up the Windows Mobile nastiness that invariably plagues smartphones based on the Microsoft mobile operating system, the Sony…
NormSoft’s Pocket Tunes 5.0 released for Windows Mobile and Palm OS
NormSoft released Pocket Tunes 5.0 for Windows Mobile and Palm OS smartphones. This latest update to the popular mobile audio player packs tons of new features, among which we highlight: Podcast support – over the air downloads Scrobbling with Last.fm Synchronizing with iTunes Support for Internet radio using Windows Media Audio (WMA) In a nutshell…
HTC updates HTC Touch Pro firmware, fixes bugs
Can’t shake that eerie feeling that your HTC Touch Pro is crawling with bugs? Fear not, phobic cellphone user, HTC has just released a new firmware update that should eradicate a lot of those creepy, crawly bugs from your HTC Touch Pro. HTC says this update should fix your Touch Pro’s tendency to muck up…
DubMeNow Automatically Updates Mobile Contacts, Extinctifies Business Cards
Now here’s something cool. If there’s one thing I learned from Mobile World Congress, it’s that having a stack of business cards to chew through and follow up with after the show is a huge pain in the ass. DUB undercuts all of that by transmitting contact information by e-mail and SMS so that new…