The game of ROM upgrades is old, and usually requires user attention and a desktop computer. Windows Mobile 6 was the first OS release to include “OTA” updating…but nobody used it. According to PocketNow, this will change soon – in fact, some HTC Touch HD’s have already received OTA updates…

This is the T-Mobile Shadow II. It's coming soon to the US network and there's already manual and photos online. The handset, which has a slide-out numeric keypad, runs on a TI Omap 260Mhz CPU and has 256MB ROM, 128MB DDR RAM and uses the non-touch-screen Window Mobile 6.1 Standard OS. The manual also reveals a 320x240 pixel screen, quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE and 2 megapixel camera, so ...

And here's another handset from Russia, the new RoverPC Pro G7, a WM6.1-based business smartphone packed with an impressive set of features, including a head-spinning 2.8" 640 x 480 resolution touchscreen display. It will be available in the home market sometime this month for $616. Other specs include: Quad-band GSM; 3G support ; 624MHz CPU; 128MB RAM; 256MB ROM; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 c...

Chinese company, QiGi, is offering consumers one thing so many of its competitors don't: choice. The i6 officially supports Android and Windows Mobile. Unfortunately, dual-boot isn't an option - you have to pick one OS and stick with it until you choose to install the other. OSes aside, it packs a Marvell 624MHz processor, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM, a 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320) touch screen, Wi-F...

The company Verbatim announced early release of the world's first dual-layer discs LightScribe 8X DVD + R Double Layer. The data recorded on the disc as possible at the speed of today 8h, through which one-sided DVD DL volume of 8.5 Gb fully recorded less than 15 minutes. Carriers will be marketed in packages of 5 each. Certification LightScribe said that the new dual-layer media from Verbatim is ...

One package. Two operating systems. That's pretty cool, although dual-booting isn't yet supported. According to Engadget Mobile, the QiJi i6 supports both operating systems on the same hardware, which includes: a 624MHz processor, 256MB of ROM, 128MB of RAM, a trackball, and on-screen keyboard. Basically, you'll have to select an operating system and install it. When you want to cha...

Pandora has been available for the iPhone for quite some time (location barrier included) - a Windows Mobile version has been rumored for some time, but has not officially dropped so far. Some of AT&T’s LG Incite devices have dropped with a version of the program in ROM - Brandon Miniman tortured it a bit, and

In this video, our guest editor, Jon Rettinger, takes a look at the hardware of the BlackBerry Storm. The Storm has the usual BlackBerry buttons below the 3.3" screen, which has a resolution of 360x480 (slightly greater than the iPhone). It's running on a Marvell 624MHz CPU, with 192MB RAM and 1GB of ROM, plus all Storms are shipping with an 8GB microSDHC card. The width is 14mm, which is abo...

Just today new ROM upgrade for iPhone has been released - version 2.2 - and it brings one major new feature: over-the-air (OTA) podcast downloading for offline listening! We are reviewing here this new feature in big detail and exhaustively. First of all new features for podcast downloading has been placed in 2 places:

The Nokia E71, there has been rumour and whisper about the Nokia E71 coming to the AT&T network, a super special E71 edition carrying an AT&T ROM, but no concrete evidence that it was going to happen, some rumours even said it was dead in the water. However, new found hope that there is to be