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Altek Leo Android Preview

January 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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During the first week of October 2010, Engadget showed the Altek Leo to the world. This Android device features a 14 Megapixel HD-capable camera with 3x optical zoom and should arrive in Europe in March or April 2011. The Altek Leo absolutely beats the 5 or 8 Megapixel camera's in the high-end phones nowadays and could be even better than Nokia's N8, which features "only" a 12 Megapixel camera. In this short preview with this camera-phone or phone-camera, we would like to show your some pictures … [Read more...]

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Review: Teletext for Windows Phone 7 now in the MarketPlace

January 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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With over 6000 apps now in the MarketPlace and with new apps coming in every day, there is something to find for everyone. Like most users, I have several apps that I use a lot and starting to like over time. A Foursquare client, a Twitter client, weather apps and several other handy apps that make daily life just a bit less complicated. Now there is a new Teletext application available in the MarketPlace. I tested the first beta version and from that moment on it was pinned to my Start menu and … [Read more...]

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Free Route 66 navigation software for Samsung Wave II (GT-S8530) in The Netherlands

January 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The previous campaign from Route 66 which provided users of a Samsung Wave (GT-S8500) with lifetime use of Route 66 navigation software has now been extended ! All owners of a new Samsung Wave II in The Netherlands can upgrade their smartphone for free with lifetime navigation for Western Europe. All Samsung Wave II smartphones are shipped worldwide with a 30-day test license of the Samsung LBS mapping and navigation software. After the 30-day test period, the navigation feature is … [Read more...]

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HTC 7 Pro available on O2 Germany next week

January 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The long awaited HTC 7 Pro Windows Phone 7 will be available on O2 Germany from week 3, 2011. This news was confirmed by @o2inside (Albert Fetsch) this monday. It is the first Windows Phone 7 with a five row hardware keyboard. Being launched in Germany, the device is supposed to have a QWERTZ layout keyboard.The HTC 7 Pro has the same features as most of the latest Windows Phone 7 devices: A 1 GHz. CPU powered by Qualcomm, 576 MB of RAM, Wifi B,G,N, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and High … [Read more...]

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11 New Xbox LIVE games announced at CES 2011

January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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On Microsoft's Channel 9, Laura Foy gives us a preview of what is coming for Xbox LIVE on your Windows Phone 7. Some of these titles are already available for download in the MarketPlace, others should be available soon. Take a look at the video and if you already one of these new titles, let us know if you like them or what can be improved. These are the new titles: Fable Coin Golf (A skill based Golf game) Pocket God (Rule the Pygmy world) Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Soccer … [Read more...]

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Yahoo announces Flickr for Windows Phone 7

January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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During CES 2011 Microsoft and Yahoo previewed the first Flickr application for Windows Phone 7 and Windows 7 Slates. The backend is powered by Windows Azure and with these applications, Flickr  is making it even easier for users to organize and share their photos anytime, anywhere. The Flickr Applications for Windows Phone 7 and Windows  7 will feature embedded connected-device synchronization for sharing content between the two device types - built by leveraging RSS feeds as well as … [Read more...]

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Windows Phone 7 update due in a few weeks

January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Microsoft has published information on their Windows Phone 7 website where they are giving a sneak preview of what's coming soon to a Windows Phone 7 near you. The update will contain the much anticipated copy and paste option, your games should load faster after the update and the MarketPlace Search is also optimized now. Here is a copy of the text on the Windows Phone website of Microsoft: One question we hear often is: What’s next for Windows Phone? We’re obsessive about listening … [Read more...]

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A new addition to the MobilityMinded team !

January 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A new editor for MobilityMinded !

Recently on Twitter we asked for editors who are interested in writing articles for MobilityMinded. Amongst the replies there was one from Erwin van Montfort who was ready to share his thoughts with the rest of the Mobile World. Erwin has a long history with mobile devices. He stayed in the USA for almost 6 years where he acquired his first Compaq HPC and started to interact in the Microsoft Usenet groups.  More HPC upgrades followed including the infamous IBM Workpad Z50 and his first … [Read more...]

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Brodit Active holder for HTC 7 Trophy

December 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Proclip USA was kind enough to send me the new Active holder for the HTC 7 Trophy from Brodit. I am using Brodit and Proclip solutions for over ten years now and the waiting game begins at the introduction of a new phone. Most of the time, within a month there will be an active and a passive solution available for your phone ! Looking at the HTC 7 Trophy, construction might be a bit complicated because the connector is not at the bottom but on the lower left side. How did Brodit solve this ? … [Read more...]

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LG-E900 Optimus 7 Windows Phone 7 hands-on

December 13, 2010 By 3 Comments
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For the past few weeks I am using the LG-E900 Optimus 7 as my daily Windows Phone 7 and for the first LG device I have ever used it has some very positive points and a few less positive that I will talk about in this article too. First a small recap of the specifications. The Optimus 7 is bound by the specifications like all other Windows Phone 7 devices and these are fairly good, considering that most producers use the minimum specifications in their devices. When you open the box there you … [Read more...]

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