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Nick: how does this guy display frustration with no middle finger? poor guy. #virtualbookui more »
CustomFirmware: 6 fingers fail. #virtualbookui more »
hhnk008: Sense UI's evolution , for the next evolution of humankind where we will have 6 fingers ... more »
Software_Goddess: 5 minutes of some man fondling his phone. You have no idea what this does to me… REALLY… No idea. #samsungomniaii more »
jepzilla: Interesting theory about the blurring line between critics and customers, Wilson. But is it right? If the Nokia's smartphones are generally dismissed... more »
Hiphopopotamus: Odd, considering their latest Windows 7 ad blitz consists of nothing but a cute tiny asian kid quoting all the great things critics are saying about W... more »
Yuppers: I love you: "[...]it doesn't really matter what the critics say, it matters what the customers say." It looks like he's trying a Jedi Mind trick. "These are not... more »
TheSonOfKrypton: Um. This guy can't even say "Nokia" correctly. Why am I listening to this tool? Him and Bush should team up to talk about how "Nuclear" "Nokia" is ... more »
Tawnie is saving no daylight: Windows mobile 6.5 is not an exciting platform to me. I am excited about the latest Android release and it exceeds windows 6.5. more »
Kaiser-Machead: No start button? Good fuckin' riddance! #winmo7 more »

#htc

HTC’s “Virtual Book” UI Patent Could Be Sense UI’s Successor
HTC's new UI patent that "organizes applications, widgets, and web pages into pages of a virtual book" may "borrow" a few ideas from Palm, but it's cool with me. I'm all for a snazzier version of Pre's card system. More »
#samsung

Samsung Omnia II Examined: Looks Okay, But Why the Resistive Touchscreen?
Samsung's going the HTC route with Windows Mobile on its new AMOLED-packing Omnia II by cramming its own TouchWiz interface into every nook and cranny of WinMo. Ai.rs has a thorough walkthrough of the hardware and TouchWiz for your perusal. More »
#ballmer

Confirmed: Zune Integration Coming in Windows Mobile 7
Ballmer just confirmed to Engadget that Zune integration IS coming to Windows Mobile 7, as was implied by these leaked screenshots earlier this year. [Engadget]
#ballmerinterview

Ballmer on the Smartphone Race: "It Doesn't Matter What the Critics Say"

In this segment of my exclusive interview series with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, I brought up the sore subject of Windows Mobile 6.5. After defending it, he cited another product that did well but suffers mounting criticism: Nokia smartphones. More »
#windowsmobile7

Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leak: Where's the Start Button?
PocketNow got ahold of some screenshots apparently culled from WinMo 7, since they look a little flashy and aesthetically different from WinMo 6.5—and that's definitely a good thing. More »
#rumor

Mockup Offers More Details On Windows Mobile 7 UI
Rumor has it that the bottom section of the image above is an internal mockup of what UI controls on Windows Mobile 7 might look like (compared to WinMo 6.5). More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile 6.5.1: Must...Keep...Polishing
Window Mobile 6.5 was a visual upgrade over all else, which makes the fact that the new UI isn't very good particularly disturbing. Windows Mobile 6.5.1 takes the interface changes deeper—like they should've been in the first place. More »
#windowsmobile

Six Things I Actually Like About Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 6.5 was a failure of imagination, design, and foresight. I've covered this, rather adamantly! But while the new version didn't add that much—that was the problem—there are some things I still genuinely like about Windows Mobile. More »
#windowsmobile

How To Install Windows Marketplace For Mobile On WinMo 6.1
Windows Mobile 6.5's dirtiest secret is that all the good bits—the Marketplace, My Phone—work on all 6.x phones. Marketplace for 6.0 and 6.1 is officially slated for December, but with a dead-simple trick, you can download it now. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile Marketplace App Copy Protection Is a Joke
According to a developer on XDA, the already slack copy protection for Windows Marketplace is a complete joke—with a "hunch" and five minutes, he was able to get around it, creating unlimited copies of paid apps. More »
#htc

How the Hell Is HTC Hurting Right Now?
Endless hardware rumors. A dedicated fanbase. The best Android phones around. How is it that HTC, a company that people actually like, and which looks like it's doing so well from where we all stand, is hemorrhaging profit? More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile 6.5 Comes to Sprint With Samsung's Intrepid
Though we pronounced Windows Mobile 6.5 anything but intrepid, Samsung is bringing a WinMo 6.5 phone by that name to Sprint. It should be available October 11th, and looks pretty much like Sammy's old BlackJack line. More »
#smartphones

Motorola Passes on Windows Mobile 6.5
Ouch, when Motorola passes on you, things must be really bad. More »
#microsoft

Robbie Bach Promises Windows Mobile Won't Evolve So Damn Glacially From Now On
Asked why it took so damn long to get from Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5 (which there isn't a whole lot of difference, honestly), Robbie Bach says that the shift from a business focus to an all-around one, was huge, and took a lot of time. More »
#review

HTC Imagio Review: HTC Is Microsoft's Best Critic
For Windows Mobile 6.5, the OS is only (and thankfully) half the story. Microsoft left plenty up to the carriers and handset manufacturers, and with the Imagio, Verizon and HTC have at least created something interesting. More »
#smartphones

HTC's Only Actually Interesting Windows Mobile 6.5 Phone Isn't Coming to the US (Update: It Is)
HTC's most awesome Windows Mobile 6.5 phone isn't coming here: The HD2 has a giganto 480x800 screen and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor inside of a 11mm-thinner-than-the-iPhone body. And, it's the first WM phone running Sense, of Hero fame. More »
#flash

Flash 10.1: Full Flash for Everyone But iPhone, Actually Playable HD Vids
A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1: Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile. and it'll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly. But the bad news? More »
#remainders

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Woman Disarms Terrorist With Ax, Then Shoots Him With His Own AK-47...Windows 7 XP Mode Is Ready For Realsies...Skype Rumored To Become Lenovo Crapware...Windows Mobile, Symbian To Dominate World Smartphone Biz in 5 Years??? More »
#windowsmobile

Verizon's HTC Imagio Is Just the Blunted Tip of the Windows Mobile 6.5 Iceberg
Cast your gaze upon the HTC Imagio: a same-y WinMo touch phone, not unlike the Touch Diamond2, with an aging Qualcomm processor, familiar specs and a manufacturer-designed interface. This, folks, is the new, old face of Windows Mobile. More »
#htc

HTC TouchFLO 3D Exposed on Video, Looks Damn Hot
Set to debut on the HTC Leo/HD2/whatever, we've seen screenshots of HTC's updated TouchFLO 3D but now we've got some video. PocketNow managed to install it onto a Touch Pro2, and despite that handset's lesser specs it looks nicely smooth. More »
#steveballmer

Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
There's something disarming, humanizing even, about sitting Steve Ballmer in front of a webcam, sipping a giant iced coffee from Starbucks (which explains so much), talking about how Apple can only dominate "niche" categories, like media players, not something bigger. More »
#blockquote

“Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already launched WM7."
Today at a Venture Capital Summit, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted a few things we all already kind of knew: Windows Mobile 7 is late as hell, and needs a lot of work. More »
#gps

Free Waze App Turns GPS Navigation Into a Social Cellphone Game
The problem with most turn-by-turn navigation apps for cellphones is that they are outrageously expensive. Not so with Waze. In fact, the app is totally free—and it even turns the driving experience into a fun little game. More »
#exclusive

The Pink Phone Pictures Microsoft Doesn't Want You To See Yet
Project Pink is Microsoft's secret new phone, their first major phone play since the iPhone. Here are the first pictures of Pink phones, Turtle and Pure. More »
#windowsmobile

Leaked Release List Details AT&T Windows Mobile Phones
One of BGR's "ninja tipsters" has graced that site with a roadmap of AT&T's Windows Mobile phones for the remainder of 2009. Topping the list is a business class duo consisting of the LG Monaco and HP Obsidian. More »
#cellphones

i-mate Briefly Reappears On Everyone's Radar, Just to Die
Oct 23 2007: The last time we posted a story on i-mate, a once-hopeful early player in the Windows Mobile handset field. Since then, the company's story has been one of slow decline: restructuring, moving, layoffs, missed orders and debt. And now, at long last, death. [ITP]
#windowsmobile

Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
There's word that if an app is unapproved and removed from Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft's version of Apple's App Store, then it will also be removed from all users' devices. No information on whether that includes refunds for paid apps. More »
#htcleo

HTC Leo Is the First Windows Mobile Phone With Multitouch
Leaked specs for the HTC Leo had everyone excited about the possibility that its massive 4.3-inch screen could be a glass capacitive panel—a novelty for Windows Mobile phones. Well, not only is it capacitive, it's multitouch. And how! More »
#htcleo

HTC Leo Bares All: Huge 4.3-Inch Screen, 1GHz Snapdragon
Remember that gloriously powerful, oddly fake-looking HTC Windows Mobile 6.5 phone from a while back? Well, it's real, and it's huge. For reference, the phone pictured next to it has an already impressive 3.6-inch screen—this thing breaks 4. More »
#smartphones

HTC Touch Pro2 Gets Its First Reasonable Price Tag, Courtesy of Verizon
The HTC Touch Pro2 is a manifestly decent phone, which has been priced into oblivion by every carrier that's touched it. Until today, that is, when Verizon announced that their variant of the 3.6-inch-screened QWERTY smartphone will come in at $200, after a mail-in rebate. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile 7.0 Might Be in Beta Now, on Phones in April 2010
Windows Mobile 7 might be sneaking into beta right now, based on the LinkedIn profile of a Chinese Senior Engineer at Motorola. I certainly hope this speculation proves true—it means less time living with Windows Mobile 6.5. More »
#cellphones

LG Gets Aggressive: Three WinMo 6.5 Phones Imminent, 10 More Due in 2010
LG's smartphone roadmap includes three upcoming WinMo 6.5 handsets. It's being intentionally mysterious about a full touchscreen device, and a touch slider with QWERTY keyboard. But we do know the GW550 (pictured) will be a QWERTY bar-style model. More »
#xperiax2

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Official, Runs Windows Mobile 6.5
Hard to believe Sony Ericsson's Xperia X2 wasn't official until this moment—honestly, we care more about the awesome the Android-powered X3 at this point—but Sony just made it real, it running Windows Mobile 6.5. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile Finally Gets Free AT&T Wi-Fi Too
iPhone and BlackBerry have had free Wi-Fi at AT&T hotspots forlikever, but now Windows Mobile phones will too, starting Sept. 14. That is all. [AT&T]
#windowsmobile

First Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones and Windows Marketplace Launch October 6
The best part about this post on the Windows Team blog announcing that Windows Mobile 6.5 phones start landing on October 6? More »
#sprint

HTC Touch Pro2 Launching On Sprint September 8th For $350
Sprint customers that were riding high on the possibility that the HTC Touch Pro2 would arrive on their network were shot back down to earth today as the official word reveals a September 8th release date for $350. More »
#windowsmobile7

Windows Mobile 7 Epically Delayed?
Mary Jo Foley says that the real news about the rumor Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 will co-exist—which she doesn't find surprising—is that it means Windows Mobile 7 has in fact been pushed back by several months. It was originally supposed to be released to manufacturers by the end of this year to hit devices in April 2010, not Q4 2010. Ruh roh. [ZDNet]
#windowsmobile

Oh God, Please Tell Me This Isn't Microsoft's Plan For Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 6.5: Due October, pretty much as is. Windows Mobile 7: Coming at the end of next year. Both: On sale at the same time, marketed in a bizarre two-tiered way. If this rumor isn't false, it should be. More »
#garmin

Garmin's WinMo Nuvifone M20 Finally Launches In Taiwan
Despite repeated delays, Garmin / Asus have managed to get their Windows Mobile-powered Nuvifone M20 out on the Taiwanese market. The HSDPA phone features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera and, of course, Garmin GPS navigation. More »
#windowsmobile

What HTC Means When They Talk About "Sense" On Windows Mobile
Sense for Windows Mobile isn't a full port of the Hero's interface for Android; it's a nebulous design philosophy, with "pillars" and a "vision." But don't worry! It—taking the form of TouchFlo 2.6 here—isn't as lame as it sounds. More »

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