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10 minutes long HTC HD2 hands-on video

The Polish boy over at PDA.PL just posted a 10 minutes long hands-on video of HTC’s beast the SnapDragon powered HTC HD2:

Can’t wait to get my hands on one in the coming weeks. Windows Mobile is finally getting the hadware it deserves.

Source: Vimeo via PDA.pl

HTC HD2 won’t come to Orange UK ?

Bad news for all you Orange UK user. The HTC HD2 is a no go for you. according to a Tweet from Orange’s Conor Maples the company won’t be ranging the HD2 (looks like the tweet was deleted). CoolSmartPhone got confirmation from Conor too.
So far we are sure that O2 UK is getting and [...]

HTC HD2 hitting O2 UK on October 19th ?

Well that’s the latest rumor straight from O2 UK. According to CoolSmartPhone one of their readers who called O2 told them that the HTC HD2 is launching there on October 19th. It’s a tiny bit too early IMO (rumors are that the final ROM won’t be done beofre October 16th), but you never know… [...]

Shazam Music discovery application is now available on Windows Mobile

One of the most popuplar mobile application to date is now finally available on the Windows Mobile platform thanks to the launch of the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The Shazam music discovery application is now live on the marketplace, here’s the full press release:

Shazam, the world’s leading mobile music discovery provider, today announced the availability [...]

More HTC HD2 action on video

Here’s some more HTC HD 2 acion on video. The first one is an interview of HTC-Deutschland-Chef Lars-Christian Weisswange done by Cnet.de. You will see a glimps of Google maps, Opera Mobile and digital compass action in there:

The second one is a short walk-through othe the device from Stuff.TV:

And finally the official promo [...]

Samsung Moment hands-on pictures

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Looks like Samsung didn’t put too much thought into the newly announced Samsung Moment (or was pressured into releasing a “Google Experience” device). Engadget & Gizmodo got some hands-on action with the device and are reporting that unlike the [...]

Samsung Moment (InstinctQ) Android phone announced

Looks like Samsung is in a hurry and released the press release announcement of the Samsung Moment (formely known as the InstinctQ) Android samrtphone ahead of the press event scheduled for 2PM today at CTIA. Specs are basically the same as the latest phones released by the company (like the Omnia II and Jet). [...]

Motorola skips Windows Mobile 6.5, waits for Windows Mobile 7

This shouldn’t come as a surprise, when asked about their “two strategic platforms” statement Motorola’s Christy Wyatt, said that the company is waiting for Microsoft’s next generation mobile OS, Windows Mobile 7, and is not going to buid any WM6.5 device. The second platform being Android obviously.
Good to see Motorloa not dropping WinMo given how [...]

Windows Live application for Window Mobile update released

Microsoft is on a roll lately, they’ve just released an updated version of the Windows Live application for Windows Mobile. Lot’s of new features are in there and some UI enhancement for finger friendly use. Unfortunately there’s still no Calendar synchronization:

- Windows Live Home – an entirely new feature!
View you and your friends “What’s [...]

Bing Mobile application to get a big update this fall

According to Microsoft the Bing Windows Mobile application is about to get a fairly big update this fall:

Congratulations to our friends over in Windows Mobile for the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 today! It’s an exciting time for mobile and for Bing. With today’s announcement we are kicking off what we like to call the [...]

16 minutes long HTC D2 hands-on & size comparaison

GPS&Co just posted a 16 minutes long video walk-through of the HTC HD2 that they saw yesterday during the launch event. Lot’s of neat things are shown, especially the multi-touch zooming in the videos which is smooth as silk thanks to the Qualcomm 8250B SnapDragon chipset (you can check the some early benchmarks here):
(Video is in [...]

Verizon HTC Imagio reviews

Gizmodo slapped up a quick review of Verizon’s HTC Imagio (Whitestone aka XV6975) which is shipping today. Once again HTC’s work on hiding Windows Mobile 6.5 is praised:

I was pretty hard on Windows Mobile 6.5 in my review, but guess what? HTC likes it even less. TouchFLO 3D reaches deeper into the operating system [...]

Dell Mini 3i coming to the US ?

According to CrunchGear Dell is planing to bring Android (oPhone) based Mini3i to the US:

The phone, presumably still in its Chinese trade dress, felt “cheap and plasticky, like the Pre,” according our tipster. He believes it will be upgraded for the American market.

The phone has better hardware than the Chinese version and a slightly [...]

More HTC HD2 impressions and the future of Windows Mobile

Mike Gartenberg has posted his thoughts on the HTC HD2 and the future of Windows Mobile after a short hands on with the device and Q&A session with Microsoft’s Robie Bach:

What does this all mean? Well, despite apologies from Microsoft’s executives, there’s a lot of viability in this platform. Features ranging from Exchange integration to [...]

HTC HD2 hands-on preview with video

Engadget just posted their impressions after a little hands-on action with HTC’s HD2 in NewYork today:

We were frankly blown away with how slick this phone is. Mind you, WM 6.5 still shows its not-so-fresh colors here and there, but the general experience of using the device is handled mainly through the Sense interface, and it [...]