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Zumobi Browser for WM5, WM6 Updated: Users Can Add Their Own Content

Earlier this year I put the Zumobi browser for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices through its paces and determined that it had some novelty value, but it was clear that there were shortcomings that needed to be overcome before it had any chance of attracting a serious audience. The folks behind the project have taken a step towards that end by updating their software to allow users to customize and create their own tiles from RSS feeds. They have also made it possible to select and upload Tiles directly from your phone. More »

7:40 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Sean Fallon
1,713 views, 1 comment

Latest by Sam_Zebian: cool, installing now more »

smartphones

Rumor: MWg to Launch Windows Mobile 7 Device This Year

One fun rumor bopping around the phone sites is that MWg, the smartphone maker previously known as O2 Asia, will be rolling out a Windows Mobile 7 phone in the fourth quarter of 2008, specifically the Flame II shown above. That's about a year earlier than we last heard. Everyone sounds skeptical, but you never know, the timeline could have been Boy Genius, or to see the whole MWg presentation, have a accelerated because WM6 isn't exactly a crowd pleaser. If you want a more complete roadmap, check out Boy Genius; for the original video presentation from MWg, look at MoDaCo. Either way, take it with a grain or two of salt. [MoDaCo via BGR]

8:29 PM on Sun May 11 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,540 views, 5 comments

Latest by MeeM: It's about time manufacturers took screen sizes seriously. 2.8" is decent, but if they intend on using VGA or better resolution in a compact device, they should at least use a screen size of 3" or larger. The more »

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Giga-Byte GSmart Windows Mobile Phones Have a Fancy Smart Touch UI

It took a year for Giga-Byte to follow in HTC's footsteps, but the upcoming GSmart Windows Mobile smartphones will have a brand new UI on top of the standard WinMo affair. The interface is called "Smart Touch," and will be more finger-friendly—more oriented toward gestures and finger-navigation—lending itself to launching your commonly used programs directly from the home screen. The Chinese version of this has been available since April, but suffers from some incompatibility issues that most likely won't be in the European release version coming sometime after May. [The Unwired via Into Mobile]

1:20 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Jason Chen
2,451 views, 13 comments

Latest by ninjatales: Video's been deleted. Thanks a bunch YouTube. Always finding ways to disappoint. more »

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HTC Launching Most Important Product of the Year Next Month

The Taipei times quotes HTC's own financial executive Cheng Hui-ming at an investor's conference as saying they will launch "the most important product for HTC this year" at an event on May 6. Cheng wasn't too forthcoming with details, but it seems like it's going to be a "Touch" phone—as in one of the HTC Touch models—and be called the "Diamond". He says that it's going to be so good, he's "confident of landing orders from most major carriers," but warned about possible delays because they haven't gotten certification for the phone yet. Sounds very interesting. Could it be this phone? [Taipei Times via Engadget]

12:40 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Jason Chen
11,847 views, 16 comments

Latest by MeeM: If it is anything like what they show on wmexperts.com, I'd be hesitant to buy this since it might have a 900mAh battery. C'mon, it's more than just a mobile phone, and people will use it as such, so more »

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TouchBrowser Brings iPhone Finger-Flicking Browsing to Windows Mobile

Desktop-like browsing is already headed to Windows Mobile in version 6.1, but can you use your finger with it? Like on the iPhone? Not exactly. For that, you'll have to install TouchBrowser. Along with being able to pan around a page to get your Britney Spears news with your finger, there's even a proprietary onscreen keyboard that takes up almost the entire display. Would you pay $14.95 for this? Only if you're building the world's lamest iPhone replica on your HTC Touch. [Makayama]

8:20 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Jason Chen
5,058 views, 30 comments

Latest by Crescent: chen I willl come to your house and cut you!!! more »

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Windows Mobile Face Contact Plugin Adds CoverFlow Contacts

CoverFlow may be only semi-useful on your Mac, but imagine what it would look like on a Windows Mobile phone. Actually useful! The Face Contact plugin, which costs $14.95, displays all your contact photos in a CoverFlow-esque way in your home screen, letting you flip between people and even directly dial, text or send emails from their photo. Cool for sure, but is it worth $15? Probably not. Plus, are all your contacts actually good looking enough that you'd want to stare at them every time you pull out your phone? [Cnetx via Just Another Mobile Monday via PhoneMag]

4:40 PM on Sat Mar 29 2008
By Jason Chen
6,016 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: this will not last much... Coverflow is covered by a patent by Apple. They try to be like a Mac, but they can't. In this new second phase of Apple, Steve Jobs learnt from his past errors. Now even the more »

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MSN Direct Weather, News and Stocks Comes to Windows Mobile

MSN Direct's weather, news, stocks, and entertainment info have been available on MSN Spot devices for a while now, but have been surprisingly missing from Microsoft's own cellphone devices. Not anymore. You can get now up-to-date info right on your Windows Mobile home screen direct from whatever data connection you have (Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE). Best of all, it's free, which means that MSN Direct might be moving more towards a software service on already-connected devices, which in turn means that it might even expand to non Windows Mobile phones in the future? [MSNDirect]

3:25 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Jason Chen
3,369 views, 18 comments

Latest by n/a: installed onto my v1415 (HTC S710) works a treat! Little edit of the xml file can help set its screen position. Just wish you could add your own news feeds...anyone know if this planned? more »

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Toshiba G810 Windows Mobile Smartphone Looks Like the HTC Touch

Toshiba's no stranger to Windows Mobile devices, but their latest G810 touchscreen handset looks more similar to the HTC Touch than their previous HTC-like phones. It's got Windows Mobile 6 on board, 3g HSDPA, 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio 2.8-inch touchscreen display, 256MB internal memory, GPS, and a late Spring European launch. It's got enough features to be a good phone, but it's nothing revolutionary. [Toshiba Europe via Tech Digest via The Unwired]

2:35 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Jason Chen
6,788 views, 8 comments

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Nokia, Microsoft in Talks to Load Windows Mobile on Phones

Nokia, who's supposedly super loyal to the Symbian platform, is currently in talks with Microsoft (says one of Microsoft's marketing directors) to load Windows Mobile on the handset maker's phones. Here's what Nokia already uses of Microsoft's: ActiveSync and PlayReady, but like an anxious teenaged lover, Microsoft is working "closely" with Nokia and wants to "go all the way." It's too early to determine whether or not you're going to be able to buy a Nokia with WinMo on it, but it's all but guaranteed that they'll still be selling phones with Symbian—so no worries S60 fans. [itwire]

2:45 PM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Jason Chen
2,796 views, 21 comments

Latest by RamV10: i'd be excited to see it. for real. I'd be more excited if the n96 had a fkin touchscreen though. more »

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More Treo 800w Details Possibly Leaked

There's been a slow trickle of details on the upcoming Treo 800w, but this poster on WMExpert's forums seems to know a little more than everyone else about the phone. He says the 800w will look like a Palm Centro with rounded corners and thin body. It will ship with Windows Mobile 6, but be upgradeable to 6.1 when that hits. More »

1:20 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Jason Chen
7,304 views, 10 comments

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Samsung BlackJack Finally Getting Windows Mobile 6 Update!

You've been waiting almost a year for it, but Samsung's finally putting out the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for your BlackJack. Just hit up the link below at 5 p.m. EST (2 p.m. PST) and you'll be able to load it on your own phone. Saves you a bit of cash from having to upgrade to the BlackJack 2. [Samsung]

12:13 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Jason Chen
14,062 views, 22 comments

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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. More »

7:40 PM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,953 views, 11 comments

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Redfly Mobile Companion is the Palm Foleo For Windows Mobiles

Remember the Palm Foleo? This REDFLY Mobile Companion is just like that, except it's for Windows Mobile phones. The MC looks like a small 8-inch screen laptop (styled in Famicom colors), has a keyboard and touchpad, but weighs 1.9 pounds and measures 9x6x1 inches. The point of this? To hook up to your Windows Mobile phone via USB or Bluetooth in order to "extend the smartphone platform to a larger display, keyboard and mouse", essentially what the Foleo was trying to do. More »

12:00 AM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Jason Chen
6,648 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: I think ultimately, they are targeting road warriors that want to be connected all the time to salesforce.com/email and can also easily view and edit excel graphs and word docs and send them back instantly after making changes and then more »

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Asus M930W Smartphone Flips Out, Kills People, Has QWERTY

Asus already has a full stable of Windows Mobile phones, but this flip-open QWERTY-enabled candybar seems like one we can get behind. Not only does it have a screen underneath for typing (in addition to the outside screen), it's powered by a 520MHz CPU, has Tri-band GSM, 3G, 256MB ROM and 128MB RAM, not to mention Wi-fi and Bluetooth. As long as that keyboard underneath feels as good as it looks, this could be a killer communicator.

[GPS&Co via Unwired View via New Launches via Uber Gizmo]

2:00 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Jason Chen
5,556 views, 19 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: Why does it look so much like the E95? Couldn't they make it look just a little more differnt? more »

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Obscure Company Launches WM 6, GSM/CDMA Smartphone...in the US...for Gamblers

Interestingly enough, Hop-On, a company once known for making disposable cellphones, has introduced a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone dubbed the HOP2001 that is AT&T and Verizon ready. The phone features dual-mode GSM or CDMA, a 320×240 touchscreen, a 3-Megapixel camera with 10x zoom, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, 256 MB Flash ROM and 128 MB SRAM, microSD expansion and Telenav compatible GPS. More »

9:20 PM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Sean Fallon
10,176 views, 14 comments

LG KS20 Windows Mobile Phone Coming as LG MS25 The Unwired spotted the LG KS20 Windows Mobile smartphone on the FCC, noting that it's going to be called the LG MS25 when it reaches the US. Our guess is AT&T. [The Unwired via Boy Genius]

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What's Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It

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. More »

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8:10 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Jason Chen
90,015 views, 121 comments

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Zumobi Browser Beta For WM5 and 6 Now Live: Content Partners Announced

The Microsoft backed Zumobi browser is now freely available to download for anyone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6 (Blackberry and selected J2ME compatibility will be coming early in the second quarter of 2008.). They have also announced content partnerships with providers such as Amazon.com, MTV Networks, The Associated Press, AccuWeather.com, Traffic.com, FlightStats.com and OTOlabs, who developed Tiles for Vail Resorts and Fox Television's "Family Guy." More »

10:20 AM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Sean Fallon
7,074 views, 15 comments

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