Ali Kuru

I’m a long time HTC Touch Diamond user, and the phone I’m using now was already SIM-unlocked when I bought it. Recently, I had a chance to grab another one for real cheap from eBay for a friend, which was locked to Orange. Since we don’t have Orange here in Turkey, I’ve started a search for ways of unlocking the device.

Below is the method I used for unlocking my new Diamond. If you don’t want to use the overpriced unlocking services that certain web sites offering, you might find this free alternative useful ;)

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Opera is definitely the best browser for Windows Mobile and, because it comes preinstalled on most PDAs, it’s quite popular. According to Gizmodo, soon to be released 9.7 version of Opera Mobile will have long awaited Flash. It will also support Google Gears, which allow Windows Mobile users to enjoy offline versions of Google applications like Gmail and Google Calendar.

Opera Mobile will have an option for connecting Opera Turbo, the content compression service used in Opera Mini, which does a lot to reduce downloading times for a small sacrifice in image quality.

I’m happy to hear that it will support Flash and Gears, but I don’t think I will ever interest in Opera Turbo. It’s sounding like having a constant “men in the middle” :)

Enjoy the video demonstration of Opera Turbo below.

[via Gizmodo]

Engadget Mobile has just released a video hands-on with the new HTC Touch Diamond2. Although phone looks a little thicker than its predecessor, metal casing looks really neat. Improvements in the user interface and features such as WVGA (800×480) screen resolution, 5 megapixels camera is also really exciting. Looks like I’m going to dump my old Diamond soon :)

[via Engadget Mobile]

Microsoft MyPhone beta (a.k.a. SkyBox) is open for pre-registration right now and you can get yourself an early position in the wait list with your live.com credentials.

If you haven’t heard of MS MyPhone before, it will be something similar to Apple’s MobileMe in the end, a place where you can backup & sync your contacts, mail, calendar events and documents on your Windows Mobile operated phone. Although details are not clear at the moment, it is expected to be a free service in the beginning.

[via Engadget Mobile]

[Update: Gizmodo; No MobileMe, It's a Fancy Backup service]