That’s right! There’s another smart dumbphone coming in from China. This time it’s a Doubao 777 Window XP (sic) phone from Taiwan (where else?) with an alleged Window XP operating system stuffed inside. But, it doesn’t end there. The phone is marketed as having Window XP (trademark infringement #1) but then also displays Window Mobile…
Windows Mobile 6.0 Upgrades Officially In The Pipeline From HTC
Okay [sigh of relief], we can all rest easy now. HTC has gone official with their plans to release Windows Mobile 6.0 updates for their line of smartphones. If you’re like us, you have been biting your nails in anticipation of getting that brand-new feel back on your WinMo 5.0 device. Cut back on your…
Sprint’s Motorola Q Not Likely To Get Windows Mobile 6.0 Update
User shaun0207 over at the EverythingQ forums got a customer service email regarding the possbility of upgrading the Sprint Motorola Q’s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system to the newer Windows Mobile 6.0. The email, from “Angus D.,” shoots down hopeful Sprint customers, saying “This phone works on Windows Mobile OS 5.0 with AKU 2.4 and…
Motorola Q Successor Changes Name
Apparently, Motorola thought the interestingly named Moto Q q9 wasn’t cryptic enough. The new name for the successor to Motorola’s uber-popular Moto Q will be the Moto Q 9h. What prompted Motorola to change q9 to 9h? Your guess is just as good as ours. But rest assured that the new Moto Q will still…
Get Your Windows Mobile 6.0 Product Reference Guide
The definitive reference guide for Windows Mobile 6.0 has been released. The guide details the differences and advantages of Windows Mobile 6.0 – and what’s up with all those crazy new names. So, if you just have to know everything about the new mobile OS offering from Microsoft, go download the PDF file today! Just…
LG’s L2000 “Leisure Phone” Helps You Play Golf, Climb Mountains
Those wacky South Koreans have a cell phone that can do just about anything. The LG L2000 adds to its home-country’s list of feature phones as a “Leisure Phone.” The L2000 Leisure Phone gives golfers a hand in judging distance to the hole, electronic scorecards, and a depth finder for the fishermen. The phone packs…
Orange to introduce SPV E650, Windows Mobile 6 smartphone
Orange UK is set to launch its first Windows Mobile 6 based smartphone. The SPV E650 (also known as HTC S710, or HTC VoX) boasts Bluetooth, WiFi, 2 MP camera, microSD memory card expansion, and an array of business features, including the ActiveSync email. Furthermore, this device has both numeric and QWERTY keyboards (slide out),…
Treo Fans In Italy Finally Get Palm Treo 750 – Released On 3 Italia’s Network
Those of you in the land of spaghetti and meatballs finally get a chance to lay your marinera-covered mitts on the Palm Treo 750. Italy’s 3 Italia 3G provider will be offering the Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone to the Italian masses. Those lucky canolli’s get some righteous HSDPA action with their Treo 750, molto bene.…
Windows Mobile 6 Product Reference Guide released
Microsoft has finally released Windows Mobile 6 Product Reference Guide, providing core information about the features of the new version of its popular mobile OS. According to Microsoft, the guide can be used in two ways: first, to provide a full understanding of both the positioning and messaging as well as the features of the…
Prevalent Phraze-It – Effortless On-Screen Typing For Pocket PC’s
Bulk adding keyboards on smartphones are a thing of the past! Well, at least if Prevalent’s Phraze-It Keyboard 2.0 works as well as they claim. Prevalent’s mission to save your fingers from “repetitive thumb stress from their thumb boards with tiny keys” is spearheaded by the “2.0” version of their Phraze-It on-screen keyboard. With only…