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Microsoft Chooses Zune's Ad Agency to Promote
Advertising firm McCann Erickson has won a lucrative advertising contract with Microsoft, beating out CrispiBLAH BLAH BLAH the point is, people—Zune advertising people—are now talking on record about Microsoft's "Pink" project, and gearing up to promote it. More »Zune Phone"Pink" -
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Cashmere and Alchemy: The New Heart of Windows Mobile (and Maybe More), Not a Ladies' Soap Store
Mary Jo Foley has a twofer on the new Embedded Compact core of Windows Mobile: Cashmere, if released, would add FlashLite and better gesture support, while Alchemy is a new shell component that would bring "richer UI scenarios" through native access to Silverlight, meaning flicking, panning and zoomzooming. More » -
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Windows Mobile 7 May Get Gesture Controls After All
There was some question about whether or not Windows Mobile 7 may get those gestures we first saw a long, long time ago, but Mary-J has some slides that point to good news. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by frigg: How does it respond when you flip it the bird? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Microsoft Planning Free, 'Magical' Updates For Windows Mobile Phones
An enthusiastic job posting on Microsoft's careers site is asking for engineers to help realize their "dream" of frequent, free, "magical" and substantive updates for Windows Mobile phones. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by OMG! DEITY!: You mean they've given up on engineering and are now trying to hire Wizards to make it better? 20 Responses | Other threads
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New Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Show Zune Integration, Decent UI
These purported Windows Mobile 7 screenshots shows the app Marketplace, an IM application and apparently, Zune integration, going with what Ballmy said about Zune as a service. Not too shabby, if these are real. [WMPoweruser]
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Comment by diamonddnice: if they want me to buy a windows mobile device this needs to come out now. Hell really this should... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Microsoft SkyBox 2.0 Will Let You Change Your Phone's Ringtones, Backgrounds and Apps Remotely
Mary Jo Foley's got the roadmap for Microsoft's MobileMe-like Skybox service for mobile phones over the next year or so. Skybox 1.0 and 1.5 are standard syncing services, but 2.0 sounds incredible. More »
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Comment by worst. giz commenter. ever.: oh, to live in an age where one's gadgets sync seamlessly with one's computer. waaaaiiiit, apple already did this. that's... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Financiapocalypse
Motorola CEO Says Windows Mobile 7's Not Coming 'Til 2010
To help lighten the mood a bit after revealing their fourth-quarter $3.6 billion bloodbath, Motoroloa CEO Sanjay Jha revealed that we likely won't see Windows Mobile 7 until 2010 at the earliest. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by Linux Chief hardware engineer: I dont think releasing android phone is going to save them. Android isnt that popular outside the geek community. (i.e.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Early Windows Mobile 6.5 Leak Hints at New Interface, Zune Integration
We took a look at the early Windows Mobile 6.5 build for the old HTC Blue Angel handset that was leaked yesterday. There's not a whole lot to see yet, but here's what matters: More » -
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Fighting Reality, Microsoft Will Keep Charging for Windows Mobile
One of the reasons you're going to see Android on a ton of phones—aside from Google's juggernautical influence—isn't because of its ass-beating potential, but because hardware makers don't have to pay anything for it. They do have to pay for Windows Mobile, the other major free-floating smartphone OS, on the other hand, and Steve Ballmer is saying it's going to stay that way, even as RIM's BlackBerry passes it in marketshare. Of course, by the time Windows Mobile 7 finally, finally enters a much more hostile mobile world, he could be singing something way different. [Reuters] -
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Windows Mobile 7 Delayed Half a Year
Microsoft has informed their investors that Windows Mobile 7, formerly slated for early 2009, would be pushed back for a release sometime in late (second half) 2009. Microsoft did not comment as to any specific reasons for the setback, but it's hard to see the Android launch timing as a complete coincidence (though maybe it is and the entire tech world is not driven by deep, dark conspiracies). [CNET]
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By Mark WilsonComment by switchxfactor: HTC Touch HD + WinMo 7 has me a bit more excited than the G1/Dream and Android... not going to... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Motorola Alexander Cellphone Spy Shot: It Doesn't Look Like a Savior
It has been a few months since we first heard about the upcoming "Alexander" phone from Motorola—a release that was considered a do-or-die for the company. BGR has managed to snag a spy shot of the phone that clearly shows a Windows Mobile platform running (listed at 6.1 but may be 7) as opposed to UIQ and what appears to be a vertical sliding QWERTY. It's still slated for a Q4 release, but I don't see it bringing Moto back from the brink or anything. [BGR] -
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Windows Mobile 7 May Power Mini Laptops, Says Qualcomm
Qualcomm displayed a 3G, $299 mini-laptop today made by Inventec that is supposedly designed to run Windows Mobile 7 in the future (it runs Linux now). Windows Mobile 7, which supports Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset, will in turn make the company more competitive in the mini-laptop space processor that's currently being dominated by Intel, AMD and Via. This meshes with what NVidia says about its Tegra processors being in Windows Mobile devices, meaning that WM7 could be Microsoft's way of covering both phones and mini-laptops with the same OS. [Yahoo]
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By Jason ChenComment by marm0lade: @justinpe: I know, I know its tough. You will learn eventually. Its OK. more » | Other threads
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Rumor: MWg to Launch Windows Mobile 7 Device This Year
One fun rumor bopping around the phone sites is that MWg, the smartphone maker previously known as O2 Asia, will be rolling out a Windows Mobile 7 phone in the fourth quarter of 2008, specifically the Flame II shown above. That's about a year earlier than we last heard. Everyone sounds skeptical, but you never know, the timeline could have been Boy Genius, or to see the whole MWg presentation, have a accelerated because WM6 isn't exactly a crowd pleaser. If you want a more complete roadmap, check out Boy Genius; for the original video presentation from MWg, look at MoDaCo. Either way, take it with a grain or two of salt. [MoDaCo via BGR] -
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Windows Mobile 7 Could Be Too Little Too Late, But Might Come On Microsoft Hardware
You may not remember this because the news came out during CES, but back in January there was a gigantic leak of Windows Mobile 7 details, including an Alaskan Senator's dump truck full of images. Brandon from Pocket Now recently got to SEE Windows Mobile 7 at a Microsoft MVP event, and while he thinks it's a fantastic OS, he's got a huge problem with the release date. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by PercivalBabakin: the HTC Touch Diamond from srpint is my first pocket pc type phone. has win mobiles 6.1 and this windows... more » | Other threads
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Windows Mobile 7 Details Leaked - Multi-touch, Motion Gestures
InsideMicrosoft just got a gigantic scoop of Microsoft's Windows Mobile 7, due to be released in 2009. This isn't Windows Mobile 6.1—which we've seen leaks of recently—but the next full version of Windows Mobile that fixes a bunch of problems we've seen with the platform. The huge changes are multi-touch gestures (including flicking, swiping and drawing on the screen), motion gestures (shaking the phone), Windows Vista-like redesign of the entire UI, better finger-based navigation and a desktop-like Internet Explorer browser. It's totally amazing, and fixes a bunch of the complaints we had with the platform. InsideMicrosoft has the full details. [InsideMicrosoft] More »
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By Jason ChenComment by snitch29: what??? did you guys say multi touch ??? i though ballmer said it that multi touch was not appealing?? boy sometimes... 1 Responses | Other threads
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what's wrong with windows mobile
What's Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It
We just got the scoop from Microsoft on Windows Mobile 7 and Windows Mobile 8, the two upcoming platforms that will fix what is undeniably broken about the Windows Mobile platform to date.
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Windows Mobile Successor Launching Early 2008
Shown at the Mobius Conference in Amsterdam, the next version of Windows Mobile will be "an update rather than an upgrade." This means that it's not Windows Mobile 7/Photon, which would be a huge leap in functionality, but more along the lines of the transition of WM5 to WM6. More »
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