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Congratulations, Canada. As we here in the U.S. continue to wait on a CDMA Palm Treo Pro, you get it on Bell. [via] Adding insult to injury, you can pick it up for a mere $99 after the standard three-year contract.So those of us in the states will continue to wait for the Treo Pro on Sprint, and hope that those reported RAM issues will get cleared up soonest. Now, on the total...
Sorry. We couldn't resist that. But indeed, the Federal Communications Commission has given the Samsung SGH-i637 the what-for, and it's likely we could see it on AT&T as the Propel Pro. When we first got a glimpse of it a month ago, we were expecting Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard.Now we know it'll sport a 1,000 mAh battery, WiFi and the usual Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR. This is kind of a...
This is either the mess hall on a Romulan Warbird, or it's the first HTC Care Authorized center in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It boasts 1,300 square feet of HTC goodness, including retail sales, tech support, testing and repairs.Let's just hope the green motif stays on the walls and off the phones, 'mkay?Couple more photos over at übergizmo.Update: OK, I'm outvoted. The...
Those of us in the United States are still waiting to find out exactly when we'll get our own time with the HTC Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2, but the news keeps rolling in for Europe. Windows for Devices has it that T-Mobile plans to launch the phones in June under the MDA Compact V and MDA Vario V, respectively. No word on pricing for either device. As for the rest of us? We'll just...
Remember that rumor about an iPhone-powered mobile companion, where the phone was docked into the device? Looks like the ol' Windows Mobile gang may be beating it to the punch. And by beating we mean actually giving it a go. Above, you see the i-mate Legionnaire, courtesy of Pocket Lint. [via] While not yet in production, it'd sport Windows Mobile 6.5 (note the flag button), WiFi, HSDPA...
Behold, the Motorola Q9n "Napolean," what EverythingQ says some refer to as "an impressive phone, with some saying it's the best Q ever." And you're still not going to get one. Despite another recent shot of Napolean in the wild making the rounds, Everything Q reiterates that it's only been sold in government contracts and not to the general public — and that phones are making it into...
We try to remember our U.K. friends form time to time, and this is one of those times. Tracy & Matt have noticed that the HTC Touch Diamond 2 already is available for pre-order from British dealer Clove for 360 pounds, or about $500 U.S. That's without the British Value Added Tax, which increases the price to 414 pounds, or closer to $600.That's all sans carrier contract and subsidy...
Back from the dead, the Motorola Napolean has made it into the hands of a PhoneArena reader [via], and with Verizon branding to boot. As it stands, the Napolean will have both GSM and CDMA radios, along with a QVGA display, 2MP camera and WiFi, as well as a fingerprint sensor. Whether any of that would survive the Verizon cutting-room floor, or whether the Napolean actually will see...
We touched very briefly a little while ago on Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's seven priorities for the upcoming fiscal year, or what Ballmer calls the "Big seven businesses" of Microsoft. After digesting Ballmer's presentation at the Strategic Update Meeting (transcript link), let's dive a little deeper into what's going on. We'll warn you in advance: This mostly isn't sexy stuff. There...
It was the hope of many Windows Mobile users that Mobile World Congress 2009 would make up for the lackluster showing at the CES in January. While some may think different, Barcelona was a cornucopia of announcements, displays and rumors of what the rest of the year holds for Windows Mobile. Coverage of the event by our own EIC Dieter Bohn was logged not in yards but in miles, and it's...
What was on Steve Ballmer's New Year's resolution list for 2009? ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley got a peek. Windows 7, netbooks, servers, enterprise, entertainment, it's all there.As far as Windows Mobile, here's what we've got:Windows Mobile operating systems and gaming/Zune entertainment services — not a combined hardware/software platform like the iPhone — is where Microsoft is investing,...
Yeah, yeah, we're totally expecting "At least it's not Windows Mobile 6.5" dominating the comments, but what we have here is Windows 3.1 running on a Nokia N95. We've got Polish site FrazPC to thank for it (translated page), and Engadget Mobile for kicking it along. Now if it'll run Kings Quest 2, I'm all over it.
While many tech manufacturers seem to be in a race to the bottom (see netbooks), Samsung (and world leader Nokia) are looking to the top. In a piece from the Taipei Times [via Unwired View], Sammy says it expects to ship 200 million units this year, up about 4.4 million from last year. And we're not talking basic phones here. Samsung’s handset focus this year will be on improving user-...
For those who feared that the HTC Touch Pro 2 might go the way of the HTC Touch HD and never see the light of day in the United States, you can breath a collective sigh of relief. Shortly after the Mobile World Congress closed its doors, the company said via its Twitter feed: "To answer the big question on everyone's minds, the Touch Pro2 will be broadly available in all major markets...
While we all had our eyes last week on the Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2, HTC quietly released an update for the original Touch Pro. [via] Here's what's fixed: The display of TouchFLO 3D sometimes may appear cracked. When taking a picture, the auto focus function may malfunction in some circumstances. In some circumstances, the preview screen will become black after...
The lads over at Opera Labs have released a tech preview of Opera Mobile 9.5 that also has support for Google Gears. Put in their words: The use cases for Gears differ somewhat between mobile and desktop devices. On mobile, Gears is perfect for creating a better user experience by allowing applications to cache data more efficiently, so you can cut down on bandwidth, and carry out...
We've never been too shy about expressing our unabashed rage disappointment that the HTC Touch HD never made its way to the United States, at least officially and with U.S. 3G bands on board. So one of the more exciting hardware announcements at Mobile World Congress was HTC and the Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2, which have the sex appeal of the Touch HD. Join us inside as we take a...
SiRF, which designs the popular standalone GPS systems like SiRF III, which found in just about every GPS device, has been bought out by CSR. Who’s CSR, you ask? They’re “…a global leader in the Bluetooth connectivity business with core expertise in multiple connectivity technologies.” So basically SiRF designs GPS technology and CSR makes multifunction chips. Seems to make sense and...
For our money, two of the biggest (though not necessarily groundbreaking) annoucements at Mobile World Congress were HTC's Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2. You may also remember that HTC's CEO kinda outed Windows Mobile 6.5 before Microsoft could make its official announcement. Now you can watch the whole HTC extravaganza in full YouTube high-quality goodness. [via] It's almost like...
Standardization long has been needed in the mobile phone industry. I hate switching phone manufacturers simply because that means buying a new travel charger and spare charger for the office. I'm probably not alone in that I have a drawer full of Motorola, Samsung, and Treo chargers whose corresponding phones have been banished to the recycling bin. Luckily, this may be about to...