Who wants a super-thin GPS-equipped smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional? We thought so. Well, for those of you squirming in your seats for the successor to the E-Ten Glofish X500 and X500+ (VGA display!), E-Ten’s got your back. Word on the street has it that E-Ten will be busting out the E-Ten Glofish X600…
Pantech’s dual-sliding C810 spotted on FCC site
Pantech C810 has been spotted on the FCC’s site. Aside from the Helio Ocean like dual-sliding keyboard/keypad, the C810 also packs a 1.3 MP camera, Bluetooth, 3G radio and the memory expansion slot. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition, meaning you won’t be able to actually touch the screen, but that’s not…
Verizon Wireless announces new set of smartphones
Verizon Wireless has finally announced their new smartphone lineup that we’ve been expecting for some time now. The US CDMA carrier has gone official with four new smartphones – the Samsung i760, Verizon XV6800, SMT5800, and Palm Treo 755p. The Samsung i760 will be hitting the No. 2 carrier’s network through online sales on October…
Microsoft applies for mobile interface patent
Microsoft isn’t known for having the most user-friendly mobile UI in their Windows Mobile OS. Don’t get us wrong, we still love the WinMo platform, but there’s just a non-intuitive, corporate feel to the Window Mobile UI. Well, it seems Microsoft sees things the same way. They’ve applied for a patent of a new user…
Video: Samsung SGH-i620 Preview
From the folks at Expansys: Full specifications from GSM Arena can be found here. Notice how you can use the scroll wheel to navigate thru out the entire OS? Can’t do that with the Nokia N81 naviwheel and it is driving me absolutely insane. Insane.
Hands on Vodafone’s Samsung i640v
In case you’re a (potential) Vodafone UK customer who are looking for a not-that-bulky Windows Mobile smartphone, the Samsung i640v may be the perfect device for you. It has all the things needed for a modern business person, including the full QWERTY keyboard, 2.4″ QVGA screen, Bluetooth, WiFi, HSDPA, and more… What follows is the…
WorldMate’s free travel application now available for Symbian UIQ 3.x and Windows Mobile Standard smartphones
MobiMate announced that its popular travel application, WorldMate Professional, is now available free of charge to users of the Symbian UIQ 3.x and Windows Mobile Standard based devices. Initially, we saw MobiMate testing its “Freemium business model” with the release of WorldMate for Symbian S60 based devices. Apparently, the test proved as a success and…
Sprint announces CDMA HTC Touch as the Sprint Touch
So, it looks like Sprint will be picking up the CDMA version of the HTC Touch (also known as the HTC Vogue) as the, wait for it… Sprint Touch. Touchscreens are the next big thing (cough…told you so…cough), and Sprint’s cashing in on the action. With a 2 megapixel camera, 400Mhz processor, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi,…
Palm Treo 500v with TPP UI overlay on Windows Mobile
What? Doesn’t the Palm Treo 500v use Windows Mobile as its operating system? What’s with this TPP user interface? Yes, Palm thankfully endowed the Treo 500v with Windows Mobile, but Vodafone has overlayed the traditional WinMo menu structure with a new UI, dubbed TPP. The new menu structure provides faster and easier access to applications…
WebKit-based web browser coming to Windows Mobile
Wake3 — a PaloAlto, California based company — is working on a WebKit-based web browser for Windows Mobile devices. Those not familiar should know that it’s the same core behind Apple’s Safari and Nokia’s S60 Browser. Whoever used one of these knows how to appreciate it — after all the WebKit core is light and…