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 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 Microsoft confirms Zune coming to Windows Mobile devices
It has been long rumoured that Microsoft would introduce Zune software onto the Windows Mobile operating system.
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5.10.2008 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 Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile Beta accepting sign-ups
Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile is the native Windows Mobile client for Live Communications Server 2005, which we expect to be available in H1 of CY 2006. The Beta1 release will be available to Beta participants starting the week of November 7th. We will accept participants to this program through November 11th.
Communicator Mobile provides presence and IM capabilities to users of Windows Mobile devices (Smartphone, PocketPC, PocketPC Phone Edition) over wireless LANs (WiFi) and 2.5G / 3G mobile networks (GPRS, 1xRTT, EVDO). The client will be compatible with existing Office Communicator users. The client will also support Voice over IP calls and Remote Call Control (a feature of Office Communicator 2005).
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Ultra-mobile PC (UMPC Origami) Display Emulator Beta
The UMPC Display Emulator Beta application enables you to test your application's layout and screen behavior as it appears on an UMPC. Use the UMPC Display Emulator to confirm that your program is legible, accessible, and provides a great user experience when running on a UMPC.
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9.3.2006 Windows Mobile Device Center Beta 3 for Windows Vista Out
The Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center Beta 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.
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8.10.2006 Microsoft Zune Picture - Zune In The Wild!
The reason the shot is in black and white is because Microsoft assigned a unique color scheme to every Zune prototype in existence right now—all 150 of them—so any leaks could be traced to the employee who leaked it.
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16.8.2006 Zune 3.1 released, Zune now cheaper than iPod
Microsoft has released firmware version 3.1 for all models of their Zune MP3 players.
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18.11.2008 Zune HD will be the only Zune standing
Paul Thurrott has confirmed that the Zune HD will be the only Zune left once the touchscreen media player launches in two weeks, as it is clearly shown in my masterpiece made in MS Paint below.
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2.9.2009 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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1.7.2008More Windows Mobile 7 screenshots emerge with Zune UI
WMPoweruser has posted some more alleged screenshots of Windows Mobile 7. The screenshots Neowin sighted earlier showed the Today Screen and the Maps
utility. The new screenshots shown below, give us a picture of Windows Mobile Marketplace, IM and Zune, possibly from the Windows Mobile 7 UI.
Unlike the earlier screenshots which had a date of October 16, these screenshots reveal no such date details, so as to give away the time this UI was
devised and tested. If these screenshots are from Windows Mobile 7, then the Zune UI confirms the recent rumor that Zune is indeed coming to Windows
Mobile 7.
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27.03.2009Microsoft looking for ways to converge Windows Mobile, Zune
Microsoft appears to be looking for new ways to tie Windows Mobile phones and Zune media players together, although a Zune phone remains unlikely.
Over the weekend, Microsoft developer "Mel" asked an open question on the Windows Mobile blog: "What are some ways the Zune player and a Windows
Mobile device can work better together?"
Since then, more than 50 commenters have suggested ways that Microsoft might converge the two
devices. The most common idea is to essentially replace the Windows Media Player on Windows Mobile devices with Zune software. "I proposed that WMP
should be fazed out in favor of a combined WMP/Zune player which will synch with both Windows Media AND Zune, instead of having to have two separate
apps with two different libraries for each device," wrote one commenter using the name Colin Walker.
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20.02.2008Microsoft confirms Zune coming to Windows Mobile devices
It has been long rumoured that Microsoft would introduce Zune software onto the Windows Mobile operating system.
In an
interview with CIO
magazine Steve Ballmer confirms that Microsoft is looking to port the software to Windows Mobile devices.
When questioned why Microsoft
developed the zune, Ballmer replied:
"At the end of the day, one of the big trends is that all content is going digital. And if we
don’t have the software and services that are useful, helpful and valuable for the consumption of music and video, we are sort of not really a
player.
Now, we built the Zune hardware with the Zune software - and what you’ll see more and more over time is that the Zune
software will also be ported to and be more important not just with the hardware but on the PC, on Windows Mobile devices, etc."
This is
the strongest indication that Microsoft will be porting the software. We're not sure when exactly but you can bet that Windows Mobile 7 will have
it included.
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03.10.2008Windows Mobile 6.5 Beta given to Microsoft employees
Uberphones is reporting that Windows Mobile 6.5 Beta has now been made available for Microsoft employees and the software will be reaching RTM soon,
which means that we will actually be able to see Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets in Q3 2009. The speculation is based on the announcement of Windows
Mobile 6.5 Beta program to Microsoft Employees.
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18.03.2009Opera opens its Mobile 9.5 beta for PocketPC
The first beta of Opera Mobile 9.5, initially only available for touchscreen Windows Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile 5 or WM6, is still missing
about a third of Opera Mobile 9.5's expected features...
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18.07.2008Windows Mobile 7 job ad reveals "Unified Store", confirms Zune partnership/integration
It appears the Windows Mobile team, who has had a history for
sharing good insights into
the future development of Windows Mobile through innocent job advertisements, is not wasting any time sharing new information about Windows Mobile
7. A
recent job advertisement for
a Software Development Engineer on the "Communications Foundations" team writes...
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20.05.2009Zune 2: An intimate conversation with the Zune team
Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee working on Zune, had some interesting things to note when Channel 10 interviewed him. It turns out that the newly
released Zune 4 ($150), Zune 8 ($200) and Zune 80 ($250), the names of which you may have guessed correspond to the device capacity in GB,
aren't the only part of the Zune experience that received a revamp. The Zune software and the Zune Marketplace have been recoded from the ground up.
Cesar also throws out a statistic: the Zune Marketplace now has 3 million tracks available, 1 million of which are DRM-free.
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05.10.2007Rumor: Zune Mobile in the works
Given Apple's immense success with the iPhone, many have looked in Microsoft's direction to see if it would answer with its own device, as it
answered the iPod with the Zune. Speculation was mounting for months, but no one managed to come up with any tangible evidence that Microsoft was up
to something.
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14.04.2008Could Seadragon, Zune VideoX be among '˜premium' Win Mobile services?
As the Consumer Electronics Show looms, many Microsoft watchers’ eyes are turned to the Zune and the expected
"Zune Mobile" platform announcement.
A couple of
new blog postings regarding
Microsoft’s music
marketplace goals got me thinking more about what might be part of Zune Mobile as well as the broader category of premium mobile services aimed
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19.12.2008Slingbox Goes Mobile in Public
Beta
Sling Media on Thursday
released a public beta of its
SlingPlayer Mobile
application, allowing Slingbox
owners with Windows Mobile
smartphones and PDAs to access
television content while on
the road...
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23.03.2006New Zune Moves to Cloud
Zune HD goes on sale starting today, and with it comes Zune 4.0, which uses cloud computing to let customers seamlessly move back and forth from
watching video and listening to music on their Zune HD, their PC or their TV...
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15.09.2009Windows Mobile 6.5 Confirmed
Following the announced
delay of Windows
Mobile 7, an intermediary upgrade step has been confirmed. While visiting Australia for
Liberation Day, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke of the Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for next year in his roadmap.
In talking about Windows Mobile 6.5, Steve Ballmer
did not go in to specifics but did hint at an improvement in the interface and flow of the software. It is believed, however, that this will be the
first release to contain the
reported Zune software integration instead of the much delayed Windows Mobile 7 release.
Though there was no specific
date given for Windows Mobile 7, it was believed to be scheduled for the third quarter of 2010, two years away.
Sources close to Microsoft
have indicated to Neowin that Windows Mobile 6.5 is currently being readied for device partners who should receive copies within the next month.
It's possible that 6.5 could be ready in 2009 Q1.
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07.11.2008Games for Zune via XNA Studio
Looks like games are coming for the Zune after all! Microsoft just announed XNA Studio developers will be able to use the Zune as a multiplayer
wireless mobile gaming platform! Details are sparse at this point, but it looks like it's going to be second gen Zunes only, since it was
specifically mentioned that it'd take advantage of the touchpad controls.
XNA is not only helping in fueling the Zune, but the Xbox 360. It
not only helps those with experience develop, but even those who are new to game development.
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21.02.2008Windows opens beta of Live Mobile portal
Microsoft has opened a beta of Windows Live Mobile Homepage, the Windows Live portal designed for use on mobile handsets...
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26.06.2008Ballmer: 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.
There would seem to be two main scenarios--the rumored ZunePhone, or just making Zune software for Windows Mobile or
other phone operating systems. A magazine interview with CEO Steve Ballmer suggests that Microsoft at least plans the latter approach.
Asked why the Zune is important to Microsoft, Ballmer
told the magazine that it was
about more than just the device itself.
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03.10.2008Windows 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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25.03.2009Exec: Windows Mobile to tap Xbox, Zune, etc.
Todd Bishop: Andy Lees, Microsoft's new Windows Mobile chief, expects the division to start working more closely with other Microsoft groups --
including Xbox, Zune, Windows, Windows Live and Office -- to develop new experiences on mobile phones. That's one of the tidbits I gathered in an
interview with Lees last week while working on
this story for today's
newspaper. Here's an extended version of his comments on the subject...
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01.04.2008Microsoft Names New Zune Chief
Just two days after it launched its redesigned Zune music player, Microsoft has named a new head for the Zune unit. Microsoft veteran Rick Thompson
has been named Zune vice-president, and will report to J Allard...
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05.10.2007Zune Updates Coming November 13
Microsoft is preparing users of its Zune music player for the much-hyped upgrade to both the Zune device and desktop software...
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07.11.2007Zune: software update Sep. 15 & Zune HD is only Zune left
Engadget spotted that Microsoft has confirmed the new Zune software update will be made available on September 15. In a newsletter to subscribers,
Microsoft notes "soon you'll be able to experience the all-new Zune software packed with exciting new features. Watch for the update on September
15 so you'll be ready to enjoy the full Zune experience." It's expected that the latest update will include more HD video options and an
apps marketplace. Zune HD applications were confirmed by a Microsoft official in late August. Earlier this week Microsoft company officials confirmed
that current Zune models, the Zune 8, 16 80, and 120, have all been discontinued and that the Zune HD will be the only Zune device manufactured.
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