We have seen Android being ported to many of the Windows Mobile phones.  And the newest additional is the HTC touch HD.  The hackers at XDA-Developers has managed to get Android running on the touch HD.  It you are a touch HD owner and wants to try out Android, you might want to check out the video below. Enjoy! Update:  I am sorry I have mistaken it to be a HD2 and I have corrected [...]

According to Microsoft, there are now around 800 apps in the Windows Mobile Marketplace. This is actually far less than the apps available for Windows Mobile platform.  As Windows Mobile platform is more open towards app installing, the users can freely install apps into the Windows Mobile platform by just copy the installation cab files to the device.  And there are still many developers not submitting their apps to the Marketplace yet. Compare to 100,000 [...]

Users of latest Windows mobile devices with digital compass like HTC HD2 will be pleased to know about this.  The digital compass can now be used with the latest Google Maps 3.3.1. All you have to do is to tap on the my location icon on the botom right and a littil blue arrow will display on the map (in place of the blue dot).  The tip of the arrow will basically be the top [...]

If you are having a Windows Mobile  device with the latest Sense technology (TouchFLO 3D version 2.5) from HTC like HD2, you might be a bit annoyed due to its lack of support for landscape mode. Rotastrain at XDA-Developers has worked out a hack for to let you have TouchFLO 3D 2.5 working in landscape mode.  This is unofficial and it still requires more work to be done.  However, you if can’t live without a [...]

Until today the official Windows Mobile on screen virtual keyboard is still not optimized for finger typing.  Luckily we are having other much nicer keyboards from the OEM partners like HTC and Samsung. Microsoft is showing that they are working to have a better virtual keyboard for the future Windows Mobile devices.  XDA-Developers have gotten their hands on the WinMo 6.5 build 28002 (they called it 6.5.3) and this version of WinMo comes with a [...]

Windows Mobil 6.0 and 6.1 users, wait no more and you don’t need to install the unofficial version anymore, Microsoft has officially made the Marketplace available for you. There is no official statement or document mentioning any difference between this version to the Windows Mobile 6.5 version.  The only different we can see at the moment is WinMo 6.5 users don’t need to download it as it is built in to the WinMo 6.5 ROM. [...]

Those of who have the marketplace in the Windows Mobile 6.5, or the official version in the Windows 6.1 and 6.0, you can now buy the apps on your PC by pointing your web to marketplace.windowsphone.com. Once you choose the apps you like, the apps will be delivered to your phone, wirelessly.  According to the Windows Mobile developers blog, the enhancement is to tackle anti-piracy issues and to be able to browse Marketplace on a [...]

Windows Marketplace is live now.  From the people who bought the AT&T Pure (Touch Diamond 2), it shows that the Marketplace is up and running. And it doesn’t take long for the XDA Developers to extract the cab file from the device and ported it to Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0 devices before Microsoft officially releases it to the mass.  So go ahead, install it in your Windows Mobile device and start getting apps from [...]

During the Venture Capital Submit, hosted by Microsoft, Steve Ballmer admitted they screw up Windows Mobile and Window Mobile 7 should have been here by now.  He said this will not happen again and stated that new telants have been pumped into the team. Windows Mobile is now the second priority in Microsoft after Windows 7.  A lot of resources have been allocated to the team and it is reported that the team had been [...]

There have been quite a number of news regarding HTC‘s upcoming Windows Mobile phone, Leo.  If those news doesn’t excite you, make sure you check out this one — multiple touch is coming with HTC Leo.  Make sure you check the video below.  With the 1 GHz snapdrogan CPU, you can see how smooth the photo album and even video during the zooming actions.  Way to go, HTC.  Next thing I expect from HTC will [...]