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i-Mates Warrior and Legionnaire: The Best Netbook-Phone (?)

February 19, 2009 | By marios96

Apparently i-Mate few more aces up their sleeves at Mobile World Congress. The company revealed , in addition to that credit-card sized qwerty device -now named Centurion, two more devices.

The first one, the Warrior is actually a very innovative device, as is it is basically a dock with a 10-inch XVGA screen, a dedicated battery, SD Card reader instead of a Hard Disk and an array of several ports, including HDMI. As for the for the task of providind processing power, this is up to second device that i-Mate revealed, the Legionnaire.

The latter is a Windows Mobile 6.5 handset with modern specifications like, WVGA screen, HSDPA, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, microSDHC slot etc and it is supposed to act also as a touchpad when you slide it in the Warrior. Expect it during the third quarter of this year, priced approximately at $500.

While we haven’t seen the Warrior in person yet, we do know that it will also be unveiled simultaneously with the Legionnaire, for the affordable $199.

Via: Pocket-lint

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Gigabyte S1200 and Smart Zone Interface Unveiled

February 17, 2009 | By marios96

Engadget had a hands on with the Gigabyte’s G-Smart S1200 that uses the latest Smart Zone user interface for Windows Mobile. The device did not fail to impress the Engadget stuff, with its sleek design, built quality, full HSDPA and its 3.1-inch WVGA screen.

We talked to Gigabyte about its announcements, and it turns out they’ve designed both Smart Zone and the S1200 with aspirational feature phone users in mind — these are people who might not otherwise consider a smartphone because they’re worried about sacrificing style and ease of use in the process. To that end, the skin definitely seems to get the job done. The transition animations got choppy in places, but we felt immediately at ease with the swipe gestures for getting to different screens, and the graphics look particularly superb at these resolutions.

The rest of the specification sheet includes a a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, a microSD slot, wifi etc. The S1200 will be released this quarter in a variety of colours, but do not worry about the new Windows Mobile 6.5, since the upgrade will be offered free of charge.

Via: Engadget

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i-Mate’s Latest Design Study is a Small Windows Mobile Standard Device

February 17, 2009 | By marios96

The::unwired had some alone time with i-Mate’s “little secret” as they call it at Mobile World Congress. The petite device is basically a design concept and doesn’t even have a name yet, but plans for production are seriously taken under consideration.

Not publicly on the show, i-mate is showing selected partners its latest design-study which even doesn’t have an official name yet! Nevertheless, I got the chance to play with it a little bit and i-mate’s Credit Card-sized “little secret” could find a good amount of friends, especially if you like Windows Mobile Standard and QWERTY keyboards; even more if you like small devices and if you say that a Samsung BlackJack or Motorola Q isn’t your size (anymore). Features and specs are yet unknown but it’s confirmed that i-mate’s “little secret” is running Windows Mobile Standard, features a camera and most likely WiFi and Bluetooth. GPS isn’t confirmed yet but hopefully it will find its way into the final device.

Via: PocketNow

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Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 Presented at Mobile World Congress 2009

February 16, 2009 | By marios96

As promised the new Windows Mobile interface from SPB was unveiled today at Mobile World Congress. A list of some of the features and a video demonstration follows:

Multi-page home
Professional and lifestyle layouts
Widgets
Kinetic Scrolling
Flexible Engine
Fully Customizable
Hardware accelaration support
Facebook intergration
etc

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LG GM730 Hands On by Engadget

February 16, 2009 | By marios96

Engadget seems to get all the good stuff from the Mobile World Congress.

Take a look at their hands on experience with the LG GM730, the new Windows Mobile device from LG that we’ve posted about earlier.

A reminder of the specifications:

HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps – 900 / 2100 Mhz
3.0 inch WQVGA Screen
S-Class” Touch UI
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
5 MP Camera with autofocus
Built-in aGPS
FM radio
Internet Explorer 6.0
MP3/MPEG4/AAC/DivX/Xvid player
3.5mm audio jack

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GM730: The Latest Windows Mobile Offering by LG

February 16, 2009 | By marios96

If you have seen pictures of the Mobile World Congress exhibition area then you have definitely noticed the strong presence of LG. The Korean company, who is expected to announce several new phones over the next week, posted a press release on their Korean website giving away some initial specifications.

One of the new devices to be unveiled is the LG GM730, which according to LG’s official press release, will be the world’s slimmest smartphone at 11.9mm, it will be powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 and will have a 5 megapixel camera. Finally, the LG GM730 will also feature the S-Class UI that the rest of LG´s device have.

Via: SlashPhone

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Samsung GT-i8000 Leaked Just a Day Ahead MWC

February 15, 2009 | By marios96

Few hours left for the Mobile World Congress to open its doors to the public and another Samsung Windows Mobile device leaked.

The Samsung GT-i8000 name appeared at a its Wi-Fi Interoperability Certificate that is usually published a few days before an official announcement of the device. This means that we should expect the Windows Mobile 6.1 powered device to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress tomorrow.

Unfortunately not anything else is known about the GT-i8000, but from the name we would expect a device similar to the touch-screen enabled GT-i8510 (INNOV8) that was the first 8 megapixel camera.

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Skyfire Browser Gets Social with 0.9 Beta Release

February 15, 2009 | By marios96

Skyfire makers just released a new beta version to the public, promising that the updated Skyfire will now bring people closer to each other and their favorite content. This new version of Skyfire integrates a desktop experience browser with the best of the Social Web.

The most noticeable change in the new version of Skyfire is a real-time activity wall which aggregates customized feeds from news, media, Facebook and Twitter. Skyfire is preconfigured with feeds from Digg, ESPN, Google News, Hulu, YouTube and Yahoo! News that display real-time updates on the start page. It is easy to customize your experience and add new feeds from your favorite Websites. Skyfire now always keeps you connected with the newest content that is relevant to you.

Even better, Skyfire is now available for WQVGA and WVGA devices, so users of Samsung OMNIA and SonyEricsson XPERIA X1 can use this highly skilled browser for their mobile internet surfing.

You can find more information and download Skyfire 0.9 Beta from here.

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Freeware: Leo’s Flight Simulator for Windows Mobile now G-Sensor Enabled

February 12, 2009 | By marios96

Leo’s Flight Simulator has been arround for a long time, but now it is ported to work flawlessly with the newest Windows Mobile devices and take advantage of the accelerometer sensor found on some.

The Flight Simulator features a total of 47 different aircrafts (classics and modern), three sceneries, including New York, San Francisco and Paris, and more than enough camera views and settings to choose from.

Another impressive feature is the sample menu on the options menu where you can rotate and view your selected aircraft in 3D mode and read some interesting facts and figures about it.

Download the installer directly from the author’s site, and have a great flight!

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New Year’s Eve Spirit Uses Female Artificial Intelligence and Wants to be Your Friend

February 8, 2009 | By marios96

Teksoft created this simple freeware application for Windows Mobile devices, that basically is a bot that tries to have a conversation with you. The software is obviously a woman (Eve maybe?) and offers mostly blessings and wise words so don’t expect to have a meaningful chat.

You have to be careful though, with what you say to her, since the application is based on Teksoft’s STEB Engine so it can learn new words in any language from the user. You wouldn’t like to have a friend that constantly swears, would you?

Teksoft claims that the New Year’s Eve Spirit is compatible with any Windows Mobile device, both Standard and Proffesional and could easily become your virtual companion, so if you too want a new “friend” or you are just curious, click here for the cab installer.

Note: The female face on the picture above is part of the actual application.

Via: Xda-Developers

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Microsoft My Phone Cloud Service is Now Official

February 8, 2009 | By marios96

Few days after the seemingly accidental leak of the My Phone service from Microsoft, the Redmond company decided to come clean and reveal (once more) the service in a more official way.

My Phone service is now hosted under Microsoft’s official domain and according to the site it is coming soon. The beta sign-up link as you can see is now gone but expect Microsoft to enable limited beta invitations when Mobile World Congress starts next week.

Via: Engadget

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Microsoft Skybox is MyPhone and Almost Ready

February 6, 2009 | By marios96

The soon to be announced SkyBox, Microsoft’s effort to a server-based cloud technology, is now called My Phone and has its own beta sign-up site.

Microsoft My Phone syncs information on your mobile phone to a storage space on a web site hosted by Microsoft. If your phone is lost or stolen, or if you upgrade to a new phone, you can easily restore the contacts, calendar appointments, photos, and other information that you stored on My Phone to a compatible new or replacement phone. Most phones that run the Windows Mobile 6 operating system are compatible with My Phone service.

Your Microsoft My Phone account gives you 200 MB of free storage on the Microsoft My Phone web site and If you accept the recommended settings, Microsoft My Phone will automatically synchronize information between your mobile phone and your Microsoft My Phone web account once per day.

Microsoft does not charge a fee for the My Phone service at this time. But the data plan you have with your mobile operator may require you to pay data-transfer charges when you use the service.

The sign up seems to be down at the moment, but expect the service to be up and running soon. For more information visit the Find out more link at My Phone site.

Via: Engadget Mobile

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Samsung C6625: Qwerty Windows Mobile Standard Device

February 5, 2009 | By marios96

The Samsung C6625 while hasn’t been officially unveiled yet, is up for pre-order on Expansys. The qwerty device use Windows Mobile Standard, so the 2.6 QVGA inch screen is not a touch-screen. Other than that the rest of the specification list seems to include enough features to make this little Samsung a decent offering.

Other than an attractive design, the Samsung C6625 features 3G connectivity (HSPDA 3.6Mbps), a 2 mega-pixels camera, aGPS, 100MB internal storage, a microSD slot and of course bluetooth and wi-fi.

Finally, the C6625 seems to be the unlocked version of C6620 that costs 199 euro on contract with Italy’s TIM. You can pre-order the C6625 from Expansys for £249.99 but expected delivery dates are still unknown.

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