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Latest Mobile Windows News: At last, good news for Windows Mobile: Opera Mobile 10 browser is out, we have tested it! November 18, 2009; [with touch-screen] We have already tested it (as under embargo it was available already yesterday; embargo was lifted today 8:00 AM CET): 
... and it looks smoother, is more finger-friendly, and feels much faster! The only disadvantage we could spot is lack of Flash support but after all it's Adobe's not Opera's product and Opera Mobile 10 (and earlier versions) support Flash if it is installed on the device.  more... Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 3 Comments ]FREE Home Screen Customizer for Windows Mobile 6.5 released November 14, 2009; [with touch-screen] With this app you can customize homescreen of Windows Mobile 6.5 phones and it "also features plugin capability to allow other panel developers to integrate their panels into the customizer experience": more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) Detailed review of HTC HD2 from O2 UK - published November 12, 2009; [with touch-screen] This review of HTC HD2 is so detailed, that you can almost see individual atoms inside of this phone. So, iPhone is fast because it allows only one third-party app to run at the same time, but the problem of Windows Mobile always was that it allowed many apps in the background - what made it slow and people like Kevin Rose didn't know that there are some apps running in the background and were badmouthing Windows Mobile as utterly slow. It looks like this problem is no more - in phones with 1GHz Snapdragon processor like HTC HD2: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]Unboxing of HTC HD2 Windows Mobile superphone - in video - published November 12, 2009; [with touch-screen] Cohost of our Podcast about Windows Mobile has just received a loaner HTC HD2 from Clove UK for review purposes and he published an unboxing video: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Huge demand for HTC HD2, first units will be delivered next week November 10, 2009; [with touch-screen] Shipping of first units begins on Friday this week, so we reckon these phones will not be delivered this week yet, but next week. In any case demand for HTC HD2 is huge and incredibly incompetent Microsoft cannot take any credit for it, as Windows Mobile 6.5 does not support multi-touch inherently and it was HTC that hacked multi-touch on top of Windows Mobile and to hide ugliness of Windows Mobile, HTC is using their HTC Sense, now with even more HTC's apps that replace Microsoft's uggos. more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]Microsoft was nice to me, but Windows Mobile sucks - printed magazine publisher admits November 09, 2009; [with touch-screen] Hal Goldstein, who previously was publishing "Pocket PC" printed magazine about Windows Mobile and who recently closed it and is publishing now "iPhone Life" magazine, writes: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 6 Comments ]Windows Marketplace for Mobile - App Pick of the Day November 09, 2009; [with touch-screen]  Windows Marketplace for Mobile (aka Windows Mobile app store) is run directly by Microsoft and it contains apps that you can download directly from "Marketplace" app in your Windows phone. These apps are then automatically updated if new versions are available. Today we have picked this app: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Due to pathetic 10 MB limit of Windows Marketplace for Mobile - developers find a workaround but it sucks November 09, 2009; [with touch-screen] Microsoft's Windows Mobile app store also known as "Windows Marketplace for Mobile" is pathetic and Microsoft employees who made it must be less competent than kindergarten children. Not only it has many issues but also many limitations: apps are being installed only to internal memory, not on SD card and not even on internal 4-8GB memory of some phones like HTC Diamond or Samsung Omnia and there is a limit of size for apps, no matter WiFi or cellular: 10 MB in size. For comparison's sake iPhone can install apps of any size directly from app store, even 1.6 GB big GPS navigation apps like TomTom, and Android (2.0) can install apps also to SD card. We have found however some apps in Windows Marketplace for Mobile that are bigger than 1GB. How do they do it, if there is limit of 10 MB? Here is how: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 2 Comments ]USA: Verizon promotes Windows phone in anti-iPhone TV commercial November 09, 2009; [with touch-screen] iPhone fanboys are like lemmings: they would go to any carrier that has iPhone, but the thing is that Apple and Verizon just can't agree on anything, so iPhone is not coming to Verizon. In this situation Verizon is desperate to defeat iPhone with anything, including HTC Imagio Windows phone powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 that is featured in Verizon's latest anti-iPhone TV commercial: 
... which is not a bad phone considering that it supports also broadcast TV (i.e. not running over Internet, or over cellular network, but direct TV broadcast). Interestingly Verizon is also pointing out that AT&T Wireless that has exclusivity for iPhone in USA, has 5 times less 3G coverage than Verizon: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)HTC Touch Pro2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM update for Germany - released November 06, 2009; [with touch-screen] Finally HTC released the Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM update for Germany. Maybe other localizations too? Funnily enough instructions are partially in English - maybe HTC does not have enough German speaking staff? : more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)HTC HD2 launch event: video recording of this event available November 05, 2009; [with touch-screen] Whenever we go to an event, we always video record it in full, because official recordings not always are available or are incomplete as companies are editing out some interesting stuff. If you are interested in HTC HD2, then you should watch this video from HTC HD2 launch event in Taiwan: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]HTC HD2 launch event: iPhone is small says HTC + Steve Ballmer is laughing November 04, 2009; [with touch-screen] This HTC HD2 launch event was taking place in Taiwan so naturally neither European nor American media has been covering it too much. After all an intercontinental flight can cost a lot of money, not to mention hotel costs in Taiwan. Unlike other news sources we don't care about HTC and their Android phones and their HTC Sense, etc, but HD2 is the first Windows Mobile phone with multitouch, so its launch is an important milestone in the history of Windows Mobile. From the reports that we have seen so far, the most impressive 2 things are this: this snapshot where CEO of HTC is showing how small iPhone is (we have impression that HTC HD2 was artificially magnified to make iPhone look small, but we might be wrong): 
... and the second thing is Steve Ballmer, who came to the launch event of HTC - first time ever - and he was laughing for some reason: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)HTC HD2 hands-on shows: HTC HD2 is not bigger than iPhone November 04, 2009; [with touch-screen] Actually HTC HD2 is approximately the same size as iPhone: 
... so all those people whining that HTC HD2 is too big (just because it has 4.3 inch display), that it cannot be placed in the pocket, etc., should shut up! The thing is, that HTC HD2 is thinner than iPhone and only slightly bigger, so in total it is the same size as iPhone. Obviously iPhone has tiny display (only 4.3 inch) of small resolution (2.5 times less pixels than HD2), so from the hardware point of view, HTC HD2 clearly is superior to iPhone. more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 7 Comments ]Acer neoTouch s200 - unboxing video published November 03, 2009; [with touch-screen] Everybody is waiting for HTC HD2 so interest in Acer s200 has waned and s200 is now back in stock. Just a reminder: s200 is one of 3 Windows Mobile phones powered by 1GHz Snapdragon processor (the other 2 are: Toshiba TG01 and HTC HD2) but s200 is very cheap, so if you don't need multitouch (HD2) or white color (TG01), then get it! Here is the video (recorded by a cohost of msmobiles.com podcast so this phone will be discussed on the next episode): more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]Commercial launch of HTC HD2 - the first Windows Mobile phone with multitouch - is imminent November 02, 2009; [with touch-screen] We are merely 1-2 weeks away before HTC HD2 will go on sale. Let's take a look at the situation before the launch: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 3 Comments ]Previous page |
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