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It’s Official: HTC HD2 Coming To “Major US Carrier In Early 2010″
12:18AM Danny Allen | With a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen and 1GHz Snapdragon processor, the HD2 is probably the best poster child for WinMo 6.5. HTC has now confirmed it’s headed Stateside, and though no carrier was mentioned, rumours suggest it could be on T-Mobile. More »
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HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor
4:30AM Chris Jacob | HTC’s new UI patent that “organises applications, widgets, and web pages into pages of a virtual book” may “borrow” a few ideas from Palm, but it’s cool with me. I’m all for a snazzier version of Pre’s card system. More »
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Samsung Omnia II: Looks OK, But Why The Resistive Touchscreen?
3:20PM Dan Nosowitz | Samsung’s going the HTC route with Windows Mobile on its new AMOLED-packing Omnia II by cramming its own TouchWiz interface into every nook and cranny of WinMo. Ai.rs has a thorough walkthrough of the hardware and TouchWiz for your perusal. More »
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Confirmed: Zune Integration Coming In Windows Mobile 7
10:08AM Jason Chen | Ballmer just confirmed to Engadget that Zune integration is coming to Windows Mobile 7, as was implied by these leaked screenshots earlier this year. [Engadget]
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Ballmer On Smartphones: “It Doesn’t Matter What The Critics Say”
1:00AM Wilson Rothman | In this segment of my exclusive interview series with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, I brought up the sore subject of Windows Mobile 6.5. After defending it, he cited another product that did well but suffers mounting criticism: Nokia smartphones. More »
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Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leak: Where’s The Start Button?
8:26AM Dan Nosowitz | PocketNow got a hold of some screenshots apparently culled from WinMo 7, since they look a little flashy and aesthetically different from WinMo 6.5 — and that’s definitely a good thing. More »
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Windows Mobile 6.5.1: Must…Keep…Polishing
1:28AM John Herrman | Window Mobile 6.5 was a visual upgrade over all else, which makes the fact that the new UI isn’t very good particularly disturbing. Windows Mobile 6.5.1 takes the interface changes deeper—like they should’ve been in the first place. More »
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8:24AM John Herrman | Windows Mobile 6.5 was a failure of imagination, design and foresight. I’ve covered this, rather adamantly! But while the new version didn’t add that much—that was the problem—there are some things I still genuinely like about Windows Mobile. More »
Six Things I Actually Like About Windows Mobile
8:24AM John Herrman | Windows Mobile 6.5 was a failure of imagination, design and foresight. I’ve covered this, rather adamantly! But while the new version didn’t add that much—that was the problem—there are some things I still genuinely like about Windows Mobile. More »
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How To Install Windows Markplace For Mobile On Windows 6.1
5:40AM John Herrman | Windows Mobile 6.5’s dirtiest secret is that all the good bits—the Marketplace, My Phone—work on all 6.x phones. Marketplace for 6.0 and 6.1 is officially slated for December, but with a dead-simple trick, you can download it now. More »
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