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Unofficial Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for Cingular 8525

Windows Mobile 6 Not sure if your Smartphone manufacturer is going to issue an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6? Not to worry, the hackers over at XDA-Developers have managed to develop a ROM that runs on HTC Hermes smartphones. In the US, the Hermes is sold as the Cingular 8525.

Keep in mind, this is a completely unofficial port, and involves voiding your warranty and completely replacing the operating system on your phone. In other words, if your phone is useless after the update, there's no one you can call for help.

Get it while it lasts though, word on the street is that Microsoft has asked XDA-Developers to pull all of the ROM images hosted on their site.

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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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