HTC has announced the first smartphone made specially with Windows Mobile 6.5 in mind - with the HTC Touch2 smartphone carrying the new Windows Phone moniker.

The phone - described by HTC as 'compact and stylish' is the successor to the popular HTC Touch, and will take advantage of new Microsoft features such as MyPhone and Windows Marketplace.

The phone, which includes HTC's TouchFLO technology, Google Maps for Mobile, YouTube 'and more', will also feature the newly designed Internet Explorer for mobile and all the Exchange email goodies you would expect from a Windows Phone.

The HTC Touch2 will available to customers on October.

via: engadgetmobile.com

via: http://www.AllTouchPro2.com

Nokia today announced the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, an entertainment hub that combines mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), social networking, music and gaming in one compact 3G device. With mobile broadcast TV consumption on the rise - by 2012 there will be over 300 million people worldwide watching TV on their mobile phones - this handset offers easy access to anyone wanting to enjoy an exceptional live, on-the-move TV experience.

• Watch TV. Anywhere.
• Catch up with friends. Anytime.
• Play music. Whenever.
• Keep up-to-date. Wherever.
• Mobile TV. Roll-out.

Click here to read the rest of the Press Release.

This is exciting.  If you one of the few that never heard about Mint.com you should go check it out.  I am a frequently Mint.com user.  It's a free site that manages your everyday finances.  You can link all your banking and credit accounts into mint.com and it will help you manage them in a nice orderly way.  You can setup alerts like over spending and under spending. etc etc.

Well, mint.com will be coming out with the Android app that could make it even easily to manage your finance through your android devices.  It's rumored to be release Feb of 2010.   I can't wait.!!!

How about playing some Xbox Live on your windows mobile phone?  Cool right? 

The hints were already pretty strong on this one, but now Microsoft has come right out and said it, albeit in a job posting - the Xbox Live gaming platform is extending beyond the console and specifically onto WinMo phones.  the Xbox Live gaming platform is extending beyond the console and specifically onto WinMo phones.

via: engadget