Showing posts with label windows mobile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows mobile. Show all posts
Verizon Wireless has announced the Samsung Omnia2 will be available starting December 2nd. The unit is expected to tout many improvements over the previous. Windows Mobile 6.5, TouchWiz 2.0. The phone will also debut Samsung's "Swype" Technology. Swype will allow faster input of text using a continuous motion with a finger or stylus. The device will also support a 5MP camera with Auto-Focus, Flash, and onboard editing/video capture. The device will support the camera abilities with an 8GB of onboard memory, and an expansion slot capable of holding a 16GB microSD card. The phone will further support Bluetooth, GPS, and Wifi. Like the Samsung Rogue, the Omnia will sport an AMOLED WVGA display that measures 3.7 inches of brilliantly displayed goodness. The Omnia2 will sell for $200 after rebates and a two-year agreement.
Verizon Wireless has announced a new customer-centric addition to their website. The Smart Phone Resource Center has step by step tutorials for many comon tasks for each of the smart devices. You can compare features, and navigate the devices quickly and easily. There are 16 current model smart devices in the Resource center, and the support area contains 30 past and present smart devices that either have been or are currently being offered by Verizon Wireless. Verizon's intention with this release is to make smart devices easy to use for everyone. "Verizon Wireless has a one-stop online destination to help customers fin everything they need to know about the company's extensive smartphone lineup." The community area of the mini-site will also allow customers to post reviews, and interact with others through online discussions. You can visit the Smartphone Resource Center Here Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, and currently serves 87.8 Million customers.
Opera announced that their newest beta browser software (v 9.7) is ready for beta on windows mobile devices. Opera Turbo is a new compression technology that was developed by Opera to help increase the speed of using the internet in full HTML from a mobile device. The Beta is a free download, give it a try.
AOL will now allow Windows Mobile devices to sync contacts, calendar, and task inforamtion over-the-air. The OTA sync does not include AOL email. The software does allow automatic sync of information so you never let information get out of date.
Verizon wireless just added two new phones to their line up from Samsung. Both phones share a few common features including: CDMA, EVDO, quad band GSM/GPRS, Stereo Bluetooth, MicroSD Expandable memory, and a 2 MP camera onboard.
The Saga is a Windows Mobile 6.1 Smart Device containing a touch screen and simultaneously sporting a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone also includes an optical mouse, Wifi, and comes pre-loaded with Opera's mobile web browser. The price tag on the Saga will be $200 after contracts and rebates. The Saga can be purchased via all channels starting December 1st.
The Renown is a standard clamshell phone equipped with VCast, MP3 , and Visual voicemail. This handset will sell, after contracts and rebates, for $180. The Renown will also be available December 1st in all channels.
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, mentioned at a recent speaking engagement that Windows Mobile 6.5 is on the companies planned path to Windows Mobile 7. Windows Mobile 6.5 has not previously been addressed in any official capacity by a representative of Microsoft. Ballmer did not elaborate any further on features, but said we should watch for it on devices in 2009.
Motorola's CEO Sanjay Jha made reference, on a recent earnings call, to a handset that would release in the second half of 2009 running Windows Mobile 6.5. Jha did not mention any hard specifics about the handset or the new version of Windows Mobile. Jha did mention "I think there are significant new added features which will help the platform."
Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 devices that are equipped with both 3G and Wifi have just been given an early Christmas present. Taproot Systems has unveiled their newest creation they call WalkingHotSpot. This will allow their phones to dial into their existing data connection, and allow incoming connection with Internet sharing enabled over Wifi. This turns the units into a personal Hotspot, and allows the device to receive an incoming connection from a laptop with nothing more than a standard 802.11 b/g Wifi card. The software will be available for $7 per month, or $25 for an entire year if you pay up front.
Sony Ericsson is anticipating their newest Windows Mobile 6.1 Masterpiece. The Xperia X1 will use a combination of "panels", on device applications, and web based applications. Sony Ericsson has decided it will make a Software Development Kit or SDK available so developers will be able to make their own programs to run on the device, including custom panels. They have not yet released specifics on the launch of the device, but the SDK does come with information that will allow you to pre-test the applications.
With months of unofficial windows mobile 6.1 upgrades available for the Touch and the Mogul Sprint and HTC have decided to release an official upgrade. This upgrade changes the onscreen QWERTY keyboard, broadens the broadband access with the addition of EVDO REV A, and Opera integrated into the existing suite of web browsing applications. The official release is available from HTC.
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With non-official versions of the windows 6.1 upgrade floating all over the place, HTC and Sprint has decided to release a Windows Mobile 6.1 Upgrade. The upgrade changes the on screen QWERTY keyboard, introduces new high speed broadband capabilities in the form of EVDO REV. A, and integrates Opera into its suit of web browsing capabilities.
The upgrade is available Via HTC website.
This upgrade was release for the HTC Touch, and Mogul.
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