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Verizon has released the official Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the ageing Samsung i760 smartphone. You can get it here, just make sure you choose the correct installer depending on your OS (XP/Vista).

Here's the list of improvements. Are you exited yet?

• EV-DO Rev. A support;
• Applied, several

MWg (former O2 Asia) announced the Zinc II, a new high-eng touchscreen smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard. Here's what it offers:

• Size 109.5mm x 59mm x 18mm (4.3" x 2.3" x 0.7");
• Weight 185g (6.5oz);
• OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional;
• Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz;
• Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA/WiFi;
• Battery: 1530mAh; up to 10.

Samsung has released its SGH-i200 handset in the UK.

It is a business-centric mid-range 3G smartphone running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard.

All willing can get it for €399 ($626).

BGR have got their hands on the Motorola Napolean Q9. It is a new world phone from Verizon Vireless supporting both quad-and GSM and CDMA networks. To prove that, they've inserted an AT&T SIM-card, and it worked.
Features are as following:

• Fingerprint scanner;
• QWERTY keyboard;
  
• Windows Mobile 6.1;
• CDMA EV-DO Rev.

Idnes.cz reports that Samsung is preparing yet another full touchscreen smartphone with the model number SGH-i740.

The i740 is the sucessor to the i710 model, and, according to the source, shouldn't be expensive, as it lacks such important features like support for 3G, Wi-Fi and even EDGE(!). Wow, that leaves us only with GPRS.

Here's a fresh rumor: apparently Samsung's latest Omnia touchscreen iPhone-like handset will be coming to AT&T really soon.

This is bad news for LG, who holds the number one spot in providing AT&T’s Mobile TV service with its Vu handset.

Samsung Omnia features:

• Windows Mobile 6.1;
• HSDPA data

Opera announced that it plans to release the first public beta of its new mobile browser on July 15. The new Opera Mobile 9.5 takes advantage of the the same Presto rendering engine used on the desktop version. It is compatible with any Windows Mobile Pro or Symbian UIQ based device with minor differences, and will probably feature a new UI.

Good news for Sprint customers, owners of the HTC Touch Vogue.

After HTC Mogul this handset is the next to receive a Windows Mobile 6.1 update. You can download it here.

RoverPC X7 is a newly announced communicator from the Russian manufacturer Rover Computers. Here's a list of its specifications:

• GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz;
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS;
• Marvell PXA310, 624 MHz + NXP 5209 CPU;
• 256MB ROM / 128MB RAM;
• 3.2" QVGA 65K color touchscreen;
• 2Mpix camera;
• miniUSB 2.

Reportedly, Windows Mobile handsets will soon become compatible with T-Mobile's Hotspot@Home service.

The first of such will be T-Mobile's Shadow II, a UMA capable phone that will allow for voice calls via Wi-Fi network. Unfortunately, we won't see it live till Q4.