With Steve Ballmer’s recent admission that Microsoft had dropped the ball with Windows Mobile, and really should have released WinMo 7.0 by now, one should have realistically low expectations for the fresh-from-the-oven WinMo 6.5. Those who are still hoping for a miracle might prefer not to read the five quotes we’ve compiled from the first [...]
Last week we reported on Microsoft’s app sharing policy for Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which would allow users to share a purchased app with up to five devices, even if those devices weren’t owned by the user. Microsoft has since clarified the comments made by senior product planner Daniel Bouie, telling Boy Genius Report that [...]
Microsoft’s My Phone service, which allows you to backup the data on your Windows Mobile 6-based phone to Microsoft’s servers, has entered public beta. It’s free (for now), and you get 200MB of storage to play with, which should be ample for crucial data like contacts and calendars – although that’s not all that it’s [...]
At TechEd last week, Microsoft announced that applications bought from the upcoming Windows Marketplace will allow you to use them on up to five devices, once those devices have been registered with the Marketplace – even if those devices are owned or used by people other than yourself.
For those of you wondering how to go about installing the new Windows 7 RC on a netbook, or any machine without a DVD drive, we’ve got the goods.
Those of you who’ve been using the Windows 7 beta released in January on a low-powered laptop or netbook have experienced first hand how efficiently it uses system resources compared to Vista, and how stripped back and utterly old-school Windows XP feels in comparison.
Those of you who missed out on the beta now have a [...]
Last week, Microsoft hosted a competition for Windows Mobile developers at its Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, CA. Six finalists were chosen from 50 applications:
Brightkite – Location-aware social networking
DJ Nitrogen – Legal sharing of user-generated content incorporating copyrighted works
Motolingo – Vehicle diagnostics for businesses
Networks in Motion – Turns GPS-enabled phones into full-featured navigation devices
VisTracks [...]
You’re not going to see Windows Mobile 6.5-based handsets until September, but that’s not going to stop Microsoft from launching Windows Mobile 6.5 at their TechEd 2009 conference in May. For more information on the LA-based TechEd conference, visit www.msteched.com.
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Anthony Caruana over at PocketMojo recently got an exclusive hands on with Windows Mobile 6.5 running on an HTC Touch Pro, and came away impressed with Microsoft’s efforts to improve the user experience – citing the clutz-friendly “honeycomb” icon arrangement, a consolidated inbox widget, and improvements to Internet Explorer Mobile among other things.
After announcing Windows Mobile 6.5 at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft has started revealing some of the nitty gritty – namely social networking applications, developer support, and designer/custom themes.
