Category: Windows Phone

The return of the HTC Touch Pro II

Here's a bit of a blast from the past. The HTC Touch Pro2, which was launched early last year, has re-appeared on the Orange website and it's showing as "Coming Soon". Back in August we saw it vanish from the Orange site, but it seems to have popped …

Get that KIN effect on your WinMo

Want your Windows Mobile to have that KIN feeling ? Give KinLauncher a try. It features several shortcuts into messages, email, music and more with your own "KIN Spot" too. Download it from windowsphonehacker.com and drag the .cab file onto your phone...

The Vuvuzela – Make your own World Cup noise

If you've seen any of the World Cup games you'll probably have heard the vuvuzela. It's basically a big horn that makes each match sound like an invasion of drunken bees. If you've not already heard the noise then you can always click here. If you're ...

Sony Ericsson Julie (X3?) on the cards?

Sony Ericsson have been ramping up their Android production quite heavily of late, but word has it that they've not finished with the QWERTY WinMo sliders just yet. Off the back of the X1 and the X2 comes the "Julie" - OK, that's just a code-name for ...

Omnia Pro 4 and Omnia Pro 5 Announced

It looks like there's a little more life in Windows Mobile 6.5 yet. Samsung have announced a couple of new Windows Mobile devices in the shape of the the Omnia Pro 4 and the Omnia Pro 5. Both are QWERTY messaging devices and are probably an attempt to...

T-Mobile HD2 Update approaching?

Chris Hay has just had a text message from T-Mobile stating.. "You'll soon receive the download to update your T-Mobile HD2. It's free & theres no charge for the download, all you need to do is accept. T-Mobile." Looks like there's an impending upda...

Windows Phone 7 Apps on show

Yes yes, we love Android, but deep down we really do want Windows Phone 7 to do well. We're hearing about developer handsets going out next month and changes to the Marketplace too. There's also a few pictures of the updated version on the web, althou...

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini… LIME!

Orange have just added the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini to coming soon in a brand new colour not seen before. LIME!.  Yes that is right you can own your very own lime green Android device with the same 5 megapixel camera, GPS and 1.6 OS as the original...

HTC Wildfire Coming To Vodafone UK

Vodafone are the latest network to sign up the HTC Wildfire onto its UK network but at of yet no date has been mentioned for launch only that it is coming soon to pay monthly the Wildfire packs a 3.2 inch touch screen, Android 2.1, GPS,Bluetooth,Wifi ...

WinPhone 7 – LG Panther gets more hands-on time

That Windows Phone 7 prototype from LG has been snapped yet again. It was spotted out in the open just the other day after originally appearing in February. The device now has a name, the "Panther" and will be appearing here in the UK sporting Windows...

Windows Mobile Dropbox client – CloudFiles now final

You may remember the public beta of Ruttensoft's CloudFiles recently. It's a Windows Mobile client for Dropbox, which is an online file storage system for uploading, editing, downloading and streaming of files in your account. Selling normally for $6...

Sony Ericsson Aspen reviewed

The Aspen was launched in February and, as with many Windows Mobile-powered Sony Ericsson phones, things have started off badly. PDA-247 haven't got many good words to say about it unfortunately... "I love how the whole phone creaks when I type... it ...

LG handset spotted running Windows Phone 7

It's no secret that we're a little worried about Windows Mobile. The Kin phones have had a number of critical reviews, the all-new version of Windows Phone isn't due to arrive until December and we're concerned about the number of apps available at la...

Leaked Windows Phone 7 reveals HTC Mondrian name

An early Windows Phone 7 OS has been leaked on xda-developers and it's already getting picked apart. This image, taken from part of the ROM, could either be a generic Windows Phone 7 image or it could be the HTC Mondrian - a device name mentioned else...

Kin – How teenagers see it. The final thoughts..

A couple of days back we covered the Kin handsets - as seen by teenagers. ZDNet blogger Matt Miller had his two daughters use the Kin One and Kin Two and they've already delivered their first impressions. They've now been using the devices every day f...

First Mozilla, now Skype stops Windows Phone 7 efforts

Whether this stance will change in future we're not sure, but it looks like Skype won't be developing software for Windows Phone 7. They intend to develop and continue supporting their VoIP software for Android, iPhone and iPad phones. According to sm...

Office Mobile 2010 now available for free

The Office Mobile 2010 update is now available in the Marketplace for 6.5 owners. It features a touch-friendly UI, SharePoint Workspace Mobile, easy updates, seamless copy and paste plus many other new features. The Press Release states that... "With...

Windows Phone 7 and Kin to merge?!

The Kin phones have already had a rough few weeks. Harsh reviews and a fairly high price plan have forced Microsoft and Verizon onto the defensive. Senior Product Manager for Mobile Communications at Microsoft, Greg Sullivan, has now revealed that the...

Bing updated – Microsoft do turn-by-turn nav too

Microsoft have launched their own turn-by-turn navigation system in the latest version of Bing for WinMo. It's restricted to a few US network handsets at the moment, but here's hoping they'll do a "Google" and roll out the car-nav system to the rest o...

Windows Mobile sales continues to slide

Yesterday we reported on the rise and rise of Android in the USA. Stats from the NPD Group now put the Android OS ahead of the Apple OS in terms of unit share. Although these figures are based on consumer surveys, it does also show that the Windows …

Playstation One games on your WinMo

Windows Mobile users can try out their old Playstation One games thanks to FPSEce. It'll run games like Wipeout XL and Time Crisis quite smoothly and there's a video of it in action below. Available free you just need enough space on your storage card...

KIN – How the teenagers see it

We've heard from the traditional tech sites, but what do the target users think of the KIN ? Matt Miller has drafted in his two daughters to have a look - they're 14 and 16. There were a few stumbles, like setting up the Zune functionality and the …

Dropbox App for Windows Mobile – CloudFiles

We've been banging on about Dropbox for quite a while now and the official Android app arrived just yesterday. However, Windows Mobile users have been left out a little, so Ruttensoft have come to the rescue with CloudFiles. It's a front end for the f...

Reviewers blast the Kin phones

Imagine the pain of having a tooth removed without any anesthetic. Painful huh? Now try reading the engadget Kin review and you may feel pretty much the same. It echoes the earlier phonescoop review and, although a major part of the problem is the hig...

Windows Mobile to Android. The start of things to come?

Fellow Mobian Matt Miller has written a great article about something that's unfortunately happening more and more. He's ditching Windows Mobile. As a long-time user it's surprisingly the rather fantastic HD2 that's made him turn. It seems that the fr...

HTC Mini HD Now On Vodafone

Vodafone have updated their site this morning and now show the HTC Mini HD in stock to purchase on contract.  Starting at £25 a month over 24 months or £30 a month over 18 months you get 300 Minutes, Unlimited Texts and 500MB internet...

HTC HD2 Car Kit Update

We're on the update trail again. Today it's a "Car Kit Mode function enhancement" for the HTC HD2. The update... "..enhances the native Car Kit Mode functionality. This update includes the ability to allow the phone to stay natively in Portrait mode ...

myPlayer updated – Streaming TV for WinMo

Got a Windows Mobile ? Are you looking at Android users running BeebPlayer and wishing you had something similar? Well, you do. Check out myPlayer - it's a BBC iPlayer / Hulu / SBS / 5OD / MSN viewer for your phone. It's something we've covered here p...

HTC Touch Diamond2 ROM Update

The HTC Sense UI has now been added to the HTC Touch Diamond2 thanks to this update from HTC. The WWE and other language versions are available too. You know what to do by now. Backup all your phone-based data, ensure that the phone is charged up and …

HTC Touch Pro2 ROM Update

Got the HTC Touch Pro2 ? This QWERTY-packing Windows Mobile device is still a favourite of ours and, just last month, it received a ROM update to bring it up to version 2.07.401.1 (WWE). There's also the following variants - Greek, France, Denmark, Sw...

T-Mobile HTC Touch2 Rom Update available

We're trying to keep up with the updates from HTC and it seems that these three have passed us by. First, there's a ROM upgrade for the HTC Touch2. It's a handset we reviewed here and the update will bring T-Mobile versions up to 1.33.110.2. Again, us...

HTC HD2 Music Stability Update

I'm guessing that it's HTC HD2 update day today. Another update has been posted, this time to "enhance the stability of the music application". It's applicable to ROM versions 1.73 and above and will stop your music from being interrupted. Grab the ...

T-Mobile HTC HD2 Updated too

An upgrade for the T-Mobile variant of the HTC HD2 is now available. Following on from the o2 version we mentioned this morning it seems to be a similar version and will bring your ROM up to version 1.72.110.4. We'd love to hear what additions / fixes...

o2 HTC HD2 ROM Upgrade now available

HTC have just posted a new update for the HD2 on o2. It's version 1.72.206.3 and will do a wipe of your settings, programs and saved data so do backup first. Again, we're not sure what this improves on or fixes so do let us know what you …

Office Windows Phone 7 features on show

Wanna see a bit more of the Office integration in Windows Phone 7 ? Well, click on. MobilityDigest have a Emails, Events and Schedule video and this "Office HUB" video to enjoy. They show how your mails, schedules and events are kept together and how...

America – Win yourself a HTC HD2

UK readers have currently got a chance to win the HTC Desire and now, on the very same day, there's a competition to win a HD2. This one is for our American readers and it's direct from Microsoft. To be in with a chance just tell them what …

Vodafone To Stock HTC Mini HD

Vodafone are due to stock the HTC Mini HD either next week or the week after I have reliably been told by a contact at Vodafone.  The Mini HD was announced back at Mobile World Congress and the key features are: 600 MHz processor. HTC Sense. 5 m...

Additional KIN specs now available

Extra specs for Microsoft KIN phones have now appeared online. The details, which appear solely on gdgt for some reason, reveal a 600Mhz CPU at the heart of both phones and Exchange support plus light, motion and proximity sensors. The KIN ONE and KI...

Dell Lightning leaked. Windows Phone 7 on board

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Dell Lightning. It's powered by Windows Phone 7 and has just been leaked by engadget. Reminding us ever-so-slightly of the Orange SPV M2000 it's a portraid QWERTY slider with some very hot specs. A 1GHz QSD8250 Snapd...

KIN – A full demo

The all-new Microsoft KIN phones were announced on Monday. Aimed at those wanting to keep in touch with online and offline friends without the huge data package, these are arriving on Verizon in the USA soon and here in Europe on Vodafone in the autum...