The Bing mobile website, m.bing.com, has seen a major update recently. Unfortunately, the update does not work on Windows Mobile Classic, but it will work great on the Zune HD and KIN phones. The update brings Bing’s mobile website a bit closer to the functionality and design aesthetics of the desktop version. It now shows information cards where possible instead of just a list of links as before. Switching from portrait to landscape orientations even …
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HTC Mozart Windows Phone 7 Coming in October?
Oh, here’s a good looking HTC Windows Phone 7! There’s not a whole lot of information on it right now, but I see an October Timing and a T-Moibile US and Telstra release. I’m sure we can expect it to have at least the minimum Windows Phone 7 specs which are pretty high. UPDATE: The picture is a Photoshop job, and the original source is an XDA-Developers thread here. (via PocketHacks) Originally published on Pocketnow …
Continue readingTravelling with the HD2: Southeast Asia
Over at Malaysia Asia, we see David Jr. has been doing some travelling using his HTC HD2 as a camera. We’ve been very impressed with the camera phone quality and speed of the HD2, so if you don’t feel like carrying a real camera around, the HD2 seems to be a great photo companion. Click on to see the pictures. (Above photo was cropped and color adjusted) Originally published on Pocketnow on June 18, 2010. …
Continue readingWindows Embedded Handheld: Now We Mean Business
Microsoft just keeps on cranking out mobile device operating systems. So far this year we’ve got the new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 (Professional & Standard Editions), Windows Phone 7, Windows Embedded Compact 7, KIN, and now Windows Embedded Handheld with Windows Embedded Handheld 7 coming next year. As you saw here earlier this week, it was unclear as to wether Windows Phone 7 means business or does not mean business. Microsoft must have read those articles …
Continue readingThe EVO 4G is Basically a Technology Demo
David Pogue has a review of the HTC EVO 4G in the New York Times now and he is not impressed. Unfortunately he was seeing very poor battery life, and wasn’t able to visit any areas with 4G coverage. He had a lot of difficulty getting video calling to work, which is understandable since Sprint couldn’t even get it to work during their launch event. Even his collegue who had access to an area with …
Continue readingWindows Phone 7 team: ‘I think about this really as a first release’
Ever wonder what it might be like to be part of the team tasked with developing Windows Phone 7? CNET’s Ina Fried was able to get a very intimate behind the scenes look at what’s going into the new Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system and how Microsoft is planning to reverse their declining smartphone marketshare despite essentially inventing the category years ago. The first part of this Behind-the-Scenes look is available on CNET Originally …
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