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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Windows Mobile

Steve Ballmer definitely gets around, last month taking a trip to the UK just to mock Android, this month heading all the way to Korea to praise Samsung’s new T*Omnia. He says it’s “at the forefront of this new generation of mobile devices,” and digs how it “brings together communications, productivity, multimedia, and entertainment in a way that meets the needs of Bot. consumers and mobile professionals.” We think he’s most fond of its operating system (WinMo 6.1), but must admit we’re smitten by the handset too — especially its 800 x 480 screen. That’s more than twice the resolution of the older Omnia, which by the sounds of it will be released in the US sometime this month. Samsung didn’t actually say which Omnia, but since it’s the older one that’s been FCC approved don’t go holding your breath for WVGA goodness. Lucky Koreans, meanwhile, can expect the T*Omnia to start being served up by SK Telecom on November 20.

Samsung’s T*Omnia praised by Ballmer in Korea, older Omnia coming to US this month? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: LG, Windows Mobile

Can’t you just feel the love? LG’s certainly not the number one purveyor of Windows Mobile wares around the world — or the number two or three, for that matter — but in an effort to keep some skin in the game, it has signed a fresh “strategic collaboration” with Microsoft (Steve Ballmer personally inked the dotted line in a trip to South Korea, it seems) that covers R&D, marketing, applications, and services. In reality, we think this isn’t much more than a fancy way of saying that LG’s continuing to license WinMo, which is a good thing at this time that we’re all waiting for that Incite ’round in this place.

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LG, Microsoft re-up strategic partnership for mobile devices originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, RIM, ATT, Misc, Apple

We thought we’d heard the last of this whole AT&T / Starbucks WiFi deal yesterday, but alas, we were terrifically mistaken. AT&T has come forth today with two fluffy press releases that flesh out the details, and amazingly, there are some inclusions that we weren’t made aware of yesterday. For starters, all iPhone / iPhone 3G customers will at this time have free (and seemingly limitless) access to AT&T WiFi hotspots across the US — we’re talking Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, the whole lot. Additionally, the carrier has welcomed chosen BlackBerry users — that’s the Bold for at this time, the Pearl 8120 / 8820 “later this year” — into the same deal, though the official verbiage mentions that an “unlimited Dat. plan” is required. If you didn’t make the cut this time, fret not — AT&T has plans to invite “more mobile devices” into the fold in this place shortly.

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AT&T officially delivers free WiFi to BlackBerry / iPhone users originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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