New details on a few upcoming Windows Mobile handsets has come to light thanks to the folks at Expansys. The devices will be from Samsung, and are called the Louve, Pivot and B2100. Interesting names… Well, the first two are anyway. Must be ‘code’ names for those devices. At any rate, full details on these…
HTC Touch HD coming to Australia’s Telstra
Telstra is bringing HTC’s Windows Mobile 6.1-powered beast, Touch HD, to its portfolio. The WVGA touchscreen-equipped device is ready to sing along the carrier’s fast Next G network. According to HTC’s release, the smartphone will be available for purchase from February 10th exclusively through Telstra shops and dealers. Price without any contracts signed (RRP) is…
Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HTC Touch Pro… kinda
There’s just something cool about running an as-yet-unreleased mobile operating system on your still-new smartphone. Last we saw, the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM had been allegedly hacked and ported to some seriously old HTC hardware. We have to admit, we were a bit disappointed with what we saw in Windows mobile 6.5’s UI design,…
Zumobi Brings the Skislopes to Your Phone
Outdoor outfitter REI has just teamed up with Zumobi to bring the latest skiing conditions to your iPhone, BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device. New snow, lift status, and weather forecasts from some 1800 ski resorts are all accessible through Zumobi’s funky zooming, tiled user interface. It’s free, so go ahead and give it a shot.
Windows Mobile smartphone sales trump iPhone in Q4 2008
Well what d’ya know? It looks like Windows Mobile has managed to expand its sphere of influence just a tick further than Apple’s iPhone OS (exclusive to the iPhone and iPhone 3G) in the last quarter of 2008. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated in a recent earnings conference call that Microsoft had seen 5 million…
HTC Touch Cruise photo geo-tagging demonstration – Footprints on video
HTC just went live with their GPS-loving HTC Touch Cruise this morning, giving the world a glimpse at their redundantly-named, photo geo-tagging powerhouse. The highlight of the new touchscreen smartphone is the handset’s ability to automatically add GPS geo-tags (the “Footprints” feature) to every photo taken with the smartphone’s 3.2 megapixel camera. But, just how…
Sprint Releases Treo Pro for $249.99
After a slew of unboxings earlier this week, it comes as no surprise that the long-awaited Palm Treo Pro is now available for sale through Sprint. GPS, Wi-Fi, 2 megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 6.1, and a 320 x 320 TFT touchscreen are all a part of the package, and will set you back $249.99 on…
Please don’t let this be Windows Mobile 6.5!
Please, for the love of everything that Windows Mobile 6.5 stands for, don’t let these alleged Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots be real. Following on confirmation that the long-ago leaked WinMo6.5 screenshots were indeed concept designs for Windows Mobile 6.5, an xda-developers member (sun_dream) has released screenshots and video of what he claims is a leaked…
First Windows Mobile 6.5 devices coming in Q3 2009?
You’ve probably heard a rumor (which is likely true) that Microsoft will officially announce the latest version of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, during the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. However, “announcement” doesn’t mean “availability,” hence we needed to know when we’ll actually be able to try out the goods. Apparently,…
HTC expects double-digit growth in 2009 despite economy
The smartphone market truly is gold. HTC has just announced that it is looking forward to a 2009 fiscal year that will grow HTC’s smartphone sales in the double digits. While the rest of the mobile world feels the pinch of a wallowing global economy, HTC’s CEO Peter Chou expects that HTC will tough it…