SPB Software SAN FRANCISCO–Generally, OEM software isn’t of particular interest to consumer product reviewers, but I couldn’t help but be drawn in by the sweet-looking user interface (UI) development being shown off by SPB Software at the CTIA Fall 2010 show. This multiplatform solution, called Mobile Shell, is currently up to version 5.0, which is …
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11 October
HTC Mozart with Windows Phone 7 pops up on Orange website
If the HTC Mozart doesn’t launch in the next few weeks we’ll devour our headgear, because Orange now has an official page on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile. We’ve seen pictures, videos and specifications leak out for the Mozart, but we didn’t know for certain whether it would come to the UK. But it appears Orange will be one …
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11 October
HTC HD7 with Windows Phone 7 busts out of captivity
As we gallop towards the launch of Windows Phone 7 next month, leaks of launch phones are springing all over the place: today it’s pictures and specs of the HTC HD7. Pictures were published by WMPoweruser, while Boy Genius Report got hold of specifications. The HD7 should more literally be called the HD3 — it’s the successor to the Windows …
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11 October
Windows Phone 7 around the world
We’ve told you all about the Windows Phone 7 devices headed to U.S. carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint, but just how will the revamped OS shake out around the world? Luckily, Microsoft issued this handy press release as its showcase unveiling event wound down in New York City. There are a lot of phones to follow, so we’ve listed …
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11 October
Rumor: Apple to produce GSM/CDMA dual
Apple TechCrunch is reporting that Apple is going to skip adding the latest in mobile technology, 4G (LTE) networks, for its annual iPhone refresh next summer in favor of a GSM/CDMA dual-mode iPhone. Of course, the big news lately is that Apple is expected to release a CDMA-only iPhone in January of 2011, preempting its normal yearly refresh of the …
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11 October
Samsung’s Omnia 7 heads to Europe
The Samsung Focus isn’t the only Samsung handset announced today to feature the Windows Phone 7 operating system. The Samsung Omnia 7, which joins the Omnia family populated by the Omnia HD and Omnia II, will hop on over to Europe. The quad-band GSM Omnia 7 world phone packs a 4-inch Super AMOLED display that we found brilliant on all …
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11 October
Palm Pre 2: Is the cat out of the bag?
France’s SFR site on the Palm Pre 2. Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET If the avalanche of this morning’s Windows Phone 7 news can remind us of one thing, it’s this: technology brands that are down aren’t necessarily out. In that sense, today’s news concerning a Palm Pre 2 smartphone running WebOS couldn’t have been better timed. French mobile operator SFR …
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11 October
The apps of Windows Phone 7 (roundup)
We’ve shown you the Windows Phone 7 hardware, but now it’s time to look at some of the software behind Microsoft’s launch of its new, bolder, braver operating system for mobile phones. (We list apps after the jump.) Why are these apps significant? Two reasons. The first is that Microsoft has wiped the slate clean with Windows Phone 7, adding …
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11 October
Amazon opening Android app emporium to annoy Google
Amazon is planning an Android app store to rival Google’s own Android market. The Wall Street Journal reports an Amazon Android app emporium would offer developers 70 per cent of revenue from apps to be used on phones powered by Google’s open-source operating system, the same split as the Google and Apple app stores. The online retailer has already contacted …
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11 October
A gallery of Windows Phone 7 devices
Eight long months after Windows Phone 7 made its debut at the 2010 Mobile World Congress, Microsoft finally unveiled its first series of handsets to the world. Out of the first batch, six are headed to the United States (T-Mobile gets two, AT&T picks up three, and one will land at Sprint early next year), with the rest landing around …
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