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Motorola has announced 2 new rugged Windows Mobile smartphones for the Asian market, called FR68 and FR6000. Both look pretty bulky, especially the second one with its unusual form-factor, and offer the following features:

• 3.5G support;
• GPS receiver;
• Bluetooth;
• IrDA;
• Wi-Fi;
• Marvell 624MHz processor;
• 320 x 240 QVGA screen;
• 3.

It looks like the Mozilla Fennec browser has been ported to the Windows Mobile platform. Gnubeashie, the open source whiz, has managed to build the browser using its early source code, and has published a video of it running in the Windows Mobile 6.1 emulator. And running pretty fast, I must say. The UI is very nice and looks to be more functional than that in the official Alpha.

The Compulab exeda is one of the new Android devices that were present at the CES show. Designed for the enterprise market, this squared-off handheld features:

• 3.5" VGA touchscreen;
• QWERTY keyboard;
• Touchpad;
• Android OS / Windows Mobile 6.1;
• 520MHz Marvell CPU;
• 128MB of RAM;
• Quadband GSM / GPRS / CDMA / 3G UMTS;
• 10/100Base-T Ethernet port;
• Wi-Fi

It should be released in March for a yet unknown price.

The tri-flip iCEphone, that we have mentioned a while ago was introduced at CES yesterday. Unfortunately, we still have no idea on when and where it will be released, nor how much it will cost. Stay tuned for more details, as they might appear pretty soon.

iCEphone specs:

• Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900, GPRS/EDGE;
• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA UMTS 2100 connectivity;
• Freescale iMX31 532Mhz CPU;
• 3" 240x400 px 65K color transflective TFT touchscreen;
• Windows Mobile 6.

Microsoft has updated its Windows Live Messenger mobile client to be compatible with Symbian S60 devices. As you can see on the picture above, the new version perfectly fits the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic’s screen, and will also be compatible with other Nokia handsets, including the upcoming N97 model.

Just to remind you, Windows Live Messenger allows you to chat  with your MSN/Windows Live buddies, as well as access your Hotmail account while on-the-go.

Samsung has lowered the price for its entry-level WM6.1-based handset, makin it £190 (about $295) for customers in the UK. The phone comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS, and features HSDPA (2100 MHz) connectivity, a 2.3" QVGA screen, and 2Mpix camera.

Lusacell Mexico has rolled out the first Windows Mobile Professional-based CDMA phone in the country made by TechFaith.

Strangely, it comes with the version 6.0 OS, instead of 6.1. Specs wise, the handset comes with:

• EV-DO;
• 2.8" QVGA display;
• 2Mpix camera;
• 128MB of ROM;
• 64MB of RAM;
• Blu

Sling Media has updated its popular SlingPlayer Mobile for the Windows Mobile Professional and Standard OS editions. The latest version supports more screen resoliutions, including 800 x 480, 640 x 480, 400 x 240 and 320 x 320, as well as some other insignificant improvements. 

You can download the player:

Here for the U.

HTC's answer to the iPhone, the MAX 4G has been pictured again. It still looks good, and has the same known specifications, though the price is still kept under cover. If for some reason you're not aware of its features, check them out them below.

HTC Max 4G specs:

• 3.8" touchscreen display at 480 × 800 resolution;
• WiMAX support (2.

Google has released a new version of its Maps for Mobile for the Windows Mobile and S60 platforms. The latest Maps for Mobile 2.3 app now supports the Street Views feature, previously available only for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms.

The feature provides street-level images of streets that users search for.

[Continue reading Street Views in Google Maps for Windows Mobile and S60]