There’s nothing like a little showdown battling to figure out which handsets take the user-experience trophy. In the Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard segment, the Motorola Q9h and SamsungBlackJack II are the two entrenched competitors that most people will be deciding between. Both handsets are the second-generation on a proven form-factor, and both offer similar looks…
Bell Mobility goes live with White HTC Touch
We’ve been on the lookout for the White HTC Touch for some time now, and it seems that the first CDMA carrier to get dibs on this fresh HTC Touch-variant is Bell Mobility. The Canadian carrier beat out Verizon Wireless to the punch on this handset, but interestingly doesn’t make any mention of the GPS…
Sprint Mogul pre-release ROM adds GPS support!
There’s nothing worse than owning something that you’re not allowed, or unable, to use. Imagine this – you buy a handset that has GPS and EVDO Rev. A hardware inside, but you just aren’t able to make use of those features. Well, owners of Sprint Mogul Windows Mobile smartphones don’t have to kick their imagination…
$5,000 reward for working HTC Kaiser video driver
It looks like HTC Kaiser users over at the xda-developer forums have really put their money where their collective mouths would be. In response to HTC’s veritable cold-shoulder response to the HTC Class Action Organization’s petition for updated video drivers for HTC smartphones using the Qualcomm MSM7500 and MSM7200 chipsets (which includes the HTC flagship…
Samsung and Motorola displace HTC as top non-touchscreen Windows Mobile manufacturer
While HTC is clearly the top-dog in the touchscreen-based Windows Mobile smartphone market, it looks like the (arguably) sleeker handsets from Motorola and Samsung have taken away HTC’s #1 position in the non-touchscreen Windows Mobile smartphone market. Citing internal data from Microsoft, DigiTimes is reporting that HTC owned 50% of the non-touchscreen WinMo market last…
Skyfire browser turns up the heat – desktop-like mobile web-browser with Flash support
Full desktop-like web browsing on a mobile phone has been just beyond the grasp of many enthusiasts for quite some time. Sure, there are mobile browsers out there that offer an almost desktop-like browsing experience and combine it with a good dose of usability (ahem, iPhone Safari), but the lack of integrated Flash support keeps…
Treo 500 now available unlocked for £269
We knew this is coming and now it’s officially here. The unlocked Palm Treo 500 could be hours for £269 ($526). Aside from the standard full QWERTY keyboard, the new Treo also also packs the 3G radio, tri-band GSM/GPRS connectivity, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and of course the microSD memory slot. Windows Mobile 6…
Possible new Palm 800w details
For a company that pioneered the PDA industry and essentially ushered in an age of smartphones, Palm looks to be circling the drain to a slow demise. In the early days, innovations like Graffiti were enough to keep the PDA-maker at the top of the game. Now, after more years than we care to remember,…
Dasur releases two on-screen virtual keyboard apps for Windows Mobile; Promises easier, faster typing
Israel-based Dasur has released two on-screen virtual keyboard applications for Windows Mobile – SlideIt and ThumbKey. The idea is to enhance on-screen typing experience with two different approaches, each suited for different kind of users. Let’s briefly go through both apps, shall we?
E-TEN Glofiish V900 to also come in red?
We’re not sure whether the image above is real or a work of the Photoshop master, but it certainly impresses. That being said, we’re hoping E-TEN people are reading this and in case the latter is true, they’ll make sure we also see the V900 released in red. Mobile World Congress is just around the…