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Palm Pre Users Suffering From Diminishing Support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the recent financial slide of Palm and its purchase approved by Hewlett Packard, many early adopters of the Pre and Pixi are feeling the pinch of having one of their products with what appears to be diminishing support.


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New Version of Resco Keyboard Pro available

Resco recently updated their soft keyboard for WinMo... "Version 6.00 introduces a series of minor and major improvements. Besides the changes in most of the existing keyboard layouts, we’ve created a brand new navigation layout with lots of handy tools such as the navigation keys and copy, cut, paste and select all buttons. We’ve also introduced a secondary symbol layout with a new set of frequently used symbols.


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Samsung Marketshare at 10%: Not So Fast, Sammy

Samsung Electronics Co. announced its plans to more than double its sales of Smartphones by the fourth quarter of this year in an attempt to secure the number four position for worldwide sales which is currently held by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC.

Samsung is currently the world's second largest manufacturer of cell phones and holds the fifth position for Smartphones at just below 5% of world sales. Samsung is preparing to release its much anticipated Galaxy S Smartphone which runs the Android OS.


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WikiReader a Perfect Gadget Gift!!

If you refer to or use Wikipedia as much as I do, then you have to get a WikiReader (created by Openmoko). Not directly smartphone-related, I know, but bloggers should really listen up. This is s great companion device, especially for those times when you just can't get to the network, and you need to brush up or verify some tech info.


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New Microsoft Mobile O.S. for Enterprise

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said by video that Microsoft will release a new mobile OS for embedded and enterprise devices based on Windows Mobile 6.5, to be followed by an enterprise-focused version of Windows Phone 7 in 2011. More info can be found at pcmag


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Windows Phone 7 News, New Mobile Resources Include Google Buzz

Word has it that Windows Phone 7 could come as early as October. That would be nice to see. In addition to a few Windows Phone tidbits this week, I’ll point you to some new mobile resources.


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Land Air Sea Warfare now available for Windows Mobile!

I reviewed this title on our iPhone blogs last month, and if you are a Window's mobile gamer I have good news. It's finally out for Windows Mobile touchscreen devices, though I admit I have not tried the WinMo version. You can grab a demo cab of the game here.


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SPB TV 2.0 now available!

SPB TV is a real winner (get it here), and is fast becoming one of my all-time favorite apps on either iPhone or Windows Mobile (see my early WM review here). Now at version 2.0, the channel list has really grown, and I love watching old forgotten SF movies on one of the many free classic channels available.


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Is the Microsoft Kin 2 Worth Kinsideration?

The Kin 2 is a three way collaborative effort involving Microsoft, Sharp, and Verizon. The result is a new approach on the way to Smartphone telephony that for me was disappointment piled on disappointment. It seems strange somehow that while the Windows Mobile operating system is ready for a serious redo, this Microsoft device has nothing to do with WM OS.


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Rumored Windows Phone 7 Devices, Microsoft's Vision, More on 4G Phone Speeds

Sprint’s 4G phone came out last week, and reviews are appearing. We’ll look a bit more at this phone even though it’s not Windows Mobile because it harbingers the 4G speeds that will eventually be available to you on Windows Phone 7 devices. Also, this week we’ll look more closely at Kin Studio, since it shows so clearly the direction that Microsoft is headed with its mobile devices. But first we’ll begin with some rumors about forthcoming Windows Phone 7 devices.


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