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Sony Ericsson's Custom Android Interface Is Called Nexus
Example: Sony Ericsson Timescape, the "signature" Nexus app, sounds a lot like HTC's Sense in that it pulls in a bunch of services like Facebook and Twitter for your contacts, but it's more straightforwardly organized around timelines, which you can break down by service, events or wha...
Tuesday, Nov 17
Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: "Apps Don’t Make Your Phone Special" [Blockquote]
All the apps that count will be ported to every one of them. It's a completely different situation from the PC market, where software's built to run on a Windows or a Mac. Mobile apps require very little development, so it's much easier to bring them onto every platform.
Monday, Nov 16
Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0 Betas Released: Life Is Better Now
This is, to be clear, just the desktop version of Flash 10.1—the full-fledged Flash for Android, webOS, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile is still a ways down the pipe. It's worth getting excited over anyway, since I've watched an HP Mini 311 with an Ion graphics chip tear through an HD YouTube c...
Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones [Windows Mobile]
And even if it's not quite up to speed yet, it's a much easier way to find the basics than scavenging the app download hellscape that is the Greater Internet, and some of Microsoft's new codeveloped apps—Facebook, in particular—are pretty great. You can download by pointing your WinMo pho...
Saturday, Nov 14
Opinion: How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
Your Phone Windows Mobile: To sync with your Windows Mobile phone in Windows 7, you're going to need Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1. Just like in Vista! Except this time around, Windows is savvy enough to autoinstall the suite, which saves a little time and potentially a lot of Googling. (J...
Friday, Nov 13
The Year Apple and RIM Ate Everyone Else's Lunch
Interestingly enough, Apple and RIM are doing spectacularly well for similar reasons: both have appealed to mainstream consumers with new products—the marked-down iPhone 3G and cheap-but-decent BlackBerry Curve line, respectively—while pushing app stores as a selling point. And...
Wednesday, Nov 11
Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store [Windows Mobile]
The security features are really more like anti-piracy measures, but that's developer stuff—what about us consumers? Well, the new online portal seems like a solid idea, albeit one that implicitly acknowledges that app browsing is not that great on a WinMo 6.5 phone. You can access the po...
Samsung Dumping Symbian [Cellphones]
So this is why Samsung announced bada. That new OS will replace Symbian starting in 2010, according to Samsung's senior VP, Don Joo Lee. (No worries, Samsung will continue to sell Windows Mobile and Android handsets.) But as for Symbian, the OS will certainly take a hit without a piece of Sams...
Tuesday, Nov 10
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders]
Apple Stomps Over Nokia to Become Most Profitable Phone-Maker in US...Windows Mobile 7 Is on Track for an Early 2010 Release to OEMs...Bing Videos Aggregates Hulu, YouTube, ABC and More...Non-Apple Companies to Support Mini DisplayPort Soon...
Why Did Samsung Just Announce Another Mobile OS? [Samsung]
Or not at all! We won't know for sure until Samsung stop being cryptic for sport, or whatever it is they're doing here. [Samsung] Samsung Launches Open Mobile Platform: Developers get the chance to create mobile applications for millions of new Samsung handsets
Thursday, Oct 15
Six Things I Actually Like About Windows Mobile [Windows Mobile]
Windows Mobile 6.5 was a failure of imagination, design, and foresight. I've covered this, rather adamantly! But while the new version didn't add that much—that was the problem—there are some things I still genuinely like about Windows Mobile.
Wednesday, Oct 14
Motorola Cliq Review
The home screen widgets The four widgets of note are the status widget, the messaging widget, the happenings widget and the news/RSS widget. The news widget is self-explanatory, and really cool that a phone would have a built-in RSS reader right on the home screen, but the others are a litt...
Tuesday, Oct 6
Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There's No Excuse For This
I really didn't want to beat up on WinMo here, because at this point it just feels tired. But man, come on Microsoft, you're giving me no choice. Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't just a letdown—it barely seems done. Seriously, it reminds me of Windows for Workgroups
Monday, Oct 5
HTC Imagio Review: HTC Is Microsoft's Best Critic
The Software I was pretty hard on Windows Mobile 6.5 in my review, but guess what? HTC likes it even less. TouchFLO 3D reaches deeper into the operating system than ever before, to the point that during casual use you can't even tell you're using a Windows Mobile phone. Windows Mobile 6.5, y'all
Sunday, Oct 4
Flash 10.1: Full Flash for Everyone But iPhone, Actually Playable HD Vids
LOS ANGELES - Oct. 5, 2009 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today unveiled Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices, allowing content created using the Adobe Flash Platform to reach users wherever...
Thursday, Sep 10
HTC Touch Pro2 Gets Its First Reasonable Price Tag, Courtesy of Verizon [Smartphones]
3G Smartphone Offers Global Capabilities Key specifications and features: · Seamless connectivity with Microsoft® Exchange, Outlook and Office applications with Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional · Bluetooth® 2.1 with EDR and A2DP stereo Lifestyle features:
Sunday, Aug 23
Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review [Review]
A Symbian-injected followup to the so-so Windows Mobile Omnia, the HD i8910 is a specced-out slab of phone from Samsung, with a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 8MP camera, HD video recording and a definite thing for multimedia. Vivid, responsive, generously proportioned touchscreen Samsung]
Wednesday, Aug 19
Oh God, Please Tell Me This Isn't Microsoft's Plan For Windows Mobile [Windows Mobile]
Microsoft is expected to officially launch Windows Mobile 6.5 on October 1, 2009 and add an upgrade version with a touch interface in February 2010, the sources indicated citing Microsoft roadmap. A] dual-platform strategy will allow Microsoft to compete with Android-based platform u...
Tuesday, Aug 11
T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 Review: Wait, How Much? [Review]
The gadget: T-Mobile's take on the HTC Touch Pro2, a 3.6-inch-screened, slide-out-QWERTYed refresh to the company's flagship Windows Mobile phone. TouchFlo 3D does an admirable job sprucing up Windows Mobile 6.1 Dude, Windows Mobile 6.1, in August of 2009
Wednesday, Jul 8
Promise SmartStor NS4600 Network Storage with Time Machine Support Review [Review]
The Gadget: A RAID-enabled, four drive, DLNA supporting, internet streaming, Apple Time Machine supporting NAS that, while not a Windows Home Server, has tons of functionality built into the tiny box. Tons of features Time Machine support
Wednesday, Feb 11
Garmin-Asus Nuvifone M20: A Surprisingly Cute WinMo 6.1 GPS Phone [Smartphones]
The nüvifone M20 takes GPS navigation one step further via Connected Services, a suite of online applications and data from Garmin-Asus that adds location intelligence to navigation, phone and browser functions. The expandable list of applications includes content like real-time t...
Thursday, Jan 15
Opinion: Dealzmodo Hack: Revitalize Your Windows Mobile Phone [Dealzmodo Hacks]
This is where Windows Mobile feels the most out of date; its interface is a classic example of design by committee, only this time the committee was made up primarily of the visionaries responsible for Windows Bob, Windows ME, Windows Vista and possibly the Pontiac Aztec. The solution? Sk...
Monday, Dec 15
Consumer Reports Shouldn't Review Cellphones Anymore [Consumer Reports]
Consumer Reports' picks for top five smartphones confirms they're woefully out of touch. Four of the five are Windows Mobile phones from last year, and the sole BlackBerry is the worst RIM offers. Uhhhh, WTF? 1. Samsung Blackjack II 2. T-Mobile Wing 3. Motorola Q9C 4. T-Mobile Shadow
Thursday, Dec 11
Opinion: Windows Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Can You Get the Real Internet? [Battlemodo]
If the iPhone ran half as poorly as Windows Mobile phones, Apple haters would (rightfully) scream as loudly as Apple fanboys do about Vista. If any BlackBerry was as much of a flustercuck, reviewers would trash the crap out of it. I'm sorry, but at this point, any apologist left defending Win...
Thursday, Nov 6
Dealzmodo Hack: Cooked Software Revives HTC Phones [Upgrade Your Smartphone]
HTC has always known their biggest weakness: Windows Mobile. They've done their best to hide the aged interface in glossy costumes and bolster performance, but they can only do so much—the OS is slow, buggy and can drain battery life on certain hardware. Luckily, Windows Mobile responds w...
Wednesday, Oct 15
T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review [Google Android]
Screen: The touchscreen is bright, renders text clearly and is, on the whole, pretty great. It uses capacitive touch, like the iPhone, so you use your fingertip, not a stylus, to poke around. There are cases when screen presses don't register properly—they're not too often, but often enou...
Wednesday, Aug 27
Palm Treo Pro Review
Some of the custom Palm features from the 800w, such as their own chat-style SMS interface and the GPS search bar on the home screen are absent, which is unfortunate, because they were both useful. And in direct light, the screen had a tendency to washout and be difficult to read, even on the h...
Tuesday, Jul 22
Patch: Windows Live Updated For Windows Mobile Devices
Not content to just offer a new version of Windows Live Messenger for a competing platform, Microsoft today released an updated official version of the full Windows Live app for Windows Mobile that features contacts syncing, support for Live Spaces, Live Maps, and push email from HotMa...
Monday, Jul 14
Lightning Review: Palm Treo 800w Smartphone
The Verdict: As far as Windows Mobile phones go, the 800w is a pretty good one. It's no frills as far as smartphones go, but this is almost exclusively for the enterprise crowd. It's not the prettiest, nor is it the smallest, but is powerful enough to run Windows Mobile 6.1 like it should. It moves...
Tuesday, Apr 1
Hands On Windows Mobile 6.1 (Update is Skin Deep)
Some of the new features include Adobe Flash Support, Silverlight support, a new camera interface and the inclusion of the Microsoft Live search engine. Putting Flash to the test with YouTube on an HTC Touch Dual was more or less a disaster. The page is slow and clunky to navigate, video cons...
Wednesday, Jan 16
Lightning Review: Zumobi Mobile Browser
The Product: The Microsoft backed Zumobi browser for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 phones consists of bite-sized web content called "tiles" (a new fangled term for "widget") that offers users a customized, shareable web browsing experience. The Price: Free
Friday, Dec 14
Opinion: What's Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It [What's Wrong With Windows Mobile]
We just got the scoop from Microsoft on Windows Mobile 7 and Windows Mobile 8, the two upcoming platforms that will fix what is undeniably broken about the Windows Mobile platform to date. The number one biggest problem with Windows Mobile is its UI.
Sunday, Jun 17
Review: Sprint Mogul Hands-On
With Windows Mobile 6 and the 400MHz Intel/Qualcomm CPU, this phone is probably one of the snappiest WM phones we've used yet. But like being the tallest dwarf, it's not really an achievement you should be bragging about. Sprint has the default theme set up to their atrocious yellow scheme b...
Thursday, Jun 7
Review: Hands-On With the HTC Touch: Windows Mobile Innovation at Last
First, let's get the question everyone's asking out of the way. No, this is not an iPhone killer. It's not even close to being an iPhone killer. The TouchFLO app—which is the majority of where your touching is going to take place—is just a fancy launcher app on top of the Today street. Once you get...
Tuesday, Nov 21
Windows Mobile Crossbow Reviewed (Verdict: Not Enough New Stuff)
The guys at Mobile Review have gotten their hands on a copy of what they're calling Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 for Pocket PC, otherwise known as Crossbow. While they decry its paucity of all-new features, the good news is there will be increased interface speed and bundled IP telephony, a...
Wednesday, Oct 11
T-Mobile Dash Hands-On Review! (Verdict: Windows Mobile and QWERTY Arrive in a Thin Body)
To start, the major differences to the average user between this Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition and Windows Mobile Pocket PC Edition phones (T-Mobile MDA, HTC TyTN) are the lack of touchscreen, lack of Mobile Office apps, and less apps programmed for it. Think of this phone as the love...
