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 [...]
Pharos has announced the Pharos Traveler 137, a quad-band EDGE/tri-band HSDPA phone capable of working on both AT&T and T-Mobile. The Windows Mobile 6.1-based phone has a touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM tuner, and microSDHC expansion – and is capable of making the jump to Windows Mobile 6.5.
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.
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.
