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Microsoft: Hardware Start logo button not a prerequisite for WM6.5 upgrade

Damian Koh | Jun 16, 2009

One of the things that current Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone users won't be getting is an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5. This is due to a requirement for a hardware Start logo button on the device which will help users identify it as a Windows phone at a glance. At least that was what we understood when Microsoft announced its latest version of the mobile operating system at the Barcelona-based Mobile World Congress in February.

It turns out that WM6.1 users are still eligible for an upgrade to WM6.5 if device manufacturers decide to release it to the existing devices. That's exactly the case for the LG GM730 that was launched at the infocomm tradeshow in Singapore, CommunicAsia, this afternoon. According to LG, the GM730 will get an upgrade to WM6.5 when the software becomes available in the latter half of the year. The GM730 doesn't have a hardware Start logo button, period.
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Android to replace Garmin-Asus' current Linux platform

John Chan | Jun 16, 2009

The Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 (left) and M20 (right).

At CommunicAsia today, Garmin-Asus showed off its nuvifone G60 and M20 devices. The former was first developed independently by Garmin and later rebadged with the new brand name after the two companies decided to collaborate on a line of navigation-focused smartphones.

The Linux-based G60 has been delayed for a while, but today Garmin-Asus announced that both devices will be commercially available in the second half of 2009. The company's regional director for Southeast Asia sales, Hektor Tung, said it will be as early as August for some markets.

When asked about the potential of Garmin-Asus' current Linux platform for future devices, Tung revealed that this will be used only in the G60. Future smartphones will either come with Windows Mobile like the M20 or be based on the Google Android operating system. He added that the brand's first Android phone will be unveiled at the end of this year, earlier than the Q1 2010 time frame mentioned by various reports a few weeks back.

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Purported images of Dell smartphone surface

Erica Ogg | Jun 16, 2009

A blurry photo of a phone running Android is said to be made by Dell. (Credit: PDAFans)

After the Apple iPhone 3G S and Palm Pre, the most gossiped about smartphone is one that may or may not exist.

Dell, which has hinted about getting into the category for more than a year, is supposedly working on a device right now, and the image to the right is said to be a picture of the device.

Engadget posted the photo Monday, and it's from a Chinese Web site called PDAFans.com.

Though it's blurry, there's nothing distinguishing about the design of the handset itself besides a Dell logo, and that it appears a bit similar to the Pre. But though this is just a blurry photo posted to a Web forum, those small details seem to line up with other pieces of information that have dribbled out this year.
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Haier's Android handset to be out in September

Leonard Goh | Jun 16, 2009

Mockup unit of the Haier H7. (Credit: Leonard Goh/CNET Asia

China electronics maker Haier today displayed its first Android mobile phone, the H7, at CommunicAsia 2009 held at the Singapore Expo.

The H7 is probably the fourth phone we know of that is employing the Google-developed OS, besides the HTC Dream, Magic and the Samsung I7500. It is understood that the Haier phone will definitely operate on Android OS 1.5, but the company does not dispute that it will ship the handset with OS 2.0 if the firmware is available by then.

As the unit displayed at the booth was just a mockup, we weren't able to give the H7 a try to see if it's more responsive than the HTC phones. But its specifications state that the upcoming phone has a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity, FM radio, GPS and a 2-megapixel camera with onboard flashlight.

A representative at Haier's booth told CNET Asia that the H7 is expected to cost about US$150, and is slated to launch in France first in September.

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Video hands-on of the Samsung Omnia II

John Chan | Jun 16, 2009

Aside from the Samsung Jet, the manufacturer announced four new products to beef up its Omnia family. We got a sneak peek of the Omnia II, the successor to the original Omnia SGH-i900 and shot this quick hands-on video. Here are its other specs: