Microsoft Announces WinMo 7 Announcement Coming March 2010
It’s always weird to hear that a company is announcing that it will make an announcement, but Microsoft doesn’t have to worry too much about little things like that, since any announcement the company makes receives an incredible amount of news exposure.
This particular time, Microsoft is announcing that Windows Mobile 7 will make its grand [...]
Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile available now
Not long after the version for Symbian S60 was launched, Opera Mobile 10 beta is now available for Windows Mobile too.
Similar in look and feel to Opera 10 for desktop and Opera Mini 5 beta, Opera Mini 10 for Windows Mobile comes with many new features that should provide a desktop-like browsing experience.
Opera Mini 10 [...]
LG GW550 launched in South America and Asia
LG GW550, the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone first announced in September, was just released in South America and Asia, and it should be available in Brazil and Argentina starting today.
Other 20 countries will follow shortly, including countries in the Middle East (weird enough, Europe is not mentioned at all).
The GW550 is a 12mm thin handset [...]
Vodafone UK launches the HTC HD2, free on select plans
Today – not long after HTC announced that its high-end HD2 is shipping in Europe – Vodafone launched the smartphone in the UK, thus becoming the first British carrier to offer it to its customers.
With a contract agreement for two years and a monthly plan of at least £35 ($58), the HTC HD2 is free. [...]
Windows Marketplace for Mobile updated, PC-based shopping now available
Microsoft announced that Windows Marketplace for Mobile has just received several new features, including developer portal enhancements, PC-based shopping and an anti-piracy protection.
From now on, Windows Mobile 6.5 users will be able to buy applications not only via their phones, but also from their desktop PCs, by visiting the Windows Marketplace for Mobile website.
The changes [...]
Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 now has Windows Mobile 6.5
Garmin-Asus announced that its M20 smartphone is now available with Windows Mobile 6.5, thus featuring a revamped interface, Microsoft MyPhone, Windows Marketplace for Mobile and other new things.
Already available in some markets around the world, the Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 with WM 6.5 will be launched by the end of 2009 in the following countries: Taiwan, [...]
Samsung to ditch Symbian, launch fewer Windows Mobile phones?
Not long after Samsung confirmed it’s working on its own Linux-based smartphone OS, we’re now hearing that the world’s second largest phone maker intends to get rid of Symbian, as well as to release fewer Windows Mobile smartphones in the years to come.
According to HMC Investment Securities, Samsung intends to stop making Symbian handsets starting [...]
Samsung Jack Gets Dressed up in WM 6.5
Samsung announced this morning that one of its existing smartphones will be getting a tuneup. If you own a Samsung Jack you will now be able to upgrade your phone to Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard.
To be honest, we weren’t expecting to see the Jack to be one of the first 6.1 phones pushed through to [...]
HTC HD2 starts shipping in Europe and Asia, will hit the US in 2010
HTC’s latest flagship Windows Mobile phone, the HD2, is now shipping in Europe and Asia (Taiwan will be the first Asian country to get it, in mid-November).
Moreover, HTC and Microsoft have also unveiled that the HD2 would be available in the US in early 2010, offered by a “major carrier”. Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile maybe? We’ll [...]
Bell’s Samsung Omnia II is the Official Mobile Device of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Bell Canada announced the upcoming availability of Samsung Omnia II, which will hit the shelves in November, after the carrier launches its brand new HSPA network.
The Omnia II was designated the Official Mobile Device of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games (held in Vancouver between 12 and 28 February next year), and Bell will offer it [...]