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The HTC Touch Diamond2 won’t arrive in the U.S. for some time, but the company has posted a 232 page User Manual for the upcoming Windows Mobile Smartphone.

The manual (download PDF) is for the GSM version of the handset and details the unit’s hardware and software and is full of screen shots and how-tos.   

Thanks to Rob for the tip!

Curious about the nuts and bolts of Windows Mobile 6.5?  Of course you are!

Pocket PC Central has prepared a detailed overview of Windows Mobile 6.5 with screenshots, feature breakdowns and more.  We’ll continue to update this Windows Mobile 6.5 Product Brief over the coming months as more information becomes available, so you can check back any time for updates on release dates, supported hardware, software upgrades, compatible services and more.

Take a look at the Windows Mobile 6.5 Product Brief and, if you still have specific questions, email us and we’ll find out what we can.

Mike recently submitted a great question via email:

I’ve been reading about the new iTunes Store selling unlocked music.  Will this music play on my Touch Diamond?

Yes it will play on a Touch Diamond, or any Windows Mobile device for that matter. 

Apple has actually been selling unlocked, or DRM-free, music for many months, but the unlocked tracks were available from a few specific music labels.  Apple recently announced that it will sell only DRM-free music by April 2009; in the meantime, the company has removed DRM protection from about 80% of its current offerings.

These unlocked tracks are encoded in the AAC format which will play in Windows Media Player 10 Mobile (the default WinMo media player) and in most popular third-party Windows Mobile media players.

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Live Mesh is a platform with a lot of potential for Windows Mobile. There isn’t a Live Mesh client for Windows Mobile just yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use Mesh as a tool to help make WinMo more useful.  In our latest tutorial, we’ll show you how to use the service as it exists today to transfer files to your Windows Mobile device.

Read How to Transfer Files to Windows Mobile Using Live Mesh…

We’ve received a few requests from readers asking for how to perform a hard reset of the new Palm Treo 800w.  The 800w lacks both a reset switch and a software utility which performs the reset from within the OS.  To clear up the confusion, we’ve put together a page in the Pocket PC Central Help Center which details both the hard reset and soft reset procedures: How to Reset the Palm Treo 800w.

Have a Windows Mobile tutorial you’d like to see in the Help Center?  Just post a comment below.

If you use Windows Live Hotmail, you’re probably aware that there’s a built-in calendar which allows you to plan events and access your schedule on the Web.  Until now, you could sync your Live Hotmail email and and contacts with Outlook using a free utility called Outlook Connector, but syncing your online calendar with your Outlook calendar required a paid subscription. However, a new version of Outlook Connector, v12.1 (which is currently in beta) allows you to sync your Live Hotmail email, contacts and calendar entries with Outlook for free.

Outlook Connector 12 requires Outlook 2003 or 2007, and of course, if you sync your Windows Mobile device with Outlook, your calendar entries will also be mirrored on your handheld.  We’ve been using it for a couple of days without a hitch, so if you’re interested, give it a try.

You’re a Windows Mobile user who uses Google Calendar to plan your life. Problem is, you can’t sync Google Calendar with Outlook or your Windows Mobile device… Or can you?

READ: Tutorial: How to Sync Google Calendar with Outlook, Windows Mobile