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Drowning WinMo 6.5 Releases Last Gasp HTC HD Mini In Australia

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3:30PM August 17, 2010 | Nick Broughall

If you held a wake for WinMo 6.5 after Microsoft announced the (rather exciting) Windows Phone 7 series back in February, you probably celebrated the OS’s demise a little prematurely. HTC has decided to give the platform one last gasp at life in the form of the HD Mini, launching today through Harvey Norman stores. More »


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Samsung Omnia Pro Lands On NextG

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3:21PM February 3, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Not sure why anyone would want a Winmo phone with a Qwerty keypad, but if you do, Samsung and Telstra just dropped the Omnia Pro on NextG. More »


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HTC HD2 Coming Soon To NextG

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1:50PM January 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Not sure about specific details yet, but just received an invite to the launch of the HTC HD2 Winmo handset. Hosting the event are Peter Jamieson and Ross Fielding from Telstra, alongside HTC’s Anthony Petts, which kind of screams out that the phone will launch on Next G. More »


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Optus Selling The HTC Snap Winmo Phone

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10:00AM December 18, 2009 | Nick Broughall

If, for whatever reason, you want to spend money on a Windows Mobile phone with a QWERTY keypad and you don’t want to pay for NextG, Optus has just announced they’re selling the HTC Snap for $0 on a $49 business cap plan over 24 months. More »


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How To: Install Windows Mobile 6.5 Right Now

4:30AM June 7, 2009 | John Herrman

The bad news: Windows Mobile 6.5 won’t be coming out for a while, and you’ll be expected to buy a whole new phone to get it. The good: You can actually install it today, on your HTC phone. Here’s how.


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Windows Mobile Team Admits, Explains 6.5′s Half-Assed UI

9:32PM May 14, 2009 | John Herrman

During an otherwise dry TechED conference panel about Windows Mobile 6.5 development, Senior Project Manager Loke Uei Tan made a surprising admission: 6.5′s semi-vaunted new interface was severely rushed, and isn’t even finished. UPDATED


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Windows Mobile 6.5 Will Get TellMe Voice Commands

2:01PM April 29, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Unlike some smartphones we know, phones running WinMo 6.5 will get a pretty amazing connected voice command interface, courtesy of Microsoft subsidiary TellMe.

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Windows Mobile 6.5 Launch Details Coming May 11

5:19AM April 18, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Team notes that the “launch presentation” of Windows Mobile 6.5 is gonna be on May 11 and looks like it’ll reveal all kinds of tasty details about the launch—like how else it’s changed since debuting in February. [MSDN via Electronista]

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Microsoft Planning Free, ‘Magical’ Updates For Windows Mobile Phones

8:40PM April 15, 2009 | John Herrman

An enthusiastic job posting on Microsoft’s careers site is asking for engineers to help realise their “dream” of frequent, free, “magical” and substantive updates for Windows Mobile phones.

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Windows Mobile 6.5 Honeycomb Menu Gets De-Honeycombed

8:20PM March 20, 2009 | John Herrman

Now that the public has made their sundry judgments about Windows Mobile 6.5′s UI overhaul, Microsoft has made a few changes. Most obviously, they’ve removed the honeycomb. OH GOD!

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