WMExperts Podcast Episode 61

Malatesta and Phil talk up the latest in Windows Mobile, get a couple of good rants on and answer a few of your questions.

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Top o' the news

• Hands on with the Verizon Ozone.

Hardware news

• T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 coming Aug. 12.
• Couple of T-Mobile Touch Pro 2s on ebay.
• Xperia X2 side-by-side with the X1.
• HTC XV6975 actually is the Whitestone
• Possible HTC Leo (Firestone) specs
• HTC Firestone gets rendered with speaker on front
• Toshiba TG01 passes FCC in CDMA flavor.
• Samsung announces the Mondi; will be availabe Aug. 1 in Portland, Atlanta and Vegas.
• Windows Mobile satellite phone makes its first call
• HTC Snap for Telus $29 at Best Buy Canada
• Portly Telus Touch Pro 2 at Best Buy Canada
• A look at the Samsung Omnia II user interface
• Samsung Omnia passes FCC, but not likely AT&T-bound.
• A look at the AT&T HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian.
• AT&T reportedly changing its per-per-use data rates

Software news

• Matt Miller: Opera Mobile 9.7 beta tops Apple's Safari
• Google Maps update, gets multiple layers
• Review of WiFi Hero
• Review of SPB News
• Review of Tipper application.
• Zero1 too good to be true?

Microsoft news

• Microsoft hosting Windows Mobile dev camps.
• Microsoft's Q4 results down, as expected.
• A look at the Marketplace Web interface
• Windows Mobile at the Microsoft retail store.

Summer giveaway

Our summer freebies continue, this time with software from Vito. Head here for the rules.

Community

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Credits

Thanks to the WMExperts Store for sponsoring the podcast. Thanks also to these great artists for the music and to CCMixter.org for offering a great database of Creative Commons music!

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