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COMPANION: Celio introduces two new REDFLY Mobile Companions for Smartphones

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:37:12 +0100

Following the first launch of Celio's REDFLY Mobile Companion, the company unveiled yesterday two new models: the REDFLY C7 and REDFLY C8N. The REDFLY series of products are smartphone terminals designed to offer the mobile workforce a larger keyboard and screen for easy use of E-Mail, web, business applications, remote access and cloud computing resources. The REDFLY C7 is a new, more affordable model with a power-saving 7" display, light-weight five-hour battery, and feather-light design under 1.5 lbs. The REDFLY C8N is the next evolution of the original REDFLY design, enhanced to allow the use of the eight-inch screen by an iPod, iPhone , Zune, or digital camera. These new Celio products continue to support the smartphone, the most successful mobile computing platform available today, and enable the smartphone's Internet-based and cloud-computing applications.

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MONITORING: Spb Software launches Spb Wireless Monitor 3.0 for Windows Mobile

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:27:48 +0100

While mobile Internet flats are pretty common these days, not every carrier offers an affordable flat yet, not to talk about International Roaming. Therefore, the mobile Internet is still often charged on transferred volumes. Here comes Spb Software House's new Spb Wireless Monitor 3.0 into the game, Spb Software, the Windows Mobile specialist, launched today. Spb Wireless Monitor 3.0 (previously known as Spb GPRS Monitor) is a powerful software solution that offers full control over all types of smartphone data connections by monitoring them in accordance with configurable tariffs and data plans and providing per application data traffic reports. First brought to market in 2002, Spb Wireless Monitor accounts for the lack of a built-in data tracking tool in Windows Mobile devices.

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RECORD: ASUS introduces the P565 - the fastest Windows Mobile Smartphone in the World

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:32:15 +0100

ASUS, which is also expected to make Eee mobile phones anytime in the future, last week introduced another Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone - the ASUS P565 that boasts an 800 MHz processor, which makes - at the time of this announcement - the device the fastest smartphone in the world. Sporting triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz and singleband HSDPA (3.6 Mbps) at 2100 MHz, the P565 also features WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. Rounding off its impressive feature-set the device features a 2.8" VGA touchscreen and a 3 megapixel autofocus main camera, delivering an unprecedented degree of clarity that does wonders for both personal photographs and spreadsheets.

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INITIATIVE: Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR to bring Rich Internet to Mobile Devices

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:54:56 +0100

Adobe Systems Incorporated and ARM today announced a technology collaboration to optimize and enable Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR for ARM Powered devices, ranging from mobile phones to set-top boxes, mobile Internet devices, televisions, automotive platforms, personal media players and other mobile computing devices. The collaboration is expected to accelerate mobile graphics and video capabilities on ARM platforms to bring rich Internet applications and Web services to mobile devices and consumer electronics worldwide. The joint technology optimization is targeted for the ARMv6 and ARMv7 architectures as used for Windows Mobile in the ARM11 family and the Cortex-A series of processors and is expected to be available in the second half of 2009.

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RUMOR: Is Windows Mobile 6.5 showing here its face the first time?

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:14:16 +0100

While its existence was already leaked by Motorola and later confirmed by Microsoft, nearly nothing is yet known about Microsoft's next Windows Mobile version which is currently called "Windows Mobile 6.5". Nevertheless, SmartphoneFrance.info recently published two screenshots the website calls legit Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots. According to these shots and SmartphoneFrance.info, Microsoft will "completely" (?) revamp the user interface using Windows Mobile's "Confetti" engine (which is already used in Windows Mobile 6.1). However, since the two screenshots only show the Today screen, it's not yet clear if it is another facelift only or if the underlying menu structures will be revamped as well:

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OFFICIAL: Scartel and HTC launch world's first integrated GSM/WiMAX Handset

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:41:50 +0100

Unveiled earlier last month already as the HTC T8290, Scartel Russia (with its WiMAX brand Yota) and HTC Corporation today announced the HTC MAX 4G, the world's first integrated GSM/WiMAX handset, powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Supported by a broad range of services based on Yota's Mobile WiMAX network, the HTC MAX 4G delivers a rich multimedia and high quality telephony experience in a sleek and powerful touch screen handset. The HTC MAX 4G supports GSM calls using a SIM card from any Russian network operator and when both callers are Yota subscribers, the call will automatically be routed as a VoIP call over the Yota Mobile WiMAX network.

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INPUT: Spb Software releases Spb Keyboard 4.0 for Windows Mobile Touchscreen Smartphones

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:50:57 +0100

Spb Software today announced the release of Spb Keyboard 4.0 for Windows Mobile touchscreen smartphones and PDAs. While it also works great with the stylus, it's optimized for typing text with one's bare hands. Created back in 2002, Spb Full Screen Keyboard pioneered in the finger-friendly approach to interfacing with a mobile device. In its six years of market presence, it proved to be a bestseller. The new version of Spb's keyboard now offers three modes of on-screen text input (Full Screen Mode, Half Screen Mode, Standard Mode) and has received a new name to portray the change - Spb Keyboard 4.0.

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OFFICIAL: AT&T launched HTC FUZE Windows Mobile Professional Smartphone

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:36:28 +0100

Better known as the HTC Touch Pro, AT&T Inc. and HTC Corp. today announced the availability of the new HTC FUZE which provides users with a familiar QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC's intuitive, graphic-rich TouchFLO 3D touch-screen user interface for easy one-touch access to a range of fun and powerful features. Powered by AT&T's 3G network and Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the HTC FUZE is a compact yet powerful communications tool with a smooth gloss black finish and a distinctive and unique faceted backplate. The HTC FUZE features a sharp, 2.8" VGA touch screen for touch-sensitive navigation control, complete with three-dimensional animated transitions.

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UTILITY: VITO Technology releases Weather 1.2 for Windows Mobile

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:20:10 +0100

If you are looking for an easy to use and clear structured weather application for your Windows Mobile Professional touchscreen device, VITO Technology's updated Weather 1.2 boasts an updated cities database that includes 100 % of USA cities and all major world cities. With its finger-friendly and stylish iPhone-like user interface, it provides a two days weather forecast for your city. VITO Technology Weather displays only necessary information. Current weather is displayed at the top of the screen together with the name of the city. Below is the forecast for today and tomorrow with min. and max. temperatures and an icon. The temperature can be shown in Fahrenheit or Celsius.

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FIX: Microsoft releases official Windows Mobile 6.1 POP and IMAP Send Mail Patch

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:58:23 +0100

With Windows Mobile 6.1, Microsoft introduced a new feature which allows mobile operators to specify an alternate SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) server name that is used if E-Mail messages cannot be sent by using the user-specified SMTP server name. However, if the mobile operator doesn't specify an alternate SMTP server name (which most likely most carriers don't) and if the Windows Mobile 6.1-based device does not connect, the E-Mail account is corrupted and cannot send E-Mail messages. This patch, which Microsoft just released, will fix this problem and corrects the E-Mail account to allow you to send and receive E-Mails from your Windows Mobile device again.

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