The Samsung Omnia II was released late last year an awesome spec sheet, and buggy software(from my experience.) Well Samsung is working on an update and it will include Windows Mobile’s finest software… Windows Mobile 6.5.3. This comes from Samsung Hub, who reports that Samsung Sweden has confirmed the WM 6.5.3 update for the Omnia II, which I am sure many O2 Owners are happy to hear. The update is rumored ... Read More

Supporting more finger friendly control, multitouch zooming and SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010 integration, Microsoft’s latest Office Mobile 2010 Beta is available on its Marketplace. You can test and try the beta version till April 5th 2010, which it will be disabled automatically after the expired date. The software installation will not affect your existing Office Mobile if it came pre-installed on your Windows Phone; otherwise if you have purchased the ... Read More

Sygic just announced that their GPS application (which works on iPhones and other devices) now also works on Nokia Maemo phones. The GPS application will be ready for sale from Sygic website before next year. Sygic offers turn-by-turn voice guided directons on Nokia Maemo 5 OS devices in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia, USA, Canada, Mexico, USA, all of Europe, Russia, Bahrain, Kuwait, ... Read More

Bellperre announced the availability of a new luxury phone series, made out of “the very finest authentic materials”, including hand-crafted wood (Walnut, Elm, Zebrano or Wenge). The new Finest Woods Bellperre phones weigh 120 grams and measure 100 x 44 x 15,3 mm each, and can be customized with hand-polished Steel, Yellow Gold, Rosé Gold or Platinum. 110 types of genuine exotic leathers can be added (shark, lizard, alligator or buffalo). ... Read More

With only a few weeks after Microsoft officially unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 we now see the first mockups of the upcoming Microsoft mobile OS. Windows Mobile 7 is going to be available only later next year but it looks like the first mockups have already been leaked. Windows 7 is meant to offer the user a better touchscreen experience and from what we see in the pictures here the user interface ... Read More

We can surely say that the stock Android web browser is decent, but it may still lag behind some of the market leaders such a Opera Mobile. Windows Mobile and S60 users have been comfortably using the Opera Mobile web browser for some time – giving them an almost desktop like experience on their mobile smartphones. Although Opera Mini is currently available for Android, it still does not offer all ... Read More

Welp, that didn't take long. Just a few months after TerreStar announced that it had completed its first call on the new bird, the revived sat phone provider has now announced the first dual-mode smartphone for AT&T. Granted, we knew these two would be holding hands in the near future, but it's still refreshing to see the Genus hit the landscape. The WinMo-based phone will ship with a 2.6-inch touchscreen, ... Read More

According to a tipster over at Engadget, UK mobile operator 02’s intranet list the “HTC HD2″ (also know as the HTC Leo) as being launched on October 12th. Only time will tell, but I’m not holding my breath. The HTC Leo/HD2 isn’t officialy announced yet and history has proven that it takes nearly a month after the official announcement for the devices to hit the market (like the original Touch ... Read More

Today Google announced that it has released a new version of the Google Mobile App for the Microsoft Windows Mobile smartphone platform. The new application adds My Location and Google Suggest support to the search service. My Location automatically determines what area a user is located in so that localized search results can be returned (think "pizza"). Google Suggest reduces the number of keystrokes required for search queries by automatically ... Read More

Today Verizon Wireless officially launched its version of the HTC Touch Pro2 business smartphone, a device that has recently been unveiled for T-Mobile USA and Sprint. The Verizon version is a world-roaming capable device that works on both Verizon's 3G CDMA based network as well as on the GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and 2100MHz UMTS 3G networks used throughout the world. The device's signature features are its large slide-out QWERTY keyboard and ... Read More