According to Vodafone’s own wevsite Sony Ericsson’s Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone the Xperia X2 should be availalbe in the UK next month, there’s no word on the price though. Remember that the X2 may be SE’s second & last Windows Mobile phone ever if the latest speculations are to be believed. Source: Vodafone ... Read More

Vodafone UK has announced the availability of three new highly anticipated smartphone devices, the Sony Ericsson Satio, the HTC Tattoo, and the LG' GM750. The Sony Ericsson Satio launched in May, as we reported, making it the first device announced to feature the new Symbian Foundation operating system. The attractive smartphone features a 12.1 megapixel camera and a 3.5-inch touchscreen display. It also includes 3G and WiFi data connectivity. The HTC Tattoo, ... Read More

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 involed they were/are in the developement of WM7 This shouldn’t come as a surprise, when asked ... Read More

Yesterday Windows Mobile 6.5 got official, i.e. it was the day when devices running the new OS version were first released on the market. Now, just a few hours later what we´ve got in our hands is an extremely interesting Windows phone - the GIGA-BYTE GSmart S1200. We first saw it at MWC 2009, where it got showcased along with its sibling, the GIGA-BYTE GSmart MS820 and did manage to ... Read More

Sprint has announced the Samsung SPH-i350 Intrepid, a Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional-powered smartphone with 3G EV-DO Rev. A. connectivity for the Sprint network and quad-band GSM support for use on international networks. The device comes complete with WiFi technology for high speed local connections. With the Intrepid, users can type email, SMS, and instant messages using its full-QWERTY keyboard. A 2.5-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) touchscreen display should show off ... Read More

Microsoft formally announced the coordinated, worldwide release of smartphones running on its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. The company said that it expected its partners to deliver more than 30 new phones in more than 20 countries by the end of 2009. The platform has come under increasing pressure from other players in the smartphone space, notably Google's Android operating system, Apple's iPhone OS and Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform. ... Read More

Acer’s Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones will apparently have different names than the ones initially announced. In the UK, the names will be changed as follows: Acer F1 will be Acer neoTouch; Acer C1 will be Acer beTouch E100; Acer E1 will be Acer beTouch E101; and Acer L1 will be Acer beTouch E200. According to Clove, the smartphones should hit the UK next week, for prices between €200 (the 3G-less beTouch E101) ... Read More

Microsoft is going all out and expediting their launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 with an estimated 30 smartphones to be made available before the end of 2009. Sure Android has come far with a small following to manifest into a big name player in the mobile platform world. Fortunately for Microsoft they are keeping up with the competition while being backed by some 15 handset vendors. HTC, HP, Sony Ericsson, ... Read More

The buzz word in the portable space appears to be HD at the moment, with the latest bandwagon member being HTC and its HD 2 (formerly known as the HTC Leo, maybe). The Leo—sorry, HD 2—if you'll remember, was that big and beautiful handset that was saw earlier this month. The 4.3-inch screen was impressive, but so too was HTC's ability to work around Windows Mobile's lack of support for multitouch ... Read More

Acer F1, the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone seen in unofficial photos several times until now, will apparently be among the new Windows phones announced by Microsoft for launch on October 6 around the world. As previously reported, the F1 is a really nice device. Not only that it’s well designed, but it also has some impressive specs, including: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.8 inch touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels, ... Read More