In 2009, Samsung will double the number of models of smart phones it ships and extend touch-screen interfaces from high-end handsets down to mainstream feature phones. It is also reducing the number of its underlying hardware platforms while it expands the set of software running on them.
“Most of our products are still based on our proprietary OS, but next year we have a plan to double our open OS models with a good mix between Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux,” he said. “For the foreseeable future, we will offer all the possible open OS platforms on our models,” Chi said.
Samsung will also offer a variety of OS’s on similar hardware, depending on carrier demand. They also plan to emulate Nokia (and Apple) by offering a wide variety of applications and services to continue to monetize users well after they bought their phone.
GSMDome brings news of an amazing new accessory for your Windows Mobile smartphone. Like the old bluetooth GPS receiver which brought GPS capabilities to your smartphone which did not have it, Mobview 1.3 brings digital TV viewing to smartphones which do not have it built-in (the majority these days).
The video data is transmitted over bluetooth, and seems to be of good quality and pretty resistant to interference. See the video below for the device in action, demoed on a HTC Touch Diamond.
Some new pictures of Motorola’s new Windows Mobile smartphones have emerged from Chinese cellphone forum it168.com. The Motorola Alexander (left and right) is Windows Mobile Standard with a sliding keyboard, while the Motorola Atilla (center) is Windows Mobile Professional with obviously a touch screen.
The pictures mainly go to confirm the devices are pretty near release, and if it is Q1 2009 as rumoured earlier today, its likely to be January rather than March.
Be sure to check your XPERIA X1 out, yesterday I noticed a crack in my phone after someone else on a dutch forum telling that he had a crack in his phone. Decided to check mine out and found out that I have a crack in mine…
There have been other people reporting to have the same crack, as well as a crack in the battery compartment (I am lucky to not have that) but be sure to check it out for yourself:
During launch event of HTC Diamond, where we were present on location, we had impression that it was Horace Luke from HTC, who is responsible for the design of HTC Diamond, but it is obviously wrong:
One & Co teamed with HTC to create the Touch Diamond, a flagship smartphone that establishes HTC as a global leader and harkens a new era for the mobile internet. The design is both modern and clutter-free to allow a strong focus on the innovative interface. The rich materials and diamond-like surfacing convey its power and sophistication creating an instantly recognizable icon.
Probably Horace Luke was responsible for the new HTC TouchFLO 3D, but when it comes to hardware design - it was One & Co company!
Pocketnow has finally discovered the Pandora client hidden on the LG Incite, AT&T’s latest Windows Mobile device. The video below shows the application in action.
While the software and functionality is nice, having to pay $8 when the iPhone gets the same service for free is a nasty kick in the teeth. Of course Windows Mobile users will be able to play the music in the background, something which iPhone users mostly only dream of.
he recent release of the emulator of Internet Explorer 6 Mobile brought quite a few disappointments, not the least of which was the revelation that the Flash integration in fact relied on Flash Lite 3.1, which, being based on Flash 8, proved rather incapable when it comes to accessing most Flash functions on the internet, which usually demanded at least Flash 9.
Now, according to MobileCrunch, Adobe is planning to demonstrate Flash Player 10 running on Windows Mobile at its Adobe Max developer conference today.
Product manager Michele Turner told MobileCrunch:
We will be showing the first delivery of Flash on mobile phones, on other platforms. You will see it on Windows Mobile.
Adobe will also be announcing a closer collaboration with ARM to optimize the software to work better on ARM-powered devices, which may relieve our concerns regarding the usability of the software on our devices.
This behavior is associated with a feature that is introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. The feature allows for mobile operators to specify an alternate SMTP server name that is used if e-mail messages cannot be sent by using the user-specified SMTP server name. If the mobile operator does not specify an alternate SMTP server name and if the Windows Mobile 6.1-based device does not connect, the e-mail account is corrupted and cannot send e-mail messages.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Mobile 6; Windows Mobile 6.1
As we learned by now, those things are always an indication that something is truly happening. And indeed, Steve Ballmer, at the Telstra Briefing 2008 in Australia, said the following:
With releases we’ll make this year - releases we’ll make with 6.5 next year, Windows Mobile 7, I think we have a pretty interesting roadmap.
No one can tell when, or how it will look like; probably just improvements to the current OS, and few small innovations, but nothing revolutionary.
This is also a way to buy some time, as Windows Mobile 7 is delayed.
