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Latest Mobile Windows News: MOTO Q 9c Windows Mobile smartphone goes on sale May 9, 2008 at Verizon Wireless May 11, 2008; [without touch-screen] MOTO Q 9c is a solid Windows Mobile smartphone without touch-screen but with a very good QWERTY keyboard... so it's good to see that now also customers of Verizon Wireless - the network with the biggest coverage in USA - will be able to enjoy it. Yahoo still incompetent about Windows Mobile: Yahoo! Go 3.0 released May 07, 2008; [without touch-screen] We remember times when Yahoo hated (literally!) Microsoft so much, that they were offering Yahoo! Go only for Symbian, but not for Windows Mobile. Later it has changed and Yahoo has warmed up to the Microsoft, but it is clear that Yahoo still is not competent about Windows Mobile: UK: BT launches Total Broadband Anywhere with FREE Windows Mobile smartphones May 07, 2008; [without touch-screen] British Telecom (BT) is a former monopoly in the UK and still most DSL lines in UK are using BT lines, so no wonder that this "anywhere" offering is not the best in the world (note: in the UK still there is no such thing as truly unlimited mobile Internet over cellular networks), but since BT includes Windows Mobile phones for customers, who purchase this service, we are happy to inform you about it! Note that BT is even putting its own branding on HTC-made phones:
CT Birthday for Windows Mobile Standard (without touch-screen) released May 01, 2008; [without touch-screen] Each Windows Mobile phone has built-in calendar application but if it is not enough, then CT Birthday may come in handy... Windows Mobile phone beats Apple iPhone April 11, 2008; [without touch-screen] It is one thing when Microsoft MVPs (i.e. people sponsored by Microsoft - usually without disclosure on their websites - with free MSDN subscription worth 2-3 thousand dollars, free intercontinental flights to MVP summit once a year, and other goodies) are praising Windows Mobile and inventing reasons why Apple iPhone is inferior, but it is different thing when an independent organization evaluates the situation in a lab and publishes results... The Good Housekeeping Research Institute (GHRI), which is the product-evaluation laboratory of an American Good Housekeeping magazine recommends a Windows Mobile phone over iPhone: Nokia smartphone powered by Windows Mobile to be announced at CTIA this week! March 31, 2008; [without touch-screen] This week CTIA Wireless 2008 trade show takes place (April 1-3, Las Vegas), that is one of the most important events, when it comes to wireless industry in USA, and it is USA where Nokia smartphones have rather tiny market share (elsewhere being market leaders) so no wonder, that Nokia has picked, of all trade shows, exactly this one, to reveal their first Windows Mobile phone - Nokia 61wm: Is the upcoming Sprint GPS & WiFi enabled Palm Treo 800w a winner? March 29, 2008; [without touch-screen] According to the a number of community sites, a road show slide indicating Sprint will release a GPS & WiFi enabled Palm Treo 800w in July with a front facing qwerty keyboard was leaked. So we called Palm Friday. They would neither confirm nor deny the rumor. But we left the call with the distinct impression the company is returning to a more normal high end release schedule shortly. We believe the rumored Treo 800w for Sprint may be an important product for Palm at a time the company's revenues have been declining. Palm's core customer base, well over a million "early adopters," have been pining for an upgrade, especially as competing manufacturers have advanced their product lines. Samsung Ace for Sprint USA - reviewed March 11, 2008; [without touch-screen] Samsung Ace is like "Samsung BlackJack for CDMA EVDO" so now also customers of another wireless carrier in USA - Sprint - can enjoy this form factor and, by the way, obtain also worldwide roaming capability thanks to GSM support in this phone: Jewish Calendar for Windows Mobile Smartphones released February 28, 2008; [without touch-screen] The Hebrew word for "calendar" is "luach" and it is also the name of the program for Windows Mobile, now available also for Windows Mobile phones without touch-screen... Samsung JACK and Motorola Q9H launched in Canada at Fido February 22, 2008; [without touch-screen] Samsung BlackJack under the name "Samsung Jack" was offered by Fido Canada carrier already previously but now also Motorola Q9H goes on sale there... Call Jockey 1.3 released and free by the end of February 2008 February 19, 2008; [without touch-screen] While Phoney Call application announced by AIM Productions is not released yet... here comes another program that can fake incoming calls, and that is temporarily free due to the promotion: Sprint ACE Windows Mobile phone launched and supports both CDMA and GSM February 19, 2008; [without touch-screen] In USA there are generally 2 types of networks: GSM (and UMTS/HSDPA based; i.e. T-Mobile and AT&T) and CDMA (Verizon and Sprint)... but most of the world uses GSM, so it is good to see now a Windows Mobile phone that supports both: T-Mobile USA releases ROM upgrade for T-Mobile Shadow smartphone February 07, 2008; [without touch-screen] T-Mobile Shadow is manufactured by HTC and available exclusively at T-Mobile USA. As it is common for Windows Mobile phones, the update is being distributed by wireless carrier, not by Microsoft itself... Asus M930 - more photos and more details revealed January 31, 2008; [without touch-screen] Some photos and information about Asus M930 leaked previously but obviously while photos were true, the specifications were invented (fake!) - other processor, other camera, etc. At some German (or German-speaking as the photos show it) trade show or conference somebody managed to score photos of Asus M930 smartphone in action! Apart from photos of the device itself also official (from Asus!) specifications of this phone, that resembles Nokia Communicator, were photographed, and they are: Samsung SGH-607i BlackJack Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade - available at last - NOW January 23, 2008; [without touch-screen] It is a very belated release but better late than never. Despite the fact that Samsung BlackJack 2 is already on sale and release of this ROM upgrade may reduce sales of this new model, the ROM upgrade that brings Windows Mobile 6 too American Samsung BlackJack - is at last here! And this time it is not just an announcement but genuine release with "Windows Mobile 6" all over the place: Previous page   |
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