Telus has just launched two Windows Mobile powered smartphones in Canada – HTC Touch and HTC S640. The first mentioned is the iPhone-like device that has only 5-way navigation and dial/hang-up key on the front. For everything else, Touch users rely on the touchscreen and HTC’s TouchFLO technology which allows controlling the Windows Mobile 6-based…
I-mate’s new JAMA 101/201 handsets look familiar, complement Ultimate lineup
It looks like i-mate is looking to give its i-mate JAMA some much needed low-end company. If you’ll recall (or not), the entry-level JAMA smartphone from i-mate was a lackluster Windows Mobile 5.0 aimed at the mass-market. It didn’t have WiFi, 3G, or even EDGE radios, and only worked on two GSM frequencies (dual-band). Well,…
Samsung announces Windows Mobile 6.0 updates for South East Asia – WM6 goes to Singapore
Would you like some WinMo6 with that bowl of Pad Thai? Well, thanks to Samsung Singapore, you definitely can have the best of both worlds – the newest Windows Mobile OS and some delicious noodles. Samsung Singapore has announced that owners of the Samsung SGH-i600 WM5 smartphone can bring their aging device into the Samsung…
Samsung SGH-i617 is the BlackJack 2
Will the real BlackJack 2 please stand up? It looks like the Samsung SGH-i617 that recently passed FCC inspection is the real BlackJack 2. The form-factor is almost identical to the previous BlackJack, and even the model names make sense (the previous BlackJack was the Samsung i607). We know that the Samsung i617 BlackJack II…
Freeware of the day: TouchPal virtual keyboard for Windows Mobile
There’s a new iPhone-like virtual keyboard for Windows Mobile devices called TouchPal. However, the main difference from the iPhone’s keyboard is that CooTek — the company that developed TouchPal — uses ROKR-style two-letter-keys for their solution. That being said, I find TouchPal being something in between iPhone’s virtual and BlackBerry’s or Sony Ericsson’s two-letter-keys keypad.…
Orange UK dumbing down HTC Touch Dual – numeric-only keypad variant of HTC Touch Dual
Apparently, our Brit-friends over yonder aren’t too fond of the SureType-esque, 20-key, half-QWERTY keypad on the HTC Touch Dual. MoDaCo is reporting that Orange UK will be launching a 16-key variant of the HTC Touch Dual with a numeric-only keypad. Orange UK wants to slide in the HTC Touch Dual beneath the full-QWERTY smartphones in…
BenQ E72 announced; Packs beauty and brains
It’s kinda good for consumers when companies are struggling and they have to innovate even more. Not that BenQ’s latest E72 smartphone brings much innovations to the world of Windows Mobile powered devices, it’s just that it looks like a fashion phone, yet packs all the cool features of a smartphone. The BenQ E72 is…
Samsung SGH-i617 approved by the FCC; Is this BlackJack 2?
We’ve just spotted Samsung SGH-i617 passing the FCC hurdle. And while we don’t have much information about this device, everything points to the BlackJack successor. Just look at its shape and compare it to the original BlackJack, whose model number is coincidentally i607. Anyway, We know the i617 will rock HSDPA 850 / 1900, hence…
E-Ten Glofish M800 adds QWERTY keyboard to the X800
The E-Ten and Arima partnership is really starting to bear some high-end fruit. With the launch of the E-Ten Glofish X800, the duo proved that they were comfortable playing with the big boys. It’s just too bad the Glofish X800 suffered from a lack of QWERTY keyboard. Well, E-Ten and Arima are looking to change…
Video: AT&T Tilt unboxing video
The “holy grail” of smartphones is here and the video previews are starting to hit the interwebs. Check out this video of the US-spec HTC Kaiser TyTn II – the AT&T Tilt – getting unboxed. It looks a bit bigger in the hand than we expected, but we’re still drooling.