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Windows Mobile vs. Android OS – My Take
November 23, 2009 – 2:48 pm | Comments
Windows Mobile vs. Android OS – My Take

I was just reading a great read from James over at JKontheRun on the subject and thought it would be a good time for me to weigh in with my views on the debate. Gil …

Windows Mobile Gets More Game
November 18, 2009 – 5:02 am | Comments
Windows Mobile Gets More Game

Slowly but surely the Windows Mobile Marketplace is gaining applications. The newest bunch are six fresh games from Konami designed to be played on full touchscreen phones. The games feature sharp graphics and on …

Download Windows Marketplace for your 6.0 and 6.1 Device
November 16, 2009 – 2:54 pm | Comments
Download Windows Marketplace for your 6.0 and 6.1 Device

If your phone is running Windows Mobile 6.0 or Windows Mobile 6.1 you can get Marketplace for your device by following the instructions here.

Of course, if you have a Windows phone running Windows …

GoNews Touch Updated and Better!
November 11, 2009 – 6:06 pm | Comments
GoNews Touch Updated and Better!

SBSH announced today an important new update for its newsreader application, GoNews Touch for Windows Mobile Touch devices to version 1.2!
GoNews Touch 1.2 introduce a great list of new innovations and improvements, making it …

Windows Mobile 7 to OEMs Q1 and to us Q3, before delays are inserted of course…
November 11, 2009 – 9:15 am | Comments
Windows Mobile 7 to OEMs Q1 and to us Q3, before delays are inserted of course…

Engadget Mobile says that we might not see Windows Mobile 7 until Q3…
According to ZDNet Taiwan, the mobile OS is now on track for a release to OEMs for testing (the so-called "Maldives" …

This is too good to pass up!
November 9, 2009 – 8:54 am | Comments
This is too good to pass up!

I’ve been using SoftMaker Office for years and have found it to be a “must have” program on my devices especially if you do a lot of writing and want (or need) the ability …

Natural Born Killers: Android, Apple and Windows Mobile
November 9, 2009 – 2:42 am | Comments
Natural Born Killers: Android, Apple and Windows Mobile

Our esteemed editor in chief, Chris Leckness, just posted an excellent response to the spreading assumption that the Motorola Droid will someone be the nail in the coffin of Windows Mobile. Like him, I …

Some Windows Mobile Love From LG Hits the FCC
November 4, 2009 – 3:54 pm | Comments
Some Windows Mobile Love From LG Hits the FCC

Phone Scoop found a new phone on the FCC site today. It’s for the LG GM730F, which has the frequencies to be an AT&T 3G phone. It’s got WiFi and Bluetooth as expected. This …

Celio Corp Redfly now Supports Blackberry
November 3, 2009 – 8:58 pm | Comments
Celio Corp Redfly now Supports Blackberry

Just as they promised a few months back, Celio Corp has released software that allows their RedFly to be used with Blackberry in addition to a few more Windows Mobile devices.
The RedFly is a device …

The NEW “What Mobile OS Poll”
October 30, 2009 – 2:07 am | Comments
The NEW “What Mobile OS Poll”

There has been a lot of shuffling going on around this game. Android is making some big splashes. Windows Mobile in some eyes has done a belly flop with their 6.5 release. Palm Pre …

Review: The HTC Pure (Touch Diamond2) from AT&T
October 20, 2009 – 11:39 am | Comments
Review: The HTC Pure (Touch Diamond2) from AT&T

Just prior to the official release of Windows Phone 6.5 on October 6th at&t released the HTC Pure which  is at&t’s version of the Touch Diamond 2. I have been using  the original Tilt …

SBSH Facade 2 – an even better smartphone experience
October 19, 2009 – 10:05 pm | Comments
SBSH Facade 2 – an even better smartphone experience

When I got my first smartphone I found it a very hard transition from a touch screen device.  That is until I was led to use SBSH Facade.  It totally changed my experience to …

Android, Android Everywhere
October 19, 2009 – 9:04 am | Comments
Android, Android Everywhere

Randall Boggs: Shh. Shh. Shh. Shh. Do you hear that? [pause] It’s the winds…of change.
It seems that there has been a bellweather change in the days since the burst of enthusiasm right before the release …

Sidekicks and Fallout
October 14, 2009 – 7:32 am | Comments
Sidekicks and Fallout

The firestorm that resulted from the recent loss of Sidekick data (and thus effectively the end of the grandfather of all smartphones) is finally settling down. In fact, after all the words written and …

Android Google Search Over Bing
October 11, 2009 – 2:08 pm | Comments
Android Google Search Over Bing

Again I’m looking apologetically at my AT&T Tilt, but Android has boiled down searching the internet or a handset into one button push. On the HTC Hero there is a dedicated Search button on …

Is Windows Mobile’s Death Exaggerated? I bought an iPhone 3GS.
October 10, 2009 – 11:59 pm | Comments
Is Windows Mobile’s Death Exaggerated? I bought an iPhone 3GS.

I have said this before and I will say it again, even before Windows Mobile 6.5 came out, Windows Mobile wasn’t dead. If anything, it was in hibernation. But seriously, the OS in itself …

Robbie Bach Introduces Windows Phone
October 7, 2009 – 9:07 am | Comments

Here is a video shown during Robbie Bach’s opening remarks at the Microsoft E&D Open House, 2009

Samsung Omnia Language packs. Do they really exist ?
September 23, 2009 – 8:48 am | Comments
Samsung Omnia Language packs. Do they really exist ?

In an article on MobilityMinded, Mark Briggeman talked about an interesting discussion took place a few days ago in the Windows Mobile Forums where a user of the first Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900) asked if …

Twitter and Windows Mobile
September 16, 2009 – 1:05 pm | Comments
Twitter and Windows Mobile

As some of you might know, I have had a love/hate, on/off relationship with Twitter. I signed up for Twitter on October 1, 2007 (Mobilitysite’s Twitter account was setup by Julie on a month …

Sound ID Announces the Sound ID 400 Bluetooth Headset
September 14, 2009 – 10:31 am | Comments
Sound ID Announces the Sound ID 400 Bluetooth Headset

BRINGING NEW FUNCTIONALITY TO THE BLUETOOTH CATEGORY
Sound ID will be offering a NEW bluetooth headset that will have PersonalSound custom hearing modes to boost your listening power and Environmental Mode to amplify sound between calls.  …