The pictures have been floating around for the last month or so and now the Q11 is finally official. Motorola’s latest Q factor phone running Windows Mobile 6.1 looks like the other Q9 and as if it could have some relations to HP’s 910C offerings. This phone unfortunately only sports EDGE but you can link up to faster connections via the included Wi-Fi and there is a GPS as well as Bluetooth Class 1 v2.1. The camera is 3 MP with the ability to shoot 15 fps video. Under the hood expect 128 MB of flash memory and a slot for MicroSD memory enhancement (up to 32 GB). Talk time is rated to be 450 minutes. The phone is Quad Band GSM which means this is destined for import, AT&T or T-Mobile in the USA. Expect availability by the end of the year.

Motorola Q11

Those of us not completely absorbed by the iPhone 3G (uh-hem…), will be excited to know that HTC and AT&T have FINALLY released the WM 6.1 Pro Upgrade for the AT&T Tilt!  The file can be downloaded from HTC Club.

Details and the download link, can be found after the break…

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While most of you know me as Clinton Fitch, writer for Gear Diary and owner of Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!, I do have a day job. That would be the Unified Communications Product Manager for Spanlink Communications. While we are not the biggest Cisco Systems partner on the block, we are one of the best when it comes to applications in Unified Communications and Contact Centers. As you can imagine, I have email constantly flowing into my inbox and thus onto my HTC Advantage on a variety of different topics, customers and solutions. My answer to managing all of this email are sub-folders. I love them. I have them for just about every category out there and it makes it quick and easy for me to find a message. This is great on my Windows PC but by default Windows Mobile does not synchronize any folders other than your Inbox via ActiveSync or Over-The-Air (OTA) Push Mail. Fortunately this is somewhat easy to change and in this How-To I’ll show you.

Now for a word of warning: What I’m about to demonstrate requires that the folders you are wanting to synchronize are on your Exchange server. This will not work if you are trying to synchronize folders that are stored in your PST file on your PC. It could also be that your Administrator does not allow folder synchronization beyond the Inbox through policies set in place. You will need to check with them if this does not work for you. Secondly, this will require a lot of bandwidth depending on how much you have to synchronize so make sure you have an unlimited data account. Gear Diary is not responsible for your $5,000 data bill!

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HTC has finally released the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional update for the AT&T Tilt. The new ROM Version 3.57.502.2 WWE brings Tilt users up to the news OS from Microsoft and includes:

* HTC Home
* Remote Desktop Monitor
* Video Share Calling
* Managed Programs
* Threaded SMS
* Push-to-talk button can now be reassigned
* MS Voice Command
* OneNote Mobile

The download is approximately 88MB and you should make sure you follow the instructions closely. You can download the ROM by clicking this link

UPDATE: Okay, so it appears that HTC has built out the page for the update but it is still linked to the older Windows Mobile 6 ROM.

Samsung has just released an update for their SCH-i760 phone to include the latest Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade. The SCH-i760 is sold in the US by Verizon for $299 (after rebates) and features a QWERTY slider keyboard, touch screen navigation, 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder, micrSD, and Bluetooth. From the site:

Samsung has released a software upgrade for the SCH-I760, which is recommended to be installed. This update includes an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 and numerous software additions/enhancements / corrections. The update may take up to 10 minutes to complete if the system is already set up.

* Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 with version AKU 1.0.0
* Popular features for WM6.1 include, threaded SMS, Domain Enrollment, and updated “Vista” looks.
* Applied, several Bluetooth improvements (updated BT DUN profile, improved scanning)
* Applied, support for YouTube videos
* Applied, Qualcomm patch
* Fixed, memory leakage by replacing POOM API
* Fixed, notification malfunction under certain conditions
* Fixed, certain conditions prevented delivery of MMS
* Added, MEID support (included in BC04 MR)
* Added, WLAN chipset enhancement (included in BC04 MR)

Samsung SCH-i760 upgrade instructions
SCH-i760 XP download
SCH-i760 Vista download

The Treo 800W still seems on track for a July 13 debut on Sprint as we first reported on June 19. This looks to be a Windows Mobile 6.1 device with a 333MHZ processor. Sadly MMS is not supported only Picture Mail.Engadget has a few more specifics from a leaked product sheet:

-Windows Mobile 6. 1 Professional
-Wi-Fi
-Threaded SMS text messaging
-2 MP camera
-No MMS
-$249

If all goes as scheduled, look for this in stores on July 13 along with a Red Blackberry Curve.

Link: Engadget