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We have the official specs of the new HTC Touch Diamond smartphone. Impressive or not very - you be the judge. The handset should be available for European customers in June, with US availability scheduled for the second half of the year.

• Size: 102 x 51 x 11.33mm;
• Weight: 110 g;
• Connectivity: WCDMA/HSPA: 900/2100MHz; HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA;
• Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.

It looks like Pantech and AT&T are working on the successor to the Duo C810 smartphone.

The new Duo 2 C820 model is said to feature a rounded black case, similar to Motorola MPx200 and the same dual sliding mechanism as its predecessor with both numeric and QWERTY keypads.

Other features will include Windows Mobile 6.1 platform (apparently with preloaded MobiTV and AT&T Music apps), a 2.

O2 has picked up the new Palm Treo 500, previously an exclusive to Vodafone.

It is a business-centric smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard and featuring 900/1800/1900Mhz GSM radio, 2100Mhz UMTS, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and a microSD card slot. You can get the handset for free if you take the appropriate wireless plan.

Visit O2's website for more info.

SlingMedia has updated its SlingPlayer for Windows Mobile Professional/Standard (player version 1.6) and S60 (player version 1.1) platforms.

The new software now supports Nokia N95 8GB. The update offers some revised channel logos, improved video quality on some devices, and some code-tweaks.

To get the SlingPlayer go to http://www.

Check out the new EGP-WP98, the first quad-band GSM watch phone running Windows CE 5.0.

For "just" $629.95 you'll get a water-resistant watch with a 266MHz CPU, a 1.45" display with handwriting recognition, as well as a 1.3Mpix camera, Wi-Fi, a T-Flash expansion slot, multimedia player and built-in Bluetooth. Specifications may change, though.

Anyway, for those who want a cool gadget for their extra cash shipments will start on April 25th.

A member of the XDA-Dev community has managed to run Google's Android OS on the HTC TyTN II smartphone.

The proof of that you will find below. Anyway, it looks like this is not a fully functional operating system; rather it is an executable for Windows Mobile. However, if that's true, there's a possibility that Android will be compatible with other WM-based devices.

Sprint was the first carrier to reveal its plans on upgrading its Windows Mobile 6 handsets.

They intend to do this in Summer, and start shipping new WM 6.1-based phones during the second half of the year.

Currently, Sprint's Windows Mobile 6.0 lineup includes Samsung Ace, Motorola Moto Q9c as well as the HTC Touch and Mogul.

Along with the official launch of the Windows Mobile 6.1, Microsoft has unveiled its future Windows Mobile 7 operating system.

There is no info about it yet; just to let you know it will be codenamed Photon in order not to be confused with the upcoming desktop version.

Microsoft has finally launched the highly anticipated Windows Mobile 6.1 with the new version of Internet Explorer Mobile. At the same time various major carriers and handset manufacturers announced they will upgrade their existing WM devices to the new version of the OS. Here's the list of companies:

Operators:

• Alltel: HTC PPC6800, HTC Touch;
• AT&T: Samsung BlackJack II, MOTO Q 9h global, Pantech duo, AT&T Tilt by HTC;
• Sprint: A new Palm Treo and updates for the Mogul by HTC, Touch by HTC, MOTO Q 9c, Samsung ACE;
• T-Mobile: T-Mobile MDA Ameo 16 GB, T-Mobile MDA compact IV;

Manufacturers:

• ASUS: New phones including the P320, ZX1, P560, M536 and updates for the P527, P750, M930;
• HTC: A new Touch Dual for the U.

Good news for Samsung Blackjack owners.

Hackers decided that there's no point in waiting for the official and came up with their own Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Samsung BlackJack smartphone. It is still a beta version, but is proven to work just fine.

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