Category: Windows Phone
Julian from pocketpc.ch has just got himself an Acer F900. It's got a new interface called "Acer Shell". It seems to be based on an office desk, with you needing to swipe your finger to the right or left to get different sections of your desk. The win...
Do you have a GPS-enabled phone and enjoy runing and exercising? Yeah? Great, just jog down to the shops and get me a few beers. Whilst you're doing that, why not try Sportypal ? It tracks your running and cycling performance and lets you log and map ...
Woah, I've been busier than a busy thing today, but thankfully you lot still have been nudging me about news. John Wilson has mailed in after spotting the HTC Touch Pro2 on the Orange Business site. You know the deal by now, 3.2 megapixel camera, slid...
Well, we told you about those lucky people grabbing the Touch Pro2 on Vodafone last week. Now it's fully available on the Vodafone UK website too. Prices range from nothing to £170.21 (why 21p?) depending on the tariff you choose. We're still yet to ...
Spotted over at msmobiles.com is Pocketwit, an easy-to-use Twitter client for your phone. Once you've logged into your Twitter (or ping.fm / identi.ca account) you can click left and right on your phone to easily post updates and tweak settings, respo...
A new version of GCz is now available online. It's for Geocaching, which seems to be some of game of hide and seek where you stash a box with treasure and then share it's location on the web. This whole thing must've passed me by, but there's an …
There's some offers hitting the VITO website currently, including the "Quick SMS" pack, which includes SMS-Chat (normally $14.95) and the ultra-quick on-screen ZoomBoard (normally $9.95). The price for both ? It's now only $19.95. So, if you're a fast...
We've just had an email from Nathan. He's had a call from the "loyalty team" at T-Mobile and they've currently got 50 MDA Compact V (Diamond2) handsets available. He's already bagged one, so now there's only 49 left. T-Mobile UK reckon that they're s...
Following yet more Xperia X2 shots there's now hefty rumours of a launch on tomorrow in Singapore. This invite, which has been posted in the Sony Ericsson forums details a new device to "seamlessly fuse mystery, magic and entertainment". This kinda al...
Well, today was the big "Samsung Unpacked" event. It took until 7PM to get started in the UK, and in the end it seemed to mainly concentrate on the Jet, which sadly isn't powered by Windows Mobile. However, the Omnia range did receive a significant bo...
Browse to omnia.samsungmobile.com for further details on all the Omnia handsets announced today. Windows Mobile is now on FIVE Samsung handsets. Also hit Samsung Unpacked for videos. Links - Omnia Pro II and Omnia LITE - Omnia Pro B7610 and Omnia Pro ...
Following our earlier story it now appears that Samsung are launching a range of Omnia handsets. In addition to the Omnia Pro B7610 and Omnia Pro B7320 this is the Omnia Pro II and the Samsung Omnia LITE. The Omnia Pro II (I8000) has Windows Mobile...
We thought Samsung were going to announced just the Omnia Pro today, however they've kinda gone official already with the Omnia Pro B7610 at CommunicAsia. There's not much in the way of details as yet, other than the 800x480 AMOLED screen, slide-out Q...
Whoops. What's the last thing you want to do before a massive press event? Yup, you definitely don't want to put pictures of the new Samsung Omnia Pro on your own press website. Here's the Louvre / B7610 / Pro once again, but in official Samsung shots...
Poor old Steve1949 from the Vodafone forums is fast becoming a celebrity over at engadget (sorry man), but whilst we were browsing around this story caught our eye. The HTC Snap, which we got to review just recently, is about to land on the Sprint Net...
Details on the Samsung Louvre we mentioned back in April. It's rumoured to have an AMOLED 3.5" screen with WVGA 800x480 resolution, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, accelerometer, FM radio and 3G / HSPDA connectivity. Inside there'll be 1GB of on-board memory an...
Quick, before you all go home, there's just time to tell you a bit more about our survey results. Loads of you responded and we wanted to know what you'd like to see more of. What are Windows Mobile handsets missing? The results ? In the top spot …
You probably know about PointUI Home by now. It's a swish interface for your Windows Mobile touchscreen device and there's a free version to try too. Version 2.1 is now out with more speed, less bugs and a new default template. Try the free version o...
Remember this story from a few days back? The word on the street suggested a new handset from Samsung would be appearing with Armani design and Windows Mobile under the hood. Yesterday, according to the invite spotted on puntocellulare.it, the event s...
It looks like the Vodafone branded HTC Touch Pro2 is now starting to ship. One lucky person in the Vodafone forums has posted this picture of himself holding his new Touch Pro2. It's still showing as coming soon on the Voda site but this is a thin gli...
OK, so we've had blurry pictures and slightly less blurry pictures. How about another photo, but this time of the silver version? Yep, you got it - this is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 running Windows Mobile 6.5. The MSM7200 CPU from Qualcomm gets deta...
We've been scouring the T-Mobile UK website for some time now but there's still no sign of either the Compact V or the Vario V on the site. Worst still, Alex Roebuck has emailed after receiving a call-back from T-Mobile Business. He enquired about a r...
Following on from our earlier story there's now video of the supposed Omnia II on YouTube. This comes just days before the Samsung Unpacked event where we think this Samsung I8000 will be announced as the Omnia II. Initial impressions aren't too hot a...
There's still some time to go until the big Samsung Unpacked event but there's growing rumours on the t'interwebs that the GT-I8000 will be launched as the Samsung Omnia II next Monday. Leaked specs state that this will be another handset with an 8.1 ...
Today marks the launch of the iPhone 3GS. It's faster, it's got a better camera, digital compass, video recording, greater storage capacity and better battery life. You can get further details on our sister-site - iPhoneBANG - but the launch of yet an...
myPlayer is a free, light-weight app for watching BBC iPlayer and ITV Player content direct from your phone. It's packed with features, including live TV and radio stations, custom radio stations and search options.You should be able to use the in-bui...
Opera Mobile has just been announced and is now available to download it includes Opera Turbo which compresses network traffic by up to 80% to speed up your browsing experience and save money on data charges. There's also widgets which run web apps on...
Following our revelation that 40% buy WinMo purely because of unofficial ROMs from sites like xda-developers.com, we'd just like to point out that xda-devs isn't just about tweaked firmware updates. This is just one of the useful apps on the site that...
Elecont has released a new version of Elecont Weather and Barometer. This new edition reduces internet usage and is faster too. Find out if your day is going to be a sunny or wet, and get the information shown on your sliding panel, home screen or fro...
Remember that fuzzy-looking Xperia X2 that we poo-poo'ed just days ago? OK, we take it all back. Looks like the images were real and here's more, courtesy of "Sunrise" from forum.fanklub.se. This time we get to see the back too and there's what looks ...
Yesterday we revealed one of the real reasons you choose Windows Mobile. Our huge survey revealed several key areas for change and during the next few days we'll be revealing more results. Today we cover the competition and your opinions on the new Wi...
The Toshiba TG01 is all set to arrive on o2 Germany shortly according to this o2 news. Packing an ultra-fast 1Ghz CPU and a 4.1" display it'll sell with a flat-rate internet plan available to make the most of the browsing capability. The TG01 combine...
We've now got the full unboxing video of the HTC Snap online. It's a massive 24 minutes of High Definition first look at the device, which packs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (non-touch), GPS, WiFi, 2 megapixel camera and an easy-to-use QWERTY up front ...
Hot new devices are now stacking up at Coolsmartphone HQ. Today the HTC Snap arrived. It only became available yesterday but we've got one here. First up we wanted to take lots of snaps.. of the .. err.. Snap, so there's the usual up-close shots below...
Hello, hello. What's this then? A big event in London hosted by HTC? Honestly, we have no idea what could or might be announced here but we'll be there on June 24th to let you know. Anyone care to guess? We know about the HTC Touch Pro2, Touch …
Our big survey has been running for over two weeks now and our initial plan was to let it run until the end of June. However, we've been bombarded with your responses and we now have more than enough to show just how you feel on Windows Mobile. …
Following the o2 XDA Joggler we now have another bit of o2 kit to look at. We're back to Windows Mobile and the o2 XDA Guide. Following our earlier pictures we now have some video snippets for you to enjoy. First up, the video unboxing, which you can …
If you're on the look-out for a HTC Snap then get ready, the peeps at devicewire.com have just told me that the unlocked version will be arriving in their warehouse on Wednesday, June 3rd. The Snap marks the return of the HTC messenger phone - a thin ...
Whilst we still try and get our hands on one, the guys at pocketnow.com have a quite substantial HTC Touch Pro2 review online which combines video, photos, comparisons and screenshots. It looks like they've highlighted a lot of the things we loved abo...
A new Sony Ericsson Xperia ROM has just appeared through the official X1 update system. The new update, R3A, apparently brings better touch response, a quicker media panel, better texting. brigher keyboard and more. Overall you should get much better ...
