microsoft windows mobile

HTC Touch HD vs Samsung Omnia vs LG KC910 vs 3G iPhone

Crave It's not a perfect phone, especially for some types of business -- if you need to edit Microsoft Documents on the go, steer clear. Add to all of that GPS, HSDPA (3.5G) and Wi-Fi and you've got a real beast of a phone that some people are predicting...

19 September 2008, 10:06

A bit of a lemon: Orange SPV C550

Crave Windows Mobile brings Microsoft's often frustrating OS to mobile phones, and with it the infuriating boot times. While other phones, boringly perhaps, let you make phone calls as soon as you switch them on, the Orange C550 boots Windows Mobile for...

Tags: orange, windows mobile, extract, car

9 November 2005, 10:55

BBC iPlayer: Now showing on portable media players

Crave BBC iPlayer will now work on portable devices that support Microsoft Windows Media-protected content, making the service more mobile than ever. So far the Beeb has only fully tested iPlayer with the Archos, Philips, Samsung and Sony gadgets, but...

Tags: devices, bbc, drm, windows media

13 October 2008, 9:02

Microsoft Origami: Domo Arigato, Mr Roboto!

Crave However, Microsoft hasn't exactly kept a tight lid on this thing, releasing details week by week in the source page of the Origami Web site, with cryptic statements such as: "Origami Project: the Mobile PC running Windows XP.

Tags: microsoft, intel, handheld, windows xp

8 March 2006, 10:55

O2 XDA Orbit 2: Hands-on with the nifty navigator

Crave Packed with business features, such as Microsoft Office Mobile and support for push email, the Orbit 2 also lets you listen to music or FM radio, take pictures with its 3-megapixel camera and browse the Web on Pocket Internet Explorer.

Tags: o2, apps, htc, orbit

6 March 2008, 11:44

Steve Ballmer downplays Zune phone

Crave There's been much ado about the possibility of a Microsoft Zune cell phone lately and Crave has joined the chorus of musings with several posts of our own. While a Microsoft exec said last year that such a device is a possibility, CEO Steve Ballmer...

Tags: cell, windows mobile, device, cell phone

26 April 2007, 8:45

Top ten laughably bad tech ads

Crave Now Bill Gates is stepping down from the day-to-day running of Microsoft to concentrate on being a full-time good guy, Ballmer is pretty much in charge at Redmond. Those of you old enough to remember a time when everyone didn't have a mobile phone...

19 September 2007, 11:00

Top ten Apple rumours of all time

Crave This allows it to concentrate on performance and stability with known configurations -- something Microsoft's Windows has always struggled with. Barely a day passes without some analyst predicting or decrying the arrival of an Apple mobile phone...

Tags: return, microsoft windows, surface, processors

27 December 2006, 15:32

Asus Eee PC: £199 Linux laptop

Crave Windows XP has been omitted in order to cut costs, but Microsoft die-hards should note that the Eee PC can run Windows XP. Its 7-inch display looks similar to the one on the Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC, but there's also a 10-inch version planned...

Tags: laptop, inch, windows xp, asus

17 July 2007, 9:44

Nvidia APX 2500: Could this be Microsoft's saving grace?

Crave It might not be much to look at but this tiny chip could revolutionise Microsoft's mobile business and turn Windows Mobile into one of the most compelling user interfaces on the planet. The APX 2500 chip, developed by Nvidia for use in Windows...

18 February 2008, 11:12

Palm Treo 750v unveiled in the UK

Crave Three months ago we heard news that Microsoft, Palm and Vodafone were going to launch a Windows Mobile Palm device in the UK. The device runs Windows Mobile 5.0 with some Palm enhancements, such as a dialling box on the top of the start page that...

Tags: palm, megapixel, contact, box

12 September 2006, 15:56

Acer C510: Sat-nav and PDA in one

Crave The PDA side of things is looked after by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5, so you get all the usual Word, Excel and Internet browsing shenanigans, along with the usually excellent Activesync software, which does a great job of copying your contacts...

Tags: job, pda, nav, sd card

9 February 2007, 12:53

Samsung i600: Compact, feature-filled and stylish

Crave It runs on Windows Mobile 5 (smart phone edition) and you can set it up to synchronise with your office's Microsoft Exchange Server so that you can access your emails on the go. Samsung isn't renowned for making BlackBerry-style, email-centric...

Tags: samsung, emails, scroll, microsoft exchange server

19 June 2007, 10:42

O2 to offer entire Napster catalogue for mobile download

Crave All songs will be protected by Microsoft's Windows Media DRM, PlaysForSure, and are encoded at 128kbps WMA. UK phone network O2 has announced today that it has partnered exclusively with online music vendor Napster to provide a la carte, over-the...

Tags: o2, customers, tracks, song

13 March 2008, 23:01

Samsung Omnia viral video: Not corporate cack shocker

Crave Business bods will be particularly interested in the ability to edit Microsoft documents on the go, something the iPhone 3G has yet to be able to do. The phone that Samsung is trying to promote through the video is the Samsung Omnia i900, a Windows...

Tags: samsung, packs, viral, unboxing

20 August 2008, 10:12