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Latest Mobile Windows News: Microsoft clones iPhone App Store : meet Skymarket - Windows Mobile app store ! August 31, 2008; [General] Developers are moving massively away from Windows Mobile towards iPhone software development through which they earn literally (!) 10-100 times more money. One of the reasons why iPhone software business is so profitable is existence of Apple iPhone App Store which is an application inside of iPhone and embedded in iTunes also, and through which iPhone users in the whole world can buy and download applications. Since Microsoft's innovation level is very low in Windows Mobile area (where is multi-touch in Windows Mobile? if it will not be supported in Windows Mobile 7 then Microsoft should fire whole Windows Mobile division!) it is good to see that at least by copying main competitor Microsoft is trying to "innovate":  more... Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 5 Comments ]LockMeNot for Windows Mobile released August 31, 2008; [General] If you want to ensure that your Windows Mobile phone will not lock itself when you need it, then this application may help you. more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 will be the last Windws Mobile phone from Sony Ericsson ! August 28, 2008; [with touch-screen] The first and the last at the same time. But how it is possible? more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 11 Comments ]Orange UK claims exclusivity on Samsung Omnia, Vodafone disagrees August 28, 2008; [with touch-screen] Samsung i900 Omnia is a breathtaking phone - 5 megapixel camera with smile detection, 8 or 16 GB internal memory, TouchWiz, huge display, GPS, tilt sensor, fluid screen rotation in all applications and touch-pad with cursor, are only few of its many features... Orange UK is now offering this phone exclusively in UK and is running big advertising campaigns of this phone, like this one: 
More info about Omnia: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 2 Comments ]Documents To Go by DataViz now also for Windows Mobile phones with touch-screen August 27, 2008; [with touch-screen] Since Microsoft is including mobile version of Microsoft Office (i.e. Office Mobile) in all versions of Windows Mobile nowadays, it could be difficult to convince people to purchase 3rd party application that views and edits Office documents, but since it has more features (including editing of PowerPoint files, not only viewing, support for password-protected files, etc.), it may find some customers... more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 2 Comments ]SlovoEd 7.0 Engine for Windows Mobile released August 27, 2008; [General] Paragon Software makes several dictionaries for Windows Mobile and new engine brings faster search speed. Interestingly these dictionary can use also sound modules, with which you can hear words spoken by native speakers... more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)The Simpsons, The Sims 2 and other games for Windows Mobile released by EA Mobile August 27, 2008; [General] Mobile division of Electronic Arts (EA - one of the biggest games-making companies) is now offering several big-name games also for Windows Mobile, including The Simpsons: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile comes to Windows Mobile first August 27, 2008; [General] Deluded Symbian fanboys think, that it "owns smartphone market", not realizing that it is an inferior operating system as it is proven by the fact that Google releases Google Gears for Windows Mobile, but not for Symbian, Skype releases native Skype cilent for Windows Mobile, but not for Symbin, and Adobe releases mobile Photoshop.com for Windows Mobile, but not for Symbian: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 5 Comments ]After Europe, HTC Touch Pro comes also to Asia. USA still waiting ... August 26, 2008; [with touch-screen] No wonder HTC is not releasing yet latest phones in USA: USA has exotic 3G bands and small market sized compared to Europe+Asia combined... News from Singapore: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 2 Comments ]Popular PAPER magazine about Windows Mobile shuts down, publisher starts new one about iPhone August 26, 2008; [General] While Microsoft employees working on Windows Mobile have secure jobs thanks to corporate structures of cash-rich Microsoft, the ecosystem of Windows Mobile is falling apart: developers stop making software for Windows Mobile and move to iPhone where they earn 100 times more, websites specialized in Windows Mobile are losing web traffic big time, online stores covering Windows Mobile accessories go bankrupt. We have met Hal Golstein - owner and publisher of American Pocket PC Magazine (recently renamed to Smartphone & Pocket PC Mag) several times in person, we even recorded a long podcast interview with Hal Goldstein, but we can understand why he does not see future for Windows Mobile ... 
(on photo above: Hal Goldstein shows to us some issues of his magazine) more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 16 Comments ]Kinoma Play released, claims to be the best media player for Windows Mobile August 26, 2008; [General] Previously available for Palm OS operating system, now it is has been ported to Windows Mobile. It is not free, but it can play and upload YouTube videos and more, although we would not call "streaming podcasts instead downloading them" an innovation at all (it is like step back): more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 3 Comments ]HTC announces S740 smartphone August 26, 2008; [without touch-screen] Between August 29 and September 3 a consumer electronics show "IFA" takes place in Berlin and this may be the reason, why HTC is revealing this smartphone this week. It is the first Windows Mobile smartphone without touch-screen made by HTC for a long time. It goes on sale next month (September 2008) in Europe. While rest of the world thinks that the best QWERTY keyboard is the one usable with hand and front-facing, it looks like HTC believes that users want slide-out keyboards: 
The camera in this phone lacks auto-focus, there is no 3.5 mm stereo miniplug, and the display is tiny (2.4 inch, QVGA, it would be impossible to squeeze VGA on such tiny display) but other than that, it has interesting specifications: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 6 Comments ]Stylus Control for HTC Touch Diamond released August 24, 2008; [with touch-screen] One of the nicest features of HTC Touch Diamond is that when you pull out the stylus, then display is switched on and device is unlocked (if it was locked). In other words: HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro and operator-branded versions of these phones, have "pen sensor"! So apart from amazing tilt sensor, also pen sensor is present in these excellent phones. With this application you can customize usage of this sensor: 
more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Weekly audio: Windows Mobile podcasts from last week (August 18 - August 23, 2008) August 23, 2008; [with touch-screen]  Here are the latest, very fresh, podcasts that cover Windows Mobile phones: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Video output of HTC Touch Pro tested and reviewed August 23, 2008; [with touch-screen] TV output in HTC Touch Pro is shockingly good! Many people are still pondering which phone to get: HTC Touch Pro or Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Since X1 does not have TV-output, despite having higher resolution display of bigger physical size, the TV output feature may sway some people towards HTC Touch Pro (or operator-branded version of it): more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Previous page Next page |
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