Windows Phone Forum application 1.0 review – Aggregated NL Windows Phone info
June 28, 2010 by Mark Briggeman
Filed under Windows Phones
Last week I attended the first edition of the Windows Phone Get Together Event in Utrecht, The Netherlands that was hosted by the local Dutch Windows Phone Team and initiated by two dutch MVP’s Mark Briggeman and Jaap van Ekris. The event is covered in the article ”Windows Phone Get Together Event – Microsoft engaging with [...]
Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 2 – User Interface
December 2, 2009 by Johan van Mierlo
Filed under Featured, Phones, Windows Phones
In Part 1 of our review of the Verizon Samsung Omnia II we looked at the device quickly, including what came in the box with the device. Now in part 2 we will be looking more in the different user interfaces (UI) that the Verizon Samsung Omnia II has. Samsung has their own Samsung TouchWiz UI and [...]
Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 1 – Unboxing
December 1, 2009 by Johan van Mierlo
Filed under Featured, Phones, Windows Phones
A couple of days ago we announced that Verizon would officially release the Samsung Omnia II. This Samsung Omnia II is a Windows Phone running on Windows Mobile 6.5. Besides that this is a touch screen phone it still comes with a stylus integrated and not like a hanging pencil on the side like the [...]
HP is back in the Smartphone business with the HP iPAQ Glisten
November 24, 2009 by Johan van Mierlo
Filed under Phones, Windows Phones
The big suprise of today is the announcement of the new HP iPAQ Glisten. The HP iPAQ Glisten will be available through AT&T in the coming weeks for $229.99 with a 2 year contract with a smartphone data plan. The HP iPAQ Glisten will be only available through the AT&T business, corporate channels or the [...]
Verizon Samsung Omnia II slated for December 2
November 23, 2009 by Johan van Mierlo
Filed under Phones, Uncategorized, Windows Phones
Verizon will be launching the Samsung Omnia II on December 2nd. The Samsung Omnia has been very successful worldwide due to great specifications it had. With a large on-board memory,5 megapixel camera and the almost finger friendly UI the Samsung Omnia was a leader in the Windows Phone line up at that time. Since then Microsoft has come [...]
HTC HD2 review – A new era in Windows Phones’ history
November 5, 2009 by Mark Briggeman
Filed under Featured, Windows Phones
We have waited long for this device, but finally it’s here. There were a lot of rumors about the HD2, also known as HTC Leo. Some people believed it would be a (killer) Android device and others told us that it would be the first HTC device with the 1 Gigahertz Snapdragon processor and a [...]
Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HTC Snap – Impressions and thoughts
October 28, 2009 by Remo Knops
Filed under Featured, Windows Phones
The HTC Snap is one of the few Windows Mobile Standard devices that received an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5. In this article I would like to have a look at the Windows Mobile 6.5 improvements for Windows Mobile Standard devices and compare these with the findings of the HTC Touch2 review, with Windows Mobile [...]
HTC Touch2 review – Windows Mobile 6.5 and TouchFLO 3D combined !
October 13, 2009 by Remo Knops
Filed under Featured, Windows Phones
Early september 2009 the HTC Touch2 was announced by HTC as their first device with Windows Mobile 6.5 pre-loaded, together with the additional services Windows Marketplace for Mobile and Microsoft MyPhone. During the local Windows Phones launch event on October 6th in Amsterdam, Netherlands the HTC Benelux was present as one of the strong partners of Microsoft Windows [...]
Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrades for “recent” HTC devices
October 6, 2009 by Remo Knops
Filed under Windows Phones
The great news today, October 6th, is the official announcement of Windows Phones and Windows Mobile 6.5. HTC is one of the leading partners of Microsoft and was present at the local Windows Mobile 6.5 launch event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Paul Willen has covered the local announcement of the HTC HD2 in the article: [...]
HTC HD2 locally announced by Mark Moons (HTC Benelux)
October 6, 2009 by Paul Willen
Filed under Windows Phones
Today at the local Windows Phone launch event in Amsterdam, HTC announced a new device called the HTC HD2 (of which the codename is HTC Leo) in addition to the introductions from Windows Mobile 6.5 and Microsoft MyPhone. Luckily HTC didn’t just announce it, but also had a few HTC HD2 demo units in Amsterdam so [...]
Windows Mobile 6.5 Launch is today, the new term is Windows Phone
October 6, 2009 by Johan van Mierlo
Filed under Phones, Windows Phones
Today is the day that Microsoft with carriers are releasing the first devices worldwide with the new Window Mobile 6.5 operating software. As part of their new strategy the are adding a new term to all the phones that will be operating on the Window Mobile Operating systems. The new term that you will see [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Announced
September 4, 2009 by Paul Willen
Filed under Windows Phones
We all know the Xperia X1; Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile device. The X1 became a massive success and Sony Ericsson now announces it’s successor: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X2. Unlike the X1, which is created by HTC, the X2 will be made by a company called Mobinova. Specifications The Xperia X2 will be shipped [...]
HTC Touch2 announced – A touch of control
September 2, 2009 by Remo Knops
Filed under Windows Phones
Yesterday the news hit the market that Windows Phones (running Windows Mobile 6.5) will hit the market in less that five weeks. Today HTC has announced the HTC Touch2 with Windows Mobile 6.5 pre-loaded on the device, together with the additional service Windows Marketplace for Mobile and Microsoft MyPhone. HTC Touch2 overview “The HTC Touch2 ensures [...]
Windows Phones, Windows Mobile 6.5 & Windows Marketplace hit the market October 6th
September 1, 2009 by Remo Knops
Filed under Windows Phones
Stephanie Ferguson has published an article on the Windows Mobile blog “Windows phones are Coming on October 6th!“. While you might remember the first announcement of Windows Mobile 6.5 and Microsoft MyPhone back at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. A little later on CTIA Wireless Windows Marketplace for Mobile was announced, and this whole [...]
SBSH GoNews Touch 1.1 “syncs” with Google Reader
July 31, 2009 by Remo Knops
Filed under Windows Phones
SBSH Mobile Software released last week a new update for its best selling news reader application, GoNews Touch for Windows Mobile Touch devices to version 1.1. “We are excited to be the first touch designed offline newsreader solution available to also provide a touch designed interface for Google Reader accounts with automatic syncing! This was the [...]