Garmin-Asus M10 arrives to India
April 1st, 2010
Less than two months after its official launch, Garmin-Asus launched the Garmin-Asus M10 in India, being the first Windows Mobile 6.5.3 smartphone in that country. The Garmin-Asus M10 sports a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, 5MP camera, accelerometer, 4GB of internal memory, microSD slot for extra memory and of course, GPS, along with maps for 62 major indian cities, armin turn-by-turn navigation, lane assistance, and a Ciao feature, which is sort of location social networking, keeping you informed on the roads your friends are traveling on.
Tags: 6.5.3, Asus, Garmin, Garmin-asus, GPS, India, releases, Windows Mobile
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T-Mobile HTC HD2 for $100 via Amazon, 2-year contract
March 26th, 2010
Despite it was just launched last week, the HTC HD2 can be bought via Amazon for a mere $100 with a T-Mobile 2-year contract agreement – no mail-in rebates. Not bad for a nice phone having Windows Mobile 6.5 – though not upgradeable to Windows Phone 7, it’s a nice offer from HTC.
The HTC HD2 features a 4.3-inch capacitive display at 480 x 800 pixels resolution, 5MP camera with LED flash, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Stereo FM radio, social network integration, 3.5mm headphone jack, music and video players and microSD slot for memory.
Tags: HTC, offers, smartphone, T-mobile, Windows Mobile
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Windows Mobile still strong in Latin America…really?
March 9th, 2010
Windows Mobile has a downward path lately, with WM 6.5 surprising no one, and many people considering it dead. But it looks like the OS is gaining market share in Latin America according to Doug Smith, Microsoft’s Latin American director of mobile communications, while talking about the upcoming launch of Windows Phone 7 Series OS in the region. According to Business News Americas, Windows Mobile’s smartphone market share is 26% in Brazil and 24% in Mexico, surprisingly leaving a huge amount of Latin American users out of the equation. True, Brazil and Mexico have 250 million mobile subscribers, but only in Argentina, for example, there are 45 million phone users, where Windows Mobile is practically extinct and replaced by BlackBerry and Nokia handsets in most cases, which means Latin America is not well represented in this market share study.
Tags: Market Share, Microsoft, OS, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7
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Windows Phone 7 video reveals screens
March 6th, 2010
While details of Windows Phone 7 OS still are scarce, a new video from Microsoft throws some light about it showing some screens from various apps and apps like flashlight and weather supposedly showing how easy they are to develop thanks to XNA and Silverlight. Still we will have to wait for the first Windows Phone 7 smartphones to see this new OS from Microsoft in real action because of Microsoft has officially stated that smartphones like HTC HD2 running Windows Mobile 6.5 won’t be upgradeable since both platforms are incompatible. Watch the video after the break.
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Opera Mini 5 beta native for Windows Mobile 5/6 available
March 4th, 2010
Opera announced a new native version of its Opera Mini 5 beta browser for Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. The native part means it doesn’t require Java to run, so the Windows Mobile devices that lack Java support are now able to run Opera Mini 5. Opera says Opera Mini 5 compresses data traffic by up to 90 percent, which helps it load websites faster than competing browsers and lowers data browsing costs for those that pay by the megabyte.
Tags: browsers, downloads, Opera, Windows Mobile
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