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EB and TerreStar are working to bring to market the world’s first quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA smartphone reference design with integrated satellite-terrestrial voice and data capabilities in a compact form factor. It will be a fully IP-based satellite handset reference design using high speed packet data. The smartphone reference design will have a touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard and based on Windows Mobile.
Who’s leading in the market share for Q2 2008? Jkontherun has posted an interesting article and marketshare breakdown of smartphone adoption. The figures are surprising as RIM and Symbian were very much leading the pack in 2Q 2007 and have since managed to increase the gap. Have a look at the article after the break.
Steve Trotto over at Mobile Tech Moment has posted his latest podcast episode number 4. If you haven’t listened to it yet you should check it out. In this episode it’s all about the iPhone 2.1 update and early impressions of what it fixes and if it is the answer to our problems. He is joined by David Ciccone, J Doss and Bill all from Mobility Today. You can get all the details here.
The Kinoma Play software that we recently reviewed has received a second update to make it all run much smoother and faster. Check out our review here. If you are already using it then you can go to "Check for updates" and it will automatically install the update. If your not using it you definitely should give it a try as it is a great piece of software. Full list of fixes after the break.
The iPhone 2.1 software update in now available to update your iPhone 2G and 3G in iTunes. The iPhone 2.1 software update contains many bug fixes and improvements and is a highly recommended update. To get it, connect your iPhone to your computer using iTunes 8 and click Check for Update. Here are a list of updates.
WMExperts have got some hands on time with the Velocity Mobile 103 phone which we mentioned the other day was getting close to a launch. Well they have posted a quick look video which shows the outside of the device as well as a quick look at the Odyssey interface which is Velocity’s answer to TouchFlo 3D. Check out the video after the break.
Pocketgamer has an interesting article on the upcoming Gizmondo 2.0:
We’ve reported before on plans to relaunch the Gizmondo handheld gaming device this year.They were announced in January, then delayed in February, and then former Gizmondo boss Carl Freer popped up in May saying it was all still on.
This might just be a dream come true for some folks. Yrgo from 2daysoft allows you to redesign your today screen. This is really nice looking software with very few limitations. Have a look at the video after the break for a demonstration.
The guys over at GSMArena claim to have been tipped off on the full specs of the HTC Touch HD which we posted about yesterday. If they are the real deal then this device just looks better day by day. They claim that beautiful looking 800 x 480 screen is a whopping 4" in size. Not only that but GPS is onboard too, full details after the break, now I have never been this excited about a Windows Mobile device before.
From one of the guys behind arguably the greatest mobile hardware input method (T9), comes what’s shaping up to be the greatest ever software input method, Swype!
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