Fans of the Samsung Jack, I have some good news for you. Samsung announced Wednesday that its Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade is now available for the smartphone. The upgrade includes Windows Phone 6.5 Standard Edition and a handful of software enhancements.
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Screens of the next-gen Windows Mobile 7 have been leaked all over the web, showing the futuristic Microsoft OS in all its glory. With Windows Mobile 6.5 only just out of the blocks, it’s surprising to see such huge changes so quickly, but the tweaked version already looks better.
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Microsoft has thanked users of the Sidekick handset for their patience after the recent data loss incident, and promised that their content will soon be recovered.
A server error earlier this month caused the wiping of personal information and content from the devices, meaning that users, who are mostly in the US, lost many of their photos, messages and contact information.
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Microsoft has formerly announced the release of Windows Mobile 6.5 (aka Windows Phone) with a range of new features. The company has also detailed models that can be upgraded from 6.1 to 6.5.
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Sony Ericsson has announced its second enterprise smartphone. The London-based mobile-phone maker introduced Wednesday the XPERIA X2, a Windows Mobile 6.5-based smartphone equipped with a QWERTY keyboard, a high-resolution touchscreen, and an 8.2-megapixel camera.
No release date or pricing was announced for the X2, which will come in black and silver, but the company said it will be available in select markets in the fourth quarter.
"It's a smartphone, which gives it immediate credibility," said Ramon Llamas, an IDC analyst. "It has a pretty cool user interface, considering it is a touchscreen. You have to give Sony Ericsson and Windows (credit)."
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A new HTC patent application points to a novel way of combining capacitive touchscreens with stylus use — putting a magnetic head on the stylus.
The system, described in US Patent Application 20090167727, attempts to tackle the same problem that RIM addressed with its hybrid resistive/capacitive touchscreen design — that a resistive screen with a stylus allows for handwriting and the selection of tiny icons, but a capacitive screen is faster and more sensitive and allows for multitouch.
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Want to get your hands on Microsoft’s new Zune HD? You may soon be able to pre-order the device from Amazon, and it could cost significantly less than the iPod touch. The online retailer has launched a pre-order Web page for the Zune HD, which says the 16GB model will come in black and sell for $220, and the 32GB version, in platinum, will cost $290. For the moment Amazon’s pre-order page is static, and returns an error when you try to click through and purchase the device.
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