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If you're falling in love with Microsoft's new Bing "decision engine" and wanted proper WAP access from your phone, look no further. The m.bing.com site is live, giving you proper mobile-formatted search. We're still expecting a full-on mobile client in the future, most likely to replace the Live Search mobile client.

Via Windows Mobile Training

Apparently Microsoft just couldn't wait any longer to unveil it's Live Search revamp, known forevermore as Bing. The "preview" site was rolled out this morning. And a little birdie tipped us off that seaching for "Windows Mobile news" returns the proper results for our favorite Windows Mobile site. See for yourself.

There's a new ROM out for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, which according to coolsmartphone brings improvements to:

Brings better touch response.

• A quicker media panel.
• Better texting.
• Brigher keyboard.
• You should get much better performance and a better signal, too.

The update, dubbed R3, is only available at the Sony Ericsson update service.

Each week we bring you the biggest stories from around the Smartphone Experts network. We're changing up our format this week: shorter, bite-sized, yet still delicious.

• Android 1.5 Cupcake update finally rolls out
• Android 2.0 'Donut' demoed on video
• Google Expects 18-20 Android phones to be released this year

• BlackBerry Storm 9530 OS 4.7.0.148 Finally Official
• BlackBerry Twitter Client Roundup, Part Deux
• Hands-On with the Fuel Case for the BlackBerry Bold

• Ovi Store rolls out around the world
• Skyfire Browser on E71x: works well!
• Free Games and Apps for the Noka 5800

• Next Gen iPhone Caught on Camera?
• iPhone 3.0: auto-focus, digital compass, and more
• iPhone 3.0 to allow direct, on-device iTunes movie and TV show downloads

• Palm Pre to Sync Seamlessly with iTunes!
• Palm Pre Previewed in our forums once and once again
• Gmail and Facebook Users: Time to Resign Yourself to Extra Contacts

• Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 for AT&T Leak
• Another Windows Mobile 7 leak
• Kinoma Play
• (And P.S. - no podcast this week)

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (and ActiveSync) is coming, and that means new features for Windows Mobile. Some of them are for IT types, others directly affect you, the end user. Here's what's in store:

On the Server side:

• Block/allow/quarantine phones: That's one for the IT side.
• OTA update of Outlook Mobile: That's right, a new version of the app can be pushed to your phone. Wouldn't hold your breath in hopes of seeing this outside of a corporate environment, but you never know.
• Sync SMS: It'd been rumored for a while. You can send text messages to networked phones from Outlook or OWA access and respond from either, as well as from your phone.

On the phone side:

• Threaded messages(!): Instead of cluttering your inbox with each and every message, they're threaded by "conversations." Nothing you're not already used to elsewhere, and a welcome addition to Windows Mobile. There also are options to ignore threads or move them to other folders.
• Reply state: See which messages you've replied to or forwarded.
• Voice card/transcription: If someone sends you a voicemail through Exchange, it's transcribed(!!!) and you can play it directly in the e-mail. Very cool.
• Get free/busy: No, not like that. It's just quick way to see if someone on your network is free or busy.

Again, this all involves Microsoft Exchange 2010, through it'd be great to get some of the Outlook Mobile features for people outside a corporate envrionment. For those of you on the inside, start lobbying your IT department now.

Microsoft Technet via wmpoweruser

We're getting word from some insiders that HTC will be launching the Tachi (aka Twin) in China exclusively on the Dopod network come July (see right).

The VGA (480 x 640) device will launch with WM6.5, making it one fo the first devices in the world to (legally) launch with the new OS. This is evidently a change from the original plan to launch with WM6.1. It will also have dual CDMA and GSM radios enabled and be exclusive to China/Dopod for sometime.

Some other quick specs:

• 2.8-inch screen
• WiFi
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 3.1MP camera w/auto-focus
• Front facing camera
• MicroSD

Thanks anonymous!

You can't pick one up in stores and it's not yet being shipped, but you can go ahead and drop $519.99 on the Sprint variant (the S511) of the HTC Snap at Best Buy's Web site. Of course, that's the off-contract price, and it should drop if you're willing to fork over a couple years of your cellular life.

Via BGR

A favorite pastime of us phone nerds is to gather around a phone in a box ... and take it out. And record ourselves doing it for posterity. And after the break, a quick roundup of some HTC Touch Pro 2 unboxings and some hands-on time. (You can read Dieter's hands-on from Mobile World Congress.)

Remember that this is the unbranded, European version of the Touch Pro 2, so design is likely to vary slightly (Verizon and T-Mobile), or greatly (Sprint) when it's released by the U.S. carriers. (And we're still looking for AT&T shots that aren't renders. If you've got 'em, send 'em!)

So without further ado, unboxings from Mobile Tech Addicts, Tracy and Matt and Pocketnow.