Category: Windows Phone

HTC has confirmed via their Twitter feed that they will making available the HTC TOUCH PRO 2 in every country.

“To answer the big question on everyone’s minds, the Touch Pro2 will be broadly available in all major markets, including North America. We have not announced a launch date for the Touch Pro2 in any country yet. But we did announce we will start to roll it out late Q2. “

This means that unlike Touch HD, which did not make it to the US, the Touch Pro 2 will debut in US around the time it debuts in other parts of the world

[HTC touch pro 2 official webpage]

The HTC TOUCH DIAMOND 2 was launched last week at MWC 2009. The DIAMOND 2 is an update to original Diamond. One of the most obvious improvements that the Diamond 2 brings over the Diamond-1 is the bigger and higher resolution screen. The screen is now WVGA as you can easily make out from the following screenshot.

The higher resolution enables you to see more than the normal VGA screen of Diamond-1.

Like the TOUCH HD, which also sports the same resolution, it also shows weather data of the coming days on the same screen.

Stock tab is the new tab which was not there in the Diamond-1. It basically shows the stock information like their current price and whether there is a increase or decrease in its value.

The calender tab is a much welcomed addition to the Touch Flo interface. It looks nice and works great too. A nice update for those who just got tired of the built-in calender.

Another improvement is the updated SIP (soft input panel).

Calculator has also been a given a nice facelift.

Commentary: Although the Touch Diamond 2 still uses the Windows Mobile 6.1, HTC has (again) done  a commendable job of giving Windows Mobile a new look. Quite a lot of improvements in terms of usage and functionality can easily be seen and observed. It is also nice to know that the HTC has promised a Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade to the Diamond-2 users.

Folks at Opera have rolled out a technology preview which brings Google Gears to the mobile devices. On the mobile devices, Google Gears will enhance the web experience as it allows the pages to be cached in the background.

How to install?

Installing Gears is pretty easy. Install our Opera Mobile 9.5 technology preview build, go to the Gears web site and click the “Install Gears” button

Links:

• Download Opera Mobile 9.5 technology preview
• Google Gears

[Opera Labs]

credit: Jamie (submitted via contact us form)

How to play?

Drag the board around with your finger/stylus or use your device’s d-pad to move the board around so you can see all of it.

[download Scrobble]

[related XDA-devs post]

The HTC S740 is nice Windows Mobile smartphone, which looks like a brother of the HTC DIAMOND. It uses Qualcomm processor clocked at 528Mhz, which makes it the strongest Windows Mobile standard device. Most of the Windows Mobile Standard(non-touch screen) devices come with TI OMAP 200Mhz processor. HTC has put a lot power in the S740 together and with breathtaking looks, HTC sure has a winner in their hands.

PDA.pl has done a hardware tour of it. Although the review is in polish, but you pretty much get the idea how the device looks and works.

[related article at PDA.pl]