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HP confirmed recently that it will not be making a smartphone that runs Windows Phone 7. The company also confirmed the same for Android based phones. Instead, the company will be focusing on webOS and pushing out that platform that they feel has a lot to offer.

The information comes from an interview on CNBC…

‘As we continue to be Microsoft’s largest customer, and as we continue to believe that we will drive innovation with Microsoft, at the same time, I think it’s clear to say that we’re very focused on the customer and giving the customer the experience that’s important to them. We will not do a Linux (Linux)/Android (Android) phone. We won’t do a Microsoft phone.

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Windows Phone 7 is set to challenge the likes of iOS 4 and Android when it launches in a few months time. Microsoft [MSFT] has dropped quite far behind in recent years due to it’s outdated Windows Mobile OS. The new revamped OS is called Windows Phone 7 and has been built from the ground up. A new UI has been created, compatibility with old apps has been cut off and Microsoft is making a clean start with this OS.

We have heard what the hardware requirements are in the past such as the specific processor, specific amounts of memory, camera resolution, screen resolution and other details. We have also seen some sample handsets from the likes of Samsung and LG amongst a few others. What we haven’t seen, until now, is a list of official manufacturers who will be creating the hardware to run Windows Phone 7.

The list includes HTC, LG and Samsung as we expected. Dell and ASUS will also be building hardware. [Read more…]

The Motorola Milestone XT720 is now available to buy in the UK. Right now, it isn’t available at any carriers but has been made available unlocked at Clove with a price tag of £381.88.

The handset is also known as the MOTOROI and runs the Google Android operating system. The smartphone has a 3.7 inch WVGA screen that has capacitive touch. It has a HDMI out put port, 720p HD video recording, 512MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM. For connectivity it has HSPA and WiFi. The battery has a capacity of 1390mAh.

The smartphone is an alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S and if you prefer a similar phone but with a physical keyboard, we hear the Motorola DROID 2 (Milestone 2) will be launching in the next few weeks. [Read more…]

RIM [RIMM] and HTC have both responded somewhat in terms of what Steve Jobs said about the iPhone 4 antenna problems not being unique to the iPhone 4. Samsung is the next company to push out a statement by indicating that although their antenna is on the bottom left of the device, the antenna is sufficiently pushed inside the device to prevent a hand holding it to cause the signal to drop.

‘we have not received significant customer feedback on any signal reduction issue for the Omnia II. Based on years of experience of designing high quality phones, Samsung mobile phones employ an internal antenna design technology that optimizes reception quality for any type of hand-grip use.

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Symbian released some source code for Symbian^4 recently and in doing so, quietly made some screen shots available that show what new features or changes have been made.

The changes show that the new OS and UI has a new iPhone/Android style status bar at the top of the page that is almost permanent. When we say “almost” we assume that some apps can go full screen. Just below the status bar is another bar showing comments on what is going on as well as what looks like the ability to switch between apps and jump back to the home page. This section will hopefully slide out when needed rather than being a permanent fixture as it takes up valuable screen estate for small screen devices. [Read more…]

BGR along with others managed to get hold of a Samsung Protoype Windows Phone 7 device to test for a week. The hardware it’s self will never be launched although the preview is for the software that will be running on it, Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft [MSFT].

The preview covers hardware briefly although it doesn’t cover the specific Samsung handset used due to it never being launched. The requirements though were mentioned which includes a 1GHz CPU, 3.7 inch 4 point capacitive multi-touch display, 5 megapixel camera, 3 hardware buttons, dedicated graphics chip and memory built in with no removable storage allowed. Microsoft are being strict on the requirements to ensure that the Windows Phone 7 experience is good on any approved device that runs it. [Read more…]

RIM [RIMM] has responded to the iPhone 4 press conference that was held on Friday. The statement made was released by the co-CEO’s of the company who felt Apple [AAPL] had mislead customers by indicating the BlackBerry Bold 9700 had the same antenna problems that the iPhone 4 has.

The full statement is found below… [Read more…]

Samsung is pushing the Galaxy S class of phones a lot. So far over 1 million of them have been sold globally. Samsung say that they will reach 10 million units which is some achievement.

When Samsung refer to the Galaxy S we assume they include all models such as the Samsung Captivate, Vibrant and the others that carriers sell in the US which all are classed as Galaxy S class phones.

The phone it’s self scored high in our Samsung Galaxy S review. It has a large 4 inch WVGA screen that uses Samsung’s Super AMOLED touchscreen that is very vibrant. [Read more…]

The HTC Aria looked like it was going to get the HTC sync app as it appeared on their website recently. However, the app has now been removed which now would prevent non-android market applications from being installed on the device.

When the app first appeared on HTC, people were thinking that AT&T [T] were relaxing the rules a little and letting 3rd party apps be installed on the handsets it offers as a carrier. However, now that the side-loading app has been removed this is not the case. [Read more…]