Technology tracking firm NPD on Monday said iPhones are the mobile handset of choice for US consumers. The report comes on the heels of studies showing that iPhones have taken the place of BlackBerry handsets as second-best selling mobile telephones worldwide and are half as likely to break down as the Research-In-Motion devices. Nokia remains the mobile phone market leader worldwide.
Wmexperts have been sent some screenshots of the upcoming Internet Explorer 6 on 6 mobile browser that should be part of the recently mentioned Windows Mobile 6.5 update. First impressions are not that great, but you can see for yourself with a few screenshots after the break. Not sure if this is going to worry Opera or Skyfire all that much but we can wait and see. It does support Flash Lite so that’s a good positive.
I’m sure that many of you are well aware of the SMTP problem in Windows Mobile 6.1 whereby ANY SMTP error will render the account unusable. We reported this problem to Microsoft a few months ago and they’ve been working on a fix since. We released an unofficial patch a few weeks ago and most of you that used the patch have found it to be successful.
Today Microsoft finally released an official patch for the problem which can be downloaded from HERE.
Windows Mobile 6.1 POP and IMAP Send Mail Patch
This behavior is associated with a feature that is introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. The feature allows for mobile operators to specify an alternate SMTP server name that is used if e-mail messages cannot be sent by using the user-specified SMTP server name. If the mobile operator does not specify an alternate SMTP server name and if the Windows Mobile 6.1-based device does not connect, the e-mail account is corrupted and cannot send e-mail messages.
I haven’t tried this myself yet but if you do install it please let us know how you get on!
Posted by: Matt
O2 today exclusively unveils the Xda Zest, adding another stylish Xda to its expanding range of O2 branded handsets. On sale ahead of the Christmas period, the O2 Xda Zest is the first O2 Xda to be made available on Pay&Go, as well as on Pay Monthly. The new O2 Xda Zest will encourage first time PDA users to swap from conventional handsets and experience the benefits of using a fully featured PDA without being tied into a minimum term. The Xda Zest has been designed with a sleek finger-friendly touch interface and a 2.8” TFT screen making it extremely easy to navigate.
We saw last week how the clever bods over at xda-developers had managed to get TouchFlo 3D running on the Xperia X1, well the opposite has happened this week and now we see the Xperia panel interface has been installed on the Touch HD. It is still a proof of concept at the moment but you can follow the thread here to see how it moves forward and there is a video to take a look at too.
We mentioned a while ago that the HTC Touch HD was coming to Orange exclusively until 2009, well it is now available to order from their website. Starting price of the handset is £49.99 all the way up to £299.99 depending on which contract you take out. All the info can be found at the Orange online store here.
Luckily we are the first to be given this press release today:
10 November 2008
First O2 Xda to launch on Pay & Go
O2 unveils the brand new O2 Xda Zest – a fully featured PDA for both pre-pay and postpay customers
O2 today exclusively unveils the Xda Zest, adding another stylish Xda to its expanding range of O2 branded handsets. On sale ahead of the Christmas period, the O2 Xda Zest is the first O2 Xda to be made available on Pay & Go, as well as on Pay Monthly.
The new O2 Xda Zest will encourage first time PDA users to swap from conventional handsets and experience the benefits of using a fully featured PDA without being tied into a minimum term. The Xda Zest has been designed with a sleek finger-friendly touch interface and a 2.8” TFT screen making it extremely easy to navigate.
Designed exclusively for O2 by the established laptop manufacturer Asus, the Xda Zest comes with a free 2 week Co-pilot Sat Nav trial with full UK and Ireland GPS mapping. Running on the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, users have access to their email using Mobile Outlook, as well having the capability to easily view and edit Microsoft Office documents in Word, Excel and even PowerPoint.
Combining great looks with superior functionality the Xda Zest boasts built-in Wi-Fi and HSDPA for fast connection to the web on the move. The latest O2 own-branded handset also has a 3 mega pixel camera combined with an mp3 player and FM radio.
Erik Staaf, Head of Own Branded Devices says: “Our established O2 Xda range has proven very popular with experienced PDA users but we are now pleased to also offer early entrants to the market a Pay & Go handset without an overcomplicated user interface.”
O2 Xda Zest will be on sale in O2 stores and online at www.o2.co.uk from 17th November 2008. It is available on O2 Pay & Go priced at £249.99 and from free on certain O2 Pay Monthly contracts
Subject to network coverage, Terms Apply.
Posted by: John
Way back on the 6th of October we told you that the XDA Zest was about to make an Entrance however at that time we were unable to really tell you anything about the handset as o2 were restricting the information. We still do not have a price as yet.
Today we can now tell you the specs ahead of a press release later today:
Lets start with what o2 lists are the handsets top features:
Now lets look at the actual specs:
Admittedly these aren’t the most comprehensive and finely tuned specs we have ever shown but we do hope to have more on these later today and thought these would be a great start. Still there are no really good hi def photos so we need to make do with the one above for the time being.
If you have a PDF Viewer then you can see the online user manual which is already live on the o2 site.
Posted by: John
Motorola look to be releasing a new Linux based Smartphone which will be running on Linux Montavista 2.6.10 OS with an SCM-A11 500MHz processor to power it. Named the EM35 it is planned as the successor of the music based EM30 and will feature a rich music player and stereo FM radio with RDS support
So what we know so far is the following:
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We have received word on the next wave of countries to get the Windows Mobile uber device – HTC Touch HD. Only a few days after its European premiere HTC brought joyful news to all its fans in Asia by announcing that the HD will be available on the World’s most populated continent as soon as the beginning of next month. Unfortunately for our American friends, there is still no word of when will the phone become available there
The first two countries from the Asian tour of the HTC Touch HD will be Malaysia and Singapore. The prices of the multimedia powerhouse in those countries will be respectively 730 euro (930 US dollars) and 750 euro (950 US dollars). The twenty euro difference can easily be explained by the 8GB microSD card that will be included in the retail package in Singapore.
Equipped with a large 3.8" WVGA screen the HTC Touch HD is surely one of the most interesting devices to hit the market this year. Even though multimedia isn’t normally one of Windows Mobile devices’ elements the Touch HD has a specs sheet that can put much of the competition to shame. The large display, the 5 MP snapper and the 3.5mm audio jack are just some of the niceties it brings.
The connectivity includes all contemporary means of data transfers – 3G, Wi-Fi and of course the microSD card slot. There is also a built-in GPS to make the specs sheet on the HD almost as complete as it can be.
Posted by: John
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