Microsoft has informed some of its partners that it has had to delay Windows Mobile 7, a much anticipated update to its cell phone operating system. Although Microsoft has not publicly said when to expect Windows Mobile 7, partners who had expected to have a final release in their hands by early next year have been told now that it won’t be ready until the second half of next year, sources told CNET News.
If you have been digging around for news recently on this handset then you probably have already seen this but if not Amazon just announced that its MP3 music store will be pre-loaded as an application on the T-Mobile G1. Users will be able to search, download, buy and play music from Amazon MP3, that’s a selection of 6 million DRM-free MP3 songs from all four major labels and many independents. The pre-loaded Amazon MP3 application provides G1 owners with a phone-optimised view of the Amazon MP3 store. WiFi is required to search, browse, listen to samples, and buy tracks at a cost of around $0.89 with most albums priced between $5.99 and $9.99. This obviously, at this stage will not be on the UK Version when it gets here as the Amazon MP3 store has not yet launched in the UK (sort it out Amazon).
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T-Mobile makes mobile surfing easier, faster and more convenient, direct access to your most important and personal Internet services with one click on your mobile-phone display. Active widgets provide automatic notification of new information on personal Internet sites if required. Strategic partnership between T-Mobile and Opera for the creation of an open, standardised platform.
OK So with just over 8 hours to go until the official release of the HTC G1 on T-Mobile I have seen loads of articles, breaking news alerts and so on about this device.
Here are a few things I’ve heard so far. The G1 will only be released on T-Mobile in USA for the time being, not such a big surprise in itself but there is rumour that it will also be released in the UK on T-Mobile pretty soon too. Personally I find this a strange move by HTC given that the UK normally never lag behind the US in classy phones so why HTC, why?
HTC G1 (Dream)
Here are the specs on the device and what’s known so far:
What else have we been able to find? Well on the US my.t-mobile.com page after login a splash screen was found featuring the G1 handset. The bad news on that is that is was a dead link.
T-Mobile Website
As the news breaks today on this handset we will bring it straight to you.
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Well looks like T-Mobile already had the images stocked on their website so a simple search around shows off the new Google Android G1. Mobility Today will be live blogging about this today as they attend the event in NYC but for now enjoy the photo and leaked details after the break.
Just wanted to put up a quick review of a car mounting solution that I consider to be the best by far of any solution I have come across so far. Its called a Brodit Mount and is a two part solution when matched with a Pro-Clip. If like me you want a mounting solution that does not involve screwing holders into your dashboard then check out this great solution.
According to PC Magazine’s Lance Ulanoff Android’s true target isn’t the 19 percent of phones running OS’s, like BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Mac OS. It’s the other 81 percent of phones, which aren’t smartphones and run operating systems you’ve never heard of like Nucleus and P2K. This large part of the market we call feature phones has become more and more powerful, hardware-wise, over the past few years.
Football fans will be excited to hear that the best of this year’s UEFA Champions League is now available on GO!VIEW – the video on-demand service for the PSP. Following the League’s kick off this week, PSP owners can transfer highlights from Sky Sports matches to watch on the go. Throughout the new football season, GO!VIEW customers will be able to watch highlights from all 125 UEFA Champions League matches. In addition, last year’s final will also be available so that supporters can re-live the highs and lows of the Manchester United versus Chelsea match.
It’s always a challenge for mobile phone manufacturers – getting the balance right between music, camera and, lets call it “business” functionality. It was with baited breath, then, that interested parties awaited the arrival of the Sony Ericsson W902.
With its scratch-resistant TFT mineral glass display (2.2-inch) and 8 GB memory stick Micro card for starters, it as great credentials for claiming to re-introduce the much vaunted, highly-prized but oh so rare “wow” factor.
Sony Ericsson rightly describes the W902 as having “outstanding musical sound”, while also providing a 5 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus…it looks good, sounds good and does not skimp on the essentials (including an excellent battery life).
Add Google Maps, and an accelerometer – known perhaps most widely as an iPhone feature – and a host of personal apps and we are getting close to raising the bar on what to expect from a workaday mobile phone.
If it is unfamiliar to you, an accelerometer in a mobile phone context is a hidden technology that helps the wheels go round more smoothly. It detects and measures vibrations or acceleration due to gravity (inclination). It helps stabilise the music player in motion, in game playing and for step counters, user interface controls and switching between portrait and landscape modes.
The W902 offers quadband international GSM roaming and HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) – the 3G protocol that supports high-speed data transfer and Web interaction.
So well done Sony Ericsson for combing the cameraphone and audio-centric handset in a positive, no-compromise fashion.
Written by: Nicola Pringle for www.mobilesplease.co.uk
Alli over at Mobility Today had just taken a good look at the Windows Mobile software Core Player. She has posted her impressions of the software especially compared with the rather impressive Kinoma Play software we reviewed a few week back. If you don’t know Core Player is the commercial software that spawned from the free open source software TCPMP.
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