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HTC starts selling phones in China under its own name

Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by IBM.

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It’s long been the case that if you wanted a HTC handset over in the world’s most populous nation, you’d have had to look for its rebadged variant under the Dopod brand. But, as of today, that is no more. The prolific Taiwanese phone maker has decided…

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HTC Sense coming to Windows Phone 7, after all

Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by IBM.

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Some cried and some cheered when Microsoft revealed that handset manufacturers couldn’t reskin Windows Phone 7 devices wholesale. But as it turns out, at least one major OEM is still banking on software to help differentiate its phones. HTC’s Drew Bam…

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ComScore: Android grows US smartphone market share as all others decline

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by IBM.

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Slip on your fine silk smoking jacket and light up a victory cigar US Android fans, the latest comScore numbers are out for the three-month period ending in May 2010. The most notable trend spotted was a 4 point (up from 9.0% to 13.0%) quarterly incre…

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HTC HD2 Android and Ubuntu builds now available for mass consumption

Posted on 03. Jul, 2010 by IBM.

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We’re approaching the end of an era — the legacy of Windows Mobile handsets getting spotted running some open sourced OS or another shortly after their release. With Windows Phone 7 on the horizon the HD2 will surely be one of the last, but you can e…

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HTC HD2 caught running Android 2.1 and Ubuntu with touchscreen enabled (video)

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by IBM.

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Still clinging on to your HTC HD2? Good on ya, cos this WinMo slate’s about to last you a wee bit longer — team HTC Linux has recently made a breakthrough with getting the touchscreen to talk to the HaRET Linux bootloader. In other words, us mere mor…

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Kin skin for Windows Mobile 6.5 leads to more questions than answers

Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by IBM.

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How would we like to replace the UI on our Windows Mobile 6.5 phone with the Kin UI? Well, we never really thought about it, we suppose… and frankly, we’re not sure why anyone else did, either. Alas, KinLauncher is here, delivering a pretty authenti…

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Microsoft outs Windows Embedded Handheld platform, Motorola ES400 is the first to get it

Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by IBM.

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Throughout the course of Windows Phone 7′s paced, deliberate unveiling this year, Microsoft has been very clear on the fact that it doesn’t intend for Windows Mobile — the legacy platform we know today — to disappear, arguing that it’s got several y…

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Microsoft helping OEMs develop unique Windows Phone 7 apps

Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by IBM.

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Here’s the simple truth about touchscreen smartphones: it’s the software, dummy. Just look around at all the flagship handsets… other than a choice of with or without a QWERTY, today’s handsets all look pretty much the same and are built using the s…

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iPhone 4 vs. the smartphone elite: EVO 4G, N8, Pre Plus, and HD2

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by IBM.

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We know how the iPhone 4 sizes up against the aging 3GS — but how does it fare against its fiercest competitors from all the major platforms? We wish we had some production Windows Phone 7 kit to check out here, but in the meantime, take a look at th…

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HTC HD Mini review

Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by IBM.

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We had to exercise our neglected patience muscle with this one, but at long last we’ve gotten ahold of a real live HD Mini and put it through its paces. Equipped with the same processor, screen size and resolution as HTC’s Legend, but running the HD2′…

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1.5 GHz Scorpion and quartet of HTC Windows Phone 7 handsets headed to North America?

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by IBM.

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Conflipper is a regular in the underworld of HTC ROM cooking. So when he tweets about unreleased devices and their respective carrier support you really outta listen. First up is the HTC Scorpion (aka, Olympian) which he claims is going to Verizon and…

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LG Fathom VS750 review

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by IBM.

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Falling somewhere between the flash of the Chocolate and no-frills, no surprises industrial design of the recently launched Ally, LG has outed the Fathom (aka VS750) with little fanfare. Featuring a mercifully unadorned WinMo 6.5.3 (save for wallpaper, pictured above, designed by a certain Vera Wang), a 1GHz CPU, quad band GSM, and a handful of AC adapters for charging all over Europe and the UK, this is a device clearly meant to go global. But will it capture people’s hearts and minds? Read on to find out.

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LG Fathom VS750 review originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 24 May 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG Fathom gets real with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on Verizon

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by IBM.

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If you’re still hanging on to the hope that Windows Mobile is going to serve you just fine in the coming years, LG and Verizon have at least one more option for your phone needs — and it’s running 6.5.3, a first for a US carrier launch. Enter the LG Fathom, a 1GHz touchscreen device with a 3.2-inch screen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, a microSD slot (for up to 16GB of storage), and a 3.2 megapixel camera. The device will be available for pre-orders on May 27th, with a street date of June 3rd, and will run you $149.99 after a two year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. If you want all the details, just check out the PR after the break.

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T-Mobile’s update for HTC HD2 now extra official, wipes some game purchases

Posted on 18. May, 2010 by IBM.

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On the list of ways to not foster customer satisfaction, deleting purchased apps with no recourse for getting them back has to be very, very high on the list, doesn’t it? T-Mobile’s now trumpeting that sort-of-leaked official update for the HD2 that features “stability and performance improvements” on top of a new ROM-integrated T-Mobile MyAccount app, but if you purchased the full versions of the demo games that came bundled with your phone, beware: installing the upgrade will wipe you out, and the only advice T-Mobile has for you is to “re-purchase them at the standard cost.” Gee, thanks, guys!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

T-Mobile’s update for HTC HD2 now extra official, wipes some game purchases originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 18 May 2010 19:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bing turn-by-turn navigation for Windows Mobile gets taken for a test drive

Posted on 13. May, 2010 by IBM.

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Microsoft certainly added all the right features to its Bing navigation app for Windows Mobile, but does it actually deliver the goods in real world use? It does according to the folks at PocketNow, who have put the app through its paces and kindly provided a quick demo video of it running on an HTC HD2. While there’s nothing too shocking or surprising, it looks like the voice input works well, and the turn-by-turn directions seem to be at least up to par with your average navigation device — it even has a few nice touches like being able to tap on the screen to repeat the instructions. Head on past the break to check it out the video and, if you’re still unsure, you can always take the app for a spin yourself — it is free, after all.

[Thanks, Keenan I]

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Office Mobile 2010 released, free upgrade for WinMo 6.5 users (update)

Posted on 12. May, 2010 by IBM.

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After having gone to public beta late last year, Office Mobile 2010 is now available in conjunction with the retail release of the full desktop version of Office 2010, bringing comprehensive Word, Excel, and PowerPoint editing capabilities to the pocket — on Windows Mobile 6.5, that is. Yes, granted, Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft’s biggest mobile news this year, but there’ll be a huge legacy base of 6.5 users out there for a long time to come, and they’re pretty much the core audience for the sorts of features that Office Mobile 2010 is offering: SharePoint integration for grabbing documents from the office, a nifty Bluetooth controller mode for PowerPoint presentations, and so on… you know, suit-and-tie stuff. The download is available today from Windows Marketplace for users of 6.5 devices with an older version of Office Mobile installed — so go on, Tiger, whip up the hottest quarterly reports the world has ever seen. We know you have it in you. Follow the break for Redmond’s full Office 2010 press release.

Update: Curious what Office 2010 will look like on Windows Phone 7? Get a glimpse into the not-so-distant-future in Microsoft’s video presentation, and fast forward to 52:45 for the good stuff. [Thanks, Kamara B.]

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Office Mobile 2010 released, free upgrade for WinMo 6.5 users (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bing app for WinMo 6.x phones adds turn-by-turn navigation

Posted on 11. May, 2010 by IBM.

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Turns out Google isn’t the only one pushing further into the turn-by-turn market this week — Microsoft came out swinging today with the announcement that full car navigation capability has been added to the latest version of its Bing app for Windows Mobile 6.x devices, too. It’s got the usual array of route configuration options for avoiding traffic and tolls, alerts, direction lists, and voice prompts — and Microsoft describes the audible directions as an “amazingly lifelike voice experience,” so our expectations are set appropriately. Interestingly, the turn-by-turn capabilities of the new app aren’t to Verizon subscribers for some ominous reason, but folks using a laundry list of devices on Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T can get all the capabilities by updating their already-installed Bing app or visiting Bing’s site for the download.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Bing app for WinMo 6.x phones adds turn-by-turn navigation originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 11 May 2010 22:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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