Video of the new HTC Touch Dual with slide-out keypad, 3G HSDPA support and a forward facing camera for video calls. Coming to the US, running WM6.1

Negatives: no WiFi. Smaller display. Slightly larger than original Touch.

Wow--the number of China Mobile customers is greater than the entire US population

Quoted: Today in the "mind blowing" department, we have China Mobile -- the largest mobile carrier on the planet -- stating that its customer base of just over 301 million exceeds that of the entire population of the United States. Yes, all the people living in the U.S these days can't hold a candle to just the mobile subscribers with a China Mobile plan across the Pacific.

Another review of Windows Mobile 6---this one with PPC screenshots if you're curious.

Quoted: Review of Windows Mobile 6.0 for PPC (Crossbow) operating system

Nice write up of Windows Mobile 6, aka Crossbow---the release I've been working on at Microsoft since I started. It's finally coming out and will be officially announced on Monday. Yay!

Quoted: I've had the pleasure of testing out a beta version of Windows Mobile 6 for a few weeks and I couldn't be happier with it. We'll have a full review coming soon, but since the embargo was just lifted I figured I'd give you some quick highlights of what's found in the new OS as well as some of my first impressions of the operating system itself.

Quoted: Just two years after Google launched its SMS search service, Microsoft has launched a beta version of its own SMS service that lets you perform Windows Live searches from a cell phone. The service is available to Cingular, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, and Alltel customers in the uS.

Quoted: Privately held Orb Networks plans to offer Web videos from YouTube.com on mobile phones with a new software launch this week, well before the wildly popular Web site makes its own cell phone service available.

Interesting FREE service (works with Verizon, Cingular & T-Mo right now) because it's in Beta that allows you to record individualized voicemails for the contacts on your phone--you can even use a DITCHMAIL feature that hangs up on unwanted callers after your custom greeting is played.

Quoted: YouMail is the new voice mail for cell phones. Among many features, it allows you to record unique voice greetings for anyone who calls you, based on their caller ID. Individualize your voice greetings for friends, family or important callers while maintaining a standard greeting for work and unknown callers.

The Treowx launched on Sprint this last week