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  Samsung has pulled out an affordable business phone for subscribers on U.S. Cellular. The aptly named Samsung Exec (SCH-i225) enables all the functionality of a smartphone in a slim form factor. The phone is loaded with Windows Mobile 6.5, which effectively gives access to Outlook ActiveSync support, Office documents, Internet Explorer and more. The [...]

  The world’s powerful WinMo (at least for now) has made an entry. HTC HD2 takes over the reigns from Touch HD and brings lots of appealing features. HD2 features a humongous 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen – another first for Windows Mobile – running HTC’s Sense UI that is found in couple of HTC Android devices. [...]

  LG is gearing up to take on the smartphone market by launching plethora of Windows phones and now Vodafone too, have joined to help them achieve their endeavor. The network operator has grabbed LG’s latest Windows Mobile 6.5 based GM750 phone. The phone’s feature set includes S-Class user interface, 3-inch touchscreen display, 5MP camera, [...]

  Just yesterday, Microsoft outed the Windows Mobile 6.5 shipping date and today we have one of the first Windows Mobile 6.5 devices from HTC. The phone previously referred to as Mega will run TouchFLO atop MS’ new OS and feature a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.2MP fixed focus camera, HSDPA, microSD card slot [...]

  Microsoft today confirmed that first Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets will start rolling in October. The Windows Phones – as it will be known from now – will appear on retail shelves worldwide starting October 6. The new OS will feature a revamped IE browser, Adobe Flash Lite support, pre-installed Marketplace and MyPhone. Unfortunately, Microsoft [...]

  There’s no doubt that just like every Windows Mobile overlay UI, Microsoft too wants to do away from the use of stylus during normal usage. And this is evident from Windows Mobile 6.5’s new build v23022 that has the freedom to be operated with fingers. Of course, the execution is still not polished but [...]

  Look, what do we have here? Someone over in Vietnam managed to click this lovely picture of an upcoming HTC phone what is known as Click. The details are sparse for now but the previous rumors have suggested it to be an entry-level Android phone and we do believe that, going by the key [...]

  A new build of Windows Mobile 6.5 has surfaced that fortunately does not look like a rehashed version of Windows Mobile 6.1. The WinMo 6.5 build 21925 features large icons and text that looks to be more touch-friendly and polished than any other builds we’ve seen of 6.5 in the past. Now let’s hope [...]

  Despite the massive avalanche of mobile devices last week at the MWC, one more thing that caught attention was the pick pocketing of an HTC phone (either Touch Pro 2 or Touch Diamond 2) given to Telstra’s CEO Sol Trujillo. Even though the theft’s motive is unclear, the thief had an access to three [...]

  With so many phones and services announced at the MWC, Microsoft too had three important announcements to make, that according to them will shape the future of Windows phones. First was the official acknowledgement of Windows Mobile 6.5. No surprises here as Microsoft has got a completely new UI that is more finger friendly, [...]

  UPDATE: Xperia X1 ROM is available for download. Hit the Xperia link below. Alright, this is not official. ROM cookers at XDA-Developers are working hard to port Windows Mobile 6.5 (build 5.2.21159) on different devices and few notable ones are Touch HD and Xperia X1. The Touch HD version is known Davideuck_6.5_V-2 and according [...]

  After slipping out many details about Skybox, ZDNet has again scooped to bring in some meaty info about Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7. According to their sources, the WinMo 6.5 RTM will be out in April 2009 with first devices slated to come out in September 2009. On the other hand, developers will get [...]

  We won’t comment on CompuLab’s attempt to get some mileage for its exeda phone because the crux of the matter is – they have leaked couple of screenshots of WinMo 6.5 Alpha. The honeycomb menu is true and even though it does look finger friendly, the interface needs something more to look aesthetically beautiful. [...]