Google Maps for Mobile stars synced maps
Before Wednesday, you could star a map as a favorite on Google Maps online, and you could star one on Google Maps for Mobile, but you could never connect the two. A small but significant update that Google added to Google Maps for Mobile 3.3 now syncs your starred locations between the map app on [...]
MS release Office Mobile 10 Beta, confirm WinMo 7 for March 2010
Yesterday the Microsoft Office Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the rumors that the Windows Mobile 7 announcement is scheduled to Q1 2010 and more specifically it will take place during the Microsoft MIX 2010 conference in March. This is really good news. It turns out the rumors for the Q1 2010 announcement are true and [...]
Download Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile
With a new desktop-like interface Norwegian software company Opera announced today the launch of Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile phones. The new version of the Windows Mobile browser comes towards users with a desktop-like experience, and enables them to search, socialize and stay connected even when on the go. According to the company, [...]
Samsung Omnia Icon
Ah, Omnia, how we wanted to love you this time last year. You had everything we could have wanted; fast web browsing, a high-res camera, touchscreen interface, huge storage capacity and excellent media playback options, but when we finally spent time with you we couldn’t get passed how slow you ran and the too frequent [...]
Samsung Giorgio Armani (M7500)
First impressions Up until Samsung’s recent announcement, fashion phones and business phones never share the same spotlight. Indeed, Samsung’s last Armani-branded handset was far from earning itself the title of smartphone, with 2G network coverage and a thin spread of technology features. Its latest, the M7500, is the phone a busy man like Giorgio Armani [...]
Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share
Windows Mobile lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share between last year’s third quarter and this year’s third quarter, according to market researcher Gartner. Figures released Thursday by Gartner show that Microsoft’s mobile OS had 11 percent of the global smartphone market in Q3 2008. A year later, it had 7.9 percent. Meanwhile, the [...]