T-Mobile have announced the T-Mobile Shadow officially and are offering a web page for consumers to pre-register their interest. The Shadow will feature a custom interface for T-Mobile which endeavours to achieve T-Mobile's aim for the Shadow brand which is to make it the ultimate social mobile device.
Phone Highlights
Easy myFaves interface with unlimited nationwide calling.
High quality, easy-to-use 2 MP digital camera with video capture.
One-click calendaring and alerts to stay closer to family & friends.
Simple, top-screen sharing of your favorite music.
Effortless messaging to keep in touch throughout the day.
Fun, top-screen picture sharing of special moments.
Blazing-fast Wi-Fi browsing to feed your discussions.
Expandable memory to store and transfer your music, pictures, and videos.
Additional Phone Features
Slide out QWERTY-like keypad
Speakerphone
Voice-activated calling
Stereo Bluetooth®
Direct access to multiple personal and work e-mail accounts
Four instant-messaging clients built in: Windows Live Messenger™, AOL® Instant Messenger™, Yahoo!® Messenger, and ICQ®.
2.6 inch display, 320 x 240 pixels, 65k QVGA GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi display.
Micro SD expansion slot supporting up to 4 GB of optional removable memory.
Quad-band world phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
Windows Mobile® 6®
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® Web browser
Microsoft Office document viewing and editing
Microsoft Vista® compatible
Wireless Exchange synchronization with Microsoft Exchange 2003
Geodesic have released their popular instant messenger program Mundu IM for Windows Mobile Pocket PC as well as Sony Ericsson devices. Mundu IM allows the user to connect to "popular IM services including AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ®, Google Talk® and Jabber®" all a single program.
Press Release:
Geodesic’s Mundu™ IM to Support Pocket PC and Sony Ericsson Devices
Most comprehensive IM tool now compatible across most major mobile phone platforms
Santa Clara, CA – October 29, 2007 – Geodesic, an innovator in mobile networking and communications, today announced the compatibility of its market leading product Mundu™ IM with Pocket PC and select Sony Ericsson devices. A result of Geodesic’s ongoing effort to improve the mobile communication experience, Mundu IM V4, winner of multiple industry awards, is the most comprehensive mobile instant messaging product in the market. Mundu IM gives users the exclusive ability to cross-conference friends, colleagues and family across AIM®, MSN® and Yahoo® IM services through a single chat window on Pocket PC, Sony Ericsson J2ME, Palm® OS, Windows® Mobile Smartphone and iPhone devices.
Mundu users can stay connected anywhere with their contacts on the most popular IM services including AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ®, Google Talk® and Jabber® on a single user-friendly interface. People with popular phones such as the Sony Ericsson W300i and K550i, HTC Mogul, Samsung® BlackJack, Motorola® Q, Palm® Treo 750, Palm 700p and the iPhone amongst others can now take advantage of Mundu IM.
The evolved capabilities of Mundu IM V4 incorporate a comprehensive set of features to support the needs of today’s connected mobile users including:
Photo blogging and video sharing - Instant sharing of photos and videos taken from camera phones to contacts across all popular IM services, making collaboration and social networking easier than ever.
File and music sharing - Ability to send files and music on mobile devices to buddies.
Email notification - Real-time email notifications for Yahoo, MSN and Google accounts.
Support for major mobile platforms – Mundu IM now supports Pocket PC, Sony Ericsson J2ME devices, Palm OS and Windows Mobile Smartphone platforms – in addition to the Apple® iPhone and iPod touch.
“With the increasing use of IM across mobile platforms and devices, we recognize the importance of addressing Pocket PC and Sony Ericsson J2ME audience,” said Arvinder Gujral, Director Product Marketing of Geodesic. “We are excited to expand the market to this niche group of users and unite them with Mundu IM’s single, user-friendly interface.”
Users can experience the full feature set of Mundu IM V4 by downloading a free 5 day trial version from http://messenger.mundu.com. For a cost of only US $11.00, users can have lifetime access to Mundu IM allowing friends and colleagues to collaborate and communicate freely and frequently with no per-message charge.
Our friends over at Tracy and Matt's blog have posted a preiew of the Mio Digiwalker P560 including some nice photographs. The device features the following specifications:
Windows Mobile 6.0 Classic
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0
Built In GPS
SDHC/MMC expansion slot
Processor: 400 MHz
Memory: ROM 2048MB/RAM 64 MB
Display: 3.5” Colour transflective TFT , 240 x 320
If you own an HTC Kaiser but want to network unlock it then look no further than imei-check who are offering this service for £20. This is the latest in a line of commercial unlocking tools from imei-check so you can feel confident in the process (we've used them before for previous devices.
Samsung have finally released a Windows Mobile 6 ROM upgrade for the i600.
Owners should download the software from this link and be prepared to wipe all of their data during the process (this means back everything up first!).
Is this the Palm Treo 800w? Who knows, all we do know is that the two device next to it are the Centro and the 500 so it would make sense that this is the 800w, having said that I'm not sure I want it to be the case as it doesn't look that slick, aesthetically at least.
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Are we staring at the new Treo 800w? We obviously know what's up with the Centro and the 500 (namely the 500v), so the only missing ID in that lineup is the 800, successor to the 700-series flagship throne. Well, if this thing is the 800w we do kind of hope Palm tosses that fish back. Rearranging the WinMo buttons and giving the phone a more industrial, geeky look does not a greater Treo make, so unless this thing is like half as thin as current-gen devices (which it won't be, Palm seems pretty dogmatic about keeping its devices thick), it'll just be more of the same.
AT&T have announced the Samsung BlackJack II (aka Samsung SGH-i617) which, as expected will feature Windows Mobile 6 Standard (Smartphone), quadband GSM/EDGE/GPRS, triband 3G UMTS/HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, integrated GPS, 2.0 megapixel camera increased standard memory over the original BlackJack, 2.4" colour display and a QWERTY keyboard.
The BlackJack II will come in a choice of black or red wine colours.
More announcements from i-mate but still no commercial availability. While these 2 new phones are very impressive and bring at last almost everything users would need (including GPS at last!), what users really expect from i-mate is immediate commercial availability and not just more announcements...
i-mate Ultimate 8502: QWERTY keyboard (fixed), built-in GPS, 3.5G (HSDPA), fast uploads (HSUPA), WiFi, Bluetooth, video output for projectors & displays, QVGA (240x320) display.
i-mate Ultimate 9502: QWERTY keyboard (under the display that is sliding out!), built-in GPS, 3.5G (HSDPA), fast uploads (HSUPA), WiFi, Bluetooth, video output for projectors & displays, VGA (640x480) display.
The news from msmobiles.com is that i-mate have announced two more devices from their Ultimate range, the 8502 and 9502 however neither are currently commercially available unfortunately. This is a shame as they both have a decent feature list including GPS, HSDPA, HSUPA, WiFI and so on...
If you're bored of not having TouchFLO like functionality (see it in action here) on your Pocket PC then Touch Commander may be of interest to you. It offers what can only be described as a polite rip off of the TouchFLO interface (albeit with some minor alterations) to non-TouchFLO devices!
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Touch Commander - a unique application for controlling PDA and smartphones by recognizing and responding to the touch and sweep of a finger across the screen. With Touch Commander in place, you get a one-touch access to phone calls, emails, SMS messages, calendar, appointments, applications and other commonly used content.
The “touchy-feely” effect provided by Touch Commander is much the same as the finger touch scrolling, browsing and spinning a three dimensional interface by the finger in the Touch phone by HTC TouchFLO or Apple iPhone. Touch Commander is customizable, letting you configure many of its settings. Another nice touch in the program is support for any model of PDA powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 or higher. But the biggest specialty, of course, lies in the price, which is nothing compared to the prices of the hi-end phones.
Touch Commander makes a good antidote to the iPhone or TouchFLO envy. As the old English saying goes “If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” You can resist the Apple charmer’s curves and touchy-feely navigation if you install Touch Commander. It’ll make even an old school PDA look and feel so much stylish and fresh!
This is a warning to all of you who like to flash. What? No of course I don't mean that kind of flashing, I'm referring to the re-flashing of your phone's ROM of course! The Orange UK website is now showing the HTC TyTN II which is great news however it would appear that early attemptes to flash the device with HTC's own standard ROM image are rendering devices SIM locked and therefore un-usable!
T-Mobile have announced the T-Mobile Shadow officially and are offering a web page for consumers to pre-register their interest. The Shadow will feature a custom interface for T-Mobile which endeavours to achieve T-Mobile's aim for the Shadow brand which is to make it the ultimate social mobile device. 
Geodesic have released their popular instant messenger program Mundu IM for Windows Mobile Pocket PC as well as Sony Ericsson devices. Mundu IM allows the user to connect to "popular IM services including AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ®, Google Talk® and Jabber®" all a single program. 
Our friends over at Tracy and Matt's blog have posted a preiew of the Mio Digiwalker P560 including some nice photographs. The device features the following specifications:
If you own an HTC Kaiser but want to network unlock it then look no further than imei-check who are offering this service for £20. This is the latest in a line of commercial unlocking tools from imei-check so you can feel confident in the process (we've used them before for previous devices. 
Samsung have finally released a Windows Mobile 6 ROM upgrade for the i600. 
Is this the Palm Treo 800w? Who knows, all we do know is that the two device next to it are the Centro and the 500 so it would make sense that this is the 800w, having said that I'm not sure I want it to be the case as it doesn't look that slick, aesthetically at least. 
AT&T have announced the Samsung BlackJack II (aka Samsung SGH-i617) which, as expected will feature Windows Mobile 6 Standard (Smartphone), quadband GSM/EDGE/GPRS, triband 3G UMTS/HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, integrated GPS, 2.0 megapixel camera increased standard memory over the original BlackJack, 2.4" colour display and a QWERTY keyboard. 
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This is a warning to all of you who like to flash. What? No of course I don't mean that kind of flashing, I'm referring to the re-flashing of your phone's ROM of course! The 
