Tag: windows phone

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...

Co0kie’s Home Tab – Adds flexibility to Sense

OK, so the Windows Mobile version of HTC Sense isn't quite as flexible as the Android version but, with the help of Co0kie's Home Tab it very nearly is. This excellent app will let you modify the Home Tab on your HTC Sense interface. You can move stuf...

HTC HD mini – Reviewed

As promised yesterday we now have the HTC HD mini review online. It's got all the videos we recorded, the up-close photos and the screenshots from the HTC Sense interface. We've also included the pictures taken with the phone and you can add your comm...

HTC HD mini on Orange soon?

We're getting anonymous emails stating that the HTC HD mini is coming to Orange. If you've heard anything please do let us know, as we can't confirm this as yet. The new Windows Mobile 6.5 device was here just last weekend and we filmed the videos bel...

The ‘KIN 15 minute-delay

The fireworks went off yesterday as the Microsoft KIN phones were announced. KIN will connect you to friends without the need to worry about who's on which social network. It's your social network connection, but reports from engadget state that updat...

HTC HD2 Vodafone Update

A new HTC HD2 update has popped up for Vodafone customers. Version 1.72.161.3 is now available to download and will "improve the efficiency of your phone". Now, as usual don't forget to backup your on-device data and ensure that the phone is charged u...

Windows Phone goes social – KIN

Microsoft, Sharp, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone have today unveiled KIN. This is a "social phone" designed to share your life, your special moments, your feelings and your thoughts. Those renders from last year are now a reality and will be arriving i...

Time to Share – Live from San Francisco

Today Microsoft revealed their Pink phones. They're now called "KIN" and the live feed has now been recorded and stored below. If you'd like the full low-down on the KIN handsets, click here for our full write-up!

Getting ready for the Pink phones

Microsoft are prepping for their big event in San Francisco. It'll be broadcast live here at 6PM UK time (10AM Pacific). We've already talked about the Project Pink phones and there's now rumours of it targetting the "tween" market (children between 9...

HTC HD mini – Videos, pictures and screenshots galore

This weekend I've had a short while to play with the HTC HD mini. There's simply not enough time for a full review, but I do have plenty of up-close photos including that yellow see-thru battery compartment. Day 3 of the video diary is online here and...

Project Pink handsets snapped

"Sorry boss, I was just having a coffee when I heard this 'click' and.." Oh dear, it looks like someone has managed to snap the "Turtle" handset we saw in renders back in September. This is one of the Pink Project phones and we should hear more about …

HTC HD mini – Day 2

OK, I give up on trying to produce brilliantly professional videos. Half way through this one our son, Billy, popped in to do some colouring. We've only got the HTC HD mini for a couple of days so I've stuck it online anyway :) Today we compare the …

Microsoft are ready. Pink is coming.

Something is happening on Twitter. The #tmdp tag is being mentioned more and more with Tweets now coming from San Francisco - the location for the April 12th announcement. This particular Tweet references the recent glut of big product announcements f...

HTC HD mini in the house

Guess what we've got ? No, it's not another Android phone. It's actually a Windows Mobile phone. The HTC HD mini is here but we've only got it for the weekend. As usual, we'll be putting this through its paces over the next couple of days and sticking...