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USB, Mini, Micro – What is what?

I am not ashamed to admit it, but I have thought all along that a certain connector was micro USB this whole time, but I was wrong. I did a video last night of Sprint’s Samsung Intrepid Windows Mobile phone and I accused the phone of having a proprietary connector. I was corrected, I disagreed, I...

Samsung Intrepid from Sprint – Unboxing and Hardware TourVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail Yesterday, I got my hands on Sprint’s 1st Windows Mobile 6.5 device, the Samsung Intrepid. It’s Sprint’s replacement for the Ace and is very similar to AT&T’s Samsung Epix. It was announced a little over a month ago by Samsung and Sprint. It runs Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, meaning th...

This article also contains excerpts from MobileTechReview.com, infoSync World

Winsupersite Review of WM 6.5 – part 1

Thumbnail Paul Thurrott over at Winsupersite has posted part one of his review of WM6.5 and has made some interesting comments on the improvements made to the Mobile OS and how to him they are not as bad as many claim, rather some are better than what the iPhone has to offer. What make this review interest...

Wednesday, Nov 4

Some Windows Mobile Love From LG Hits the FCC

Thumbnail Phone Scoop found a new phone on the FCC site today. It’s for the LG GM730F, which has the frequencies to be an AT&T 3G phone. It’s got WiFi and Bluetooth as expected. This phone hasn’t been announced, but the draft of the user’s manual mentions some AT&T services, so it makes sense to as...

Thursday, Oct 29

Attention iPhone users. I need your feedback!

Thumbnail Howdy folks, I am here with a rare request. I know that we have readers carrying all sorts of devices, so I am reaching out to our iPhone readers. By the way, off the subject, I added icons for the major smartphone operating systems in the header of the site to make finding news on a particular os e...

Wednesday, Oct 28

Android 2.0 Brings “FREE” Turn by Turn Navigation, Google Maps Nav

Thumbnail Wow. This is going to be a huge blow to stand alone GPS makers and software companies. Google announced Google Maps Navigation today. This is initially going to be US only and 1st comes to Android 2.0, but the buzz says that versions for iPhone and Windows Mobile are in the works. I’ll believe that...

Friday, Oct 16

Google Sync Over Exchange: My Thoughts

Thumbnail A while back Google introduced Sync for iPhone and Windows Mobile.  It worked by using the MS  Exchange protocol, so you could sync your contacts and calendar without any extra software. Read the rest of Google Sync Over Exchange: My Thoughts (441 words)

Ok, Here’s another surprise – iPhoneMVP.com

Back when the iPhone first came out, I stood in line in the rain and bought the original iPhone. I still have that one today. I used it for a couple weeks and went back to Windows Mobile. There were a couple small things that I didn’t like about it, but most of those have been fixed over time. Recently...

Sunday, Oct 11

Arrington on Android Fragmentation

Thumbnail Imagine if Windows developers had to build different versions of their applications for different PC manufacturers. Or even different versions for various models by a single manufacturer. That’s what some Android developers are saying they are facing now.

Saturday, Oct 10

Is Windows Mobile’s Death Exaggerated? I bought an iPhone 3GS.

Thumbnail Read the rest of Is Windows Mobile’s Death Exaggerated? I bought an iPhone 3GS. (1,779 words) I have said this before and I will say it again, even before Windows Mobile 6.5 came out, Windows Mobile wasn’t dead. If anything, it was in hibernation. But seriously, the OS in itself ...

Thursday, Oct 1

Verizon Announces Windows Mobile 6.5 Powered HTC Imagio

Thumbnail Anyhow, this is expected to be available October 6th, Windows Mobile 6.5 Day, for $199 after rebates with the typical 2 year contract. The headline over at MobileCrunch was more focused towards this being the 1st “Smartphone” with vCast, but I think it being their 1st official WM 6.5 device i...

Friday, Sep 25

Ballmer Does the Numbers

Thumbnail Clearly Microsoft continues to view their mobile offerings as just an extension of their core desktop/notebook business and I think that is a good thing. Time and time again Microsoft has said that they feel the transfer between phone and PC should be seamless and invisible, while Apple s...

Thursday, Sep 10

TechEd and Windows Phone News

Thumbnail Enough with the iPods…time to get back to work. Long Zheng of the blog I Started Something is at TechEd Australia and got a chance to talk with Loke Uei Tan, Windows Mobile Program Manager (and one of my favorite Microsofties these days) and got some very encouraging updates from him about th...

This article also contains excerpts from msmobiles.com, Geekzone, Ars Technica, mobility Today

Monday, Sep 7

HTC Touch 2 w/ Windows Mobile 6.5 ReviewedVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail If you like what you are reading, please consider clicking one of the social networking icons to share the link love. Try a RT by clicking the Twitter icon above. Thanks for reading Mobilitysite!© Chris Leckness at Mobility Site, 2009. | Permalink | This feed brought to you ad free because we d...

Saturday, Jul 25

Opinion: Samsung’s OmniaPRO a WinMo

Thumbnail At a glance, I thought Samsung’s TouchWiz would be a stand-alone UI but apparently the Samsung  B7610 OmniaPRO skins Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional into a surprisingly user friendly interface. From experience I’ve known WinMo to be a very versatile mobile operating system, but becaus...

Wednesday, May 20

Lots of HTC Touch Pro 2 News

Thumbnail iPhone Rival Touch Sold Half as Many HandsetsTyphoon Touch accuses TabletKiosk of…CTIA 2008 - Lots of Windows Mobile News Incoming!Had enough of the HTC Touch? Sorry!Smartphone Thoughts: Lots of Pictures and Video of the new Palm Treo 500v

Tuesday, Mar 10

Motorola’s Rugged WinMo Offerings

Thumbnail These rugged offerings are running Windows Mobile 6.1 and have 520mhz Xscale processor. They both have a 3.5″ QVGA screen and 128MB RAM/256MB ROM. They are sporting Bluetooth and WiFi, but unfortunately… EDGE? Wow, no 3g here? Anyhow, it’s all about ruggedness here guys. Rugged.

Monday, Feb 23

Windows Mobile 6.5 Opinions?

Thumbnail Windows Mobile 6.5 Video from Microsoft (Video)Remember All Those WM 6.5 Screenshot Leaks? (Screenshots)Windows Mobile 6.5 Hands On: The New Interface Rocks (Gizmodo)Windows Mobile 6.5 walkthrough with Engadget Kevin over at JKontheRun has chimed in with his thoughts as well as result...

Monday, Feb 16

New Phones With Marketplace and My Phone Service

The new operating system features Windows® Marketplace for Mobile, a rich and integrated marketplace for searching, browsing and purchasing mobile applications from Windows® phones or from a PC by simply using a Windows Live ID. The new marketplace will be included with all Windows ph...

Friday, Feb 6

Bubble Shuffle - a NEW challenge from Astraware

Thumbnail Astraware is always introducing great games and here is a NEW one called Bubble Shuffle that has been just released.  If you are a fan of word games then this might be right up your alley.  Everyone can play it with the four different game modes (2 timed and 2 un-timed) and with the 4 levels of dif...

Thursday, Jan 29

Is that windows Mobile 6.5 running on HTC Touch Pro?

Thumbnail Related Articles at Mobility Site:Is that a Blackberry in your Pocket…PC?HTC Touch Pro - a quick glanceToo Funny! An iPhone Running Windows Mobile!Windows Mobile 7 Multi-Touch?25 Windows Mobile 6.1 Devices Expected This Year!

Friday, Jan 23

I Want a New Drug

Thumbnail And while I’m at it, I have to say I am sick of using a mouse.  I only have two hands and the mouse is slowing me down.  It’s also time for a new desktop user interface that allows two handed use or we will be forced to evolve into three-handed people.

Wednesday, Jan 14

Opinion: PalmPre vs. iPhone vs. WinMo vs. Android vs. BlackBerry - Fight!

Thumbnail Windows Mobile: 0 pts Windows Mobile: 1 pts Windows Mobile: 2 pts Windows Mobile: 3 pts Windows Mobile: 3 pts Windows Mobile: 4 pts Windows Mobile: 5 pts Windows Mobile: 5 pts Windows Mobile: 5 pts Windows Mobile: 6 pts Windows Mobile: 6 pts Windows Mobile: 7 pts Windows Mobile: 7 pts

Sunday, Jan 4

Opinion: Browsing the Web on Windows Mobile

Related Articles at Mobility Site:Microsoft officially announces wm 6.1Opera announces Opera Mobile 8.65 for Windows Mobile Smartphones and PDAsThe Windows Mobile 6 Name GameIris, it’s not just a flowerWindows Mobile and Opera Mobile 9.5

Wednesday, Dec 24

Opinion: HTC Touch Pro Thoughts - Week #1

Thumbnail After wandering around with some BlackBerry and iPhone devices - I am finally back home - to the good old Windows Mobile! Hear that? Windows. PC. A Pocket PC! You see? What did I tell you about Windows Mobile? It’s the best, Jerry. The BEST!

Monday, Dec 22

DoInventory Software Review

Thumbnail Windows Mobile View Basically, anything that can be done on the desktop version can be done on the Windows Mobile version. Additional Features The software is available for Palm or Windows Mobile, as well as most Windows versions.  They offer a free trial version for 14 days.

Saturday, Dec 13

Opinion: HTC Fuze vs. Xperia X1

Thumbnail BGR has thrown up a pretty good side by side comparison review of the Xperia X1 and the HTC Fuze. He likes the Fuze, no surprise there huh? At the end of the day, what phone is better? That’s the ultimate question isn’t it? I personally crowned the AT&T Fuze as the best Windows Mobile [...]

Friday, Oct 24

Review - Palm Treo Pro

Thumbnail The Palm Treo Pro is a Windows Mobile phone that breaks out of the typical, yet popular, Treo mold that we’ve all become familiar with. The progression has gone from the early Treos with the big antenna to the sleek, antenna-less Treo 750, to the smaller (non Windows Mobile) Centro, to the Tr...

Monday, Oct 20

Review: Eten Glofiish X610

Thumbnail The Eten Glofiish X610 is an entry-level smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 and the SPB menu system installed as default, a GPS receiver built in and a two-megapixel camera. It is a quad band phone with GSM/EDGE support, GPRS/EGPRS Class B, Multi-slot Class 10, using a Samsung SC3 2442 400 M...

Thursday, Oct 16

T-Mobile G1 review - Engadget

Thumbnail Well, after reading this review I have to rethink a little bit the whole idea of buying one. There is not any doubt in my mind that Android will be a tough competition for Windows Mobile and for the iPhone. Android has the energy of a teenager while Windows Mobile has not been changed a lot in the l...

Monday, Oct 13

Opinion: Poll : What OS is Windows Mobile’s Biggest Enemy?

So, out of the major operating systems powering the hottest phones today, which one is the biggest threat for Windows Mobile. Which one could fire a deadly shot into the Windows Mobile Camp? I realize that Windows Mobile is going to be ok, I am pulling for them. I also love that these new, fancy...

Monday, Sep 29

Palm Treo Pro Review

Thumbnail Dieter Bohn from  WMExperts has put together one terrific review of the NEW Palm Treo Pro that is well worth reading if you have a desire for a great Windows Mobile 6.1 device.  In part, Deiter said: The Treo Pro is easily Palm’s best Treo yet. It finally hits all of the feature checkmarks that [...]

Thursday, Jul 26

Yahoo Go 2.0 WM review

Thumbnail Like Google mobile on a WAP phone, Yahoo Go attempts to reformat web pages for the small screen. The results are often time disastrous. On a Windows Mobile device, Yahoo Go should use PIE to render the pages. Here is an example of how Ebay Motors and Craigslist appear in Yahoo Go 2.0.

Sunday, Apr 15

Podcast: Mobility Site Minute #29

Show Links (links open in new window so you can continue listening while browsing): podcast review: mobility site 28 SPV E650 - an Orange Introduction with Windows Mobile 6 Orange-branded Samsung sgh-i600 Official Dell Blog Post - The Dell Axim is Discontinued Axims still at Dell.co.uk T...

Saturday, Apr 7

Opinion: Samsung SGH-i600 Home Screen Carousel/Card Wheel Plug-In

Thumbnail It took a little bit longer for Samsung to release the long awaited SGH-i600 Windows Mobile Smartphone but Samsung used the delay to add something really useful to the EMEA/APAC version of the "BlackJack" - a pretty unique Home Screen plug-in called "Carousel" or "Card Wheel". Since Sams...

Monday, Mar 26

Podcast: Mobility Site Minute #26 - CTIA Day 1

Show Links (links open in new window so you can continue listening while browsing): CTIA Orlando HTC Shift Hands On HTC Defines Mobile Computing ... Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit Palm to offer Windows Mobile 6 FREE Palm Announces Update to Windows Mobile 6 Coming for Treo 750 Smartphone Cingula...

Thursday, Mar 15

Podcast: Mobility Site Minute #23

Show Links (links open in new window so you can continue listening while browsing): ASUS P526 - Windows Mobile 6 Goodness O2 Germany announces new HTCs as Xda "terra" and "nova" E-TEN Glofiish X800 with Windows Mobile 6 Roundup: Samsung Q1 Ultra news NuPower ViDEO+ Extra juice for your iP...

Wednesday, Mar 14

Podcast: Mobility Site Minute #22

Show Links (links open in new window so you can continue listening while browsing): Win a Cingular BlackJack!!! 6 Confessions Of A Former Sprint Sales Rep Windows Mobile 6 flash demo Uh oh, Palm found Windows Mobile 6 What the daylight saving shift means to you Maybe it is, or not ... (Google P...

Tuesday, Mar 13

Patch: Microsoft Device Emulator 2.0

Thumbnail is the second publicly released version of the Device Emulator for ARM-based Devices. This emulator is also being released with the Windows Mobile 6 SDK and the Adaptation Kit (AK) releases of Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Embedded CE 6.0.

 
 

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