With the exception of the Palm Pre (Best in Show winner), CES didn’t offer up much handheld excitement this year.  Be that as it may, we thought we’d give you a quick rundown of what Windows Mobile (and general smartphone) news there was from CES 2009, along with some thoughts on some related technology.
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Creative’s Zii has been on our radar screen since December, and we largely ignored it since we figured it was some sort of upcoming mobile media player from Creative.  But today our antennae went up; turns out, Creative’s Zii is a new System On Chip (SoC), a type of processor combining the major elements [...]

We’ve known about the Atila since August.  It’s a lot like the Motorola Alexander in design but without a slide-to-hide QWERTY keyboard. 
But as Motorola gears up for CES 2009, the Atila has come out of code-name status and has an official name.  The smartphone will be marketed, at least in Asia, as the [...]

According to Engadget Mobile, Sprint will begin offering a CDMA version of the Palm Treo Pro on January 25, 2008.  The report also states that the Treo Pro will replace the Treo 800w, which is currently being sold by Sprint.
We’ve known that Sprint would adopt the Pro for some time now, so a release [...]

Mobile devices have enjoyed 802.11g Wi-Fi connectivity for years, and the technology is widely available on multiple platforms, including Windows Mobile.  But 802.11n, the work-in-progress next generation Wi-Fi connectivity technology, has thus far been absent from pocket-sized devices. 
But that won’t be the case for long, as Broadcom has developed a new combination chip [...]

Well, that didn’t take long.  Verizon Wireless has cut the final price of the Samsung Omnia by $50 just a few days after its initial release.
You can now pick up an Omnia for $199 with a two year service agreement and $70 mail-in rebate.
Find out more at Verizon Wireless…

Although a final version of the mobile player won’t ship until mid-to-late 2009, Adobe will show off Flash Player 10 running on Windows Mobile later today. 
At present, the only version of Flash available on a mobile device, Windows Mobile or otherwise, is Flash Lite.  Adobe is looking to expand the functionality of Flash [...]

If we have to wait until 2010 to see Windows Mobile 7, at least it now appears that Microsoft will be throwing us somewhat of a bone in the meantime.  In a recent Q&A session, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed the previously rumored existence of Windows Mobile 6.5.  While there were no details [...]

If we have to wait until 2010 to see Windows Mobile 7, at least it now appears that Microsoft will be throwing us somewhat of a bone in the meantime.  In a recent Q&A session, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed the previously rumored existence of Windows Mobile 6.5.  While there were no details [...]

Two new iPAQ Windows Mobile Smartphones are coming, the iPAQ Voice Messenger and the iPAQ Data Messenger.  It’s unclear whether or not these are replacements to, or siblings of, the iPAQ Oak and Silver we’ve been hearing about for the last few months.  What is clear is that these two new handhelds represent HP’s [...]