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Thursday, 28.08.08
FUTURE: Does Sony wants a divorce from Ericsson?
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 18:19 CET under 01 - General News
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In
an interview with German newspaper "Welt
Online", Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony speaks about the future of Sony but
also about a possible future of
Sony Ericsson and this future might not
be as
bright as the past was. When Sony and Ericsson merged as Sony Ericsson, Sony
brought its design and media competence into the new venture while Ericsson
brought is technical know-how and both together created some exciting phones,
except the not so successful Symbian-based UIQ smartphone line. Anyway, it looks
like Howard Strigner isn't happy with the current situation of Sony Ericsson and
while he hasn't mentioned to either leave the joint venture or to take it over,
the interview shows that he's thinking about Sony Ericsson's future:
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COUNTERSTATEMENT: No ban exists on SiRF or SiRF customer products yet - says SiRF
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 07:28 CET under 01 - General News
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Earlier
this week
we reported about the dispute between SiRF and Broadcom and SiRF Technology
Holdings, Inc. responds tonight to earlier speculations, that its products might
be banned from the U.S. According to this information, SiRF and the ITC staff
have independently filed appeals with the International Trade Commission (ITC)
for review of the ITC Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) initial ruling that
certain SiRF products infringed upon patents held by Global Locate, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadcom. In addition, SiRF has taken measures to
reassure its customers of multiple alternatives to address this initial ruling
to enable SiRF customers to continue shipping their innovative products into the
US market.
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Wednesday, 27.08.08
OFFICE: DataViz releases Documents To Go for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 20:00 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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DataViz
today announced the availability of its flagship mobile office suite
Documents To Go
Premium Edition 3.0 for devices running Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.x
Professional and 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition. Already available for
Windows Mobile Standard, BlackBerry, Symbian and Palm OS, Documents To Go,
will now allow users of Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices to view, edit and
create Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well as view PDF files on
their devices and in their native formats. DataViz has also enhanced the PDF
viewer included with their mobile office suite with this release of Documents To
Go for Pocket PC.
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SERVICE: Adobe's Photoshop.com goes Mobile with support for Windows Mobile
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 08:30 CET under 01 - General News
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Adobe,
the maker of the world's famous Photoshop software just unveiled that its
Photoshop.com service goes in a mobile Beta in September and will initially
support selected Windows Mobile smartphones. Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile will
allow you to upload, view, and share your photos online from your phone. All you
need is a supported Windows Mobile phone and your Photoshop.com account ID. Have
Photoshop.com Mobile upload photos from your phone to your Photoshop.com account
as soon as you take them. You can store up to 5 GB of photos there free. (Photoshop.com
Plus members even get 20 GB of free storage).
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VIDEOVIEW: E-Ten Glofiish V900 Hardware Hands-on
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 08:04 CET under 08 - Reviews
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Following
the
earlier photoview of
E-Ten's upcoming
Glofiish V900
Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 smartphone, this
videoview shows
some of the hardware highlights in detail. As mentioned, the V900 is a quadband
GSM/GPRS/EDGE and triband UMTS/HSDPA smartphone and it will be the first 3G
Windows Mobile smartphone featuring Europe's widely used free to air digital DVB-T
TV service. Following the latest developments, the V900 also features a (VGA)
flat panel which makes it easier and nicer to use with thumbs and therefore, the
device lacks the Windows Mobile typical Start and OK buttons. The autofocus
camera on the backside features a 3 megapixel CMOS chip and quite nice is the
fact that the device uses a standard 2.5 mm headset plug instead of propriety
headset plugs:
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Tuesday, 26.08.08
INFRINGEMENT: Is this the end for SiRF-based PNDs, PDAs and Mobile Phones in the U.S.?
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 13:55 CET under 01 - General News
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While
many GPS-enabled mobile phones and Windows Mobile phones uses Qualcomm's gpsOne
technology for embedded GPS, not all mobile devices either use Qualcomm chipsets
or Qualcomm's GPS enhancement. And therefore, Broadcom's latest victory might
prevent a release of SiRF-enabled in the U.S. As Broadcom announced yesterday,
an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) has recommended that the U.S. International
Trade Commission (ITC) bar from importation into the U.S. infringing chips of
SiRF Technology Holdings, and all downstream products that incorporate those
chips. The affected products include personal navigation devices (PND), GPS
modules and receivers, personal digital assistants (PDA), and cellular
telephones.
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ANNOUNCED: HTC unveils the HTC S740 Windows Mobile Standard Smartphone [UPDATE]
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 07:43 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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HTC
today announced the launch of a new Windows Mobile Standard smartphone, the S740
which follows, with its QWERTY slide-out keyboard, the design-concept of the
HTC Touch Pro
but also features a traditional 12-keys phone-pad. At a size of 116.3 x 43.4 x
16.3 mm and weight of 140 gram, HTC's latest Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
smartphone features quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as dualband (900/2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and GPS/AGPS. The QVGA
non-touchscreen measures 2.4" and the main fixfocus camera supports 3.2
megapixel:
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Monday, 25.08.08
PHOTOVIEW: E-Ten Glofiish V900 DVB-T Windows Mobile Smartphone
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 20:50 CET under 08 - Reviews
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Unveiled
during the Mobile World Congress back in February, the
E-Ten
Glofiish
V900 is
yet one of the few Windows Mobile smartphones which features the, mostly in
Europe, supported DVB-T digital TV standard. It's powered by Windows Mobile 6.1
Professional and supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as triband UMTS/HSDPA,
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WiFi b/g, an inbuilt SiRF Star III GPS receiver, and an FM
radio - in addition to the support of DVB-T.
The V900 is backed-up by 128 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM which can be expanded via
microSD cards. The 2.8" touchscreen supports the DVB-T typical VGA resolution
and the main autofocus camera with photo light supports 3 megapixel while the
front facing 0.3 megapixel ix used for UMTS video telephony:
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AVAILABILITY: E-Ten to release the Glofiish X610 and V900 Smartphones soon
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 20:25 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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Unveiled
back in
February and confirmed again in
June, E-Ten today let us know that they will soon launch the
Glofiish
V900, the first
Windows Mobile DVB-T
3G smartphone and the
Glofiish X610, a
2.5G entry Windows Mobile smartphone. The Glofiish X610 is an upgraded version
of E-Ten's X600
featuring E-Ten's Today screen plug-in, based on Spb Mobile Shell V2.1 as well
as the ID is a little different from Glofiish X600 by using a flat touchscreen
(which is quite common for today's Windows Mobile Professional smartphone).
Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, the X610 features a Samsung SC3 2442 CPU at 400
MHz, 128 MB Flash ROM and 64 MB SDRAM (expandable via microSD memory cards).
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Wednesday, 20.08.08
OFFICIAL: Palm announces the Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile Smartphone
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 16:05 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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Unveiled
earlier as the Palm
Treo 850w and even somewhat
confirmed by Palm last week already, today Palm officially announced its latest Windows Mobile
smartphone, the Palm Treo Pro. With its streamlined design and Palm shortcuts
layered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the Treo Pro is a combination of sleek
simplicity and robust productivity by featuring quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and
triband UMTS/HSDPA, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and GPS capabilities.
The Palm Treo Pro has 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM which can be expanded with
microSDHC memory cards, up to 32 GB. While the device lacks a front facing
camera for video telephony, it features a 2.0 megapixel main camera on the
back.
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Tuesday, 19.08.08
PERSPECTIVE: HTC plans to play a big number in the Smartphone market
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 22:25 CET under 01 - General News
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When
HTC started back in the 90's of the last century, it started as an ODM for
companies like Compaq (today HP) and for instance manufactured Compaq's
best-seller Pocket PC, the iPAQ. However, as time went bye, the classic Pocket
PC PDA segment more or less fade-out and today it's all about smartphones. When
HTC announced its "Global Branding Strategy"
early last year, HTC made clear that it wasn't re-launched as an ODM brand
again: "In the future, HTC will provide consumers with consistent global
marketing services under the 'HTC' brand name. This comprehensive global
marketing strategy will build up real, long-term brand value for HTC and will
boost the company's overall competitiveness".
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Friday, 15.08.08
APPROVAL: GCF certifies HTC Touch Pro and indicates an Xda Serra launch
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 12:36 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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Not
that the HTC
Touch Pro is anything new or unknown anymore. Far from it since HTC as well
as T-Mobile and O2 Germany have announced its HTC Raphael versions already.
Nevertheless, all the different HTC Raphael versions just received the GCF
(Global Certification Forum) approvals but the GCF also unveiled that there are
two O2 versions planned: The already known Xda diamond pro from O2 Germany and
the Xda Serra (most likely from O2 UK and Ireland).
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UNVEILED: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile Smartphone shortly showed its face
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 07:46 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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Not
that the Palm Treo Pro is officially announced yet but somehow, a Flash video
demonstration briefly appeared on Palm's very own website (it has since been
removed). Nevertheless, some screenshots stay and from what it looks, it might
be the earlier leaked and so far as
Palm Treo 850w aka
"Palm Drucker" Windows Mobile Professional
smartphone which features Palm's typical QWERTY thumb-keyboard. While the recently
launched Palm Treo 800w is working in CDMA networks only, it's expected that the
Palm Treo 850w (or Palm Treo Pro as we've learned now) is Palm's Treo 750
follower and therefore works with GSM and UMTS.
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AWARD: EISA names HTC Touch Diamond European Smartphone 2008-2009
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 06:57 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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The
smartphone with the most coverage 08/09 might be the Apple iPhone 3G but
European smartphone of the year is a different one, it's the
HTC Touch
Diamond, HTC Corporation's flagship handset has been named "European Smart
Phone 2008-2009" by the members of EISA, the European Imaging and Sound
Association. EISA is a unique association made up of some the most influential
lifestyle and gadget publications across Europe; consisting of 49 member
magazines spanning 18 European countries. The HTC Touch Diamond was elevated
above the competition thanks to its combination of innovative design and
impressive functionality, applauded by EISA members.
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Wednesday, 13.08.08
UPDATE: Tiny Twitter for Windows Mobile now with more Features and Functionalities
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 20:41 CET under 01 - General News
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In
my humble opinion, there are not too many good and useable Twitter clients
available for Windows Mobile smartphones but the best one - Tiny Twitter - just
got an update which adds some interesting features like
TwitPic-support as well as the
possibility to post your location to Windows Live Maps.
Furthermore it now features a pop-up info screen, similar to the Windows Mobile
SMS and E-Mail pop-up, info which notifies you about new and unread tweets,
replies and direct messages:
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Friday, 08.08.08
Thursday, 07.08.08
SERVICE: Fring launches fringOlympics fringAdd-on Olympics News-Channel for Smartphones
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 14:32 CET under 01 - General News
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If
you are already in the pre-Olympic fever and you want to get more news beside
the official channels, you might want to check out
fring's fringOlympics
fringAdd-on.
fring's dedicated on-site fringsters are ready to bring the highlights and low
down from the Olympics field and village, during day and night. fringsters can
receive real time text and images updates via fring from fring very own
fringentators (commentators, correspondents, play-by-players, unruly news
distributors, etc) from the Olympics. The Olympic fringsters are equipped with
the latest version of fring to bring you the hottest news as it happens,
real-time updates and behind the scenes gossip from Beijing direct to your
mobile.
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CHANGE: HTC opens ROM-Updates to everybody - no more e-Club account required
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 13:45 CET under 01 - General News
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HTC
today announced that something great has happened for you since HTC is no longer
holding its ROM updates behind an e-Club registration wall. As of Thursday, just
like on HTC's US site, you will be able to visit the
support section
for any of HTC's unlocked Windows Mobile smartphone and UMPC models and see a
link to downloads, including ROMs. For sure, these ROMs can be used with
original HTC devices only and will not work with carrier branded versions (out
of the box) but many of us has experienced the frustration of not being able to
register a phone properly on the HTC e-Club, and therefore have been denied a
ROM update. Actually HTC listened to all our complaints and opened the download
to everybody.
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Wednesday, 06.08.08
Tuesday, 05.08.08
RUMOR: Motorola to launch a Windows Mobile Standard Smartphone code-named Alexander
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 18:00 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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Not
too much is known yet about Motorola's latest Windows Mobile project but The Boy
Genius Report received information about an upcoming Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
(non-touchscreen) device which might follows the
Motorola Moto Q.
Code-named "Alexander", at least the screen indicates that it is a Standard
smartphone, the smartphone features a slide-out QWERTY thumb-keyboard, a massive
5 - 8 megapixel camera, NVIDIA chip the handle 3D graphics and a aGPS receiver.
However, no word yet about the used/supported WWAN technology or frequencies:
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Monday, 04.08.08
RUGGEDIZED: Opticon releases two new AT&T certified Windows Mobile Professional Smartphones
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Posted by Arne Hess - at 18:52 CET under 02 - Windows Mobile News
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The
Opticon Mobility Group announced today that their H16 Windows Mobile 6.0
Professional smartphone was just certified by AT&T and they are currently
seeking certification of their H19 Windows Mobile 5 Professional smartphone, for
a September release. The smartphones are compatible with AT&T's GSM and GPRS
networks. Certified AT&T and Opticon solution partners include Telenav, Corrigo,
Salesforce.com, and Sybase iAnywhere. Opticon smartphones offer superior
scanning abilities with a competitive price point, making them stand out over
any other product. The H19 was recently recognized by AT&T as the Best New
Network Compatible Device at the CTIA Wireless Tradeshow.
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