Lucky folks of Megawhat.tv got their lucky hands on the recently announced Samsung i900 Omnia. What can we say — we want to have the same lucky hands as they do. What we lack are few lucky contacts at Samsung who would send us the device for a review. The Omnia rocks, and I love…
Toshiba Portege G810 to be released on June 20th
According to Akihabara, Toshiba’s iPhone-fightin’ Portégé G810 will be released on June 20th. In terms of specs, the all-touchscreen device is pretty much identical to the HTC Diamond, but fails to deliver the VGA resolution on its 2.8-inch display — it uses QVGA (240×320 pixels), instead. There’s also WiFi, GPS (and A-GPS support), Bluetooth, FM…
AT&T Motorola Q9h to get Windows Mobile 6.1 update
Chalk up another carrier-branded handset to get some Windows Mobile 6.1 OS update love. Following on the recent revelation that the Sprint Motorola Q9c would be blessed with the latest mobile OS from Microsoft’s Windows Mobile camp, AT&T has announced that subscribers with Motorola Q9h smartphones will be getting a Windows Mobile 6.1 update in…
ASUS ZX1 gets the ASUS Glide UI treatment
What good is a flagship handset sporting a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM radio, tri-band (850/1900/2100Mhz) UMTS/HSDPA radio, WiFi, and integrated GPS if it doesn’t sport the latest eye-candy available? Well, actually, it’s still a damn good range-topping handset, but there’s always room for improvement. The ASUS Glide UI that we showed you the other day has…
HP iPAQ 900 starts shipping on June 30
HP announced that its BlackBerry-killin’ iPAQ 900 Series Business Messenger — which we’ve already seen on FCC’s pages — will start shipping on June 30th. The all-in-one device has virtually everything a business man or woman could ever need — including the full QWERTY keyboard, tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, built-in GPS receiver, WiFi,…
Spb Backup 2.0 for Windows Mobile released; Smarter, twice as fast, easier to use!
The folks behind the popular Windows Mobile shell replacement, Spb Mobile Shell, announced a new version of their other famous application – Spb Backup. Version 2.0 goes beyond its predecessor, promising smarter, easier to user and twice as fast backups. Aside from the standard features like copying the entire device (settings, SMS, emails, tasks, software,…
Zumobi updated; Windows Mobile users rejoice!
Zumobi announced its latest release for Windows Mobile to deliver new features, content and functionality, as well as improved user experience. Touted as “one of the most compelling features of the new release”, Tile Wizard allows users to easily create their own Zumobi mobile widgets. Users can choose the look and feel of these widgets,…
Samsung i900 Omnia announced; Ready to compete head to head with iPhone, HTC Diamond, others
Samsung has officially announced its real iPhone killin’ device. Instinct is just not smart enough to compete with Apple’s handset, but the 12.5mm-thick i900 certainly is. Let’s quickly go through specs, shall we: Network: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE + HSDPA 7.2Mbps Wireless: stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), WiFi Display: 3.2-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) touchscreen Camera: 5 megapixels with auto-focus,…
Customize your Windows Mobile 6.1 sliding panel interface
Most people haven’t yet been blessed with the Windows Mobile 6.1 update that enables threaded SMS and that trick sliding panel UI (Windows Mobile Standard), but that doesn’t mean those of us lucky enough to play with the new OS aren’t looking for ways to further differentiate ourselves from the WinMo masses. That being said,…
O2: HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) will be an XDA handset
What’s with Germany getting their hands on the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro hotness before anyone else in the world? Whatever the reason, O2 has announced that it’ll be picking up the newly announced HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) as part of its XDA lineup of smartphones. This means that Germans will not only…