The Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC HD2 is up for “Gadget of the Year” and “Smartphone of the Year” in the 2009 Engadget Awards. The Zune HD is also nominated in a few categories. Head on over to Engadget now and vote! Originally published on Pocketnow on January 30, 2010. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow archive.
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Awesome Windows Phone Ad Hits YouTube
Here’s a great little Windows Phone Superstar music video for the Korean market (not Japanese). You have to see it to believe it! Looks like Korean Windows Phones have more application people in tights than we do in North America. UPDATE: Turns out this is a parody of the Korean girl group T-ara’s “Bo Peep Bo Peep” song. (via WMPU) Originally published on Pocketnow on January 29, 2010. More Smartphone News articles from the Pocketnow …
Continue readingCBS Early Show Finds Natali’s Lost Windows Phone
CNET senior editor Natali Del Conte tests out Microsoft’s My Phone backup/sync/retrieval service in New York City on the CBS Early Show. Basically, she leaves her AT&T Pure in a cab on purpose, then goes back to the office, logs into the My Phone service and uses the phone retrieval features to try to get the phone back. Unfortunately, the GPS couldn’t pin-point the exact location of the phone, but in the end, making the …
Continue readingVerizon’s Touch Pro2 Second Only to iPhone 3GS
According to Consumer Reports as seen in TG Daily, the Verizon Touch Pro2 running Windows Mobile is the second most highly rated smartphone this year. The first was the iPhone 3GS. That’s not much of a surprise considering how often the Touch Pro2 sold out online. Windows Mobile also got top marks for business phones (outscoring iPhones, Android, and Blackberries). Although that might be a surprise if you frequent all the Technology news sites and …
Continue readingHTC Sees High Demand for Windows Mobile 6.5
According to Digitimes and HTCpedia, HTC expects to see some significant growth of Windows Mobile device sales in the 4th quarter of 2009. Mainly, the sales growth is expected to be due to the Touch HD2 which has been recently released in only a few markets. HTC is currently cooperating with a number of carriers in Europe, including T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone, to promote the sales of HTC HD2 and demand from those carriers is …
Continue readingAndroid 2.0 Still Not Ready for Business
Today, InfoWorld posted a 3 page article examining the new Android 2.0 mobile phone operating system’s ability to integrate with business applications.. or lack there of. The author points out iffy Exchange policy support, zero management capabilities, and sub par security and configurability. The Exchange support can often be difficult to set up as well, and costs extra to enable on Verizon networks. Even upgrading Android’s Exchange client to the 3rd party TouchDown application can …
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