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Latest Mobile Windows News: MOTO Q 9c by Motorola now on sale at Sprint in USA November 23, 2007; [without touch-screen] Motorola launches yet another Windows Mobile powered smartphone... and here is how it looks like: Samsung BlackJack II - a BlackJack with GPS - NOW on sale in USA November 23, 2007; [without touch-screen] The wait is over and it is now on sale at AT&T! Samsung BlackJack 2 - now with GPS but still without WiFi - coming soon - also in Wine Red color ! November 20, 2007; [without touch-screen] Until now only Windows Mobile phones with touch-screen were equipped with built-in GPS but with Samsung BlackJack 2 (II) it all changes and now you will be able to get small-size Windows Mobile powered smartphone without touch-screen with GPS: Samsung BlackJack 2 Release Date Published November 15, 2007; [without touch-screen] Looks like the Samsung BlackJack 2 should be released in USA no later than November 21, 2007 ... Alarm Master for Windows Mobile Smartphones released November 14, 2007; [without touch-screen] Here comes a convenient alarming application for your Windows Mobile smartphone and here is how it looks like: HTC Iris - new smartphone for USA - leaked at FCC November 13, 2007; [without touch-screen] Yet another QWERTY smartphone from HTC powered by Windows Mobile 6 Standard (no touchscreen). Interestingly it looks very similar to Palm OS -powered Palm Centro: Moto Q Goes Global ... in USA November 01, 2007; [without touch-screen] AT&T launches MOTO Q global smartphone powered by Windows Mobile and Motorola adds FREE My Q Pak software bundles to spice up this offering. Microsoft unveils Neo November 01, 2007; [without touch-screen] So how do you think: what was Microsoft working on in latest months? Was it new Windows Mobile with support for multi-touch? New web browser with full AJAX support? No! It was a homescreen (for smartphones without touch-screen) called "Neo": HTC S730 Reviewed, GPS not confirmed October 31, 2007; [without touch-screen] Still a bit unsure on the whole GPS business. It looks like it may have it, but there's nothing in the specifications... Review of Samsung i620 published October 31, 2007; [without touch-screen] Samsung i620 is an extremely small smartphone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and for people who like small size, it may be the best choice in the area of Windows Mobile smartphones! T-Mobile USA has launched HTC-made Shadow phone October 30, 2007; [without touch-screen] This phone features home screen customization made by Microsoft specifically for T-Mobile USA. As we have discussed it with a Microsoft employee in a podcast: Microsoft is offering such customizations for both manufacturers (example: Samsung i600) and for operators (example: Palm Treo 500v for Vodafone). While these customizations cannot be considered to be a wholly new version of Windows Mobile, they certainly provide a breath of fresh air to Windows Mobile phones. This phone has "QWERTY-like" keyboard and not a real "QWERTY keyboard" because there are 2 letters on each key and not one letter per one key. All in all: a nice low-end 2G phone: Extreme Text - Threaded SMS Texting for Windows Mobile without touch-screen - released October 29, 2007; [without touch-screen] Previously, such programs were only available with Windows Mobile phones with touch-screens. But now, those without touch-screens (previously called "MS Smartphone"), can also enjoy increased usability thanks to the threaded texting: Rumor: HTC S730 aka HTC Wing has built-in GPS October 28, 2007; [without touch-screen] While HTC itself is not mentioning GPS at all: Palm shared Microsoft strategy with msmobiles.com October 27, 2007; [without touch-screen] Palm met with us near the CTIA wireless conference in San Francisco to discuss the company's newest initiative with Microsoft. Palm is supporting and integrating Microsoft's new "System Center Mobile Device Manager" platform. According to Palm, the new Treo features will be available in 2008. The announcement of the platform was made during Microsoft's keynote CTIA address. System Center Mobile Device Manager provides enterprises with enhanced security and remote control of employee devices, and provides employees with improved remote access to corporate data. Windows Mobile 6 ROM upgrade for Samsung i600 available also in English October 25, 2007; [without touch-screen] Samsung i600 smartphone which is a "European version of Samsung BlackJack, but with WiFi", can now be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6: Previous page Next page  |
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