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Samsung Omnia II Hits Verizon Dec. 2 For $US200
10:58PM Danny Allen | I still don’t know why the Omnia II’s 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen is resistive, but the WinMo 6.5 phone will go head-to-head with Verizon’s own Moto Droid. Leaked docs suggest it’ll be $US200 on contract after $US100 mail-in rebate. More »
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Sony Ericsson’s Custom Android Interface Is Called Nexus
5:03AM Matt Buchanan | Sony Ericsson’s custom interface for Android on the X10 — and other OSes, like Symbian and Windows Mobile in time — is going to be called Nexus. Like other custom UIs du jour, it’ll integrate a bunch of services, like for social networking. More »
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Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open To All 6.x Phones
6:31AM John Herrman | However you feel about Windows Mobile 6.5, chances are you don’t have it, so you (probably) haven’t been able to try out the new Marketplace for Mobile. Starting today — earlier than promised! — anyone with a 6.x handset can access it. More »
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2:05PM Nick Broughall | Editor’s log, Stardate sixteen eleven oh nine: I find myself slowly becoming overwhelmed by the sheer volume of application stores available to the modern phone user. What started off as a fresh, original idea to sell applications for a dedicated device has quickly descended into the murky bog of confusion as every phone maker and his dog jumps on the bandwagon. What’s worse – I’m receiving reports that now the telcos are trying to cut into this already overcrowded market, with Optus launching its own app store for Symbian, Android, Blackberry, Windows media and Java handsets. This is the toughest assignment we’ve ever encountered, and it’s going to require all our strength to overcome it. More »
Optus Launches Its Own App Store
2:05PM Nick Broughall | Editor’s log, Stardate sixteen eleven oh nine: I find myself slowly becoming overwhelmed by the sheer volume of application stores available to the modern phone user. What started off as a fresh, original idea to sell applications for a dedicated device has quickly descended into the murky bog of confusion as every phone maker and his dog jumps on the bandwagon. What’s worse – I’m receiving reports that now the telcos are trying to cut into this already overcrowded market, with Optus launching its own app store for Symbian, Android, Blackberry, Windows media and Java handsets. This is the toughest assignment we’ve ever encountered, and it’s going to require all our strength to overcome it. More »
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Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store
4:47PM Dan Nosowitz | Microsoft added a few nice new features to its Windows Mobile Marketplace today, including enhanced security and a nice-looking store that can be accessed from your computer’s browser, much like Xbox Live. More »
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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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