We ran across this video of Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard running on a Motorola Q9h and it leaves us with more questions than answers. First, can you shoot a video any more out of focus?
The 2:41 minute long video first posted on Everything Q does show the Moto Q running Windows Mobile 6.5 by showing the "About" screen and we agree with... [Read More]
More and more rumors are circling around the Internets about WM7 and the “Pink” smartphone project. According to CNET’s Mary Jo Foley, to her understanding, the “Pink” smart phone is now to be Microsoft-branded, running a customized UI on top of the WM7 platform. It will be developed by the Danger team and targeted towards the Sidekick market. The UI will be proprietary and not available to 3rd parties to use. The hardware is expected to be manufactured by either Sharp or Motorola. Both of which have made Sidekicks in the past. Other sources say that the new phone may be introduced sometime this fall!
According to a study released by Best Buy, about half of all prospective smartphone purchasers do not complete their purchase simply out of confusion from all the smart phone models out there. 47% of people who didn’t already own a smartphone said they were simply “too confused” by the sheer number of phones and features. 63% of all those studied didn’t own one because they thought the phones were too expensive, and 39% simply said they hated the shopping experience.
The study also showed that over half of those that 58 percent want one to play music; 41 percent want... [Read More]
A survey of 655 US teenagers aged 13 to 18 has revealed disturbing amounts of bullying going on via the mobile phone networks, despite the fact that most of them seem to understand the risks of sharing too much data online. The Teen Online and Wireless Safety survey was carried out by Cox communications in conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Participants were asked a series of questions about their own involvement in sexually explicit messaging and cyber-bullying, as well as their attitudes towards the problems.
Almost a fifth of those sampled had either sent or received a message containing "a nude or nearly nude photograph", generally to girlfriends or boyfriends, though less than 10 per cent actually... [Read More]
Michael Jackson has reportedly died from a cardiac arrest today. It's a sad day for many people who were his fans, he will forever be remembered! Click on image for CNN Link
AT&T and Verizon on Tuesday denied that the two companies colluded to increase text message pricing, and insisted that text-by-text pricing plans are such a marginal part of their businesses that any attempt to do so would be totally counterproductive.
Over the last two years, the major cell phone providers have increased their per-text prices from 10 cents per message to 20 cents, a fact that caught the eye of Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee.
At a Tuesday hearing on the subject, Kohl acknowledged that most mobile customers pay for their text messages via packages – 200 messages a... [Read More]
We've been debating for a while now whether there would be a Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard (non-touchscreen). Since most of the changes for 6.5 Professional (touchscreen) are to increase finger-friendliness, it didn't make sense that the non-touchscreen version would ever see the update. Well, it will be updated to 6.5.
So, what's different? Here's the list:
1. The default color scheme is the black with none-3D bars (pictured)
2. IE Mobile operates much like Skyfire with a mouse cursor. The default search engine is Bing
3. There is a new internet favorites panel of the sliding home screen. Other than that, the home screen is unchanged
4. Marketplace and widget support is included
5. The... [Read More]
Google Turns Your Windows Phone Into E-Reader, Out-Books Amazon
A new e-bookseller is coming to town and that bookseller is Google. Google has been as aggressive on the book front as Amazon, hoping to scan and bring books to the masses over the internet. In fact, the search giant already has many public domain books on its books site and many more copyrighted books available for preview, showing up to 20% of the book's contents to viewers before they make the decision to buy.
And now that decision to buy is getting easier. The search giant is letting publishers set their own price and offer books for sale if they choose,... [Read More]
m.bing.com is now live! This is the Bing mobile browser version, which provides a mobile-optimized search engine experience with a heavy emphasis on local results, instant answers, and specific tasks - with Bing's very cool categorization capabilities! You can also input your location to get tuned local results...
Note: This is NOT the Bing mobile client, which is still expected later this year.
The AT&T leakfest wraps up with two Motorola offerings. Be ready for names and relationships that will befuddle even the most ardent genealogist. First up is the Android-based Heron which we scooped back in April as the IRONMAN. From the slide, it appears as if the handset was meant to be a Windows Mobile device that was switched over to Android. The specs, which are subject to change of course, give the phone quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA/HSUPA, 2.6 inch... [Read More]
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More and more rumors are circling around the Internets about WM7 and the “Pink” smartphone project. According to CNET’s Mary Jo Foley, to her understanding, the “Pink” smart phone is now to be Microsoft-branded, running a customized UI on top of the WM7 platform. It will be developed by the Danger team and targeted towards the Sidekick market. The UI will be proprietary and not available to 3rd parties to use. The hardware is expected to be manufactured by either Sharp or Motorola. Both of which have made Sidekicks in the past. Other sources say that the new phone may be introduced sometime this fall!
