Speculation, being what it is, forces us to take both possible sides of a story in to account. Such as this latest rumor regarding the Lamborghini-branded Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone from ASUS. The ASUS ZX1 Lamborghini has been gussied up and shown off for the lux-handset demographic to drool over for the past several months,…
Sprint launching HTC Touch Dual on September 2?
Following on the CDMA HTC Touch Dual’s appearance on the FCC’s website, as the HTC NEON400, we’re hearing that Sprint is lined up to offer the HTC Touch Dual on September 2nd. A leaked Sprint document shows that the No. 3 US wireless carrier is going to offer an “HTC 6950” during the first week…
Study: Apple’s iPhone 3G to have “tsunami” effect on consumer smartphone market
The iPhone 3G will be launching at 8am local time on July 11. And, as soon as sales go live, the US is going to see a tremendous shift in the smartphone market. According to a new survey from ChangeWave Research, consumers are looking more toward the iPhone 3G than either the RIM-made BlackBerry lineup…
Diamond TF3D Config lets you customize HTC Touch Diamond’s TouchFLO 3D
One of the HTC’s TouchFLO 3D user interface downsides (which is found on the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro) is lack of, let’s say, serious customization. You can tweak only few things, and sing along HTC’s design ideas. Don’t get me wrong – I love the TouchFLO 3D, however why they left out…
Microsoft announces hosted Exchange services
With mobile email, especially of the “push” variety, gaining traction as the communication medium of choice for hurried businessmen and consumers alike, Microsoft has announced that they too will be offering push email service through its hosted Exchange program. For as little as $3 a month, Microsoft has announced that it will provide hosted Exchange…
Sprint posts Palm Treo 800w user manual
Sprint’s upcoming Palm Treo 800w is something of a big deal for Palm. The Palm Treo 800w represents Palm’s latest effort to retake a portion of its once-huge smartphone market share, and a true test of Palm’s ability to follow-up on the success of the Palm Centro. And, helping to spread the word about their…
Is 3G a necessity for mobile phones these days?
The fact that we’re seeing brand-new handsets being cooked up in R&D labs around the world without 3G radios in tow is a surprisingly sad revelation indeed. With the almighty Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 failing to give complement its 5 megapixel Kodak camera with an HSDPA data connection, we figured the 3G oversight was limited to…
Another Windows Mobile Facebook client – Snap2Face
Just when we wrote about FriendMobilizer, a new Facebook client for Windows Mobile smartphones emerged. It’s called Snap2Face and like some other similar apps, allows you to stay in the loop with your friends’ activities while on the go. Feature wise, Snap2Face allows you to set your and view friends’ statuses, browse profiles, send friendship…
FCC shows HTC NEON 400 – CDMA HTC Touch Dual on the way
The CDMA market isn’t exactly HTC’s bread-and-butter market, what with GSM handsets being the way to go for most of the developed world, but that doesn’t mean the Taiwanese smartphone maker isn’t going to give the US some touchscreen Windows Mobile love. Spotted hanging out with the FCC’s laboratory engineers, the HTC NEON400 hints at…
Samsung i200 – Windows Mobile 6.1 uninspired edition
Since when does a Windows Mobile smartphone toting the latest version of the mobile OS and 3.6Mbps HSDPA qualify as an “uninspired” handset? When said handset comes from Samsung’s R&D labs, that’s when. We’re used to seeing some incredibly sleek and slim designs coming out of the Korean handset giant, but the Samsung i200 leaves…