As crazy as you could imagine, there have been rumours that Nokia, the Finnish phone maker, is considering making an acquisition bid for Palm.  Like Palm, Nokia has not been doing well in the smartphone market and failed to capture the market.  It has been behind Research in Motion (RIM, who makes all the blackberry phones) and Apple (who makes the famous iPhone). The “take over” could close the gap between Nokia and the market [...]

The XPERIA line of products from Sony Ericsson started as Windows Mobile devices.  However, the coming X3 will be a Android-based device.  When it was first leak not long ago, the X3 looks to be strongly focusing on multimedia capability. And now it is rumoured that the X3 will be launched in January, about the same time Sony Ericsson will launch X2 (the successor of X1, Windows Mobile device).  X3 will become a strong competitor [...]

With 1GHz snapdragon CPU and 4.3-inch screen (800×480), HTC Leo will be next “BIG” thing from HTC. It will be running Windows Mobile 6.5 (not Android) with the TouchFLO 3D.  The spec sheet tells it is coming with a capacitive screen. However, someone suspected it might be using a resistive screen instead of the capacitive screen by looking at the photos posted on the site. Below is the specs: Size: 121mm x 67mm x 11mm [...]

There are quite a number of existing Windows Mobile phones in the market that will get official Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade, like the HTC Touch Diamond2, Touch Pro2, and Snap, plus the Samsung Omnia II and Omnia II Pro B7610. And Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 will be the latest one to join the list. It turns out that seasoned ROM cooker itje from XDA has gotten his hands on an official Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM for [...]