TmoNews.com has got their hands on a photo of the T-Mobile Shadow II. It looks like the “Neo” home screen hasn’t changed much from the original Shadow we reviewed here. The good news is that it sounds like this will be the first Windows Mobile phone to support UMA and thusly T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home service. Hopefully we’ll also see Windows Mobile 6.1. Originally published on Pocketnow on April 15, 2008. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow …
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HTC’s Diagonal Slider Design
Here’s an interesting patent from HTC for the design of a phone where the screen slides diagonally from the top to the middle in order to reveal a Qwerty keyboard. When “closed” only the numeric portion of the keyboard is visible. For more mock-ups, see The Unwired View Originally published on Pocketnow on March 18, 2008. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.
Continue readingAsus Windows Mobile 6 PDA, Just $260
As quoted from Inside Microsoft: Buy.com has the Asus MyPal A626 Windows Mobile 6 PDA for just $254 with free shipping. Amazon.com has it for $260, also with free shipping, useful if you’ve got some Amazon gift certificates to get a nice PDA at a good price. As for specs, it includes a 312 MHz Marvell XScale processor, but the PDA has b/g wifi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, a large 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen, a 1200 mAh …
Continue readingThe Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 on Video
InfoSync World was able to get a video of the yet-to-be-released Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. This is their first Windows Mobile device, and it is sure to garner quite a bit of attention. The video shows the Expose-like application launcher/switcher in action. It’s unclear if the thumbnails represent running applications or programs to launch. The thumbnails are unlabeled so it’s difficult to understand what they represent. This will be interesting to try out when it …
Continue readingAnother Upgrade to the HTC Advantage Line Coming in March
It looks like a new version of the HTC Advantage will be coming in March. This one is called the X7510 and brings the front facing camera back from the X7500, while retaining Windows Mobile 6 from the X7501 (actually WM 6.1), and adding double the disk space; 16Gb. It also appears to have a slicker new design styling. For those unfamiliar with the HTC Advantage line, this is a 624Mhz converged device with quadband …
Continue readingIs the i-mate Ultimate Series Coming to T-Mobile?
In the product pages for the i-mate Ultimate 8150, and 6150, you may notice two options for versions that include different UMTS bands. One has 850/1900/2100mhz bands which should work in Europe and on AT&T in North America while another has 850/1700/2100 MHz bands which is what T-Mobile USA is going to be using. Is it possible that T-Mobile USA may be offering some i-mate Ultimate Windows Mobile phones once they’re ready to announce their …
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