SmartPhones

The ASUS P735 is a Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Pocket PC 3G smartphone. With tools and features for both the professional user and the general consumer, the P735 is bundled with an impressive combination of multimedia features and productivity tools.

For example, its multimedia features include:

• Dual camera
• Video calling
• Total multimedia playback
• Business card reader

And its productivity tools include the deft and dexterous ASUS Remote Presenter app that allows users to access and manage Microsoft PowerPoint presentations from your PC, as well as a meeting planner capable of scheduling teleconferencing across three time zones.

The ASUS P735 lacks GPS or HSDPA, but it does operate on GPRS Class 10 networks. It has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity as well as a miniSD card slot for extra data storage.

The look and feel of the ASUS P735 resembles the Apple iPhone with a large screen dominating the face of the smartphone, though it has a few other buttons surrounding its primary, multipurpose button. A touch screen smartphone, the P735 has no keyboard or numeric keypad.

written by SmartPhoneWizard \\ tags: 3G, apple, ASUS, ASUS P735, Bluetooth, GPRS, GPRS Class 10, GPS, hsdpa, iphone, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, miniSD card, miniSD card slot, multimedia, Pocket PC, Remote Presenter, touch screen, touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Wifi, Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6

Here's one device you won't see in American hands anytime soon. In fact, not only won't the HP iPaq 600 smartphone be coming soon to a smartphone dealership near you; it may not be coming to the US at all.

According to the::unwired, it's quality concerns blamed on Taiwanese ODM Inventec that led to the decision to withhold the new Windows Mobile device from shipment to US vendors. European distribution, however, is strangely enough still a go, for both the iPaq 600 and its more advanced counterpart the iPaq 900 which runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition.

Is it a favor or a disservice to US users? That seems to be the prevailing question on the subject, and the right answer (as you'd expect) depends on who you ask.

The phones are 3.5 G - a boon for speed demons, for sure - and they boast a novel placement of the directional pad/track ball atop the numerical keypad - the appeal of which also depends on the individual user.

In general, the HP iPaq Pocket PC and Mobile Messenger series of PDA smartphones has been quite impressive to date. Which lends to the question: what went wrong?

Hopefully HP, who is openly considering discontinuing their relationship with Inventec, can get back in the smartphone game soon.

written by SmartPhoneWizard \\ tags: Hewlett Packard, HP, Inventec, iPaq, iPaq 600, iPaq 900, Mobile Messenger, PDA, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition

This week Barcelona, Spain hosted the 2008 GSMA Mobile World Congress. One of the highlights of the international conference, as always, was the unveiling of several new smartphones, among the top contenders for leading spots in this year's marketplace, the following:

• the HTC P3470 - a GSM mobile phone running Windows Mobile 6 with the TomTom Navigator 6 built in;
• the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 - a touch screen smartphone with 100 adjustable panels poised to become the iPhone biggest competitor this year;

Also announced was the first mobile phone processor from Nvidia, world leading maker of visual computing, graphics processor technologies. The new technology, dubbed APX 2500, is - as you might expect - designed for handheld devices with multimedia capabilities.

Stay tuned here throughout the year for reviews of the above-mentioned products and many more of the latest and greatest new releases debuted at the event.

written by SmartPhoneWizard \\ tags: 2008 Mobile World Congress, apple, APX 2500, Barcelona, GSM, HTC, HTC P3470, iphone, Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress 2008, Nvidia, Nvidia APX 2500, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, Spain, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6, Xperia X1

The latest in smartphone innovation is a software application from Microsoft that turns any device running Windows Mobile 6 or higher into a wireless router that allows any other WiFi-enabled device to share its GPRS/UMTS/HSPA cellular data connection.

What that means is, with the groundbreaking new WMWifiRouter you can surf the internet from any of your WiFi-enabled devices using the cellular data connection that you're paying for on just one of your handsets. To make use of the WMWiFiRouter, just make sure the cellular data connection you're paying for is through a smartphone running a compatible version of Windows Mobile.

The technology is new and under "heavy development", and therefore could have some bugs to iron out, but word is it may even be possible to run the WMWifiRouter on a smartphone running Windows Mobile 5.

Best of all, the program is being offered as a free download.

For the latest on this technology, including the link to download the WMWifiRouter for free onto your smart phone, visit the developer's site.

written by SmartPhoneWizard \\ tags: free download, GPRS, HSPA, smart phone, smartphone, UMTS, Wi-Fi, Wifi, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 5, Windows Mobile 6, WMWifiRouter

In response to the widespread popularity of Windows Mobile software and the equally widespread dissatisfaction with how well (or not so well) it's so far been integrated into other companies' smartphones, HTC, the developers of Windows Mobile software, is putting out their own smartphone.

Called the HTC S730, the new smartphone will be an HSPDA phone with 3G capabilities housed in a grey metallic casing with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. One of the most exciting features of the HTC S730 is that it will be Wi-Fi enabled and able to perform as a modem when a nearby PC or laptop is without one.

But of course, the HTC S730 wouldn't be worth making if it wasn't primed to be the best implementation of Microsoft Windows Mobile software yet, and it shouldn't disappoint with the latest, Windows Mobile 6, installed. The HTC S730 will include:

• Microsoft Office Mobile
• Outlook email
• a calendar
• contact book
• and a whole lot more!

Check it out for yourself at the HTC site

written by SmartPhoneWizard \\ tags: HTC, HTC S730, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Mobile, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Office, Office Mobile, Outlook, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6