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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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22.4.2009 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.
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8.2.2007 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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22.8.2009 Fiat Puts Windows Mobile in New Cars
Italian automaker Fiat has joined forces with Microsoft to unveil a voice-activated in-car communications system called Blue&Me at the Geneva Motorshow this month. Blue&Me is based on Windows Mobile for Automotive and offers a wide range of functionality, along with connectivity to wireless devices.
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5.2.2006 New version of Windows Mobile sighted, the Crossbow
Microsoft is preparing 2 major upgrades to Windows Mobile, one has code name Windows Mobile Crossbow (based still on Windows CE 5) and the other one has code name Windows Mobile Photon (based on new Windows CE 6).
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9.10.2006 Windows Mobile Crossbow (WM6) Leaked
Testers of Windows Mobile Codenamed Crossbow (or Windows Mobile 6.0) have leaked at least 2 versions of the pre-release online, along with a good number of screenshots.
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16.1.2007 Microsoft outlines what’s coming in Windows Mobile 7, 8
Microsoft isn’t offering up any dates or final product names, but it is breaking with Windows Mobile tradition and is talking about future features.
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17.12.2007 Windows Mobile 7 screenshots and details - leaked
In February 2008, during Mobile World Congress 2008 (a global event for professionals, not consumers), Microsoft will unveil publicly Windows Mobile 6.1 that is a minor upgrade to current Windows Mobile 6.
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6.1.2008 Microsoft launches new Windows Mobile homepage
Microsoft has launched an updated version of the Windows Mobile homepage over on Microsoft.com, powered by Silverlight.
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1.7.2008 Ballmer: Zune coming to Windows Mobile
Microsoft has indicated for some time that it sees a Zune future in the cell phone arena, but the company has been hard to pin down on just what its plans there are.
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7.10.2008 Motorola: Windows Mobile 7 will arrive in 2010
When Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said Tuesday that his company's phones would eventually carry Windows Mobile 7, he let on more than he probably thought.
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3.2.2009 Microsoft Recite for Windows Mobile previewed
Microsoft Recite Technology Preview is now available for a select few Windows Mobile phones. It allows you to take short notes and later search for them, all with just your voice.
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15.2.2009 Ballmer: Windows Mobile 7 coming in 2010
Microsoft has had an conference call earlier today, and Steve Ballmer spoke about Windows Mobile as one of its 7 big businesses.
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25.2.2009 Microsoft Shares Updated Windows Mobile Timeline
Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices division is moving toward more of an annual refresh schedule for its operating system releases. According to a recent Microsoft executive's presentation, Microsoft is readying the next two releases, code-named "Crossbow" and "Photon," of its Windows Mobile operating system.
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26.4.2006 Windows Mobile Device Center reaches RTM
Windows Mobile Device Center has finally reached RTM. In a statement on the Windows Vista Team Blog, the release of the final version was announced.
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4.2.2007 Zune phone? Ballmer says focus is Windows Mobile
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer answered questions Thursday night at a USA Today CEO Forum on the University of Washington campus, and at one point interviewer David Lieberman of USA Today asked about Microsoft's plans for a Zune phone.
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26.4.2007 Windows Mobile Business Value Assessment and ROI Calculator
I'm not sure how many of you ever need to create a business case for a Windows Mobile deployment, but if you do, we have created a GREAT tool for you.
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19.7.2007 Microsoft Windows Mobile 7.0 Preview or Simple Mockup
This article is based on a leaked concept, although we're not sure if it's a fake or Microsoft's future Windows Mobile 7 will actually include at least some of the features described below.
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9.1.2008Windows Live on your Windows Mobile phone
Windows Live for Windows Mobile is now available to download for your Windows Mobile phone. Windows Live for Windows Mobile lets Windows Mobile users
sync their email from Windows Live Hotmail as well as their Windows Live Contacts.
Just download the .cab file for the version of Windows
Mobile you are running (Standard or Professional). Windows Live for Windows Mobile works on phones running both Windows Mobile and Windows Mobile 6
(and 6.1).
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14.05.2008IE Mobile 6 to be available on new WM 6.1 smartphones
Microsoft will be rolling out Windows Mobile 6.1 AKU 1.4 bundled with IE Mobile 6 for all the new Windows Phones until Windows Mobile 6.5 is released.
Glad that Microsoft is upgrading their mobile browser and not delaying it further. Microsoft had decided earlier that IE Mobile 6 will not be made
available as an upgrade or download for existing Windows Phones saying that the current hardware cannot support IE 6. "Regarding making IE Mobile
available as a separate download or update, the rich media experiences that IE Mobile 6 enables require more powerful, advanced devices.
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06.03.2009Microsoft updates Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Microsoft announced today that it has made some important changes to its Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Marketplace for Mobile is Microsoft's
Windows Mobile equivalent of the popular Apple iPhone App Store. Marketplace was introduced alongside the new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system on
October 6, 2009. Currently the Marketplace does not support Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 but Microsoft has confirmed it will extend the service to these
devices "later this month". Microsoft has introduced a wireless sync between the PC and Windows Mobile. Windows Mobile 6.5 owners can now browse,
buy and download applications online at the Windows Marketplace for Mobile site.
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12.11.2009Put Windows Live on your Windows Mobile phone
Windows Live for Windows Mobile is now available to download for your Windows Mobile phone. Windows Live for Windows Mobile lets Windows Mobile users
sync their email from Windows Live Hotmail as well as their Windows Live Contacts.
Just download the .cab file for the version of Windows
Mobile you are running (Standard or Professional). Windows Live for Windows Mobile works on phones running both Windows Mobile and Windows Mobile 6
(and 6.1).
Windows Live for Windows Mobile however does not come with a Windows Live Messenger client for your Windows Mobile phone.
We've chosen to do this to support carrier's plans for IM services for their phones. If there is no IM client on your phone, you can try our
browser based version of Windows Live Messenger to chat with friends or ask your carrier about IM options for your phone.
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14.05.2008Windows Mobile being rebranded as Windows and Windows Phone?
With few hours for the Mobile World Congress to start, we already have snaps of Microsoft stand and Windows Mobile banners showing up. Microsoft is
expected to announce various mobile offerings and also unveil its newer version of Windows Mobile, which is Windows Mobile 6.5 at the Mobile World
Congress. There is one thing to note once you see these snaps, a very important thing Below are some snaps As you may have guessed it
already, its Windows and not Windows Mobile in those banners! Is Microsoft rebranding their Windows Mobile to Windows and call it Windows Phone?
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16.02.2009Windows Live Mobile Search 2.0 Released
Today, the Windows Live Search
team released the latest
version of their mobile search
client, Windows Live Mobile
Search 2.
Changes
to version 2.0 include the
ability to search for and view
movie times, get directions
via GPS, read user reviews
when using Local Search and
the option so save map imagery
to an external storage card.
The application
is only available for devices
running Windows Mobile and
phones with Java support,
however a Beta version is
currently available for
Blackberry users as well.
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14.07.2007Office Communicator Mobile
Released
Microsoft over the weekend
made available for download
Office Communicator Mobile,
its new unified messaging
client that links into Live
Communications Server 2005.
The software runs on both
Windows Mobile 2003 and the
latest 5.0 release for both
Pocket PC devices and
smartphones...
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24.04.2006Windows Mobile Device Center Beta 3 for Windows Vista Out
Thanks again to betax
who also let me know that the
Mobile Device Center Beta is
available for download on
Microsoft Downloads.
The Microsoft ® Windows
Mobile ® Device Center enables
data synchronization between
Windows Mobile ® powered
devices and Windows Vista™.
The Microsoft Windows
Mobile Device Center Beta 3
enables you to set up new
partnerships, synchronize
content and manage music,
pictures and video with any
Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows
Mobile 5.0 powered device.
Windows Mobile Device Center
Beta 3 is only supported on
builds of Windows Vista™ RC1
or later.
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07.10.2006Windows Mobile 6 to Synchronize App Development
In an interview with BetaNews,
Microsoft product manager for
Windows Mobile and embedded
devices John Starkweather said
that a key feature of the
system developers' kit for
Windows Mobile 6 will be a set
of tools that expose the
functionality of a new
graphical desktop
synchronization tool for
Windows Vista called Windows
Mobile Device Center...
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11.02.2007Windows Mobile 7 screenshots show up
WMPoweruser has come up with some screenshots which it believes to be of the upcoming Windows Mobile 7. Below are the alleged images of Windows Mobile
7 that appear in their site. Windows Mobile 6.5 Beta was recently distributed to Microsoft employees for testing and is scheduled for an April
2009 RTM release. More changes in the Windows Mobile 6.5 were demoed in the Mix09 event. However, Windows Mobile 7 will not be reaching us until 2010
and expect the UI to rapidly change in the coming months. *Images Courtesy: WMPoweruser
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25.03.2009Office Mobile Update comes to Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6
During the Computex Taiwan,
Microsoft announced an Office
Mobile update which will be
available for free starting Q3
(which could mean next month
already). This update will be
compatible with Windows Mobile
5.0 Pocket PC (Phone Edition)
devices as well as all Windows
Mobile 6 PDAs and Professional
and Standard smartphones.
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07.06.2007Windows Mobile 6 SDK to Enable Synchronized Apps Development
In an interview with BetaNews,
Microsoft product manager for
Windows Mobile and embedded
devices John Starkweather said
that a key feature of the
system developers' kit for
Windows Mobile 6 will be a set
of tools that expose the
functionality of a new
graphical desktop
synchronization tool for
Windows Vista called Windows
Mobile Device Center...
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10.02.2007T-Mobile Ships First Windows Mobile 6 Phone
T-Mobile said Tuesday it had
launched the Wing, the
successor to its MDA
smartphone and the first
handset in the United States
to ship with Windows Mobile 6
installed...
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22.05.2007Windows Live for mobile updated
Windows Live blog has announced the availability of the new updated Windows Live for mobile. Go to new Windows Live for mobile website from your
mobile phone's web browser and you can instantly start using the new services. The new and updated mobile web services include Windows Live Home,
Photos, Profile, People, and Spaces. These complement the existing mobile services, like Hotmail and Messenger. With this release, the Live platform
is extending even more of Windows Live to mobile devices, but with a mobile twist. To get started, all you need is a phone with a browser and a data
plan.
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11.12.2008Microsoft previews Windows Mobile 6.5
Microsoft today at the Mobile World Congress officially previewed what Neowin has been showing you for weeks now, its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating
system for Windows phones. Windows Mobile 6.5 brings a handful of enhancements including an application store called Windows Marketplace for mobile
and a backup and restore service called My Phone. The mobile OS is not available until the second half of 2009. The new interface does look stylish
and more finger friendly.
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16.02.2009Windows 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. "Stephanie Ferguson, GM of Business Experiences at Microsoft's Mobile Communications
Business is going to deliver the kick off launch presentation of Windows Mobile 6.5 on Monday, May 11th at 1:00PM – 2:15PM. This TechEd 2009
session focuses on one of the biggest launches in the history of Windows Mobile" The blog post though not stressing the Windows Mobile 6.5 launch
date a lot, it focusses on the TechEd 2009 Windows Mobile sessions.
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18.04.2009Microsoft blogger accidentally leaks Office Mobile upgrade
A Microsoft employee on Thursday accidentally blogged about an upgrade to Office Mobile that shouldn't be available for another couple of weeks.
The upgrade, when it becomes available, should solve an incompatibility issue that left Windows Mobile 6.0 users unable to read
Office 2007 file formats.
Jason Langridge, who works in Microsoft's Windows Mobile group in the U.K.,
wrote that Office Mobile 6.1 was available and he included a link to the download page. But a representative with Microsoft's
external public relations firm said that the upgrade was put up on the site initially for internal testing and was accidentally made available to the
public.
The new version of Office Mobile is expected to become available very soon, probably within the next two weeks, he said...
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28.09.2007Google Mobile App now available on Windows Phones
Google has launched its Google Mobile App for Windows Phones. Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile include Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Picasa
Web Albums and Google Sync Beta, with instant access to Google Search and all of these products accessed from one place. Windows Mobile users can now
use Google Mobile App instead of using a browser to do Google Search. Google promises to get search results for identical queries nearly 50% faster
from Google Mobile App than from navigating to Google webpage in your mobile browser.
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19.02.2009Rumor: Possible Windows Mobile roadmap
Windows 7 RC details was first, then we had Motorola CEO stating that Windows Mobile 7 will not be ready until 2010. And now we have Mary-Jo Foley
predicting the possible Windows Mobile roadmap. Even though Windows Mobile officials wont talk about specific shipping dates, Foley has managed to get
some details from her sources at Microsoft.
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05.02.2009Windows Live Mobile Search V2 Released
The Microsoft Mobile Search
team has released V2 of the
rich client application for
Windows Mobile, as well as a
major update to the browser
based interface. Whether you
have a J2ME (Java) phone,
Windows Mobile phone, or any
other device with a mobile
browser, Live Search has you
covered with maps, directions
and business search.
The J2ME and Windows
mobile applications add a
bunch of advanced features not
possible in the browser based
app. There's also a beta
version of the client app for
Blackberry devices.
To get started, find your
mobile device in the list
below:
- Windows Mobile
- Download by visiting http://wls.l
ive.com from your devices
browser. There are versions
for WinMo 5 or later, as well
as WinMo 2003
- J2ME -
Download by visiting http://wls.l
ive.com Choose J2ME, then
choose your device.
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Blackberry (beta) - Download
by visiting http://wls.l
ive.com and choosing US or
UK. then choose your
blackberry model.
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Everyone Else - If your phone
has a browser (just about ANY
browser will do) simply visit
http://m.liv
e.com There's nothing to
download - just start
searching!
For more info,
an FAQ is available
here.
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