At first Windows Marketplace for Mobile was available only for devices with latest version (Windows Mobile 6.5) of popular operating system by Microsoft. But today from today owners of device running on WinMo 6.0/6.1 also have an opportunity to use this new online shop. To start users of WinMo device have to download and install special application that can be find here. At present moment catalog Windows Marketplace for Mobile includes about 400 applications both paid and free.
C-motech Mangrove is the world’s first Windows Mobile 6.5 OS based MID with 7 inch touch screen. It is also known that this mobile Internet device is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, 256 Mb RAM, 512 Mb flash memory, microSD memory card slot, GPS module, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, 2 USB ports, 3.5 mm audio jack and 3G networks support. Another remarkable feature of this device is 3D accelerator. C-motech Mangrove measures 190x120x19.5mm and weights 300g. The battery has 4000 mAh capacity. Unfortunately there is no any information about price and release date.
According to some sources Samsung is ready to introduce its new smartphone – Samsung OmniaPRO B7330. It seems that this device has nothing special except the fact it runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional. It has classic shape factor and QWERTY keyboard on the front side. As for technical characteristics this smartphone has 2.6 inch screen with 320×320 px resolution, 3.2 Mp camera, ARM 1136EJS CPU, 97 Mb built in memory, microSD/microSDHC memory slot, Wi-Fi, 1500 mAh battery Bluetooth 2.0 and GPS modules. Supported network standards are GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s/HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s. There is no any information about release date and price.
Chinese ZTE company is known as producer of cheap mobile devices. But its last devices that were shown on Wireless Japan 09 exhibition look rather impressive. In all ZTE demonstrated tree coming devices – XIANG, RAISE and D820. ZTE Xiang and ZTE RAISE run on Windows Mobile 6.1 PRO and will first become available in China Unicom mobile operator’s shops. ZTE D820 runs on Linux OS.
ZTE XIANG supports GSM and HSDPA/HSUPA networks standards and has 2.5 inch touch screen with 320×240 px resolution, 3.2 Mp camera, FM radio, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 (v2.0 with A2DP) modules.
ZTE RAISE also supports GSM and HSDPA/HSUPA networks. The set of characteristics includes 3.2 inch screen with 240×400 px resolution, 5 Mp camera with autofocus, FM radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and GPS module.
In contrast to others ZTE D820 supports CDMA network standards and has 2 Mp camera, Bluetooth 2.0 module, microSD memory card slot, Wi-Fi and GPS modules.
T-Mobile has just announced T-Mobile Dash 3G mobile phone which is heir of T-Mobile Dash. This device is based on HTC Snap. As many other devices of such class it has QWERTY keyboard, horizontal screen. The operating system is Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard. Other characteristics are Qualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz CPU, 2.4 inch screen with 320×240 px resolution and 65K colors, 192 Mb RAM, 256 Mb ROM, microSD camera slot, 2 Mp camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS module and 1500 mAh battery. Supported network standards are GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900 MHz.
Acer showed one more its Windows Mobile operating system based communicator on Computex 2009. It is Acer F1. First it was shown on MWC 2009 but only now we have some information about its list of technical characteristics. It includes 3.8 inch touch screen with 800×480 px resolution, 5 Mp camera with autofocusing, FM radio with RDS, accelerometer and GPS module. Acer F1 will become available by the end of this year. Unfortunately there is no nay information about its price.
