Android Q4, Windows Mobile 7 Q1 09
At the HTC Touch Diamond launch in South Africa, I had the opportunity to have a little chat with Kevin Chen, General Manager of HTC for MEA and CIS.
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19.6.2008 Windows Mobile 7, the Next-Generation Mobile Platform
We all know Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform, if not from using it, at least from what we've heard about it.
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15.3.2009 Android Dresses Up In Chrome
Microsoft's Google Chrome problem may start on the PC but it ends on cell phones. Microsoft's competitive position is at best tenuous at a time when it needs tenaciousness.
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4.9.2008 How Android Hurts Microsoft
Think "baby seals" with regards to the clubbing Google gave Microsoft today.
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23.9.2008 Google to launch Android Market
Google is set to offer Android Market - its own App Store-like content distribution system for the Android mobile phone platform which will allow users to buy, download and install content for the upcoming Android devices.
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29.8.2008 Google First Android Phone Released in New York
Yesterday, the highly anticipated launch of the Android phone took place in New York. Google's first-born “baby” phone was officially named G1, and is manufactured by HTC.
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24.9.2008 First Android phone in stores today and tomorrow
While I like the fact that T-Mobile let us existing customers pre-order the T-Mobile G1 the day it was announced last month, the benefit of pre-ordering seems to have lost that huge advantage I was thinking we were gaining.
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21.10.2008 Google Android, a Windows 7 netbook killer?
Rumours are spreading that Google is in talks with leading netbook producers to offer a version of Android in anticipation of competing with Microsoft's own Windows 7, an operating system designed to be flexible enough to target everything from the basic netbook market to high-end gaming PCs.
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7.4.2009 Nokia denies plans to run Googles Android
In perhaps an unsurprising turn of events the telecommunications giant Nokia have squashed rumours regarding their rumoured move to the Android platform.
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6.7.2009 Test Drive Google Android OS on Windows 7
XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.
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2.9.2009 Mobile gambler PC
Microsoft's Not the Only One Doing Mobile Mail
The same day the beta invites started going out for Windows Live Mail Mobile,
Google launched Gmail Mobile. So far, Gmail Mobile is supporting relatively few cell phones and PDAs and only those in the U.S.. But wider coverage is coming soon, Google claims. And you can get
Gmail Mobile on your Blackberry, too. And speaking of Google, it's sounding like Microsoft's nemesis bested Microsoft in the contest for whose search engine would power Google search, going forward. As part of that deal,
Google reportedly will invest $1 billion in AOL, in exchange for a five percent stake.
microsoft - comments - 19.12.2005
More info on Windows Mobile 6
Loke is blogging from Barcelona. He beat me to posting the announcement, however since I am going to bed and he is likely just waking up, you will find all updates for the next few hours on his blog.
windows - comments - 12.2.2007
Windows Mobile Is an Also-ran
Today, Microsoft's CEO wasted time defending Windows Vista and slamming Google Apps. What he needed to do, but couldn't: Defend Microsoft's mobile strategy.
microsoft - comments - 18.10.2008
Windows Mobile Is Still Immobile
My reaction to today's Microsoft announcements coming out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: Too little. Too late. Too bad.
microsoft - comments - 16.2.2009
No Windows Mobile 6.5 on May 11
Over the weekend, several blogs reported that Windows Mobile 6.5 would release on May 11. That's simply not true.
windows - comments - 22.4.2009
Office Communicator Mobile to Be Available in April
Microsoft plans to make the mobile version of its Office Communicator instant-messaging client for businesses available in 60 days.
That's according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who made the announcement at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona on Tuesday. Microsoft unveiled plans to develop Office Communicator Mobile last April. Beta 1 of the technology went to testers in October 2005. The IM client will work on Windows Mobile phones and PDAs.
microsoft - comments - 14.2.2006
Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile
Overview - Communicator Mobile extends the reach of Live Communications Server 2005 to information workers who use Windows Mobile based devices.
microsoft - comments - 24.4.2006
Windows Mobile 6 Features and Screenshots
Next week, the Windows Mobile Team is set to reveal Windows Mobile 6. This release is set to unleash some pretty cool features for your Windows Mobile device.
windows - comments - 8.2.2007
Motion-sensing comes to mobile phones
The same technology used in Nintendo's popular Wii video game console that lets you bowl strikes and hit tennis volleys like you're Venus Williams is also making its way into mobile handsets.
common - comments - 26.3.2007
Microsoft releases Office Mobile 6.1
If you've got a Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows Mobile 6 phone or PDA, you'll want to grab this update.
download - comments - 3.12.2007
Windows Mobile 6.1 to be released on 1 April
Pocket-lint has learnt from sources close to the matter that Microsoft will announce the much-rumoured refresh to its mobile phone operating system, Windows Mobile, on 1 April 2008.
windows - comments - 26.3.2008
Microsoft Launches Windows Mobile 6.1
At CTIA Wireless 2008, Robbie Bach unveiled new features for an update to Windows Mobile, which includes enhanced features for socializing like threaded text messaging and features for simpler navigation.
microsoft - comments - 2.4.2008
Windows Mobile misses target
Microsoft sold more than 18 million Windows Mobile software licenses in its recently completed fiscal year – about 2 million short of its widely publicized 20 million-unit target – the senior vice president in charge of the business acknowledged Wednesday.
windows - comments - 2.8.2008
Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots revealed
Screenshots for the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system have appeared on SmartphoneFrance delivered by an Anonymous source.
windows - comments - 13.11.2008
Windows Mobile 6.5 Alpha screenshots
Here we are presenting screenshots from Windows Mobile 6.5 Alpha! Firstly here you can see the cell-form-based icons.
windows - comments - 26.1.2009
More screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.5 leak
Folks back at xda forums have caught hold of more Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots which look very real.
windows - comments - 29.1.2009
Will Windows Mobile 7 fix updating?
According to a recent job posting, Microsoft might be changing how updates work on Windows Mobile with the release of version 7 next year.
windows - comments - 16.3.2009
Windows Mobile 6.5 launching on May 11
Back in February, Neowin cited Mary-Jo Foley predicting the Windows Mobile 6.5 roadmap. The Windows Mobile Team has announced the Windows Mobile 6.5 official launch date in a blog post as May 11, 2009.
windows - comments - 18.4.2009
Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23034
The latest Build 23034 of Windows Mobile 6.5 is out now courtesy of some devoted folks from XDA-Developers forum.
download - comments - 22.8.2009
T-Mobile: 50 Android applications to be available for G1 launch
When T-Mobile delivers the G1 on October 22, about 50 third-party software applications will be available for the Android-based smartphone in
Google's online Android Marketplace, a T-Mobile executive said last night...
betanews.com - 17.10.2008
T-Mobile plans more Android phones after G1
T-Mobile plans to follow up on the release of HTC's Dream phone -- now known as the G1 -- with several more Android devices, a senior T-Mobile
official told BetaNews at during a New York City press event today...
betanews.com - 24.09.2008
T-Mobile takes the G1 Android phone nationwide
The US geographic market for the G1 Android phone is now expanding a second time, while also this week, T-Mobile USA lobbies the US Congress for new
funding around broadband wireless...
betanews.com - 27.01.2009
Will the Android apps be ready for T-Mobile's G1 launch?
Many new Android users had already purchased their G1 phones from T-Mobile days before the Wednesday launch. But on Monday and Tuesday, they were
wondering whether Google would re-list apps mysteriously removed from the Android Market...
betanews.com - 22.10.2008
T-Mobile cannot confirm 1.5M pre-orders of Android G1 phone
While stopping short of confirming rumors of 1.5 million pre-orders, T-Mobile told BetaNews today that pre-sale demand for its G1 is "robust,"
and that the first Android device will, in fact, be available on Oct. 22...
betanews.com - 14.10.2008
T-Mobile G1 phones get GoTV music channels
Users of Android-based G1 phones on T-Mobile can now access mobile entertainment channels from GoTV Networks, Inc. The fare includes music
performances, events, news, charts, and interviews across musical genres such as rock, country, and hip hop.
To access the GoTV channels, G1
users need to download a GoTV software application from the Google Android Market. The GoTV channels are also available in either streaming or
on-demand formats from multiple video Web sites as well as from Apple's iPhone Application Store, AT&T, Boost Mobile, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless
(including Alltel, and Virgin Mobile), GoTV said in a statement this week...
betanews.com - 13.02.2009
A jailbreak for Google's Android
Hackers have found a way to circumvent controls in the Google Android operating system used on T-Mobile's G1 mobile phone, allowing them to get
around restrictions created by the phone's designers.
The hack gives G1 users a way to read data on parts of the phone that are
normally walled off and could be used to install new programs, or even a new operating system, on the mobile phone. Currently, programs for the open
source Android operating system must be written in Java, rather than other popular programming languages such as C or C++.
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neowin.net - 06.11.2008
Motorola confirms Android plans, but won't say how big
Motorola first endorsed Google's Android platform almost a year ago. Yet now that HTC and T-Mobile are about to release the G1 phone, Motorola has
confirmed to BetaNews that it will actually dive into the Android waters...
betanews.com - 30.09.2008
1.5 Million Android-Powered Smartphones Reportedly Sold
When Google, T-Mobile, and HTC unveiled the first smartphone running Android last month, Google's many fans were excited by the idea of a mobile
phone tied to the online services they enjoy. Other were less enthusiastic, pointing out that Android is an untried operating system and the T-Mobile
G1 is only going to be available from a single, relatively small wireless provider in the United States.
Nevertheless, there are enough
optimists that 1.5 million G1's have already been pre-ordered, sight unseen. And this number would be higher, except that T-Mobile has sold all
the devices it has available to ship by October 22, the launch day.
As they are both aimed at consumers, many people are eagerly watching
to see how Android is going to do against Apple's iPhone. So far, Google's offering seems to be holding its own.
Having 1.5 million
people pre-order the T-Mobile G1 stands up well against the one million iPhone 3Gs sold during the launch weekend. But the competition has just
barely gotten started, and only time will tell how these two will do against each other and the other mobile operating systems, like Symbian, Windows
Mobile, and Palm OS.
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neowin.net - 14.10.2008
T-Mobile Android G1 phones priced at $179, launch Oct. 22
Google's two founders appeared on stage this morning at T-Mobile's launch event for the G1 phone, describing it as essentially a smaller laptop
computer that isn't too much trouble to carry with you...
betanews.com - 23.09.2008
Android 'Cupcake' roadmap promises much
Pending updates to the Android mobile operating system were made public this week as a part of the Google's "Cupcake" roadmap, revealing new
functionality that will endow future Android devices with abilities beyond those in the G1 now...
betanews.com - 20.12.2008
Does the Android Marketplace need a desktop client?
Ever since Google and T-Mobile launched the T-Mobile G1 users have been able to connect to the Android Marketplace to download applications both free
and paid. The first version of the marketplace felt inspired by the days of command line interfaces with only icons, descriptions and user reviews
available. With the release of Android 1.6 users saw some big changes to the Android Marketplace with a more updated interface. Instead of the black
and white interface, users were presented with a graphical interface to view and download the latest and greatest Android application from a host of
developers.
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neowin.net - 16.11.2009
T-Mobile to drop 1G data cap for G1, while throttling heavy users
T-Mobile has reportedly dropped its plans to implement a 1 GB monthly data cap for its forthcoming G1, the first Android-based mobile phone, moving
instead to a a "throttling" or "slowdown" approach for heavy users...
betanews.com - 25.09.2008
T-Mobile to roll out Android update
From February 5 to February 15, G1 users will be receiving an over-the-air update to the Android operating system. This release, known as RC33, adds a
number of new features, including Google Voice Search...
betanews.com - 04.02.2009
Waiting for word from Google, some Android app developers go it alone
With T-Mobile's G1 launch set for Wednesday, Android developers such as Wrike and Intermedia were still in the dark on Tuesday night about the status
of Google's online Android Market...
betanews.com - 22.10.2008
How Android Hurts Microsoft
Joe Wilcox: Think "baby seals" with regards to the clubbing Google gave Microsoft today.
"Whack, whack, whack" was the sound
coming out of New York, where Google, HTC and T-Mobile launched the Android-based G1. The
mobile phone goes on sale Oct. 22.
Google clubbed Apple, too, but Microsoft will be the more
mortally injured. Today, Google officially launched its alternative platform to the Windows PC...
winbeta.org - 24.09.2008
Rumor: HTC & Vodafone to make Google Android phone
Word has been spreading around the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona that Google will tomorrow (Tuesday) announce the second phone to be manufactured
that runs on its Android mobile operating system. According to reports, the phone will be manufactured by HTC and available in Europe exclusively on
the Vodafone network. The G2, also known as the HTC Magic or HTC Pioneer, is expected to feature WiFi, GPS and HSPA connectivity, contain a 3.2
megapixel camera (although without a flash), and feature an on-screen keyboard - available through Android's "Cupcake" update - unlike the
previous T-Mobile G1 phone which has a physical slide-out keyboard.
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neowin.net - 17.02.2009
HTC unveils Windows phones for T-Mobile and unlocked use
At CES today, HTC is announcing another mobile phone for T-Mobile's US wireless network. Unlike HTC's G1, the new phone isn't Android-based...
betanews.com - 09.01.2009
Leaked HTC 'G1' specifications reach critical mass
How long could an "open" system effectively been kept in the dark? The facts are stacking up, and HTC's "Dream" G1 Android phone has
all but been completely revealed...
betanews.com - 27.08.2008
BlackBerry flip phone now available on T-Mobile
Showing that the upcoming G1, the industry's first Android-based mobile device, isn't the only new smartphone to be "exclusive" to its
wireless network, on Monday, T-Mobile USA announced the availability of a BlackBerry flip phone...
betanews.com - 14.10.2008
