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• Asus "Lamborghini" ZX1 in IndiaMay 13, 2008
  I’m sure most of you have already heard about the Lamborghini PDA by ASUS. This one’s as good as it gets. The Good Stuff: The back panel is made of lightweight yet strong carbon fibre which is supposed to be five times stronger than steel. Also, the camera compartment is covered with a high grade [...]
• HTC Touch Diamond Keyboard: Now AvailableMay 13, 2008
  A Senior Member (P1Tater) @ The XDA-Developers Forum has been successful in extracting the new software keyboard, which is going to be available preinstalled in the HTC Touch Diamond. Hmmm… HTC has done a pretty good job with this one. The keys look nice and finger friendly. The .CAB file can be downloaded from: Rapidshare  MegaUpload 4Shared [...]
• iFonz: For Those On WinMo But Love iPhoneMay 11, 2008
  Here’s something for those who consider themselves stuck with a Windows Mobile device, after the release of the Apple iPhone. iFonz (freeware) is an Apple iPhone emulator for Windows Mobile Touchscreen Pocket PC devices.   Freeware Pocket PC > iFonz gives the complete feature list as well as the installation steps for iFonz: iFonz Features: [...]
• HTC TyTN II to get ROM UpgradeMay 10, 2008
  MSMobiles.com reports from a good source that HTC will release a ROM update for the very popular TyTN II. It will ship with improved graphics drivers and will offer better performance. It is not known whether the issue with the opening of the QWERTY keypad has been resolved with this update or not. Also, HTC [...]
• HTC Touch Diamond vs Apple iPhoneMay 9, 2008
  Yes, this is the kind of stuff that most of us like to read about. It’s also the kind of stuff that makes a certain reader of my blog mad at me for simply ignoring the "oh wow!" factor of the iPhone. Almost one year ago, when HTC announced the Touch, the blogosphere was filled [...]
• MWg To Launch Windows Mobile 7 Devices this Year?May 10, 2008
  It seems MWg is all set to release devices running on the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 (Photon) platform. According to Engadget: Looking deeper into ‘08 reveals a handful of HTC Diamond competitors, devices that are sporting a respectable 7.2Mbps down and 5.2Mbps up, and looking still deeper into the fourth quarter suggests that MWg intends [...]
• Skyfire: Too Resource Hungry for the Touch?May 9, 2008
  Skyfire seems to be too resource hungry for the HTC Touch. Memory utilization jumps from 64% to 95% just after logging in! It seems Skyfire was not designed to run on devices with 64mb RAM. Of course, playing YouTube videos was completely out of the question. Also, it couldn’t authenticate the login credentials over a [...]
• Yahoo! Go Beta 3.0 ReleasedMay 9, 2008
  A new version of the very popular Yahoo! Go has been released. Some new features are: A new way to start The new Yahoo! home widget gives you an at-a-glance overview of what’s new since your last visit, plus previews of your favorite Internet content. Improved oneSearch Now updated with up-to-date flight information as well as content from [...]
• Flickr: Mobile Upload TutorialMay 9, 2008
  I recently joined Flickr, a very popular photo sharing community, run by Yahoo!. What I actually wanted was a place to upload all the screen shots and photos that I had stored in my PDA. The ActiveSync > Photo Import > Flickr Upload method can be done, but it’s a little too cumbersome for me. [...]
• HTC Touch Diamond Announced!May 6, 2008
  Some cool features: (Source: Tracy & Matt’s Blog) # Removing the Stylus turns the device on. # Removing the stylus in-call starts taking a note # Turning the device over mutes an incoming call # There is a bundled marbles game that uses the accelerometer # Video drivers are IN USE on this device! # There is NO microSD slot, adding [...]