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Thursday, Dec 18

ASUS Glaxy 7 smartphone hands-on suggests solid WM6.1 option

Thumbnail ASUS’ Glaxy 7 - not to be confused with their P565 - has had its turn in front of the Mobile-Review camera, and though there are some moderate disappointments it’s generally a good showing for the Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone.  While the 800MHz Marvell processor that the device was purport...

Tuesday, Dec 16

MIT students have created several useful and innovative mobile applications

Thumbnail MIT students have managed to create fully working mobile applications for the Windows Mobile, Android, and Symbian platforms, all while taking on a full college load at one of the most challenging schools in the entire country. Mentors from many companies including Google, Nokia, Bank...

Friday, Nov 7

HTC Touch HD SlashGear Review: Part 2

Thumbnail So, have HTC managed the nigh-on impossible and snatched the cellphone crown from the Apple iPhone 3G?  Predictably, the answer is “maybe”, and it all hinges on what you want from your mobile.  The Touch HD is a true smartphone and Windows Mobile 6.1 a truly flexible OS: there’s a wealth of ap...

Wednesday, Nov 5

HTC Touch HD SlashGear Review: Part 1

Thumbnail The messaging app is the usual Windows Mobile 6.1 fare, with Microsoft Exchange compatibility for push email (along with wireless calendar and contacts synchronization).  Giving Microsoft their due, setup of an Exchange account is always straightforward on WM handsets; email and pas...

Saturday, Nov 1

HTC Touch Pro on Sprint SlashGear Review

Thumbnail The HTC Touch Pro is loaded with plenty of pre-installed applications such as the Opera Browser, Internet Explorer and Windows Live Messenger. In addition to Windows Live Messenger there is another instant messaging client that supports AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Live and Yahoo I...

Tuesday, Oct 21

Opinion: Samsung Epix SGH-i907 on AT&T￿

Thumbnail With Windows Mobile 6.1, the Epix brings a powerful personal computer experience to a compact device. Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile keeps people connected with synchronization of schedules and contacts, Internet Explorer Mobile provides improved quick and easy Web browsing and Of...

Friday, Sep 12

Velocity Mobile 103 smartphone launching September: Hands On

Thumbnail Under the hood, the 103 is a quadband (850, 900, 1800, 1900) GSM device with triband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 1900, 2100).  It has 256MB ROM and 128MB RAM together with a microSD slot.  Connectivity includes Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11b/g WiFi and GPS, and there are dual-cameras (a 2-megapixel o...

Wednesday, Sep 3

Sprint’s HTC Touch Diamond leaves much to be desired, according to WSJ

Thumbnail The Wall Street Journal’s review of the Sprint HTC Touch Diamond came out today and it’s more of a knock of Windows Mobile than the phone itself. And as HTC attempted to cover up the OS’s lesser liked features, it succeeds in some regard, but mostly falls short.

Wednesday, Aug 20

Palm and the Treo Pro: my farewell to you

Thumbnail Take a look at the competition. If a QWERTY keyboard is a priority, the BlackBerry Bold delivers a more spacious one together with more WiFi support (a/b/g compared to the Treo Pro’s b/g), a higher resolution screen (480 x 320 versus the Treo Pro’s 320 x 320) and nifty trackball navigation. I...

Opinion: Palm Treo Pro WM6.1 Smartphone officially launched (again)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail After a quickly-pulled early release yesterday, Palm have now officially announced the Treo Pro smartphone.  As expected, the Windows Mobile 6.1 device has WiFi b/g, UMTS (triband), GPS and Bluetooth.  It’s quadband GSM and has a 320 x 320 flush-fitted touchscreen.

Thursday, Aug 14

Samsung Omnia i900 WM6.1 Smartphone ReviewVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail There’s a lot to like about the Samsung i900 Omnia.  The GPS and high-resolution camera both work well, battery life is good and it’s undoubtedly a handsome phone.  You can take your pick whether to blame Microsoft for Windows Mobile 6.1’s fiddly interface or Samsung for not fully covering i...

Sunday, Jul 13

Treo 800w Review for SprintVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail Palm’s gambit is a QWERTY keyboard equipped candybar with a 320 x 320 touchscreen, EvDO Rev.A, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth and GPS, running Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro.  The case design is an evolution, rather than a revolution, of previous Treos, with the usual hard-button keyboard topped by a new shor...

Tuesday, Jun 17

Microsoft Veda context-aware mobile device patent

Thumbnail Microsoft describe the new software seen in the documentation as a “task-oriented start menu model”, where greater emphasis is placed on the real-world actions a user might carry out.  This should hopefully cut down on too much menu navigating, not such a problem using your desktop PC bu...

Sunday, Jun 8

Samsung Instinct and HTC Touch Diamond reviewed!

Thumbnail The Touch Diamond may have the smallest display - measuring just 2.8-inches compared to the Instinct’s 3.1-inches - but with VGA resolution it blows the Samsung (and, it has to be said, the iPhone) out of the water for image quality.  Meanwhile both promise amazing mobile internet access, c...

Sunday, May 11

SlashGear Week in Review - May 11th

Thumbnail This week’s highlight has been the SlashGear team knuckling down to cover HTC’s London launch of the Touch Diamond smartphone.  Our hands-on video of the Windows Mobile 6.1 device is pulling in some serious views, so if the thought of a 3G iPhone is leaving you cold then you need to be checkin...

 
 

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