T-Mobile HTC HD2

INTRODUCTION    The European HD2 was pretty popular. It was the first Windows Phone with a capacitive multitouch screen, and it had the largest screen on the market. T-Mobile’s version adds a few hardware and software enhancements along with some great value-added bundles and a fantastic price to make the HD2 a top selling phone in the U.S. Heck, for the first few weeks since its release, HTC can’t make enough!  Everytime T-Mobile gets a fresh …

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Windows Mobile Devices on the Carriers 2010: US Edition

Despite rampant Windows Mobile criticism this year, there are still many great choices for Windows Phones offered by the carriers. With choice sometimes comes indecision, and we’re here to sort it all out for you. What is to come is a comparison of the US’s four biggest carriers (so that’s Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint) and their current offerings of Windows Mobile devices. You’ll see that with popular devices like the Touch Pro2, all carriers …

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AT&T HTC Pure

INTRODUCTION     The AT&T HTC Pure was one of the first phones to be released with the new Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional operating system. The device was designed by HTC and is basically the same as their Diamond2, just with a different body style. It's another "slab" full touch-screen device with minimal hardware buttons and all touch input. Since AT&T never carried the original HTC Touch Diamond, the Diamond2 is a welcome addition to the …

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Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional

INTRODUCTION     Back in April of 2008, Microsoft released Windows Mobile 6.1. It was a minor release that mainly delt with changes to the Standard Edition and its sliding panel home screen.  This time it's the Professional Edition's turn as you'll see plenty of changes in Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Edition and not too many in the Standard Edition.  While we have been covering many different builds of Windows Mobile 6.5 on Pocketnow, what you'll …

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Palm Pre

INTRODUCTION     The Palm Pre is Palm’s first device to run WebOS, where most of their latest devices were running Windows Mobile 6.x or the extremely old Palm Garnet OS. The WebOS is based on Linux and includes a very iPhone-like, elegant, attractive and animated user interface. We’ll go through the Palm Pre in detail from the perspective of a Windows Mobile user. Read on for more! WHAT’S HOT      Ten years ago, Palm was …

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