According to a recent Nielsen study, Microsoft’s mobile OSs account for 10% of the smart-phone market in the United States. What they didn’t tell, is how the share is divided between Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7. Out of this 10%, HTC accounts for 7% of the devices, Motorola for 1%, Samsung for 2%, HP for 1% and other manufacturers for 1%.
Navigon currently gives you a 33-37% discount when buying their MobileNavigator for Android, iOS or Windows Mobile. You get a 33% discount with Android or iOS, and a 37% discount with the version for Windows Mobile.
Navigon recently updated the iOS version (read changes here), and now also the Android version. Android got version 3.5.3 of MobileNavigator and it contains the following changes:
HTC just released two minor updates for the HTC HD2 and the HTC Touch2. Both of these fixes a Daylight Saving Time bug on the phones.
Here is the changelog from HTC:
This update for HTC HD2 readjusts your clock to account for the hour gained during Daylight Savings
Follow the instructions below to download and install the update on your device:
- Make sure you have Microsoft ActiveSync® installed on your Windows XP PC or Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista® PC. You can find Microsoft ActiveSync from this link or Windows Mobile Device Center from this link.
- Connect and synchronize your device with your PC via Microsoft ActiveSync® or Windows Mobile Device Center using the USB cable.
- To download this update select the update below and the location closest to you then click Download.
- Copy the update, which is an .exe file, to your device. To install the update, tap the .exe file and follow the on-screen instructions.
Note: If you perform a device hard reset, you will need to reinstall the update after the hard reset.
Download links:
Windows Phone 7 was today announced with a big event in NYC. HTC was the biggest player during the Windows Mobile era, and they tend to keep that spot now with Windows Phone 7.
Maybe the most waited new device is the successor for the HD2, which in Windows Phone 7 time is now called HD7. The HD7 comes with a 4.3″ WVGA touch screen, 1GHz CPU, 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording, 16GB internal storage, 576MB RAM, Bluetooth, WiFi n and a weight of 162 grams. The HTC HD7 will be available via T-Mobile in the US, O2 and Movistar in Europe and SingTel in Asia.
The HTC 7 Surround again is a more entertainment oriented device, with a cool new sliding out speaker. The 7 Surround has a 3.8″ touch screen, 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording. Other than that, this device is equal to the HTC HD7.
The HTC 7 Mozart comes with the best camera of this quartet. It has a 8-megapixel camera, with HD video and a Xenon flash to light up your low-lite scenes. This whole thing is packed inside an aluminum unibody design. A 3.7″ WVGA touch screen and 8GB worth of internal storage also comes with this phone.
The last new phone is called the HTC 7 Trophy. This phone should be the cheapest of these four phones. It comes with a 3.8″ WVGA touch screen, 5-megapixel camera and 720p video recording. HTC didn’t share any additional info of this phone. Will make a new post when we know more :)
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Microsoft and Spotify today announced that a Spotify client is now ready to download for Windows Mobile 6, and a Windows Phone 7 client will follow in the near future.
Spotify features on Windows phone 6 include:
You can download it directly by directing your mobile browser to http://m.spotify.com.
As we told to you yesterday, Microsoft today enabled ActiveSync for their popular Hotmail email service.
Quick Steps
Supported Devices
Note that Android 2.1 isn’t currently supported due to known client issues in Android’s client. On Android 2.2 this ActiveSync be working.
Microsoft is tomorrow going to enable Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail accounts . Basically, this means that you will get push mail on your Exchange enabled phones including Android, iOS, Maemo, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.
With Push Email, you can also sync your contacts and calendar with Hotmail’s service.
To enable push Hotmail on your beloved smart phone, simply configure your Exchange client to server m.hotmail.com, and enter your credentials.
Update: It’s now live and kicking. How-To posted here.
Here is a comparison video of startup times of Windows Phone 7, Android, iOS and Windows Mobile.
The attending devices are as follows:
Check out this screen comparison video between AMOLED, SLCD and LCD screen technologies. The HTC Desire is responsible for both the AMOLED and the SLCD screen, while the HTC HD2 is responsible for the LCD screen.
Sony Ericsson announced Aspen in February, 2010. You’ve had to wait for a long time for it to become available, but now you only have to wait a few more weeks since it will be available in August.
The phone will have a 2.4″ QVGA resistive touch screen, a 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm audio-jack, FM radio, WiFi, microUSB connector and a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone is 117 x 60 x 12.45 mm in size, and weighs 130 grams.
Aspen will come with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on board.
