windows mobile 6 professional news, reviews, software and freeware

Sony Ericsson has announced at Mobile Wolrd Congress at Barcelona, its first and long time rumored Windows Mobile smartphone! Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is a stand-out, arc slider phone designed to address the growing need for a premium, converged mobile experience. It combines 3" clear wide VGA display and a full QWERTY keyboard within a quality metal-finish body. XPERIA X1 is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional which makes available the windows mobile touchscreen experience to Sony Ericsson phones.

"XPERIA represents the first brand that is truly borne from within Sony Ericsson. It represents our vision for a premium, energised communication experience," said Dee Dutta, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson. "This launch, and the announcement of the X1, further strengthens the overall Sony Ericsson brand and places us at the forefront of mobile convergence."


read more »

HTC launched their latest mass affordable touchscreen phone with GPS on 11 February at Mobile World Congress. It combines a lightweight design, large screen, satellite navigation software and strong battery life, but lacks WiFi. With these specifications the P3470 sets a new standard in affordable smartphone GPS-based devices.

HTC P3470 has built-in TomTom Navigator 6, which is one of the best sat-nav solution for your PDA or mobile phone. The intuitive interface, crystal clear instructions and easy call handling make it the ideal navigation partner for the P3470. The touch interface and large 2.8in screen ensure the AGPS-enabled sat-nav is easy to use, and the HTC P3470 is truly mobile thanks to the long battery life. The HTC P3470 also includes a 1GB Micro SD card for mapping and other data storage.

"The HTC P3470 integrates GPS-location into an innovative and high-powered phone that brings location-based experiences to customers looking for power and affordability," said Florian Seiche, Vice President, HTC Europe. "We are very pleased to announce this addition to the product portfolio, continuing our commitment to provide an option for every user."

The HTC P3470 will be available to customers across Europe later this month and the first operator partner to take the HTC version of the device will be Orange which will launch the P3470 in the UK, France, Spain and the Netherlands. Estimated retail price is around 449 Euros.

HTC P3470 Specifications

read more »

Toshiba have just announced that the Portege G910 Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone will be launched soon and will feature, amongst other things integrated GPS and a high resolution 3" (480x800 pixels) Wide-VGA touch screen that is perfect for displaying web pages. The G910 offers the full suite of Microsoft Office Mobile, including PowerPoint Mobile, Word Mobile, Excel Mobile and Outlook push E-Mail. It has other security features including biometric fingerprint security solution for instant, secure access to the phone.


read more »

Those of you who use AT&T 8525 will be glad to hear that AT&T have finally released a Windows Mobile 6 Professional upgrade for the 8525. It has been made available from the HTC America site. This new ROM brings all the usual Windows Mobile 6 goodies, but the release notes point out that if you are using messaging software from Good, think twice before you jump, as this is NOT supported on the new build.

Some highlights about the upgrade

* This ROM is available from November 1, 2007 to February 1, 2008. After this date, the ROM will be removed from the website and will no longer be available for distribution.
* This ROM update is intended for the AT&T 8525 only and users should not load or attempt to load this version on any other device as it may cause serious issues/damage.
* GOOD MOBILE MESSAGING USERS - IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
At this time, Good Mobile Messaging is not supported on the AT&T 8525 with Windows Mobile 6. It is recommended that Good Mobile Messaging users not upgrade their device's firmware at this time but download the WM6 update and save it for when Good Mobile Messaging is supported on the AT&T 8525 with Windows Mobile 6. Please note that the latest Windows Mobile 6 firmware is a permanent upgrade once it has been loaded on your AT&T 8525. There is no way to roll back the AT&T 8525 to Windows Mobile 5 once the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade has been completed.
* HTC strongly suggests that users create a back up copy of this ROM and keep it in a secure place as all new and refurbished 8525 devices (including those received via Warranty Exchange) will come loaded with Windows Mobile 5 rather than Windows Mobile 6.


read more »

Here is one new addition to Vodafone's windows mobile devices portfolio and it is Vodafone v1520. It has just been listed as coming soon on the Vodafone website. This new handset is built by Asus and has integrated GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, MicroSD and a 2 megapixel camera.

The v1520 is has a really fast Intel XScale PXA270 CPU running at a whacking 520Mhz, with 256Mb ROM, 64Mb RAM and triband connectivity plus 3G capabilities. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6 Professional which means that you may fill it with lots of interesting application for this platform.

For more information you can visit Vodafone's site here.

read more »

Mitac has unveiled MIO P560 Windows Mobile handhled at the CEATEC 07. It has built-in SiRF GPS module, a VGA screen and a 400Mhz CPU.

Mitac Mio P560 features:

* Windows Mobile 6
* WiFi
* Bluetooth
* Navigation software for Windows Mobile 6
* 20-channel SiRFstarIII GPS technology
* Fast 400 MHz processor for quick route recalculation
* Full PDA functionality and synchronisation with Microsoft Outlook
* SDHC support for memory expansion up to and more than 4GB
* 349€ ($490 USD) without MioMap v3, 399€ ($560 USD) with MioMap v3

It's clearly beautiful design and the powerful processor, windows mobile platform and GPS functions make this device quite interesting indeed.

read more »

Ever wanted to have the new default black interface style of the HTC Touch and the new TyTnII? It's now possible with couple of upgrades to your wm6 device. First comes the default HTC black theme with the little HTC logo at the bottom right corner, which blended with a nice style. Just download the theme file and place it at your "My Documents" folder, then you will be able to load it from Settings>Today .



The second tool we gona use is the HTC home plugin for your today screen. This little app could replace all your today plugins simple because it has everything embedded inside. With HTC Home you can view Clock+Date and alarms, Weather, Photo Dialer, Launcher, Multimedia controls etc. Download and install the .cab file then go to Settings>Today>Items(tab) and check the HTC home to get it on your today screen.



And finally we have this HTC Task Manager, really useful utilitie in order to keep a track of your device processes and also switch them as fast as possible. It has the same black/grey color and blends well with your new interface. With its big buttons this task manager is very finger friendly and easy to operate, i recommend it to everyone !




read more »

HTC has just launched a new device that expands Touch family with addition of 3G/HSDPA connectivity, sliding keypad and advanced touch interface that takes Touch to new level. At this moment in London they announced the European launch of the HTC Touch Dual, a new and more powerful member of the Touch family that integrates 3.5G wireless connectivity with a sleek and innovative sliding keypad design.

Here is what HTC say in their press release The HTC Touch Dual follows HTC's heritage of bringing a new level of simplicity to the powerful and feature rich device experience that today's mobile users demand. Taking a design cue from the stylish HTC Touch, the HTC Touch Dual adds high speed 3G/HSDPA connectivity and a slide out keypad into a thin and narrow device designed for easy typing. The HTC Touch Dual is the second device to feature HTC's TouchFLO, the same gesture-recognition technology as that in the HTC Touch, but now with new functionality including the ability to view photo slideshows using on-screen controls and to zoom and rotate images with only one hand. TouchFLO also allows enhanced finger touch scrolling and browsing of web pages, documents, messages and contact lists.


read more »

The i-mate philosophy of Innovation by Design has been used in every sense to create a product range of devices that aims to re-define the category of Windows Mobile devices. From the 520MHz Intel processor, to the XGA direct video out, from HSDPA connectivity to the 262k colour VGA LCD touch screen, every component of every device provides the latest and best in mobile phone and PDA technology.

Early this year i-mate has introduced their Ultimate line of Windows Mobile based devices. Now when they made available the Ultimate 8150 it was about time for its first review. This Windows Mobile 6 Professional powered device is one true behemoth with its 640 x 480 pixels screen, 128 MB RAM and very fast Intel Bulverde 520 MHz processor. It features the amazing Direct Video Out XGA, which acts as TV Out-External Display, enabling you to view and operate your device on almost every monitor or tv you have nearby (very important to many employers and lecturers and small companies, including large, in addition to that it would be a great benefit to the employee if the normal usage such as how to exploit this feature in the display of pictures and videos Digitalis in the apparatus on the screen television to see all the parents and friends).

The review made by ce4arab is available in Arabic only and has lots of interesting pictures, but here you can read it translated in English.

read more »

HTC has just released the previously promised HTC X7500 Advantage Windows Mobile 6 Professional ROM upgrade. It is available for download at HTC's website "Phone Software Updates" section. Note this download requires that you have created a HTC e-Club account and assigned the serial number of your HTC Advantage to your e-Club account, just like any other Windows Mobile ROM upgrades delivered by HTC.

Please keep in mind that this ROM upgrade is for HTC branded devices only and if you have another branded device (like the T-Mobile Ameo) please ask your operator for the upgrade. Also note, that this ROM upgrade isn't designed for the U.S. version of the Advantage, the HTC X7501.

Download it here.

read more »