New Windows Mobile 7 Screens Leak

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Microsoft needs to get Windows Mobile 7 out the door as fast as possibly to avoid losing even more ground. The Windows Mobile 6.5 did underwhelm quite a bit.
Especially now that Android kicked into overdrive with the upcoming release of Android 2.0 on the Motorola Droid, Microsoft only depends on HTC and others to make WinMo 6.5 look at least up-to-date with custom UIs.
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Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows Mobile 6.5 Reviews Confirm The Obvious

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Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.5 officially today. Microsoft itself sees WinMo 6.5 as a transitional release to pass the time to Windows Mobile 7 that is supposed to come in 2010.
The Windows Mobile 6.5 reviews on Gizmodo and Engadget for instance hightlight that Microsoft did not really change much in this release and it is more a 6.2 release. How is it possible that Microsoft dropped the ball on their mobile OS? Palm's brand new webOS or of course Apple's iPhone OS just make it look old. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:09:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows Mobile 7: In Beta Now?

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WinMo 6.5 will hit in October of this year, alongside a whole bucketload of new smartphones built around Microsoft's latest stab at the mobile market. But 6.5 isn't going to be Redmond's only attempt to regain their lost share of the smartphone market. If Ars Technica is right, WinMo 7.0 is in beta testing right now, and could be headed to stores sooner than you think.

This rumor rests on Hand Huang's Linkedln profile, in which he describes himself as a Chinese Senior Engineer at Motorola and states having experience with "Windows Mobile 7.0 (Beta)". Everything else in Huang's profile seems to check out, and UX Evangelist found more than a few other references to Windows Mobile 7.0 on Linkedln.

Posted on Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:35:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Windows Mobile 6.5, Available October 6th

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If you are a fan of Windows Mobile, this is going to be a very good holiday season for you. Microsoft has just announced that WinMo 6.5 will be available starting October 6th. We are just five weeks away from launch day. Microsoft has released some screenshots of the new OS, and they've also put out a list of where you'll be able to find WinMo 6.5 phones this Fall.

Posted on Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:52:28 CDT | by Robert Evans

The iPhone OS Spreads Worldwide/Android Beats Windows Mobile

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Admob has just released its latest mobile metric report, giving us a better picture of how Apple's iPhone OS gadgets have spread around the world. The most shocking news in this report has to be the fact that 46% of iPhones and iPod touches in use are from foreign countries. The study surveyed 16.8 million devices and came up with some surprising findings.

Posted on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:30:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Windows Mobile Marketplace: Open For Developers, July 27th

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I hereby declare July 14 to be App Day! First we heard news of Apple's astonishing success, then Verizon announced the beginnings of their own app store. And now, to cap it all off, we have some new info about the upcoming Windows Mobile Marketplace!

This new marketplace will be Microsoft's answer to the App Store. When it launches this Fall alongside Win Mobile 6.5 it'll give users of the next generation of Windows-running smartphones a place to go and shop for apps. Folks still stuck with Win 6.0 or 6.1 will be taken care of as well; the Marketplace should have options for all Windows Mobile customers before 2010.

Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Designer Isaac Mizrahi to Design Free Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes

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Microsoft announced today that it would be teaming with renowned fashion designers to produce a series of free themes for Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets. The first designer to produce free themes will be Isaac Mizrahi.

Mizrahi will design themes that include color palettes and wallpaper. Additional designers will be announced in the coming months. Windows mobile users will also get a new Theme Generator to allow personalization of their phones. The applications will be available later this year and let users choose the color for the nav bar, scroll bar, and highlighted text along with background images. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:29:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots leaked?

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Windows Mobile 7 is still about one year away, but some screenshots of the next generation Windows Mobile operating systems have appeared on WMPowerUser. Via Techmeme. Are these screens real? Who knows. It is too early for a final Windows Mobile 7 UI anyway. So even if they are real the design could be just the current state of development.
The leaked Windows Mobile 7 screens show a bar based UI and carousel menus.
We are actually still waiting for Windows Mobile 6.5 that Microsoft unveiled last month at the MWC 2009, which features the signature honey comb start screen. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:14:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MWC 2009: Windows Mobile 6.5 Hands-On Videos

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Microsoft officially unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 at the MWC 2009 in Barcelona. The new WinMo update looks quite nice and is something to look forward to when it gets released on the first handsets in the middle of this year.
The new HTC Touch Pro2 and HTC Touch Diamond2 will be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5. At the MWC 2009 HTC already showed off a Diamond2 running Windows Mobile 6.5. Engadget and Gizmodo published video walkthroughs of the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS running on the Diamond2. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:42:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

HTC Touch Diamond2 and Pro2 upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5

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Today HTC unveiled the hot HTC Touch Pro2 and the HTC Touch Diamond2 smartphones at the MWC 2009.
These new HTC Windows phones will ship initially with Windows Mobile 6.1 in Summer and Q2 respectively. Microsoft stated in their Windows Mobile 6.5 announcement that the Diamond2 and the Pro2 will be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG LG-GM730 to run Windows Mobile 6.5 with 3D S-Class User Interface

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LG has intensified the partnership with Microsoft and will unveil one of the first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones. The LG LG-GM730 will run WinMo 6.5 and the new LG 3D S-Class User Interface already announced for the LG Arena.
The LG-GM730 is only 11.9mm thin and features a touchscreen. Pretty much everything else remains unspecified about the LG-GM730 for now. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows Mobile 6.5 unveiled at MWC 2009

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As anticipated Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 at the MWC 2009 today.
The new Windows Mobile 6.5 honey comb home screen keeps people up-to-date on important information by providing a dashboard-like experience to items such as new e-mails, texts, missed calls and calendar appointments.

Windows Mobile 6.5 also includes an improved touch-screen interface, making it easy to take action with a finger, and an updated version of the latest Internet Explorer Mobile browser, which in a third-party research study sponsored by Microsoft supported execution of up to 48% more assigned tasks than the other browsers and phones studied. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:03:49 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New leaked Windows Mobile 6.5 Screenshots are really pretty

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Every time a Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshot leaks they get more and more beautiful. Could it be that Microsoft has done a really nice job with Windows Mobile 6.5? Will it actually be able to stand against Palm WebOS and Apple iPhone OS in coolness?

GadgetMix (Via Engadget) published several Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots showing the interesting Honeycomb interface.
There is also lots of transparency in the UI of WinMo 6.5 that display status information like incoming calls on top of desktop wallpaper. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:42:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone Rumors still lives

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The NVIDIA Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone rumor is still alive as we get closer to the MWC 2009. Last November the rumor about a NVIDIA chipset powered Microsoft smartphone appeared.
According to CNET analyst Broadpoint AmTech speculates that Microsoft is using the NVIDIA Tegra in an upcoming Microsoft Smartphone.
Microsoft still says that they are not making a smartphone and that they are focusing on mobile OS and services as they have been doing. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:30:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows Mobile 7 Phones rumored for Spring 2010

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Windows Mobile 6.5 is said to have its debut at the MWC 2009 in Barcelona this month and WinMo 6.5 handsets are expect to be in customers hands by Q3 2009.
According to speculations by Mary-Jo Foley on ZDNet about the release schedule for the Windows Mobile OS Microsoft might step up the pace and release Windows Mobile 7 to manufacturers already in fall.
This would translate into Windows Mobile 7 phones becoming available in Spring of 2010. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows Mobile 6.5 Smartphones earliest Q3 2009?

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It is assumed that Microsoft will debut Windows Mobile 6.5 at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona next month. Digitimes reports now that Microsoft is delivering Windows Mobile 6.5 mid-year to device makers like HTC.
This would mean the first Windows Mobile 6.5 powered smartphones would hit the market in Q3 and most of them actually in Q4 2009.
In the meantime Microsoft lets Android build up its momentum with new handsets like the rumored G2 and Palm can have its run on the smartphone market with the Palm Pre without competition from WinMo phones. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Obama rumored to exchange BlackBerry for huge Windows Mobile Phone

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President elect Barack Obama is the best spokes person RIM ever had. Everybody on the planet knows that the soon to be US President is a BlackBerry addict. When he becomes President on January 20th he is supposed to hand over the BlackBerry because of security reasons.
Now CNET reports that Obama might still get mobile email with NSA approved highly secure phone-PDAs like the General Dynamics Sectera Edge C4. These rugged Windows Mobile monster PDAs sell for $3,350 a piece. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:49:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Gphone versus iPhone versus Windows Mobile

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Digital Trends takes a look at the three smart phone platforms: T-Mobile G1, Apple iPhone and Windows Mobile.
Quote: "This week, the first of the gPhones was formally announced: the HTC Dream. Google's attack on the phone market is vastly different than Apple's, and could, if we measure success by volume, be much more successful. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Motorola Moto Q Global with Windows Mobile 6.1 Available

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Motorola and AT&T have announced that the Moto Q Global is now available at AT&T running on the new Windows Mobile 6.1 Global. The new Q will operate on cellular networks across the world.

The new handset features GPS and is compatible with AT&T Navigator. The new Windows Mobile 6.1 OS provides users with applications for working on the go and access to files and other information on the go that is on a corporate network. The new OS supports encryption, remote admin, information rights management and the ability to send and receive encrypted email. The handset is available for $149.99 with a 2-year contract. Read more

Posted on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Morodo Announces MO-Call for Windows Mobile Devices

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Last week Morodo made the announcement that it had released a version of its MO-Call software for the Apple iPhone. MO-Call allows two users to place phone calls over a mobile phones web browser at a discounted calling rate compared to normal charges.

Morodo says that the Windows Mobile version allows mobile users with devices from Asus, HP, HTC, Motorola, O2, Orange, Palm and more to save up to 90% on international calls using its software. Both parties have to be using the MO-Call software to make and receive calls. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 May 2008 06:44:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Windows Mobile 6.1 unveiled at CTIA 2008

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Microsoft officially took the wraps of the new Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system for Smarpthones at the CTIA 2008. See a video of the new Microsoft Smartphone OS below.

The Windows Mobile 6.1 features a new Internet Explorer Mobile that promises desktop-grade web browsing on Windows Mobile phones. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Apr 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr