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Pinch of salt time, but msmobiles have heard from an unnamed source that HTC are planning to offer an official Windows Mobile 7 upgrade for the HTC HD2 as soon as Microsoft formally announce the new smartphone platform. The site is declining to reveal who their source is, and HTC have never confirmed that they plan to bring the HD2 up to speed with WM7, which is expected to arrive near the end of 2010.
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HTC HD2 to get official WinMo 7 update in 2010?
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 25th 2009 No CommentsMicrosoft Pink dying & taking Windows Mobile with it?
By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 1 Comment
After mediocre feedback to the leaked Microsoft Pink handsets, Turtle and Pure, now comes word from inside the project itself that the whole house of cards may be close to tumbling. An ex-team member has been talking to Apple Insider about the Pink “skunkworks” project and its mismanagement, including attempting to develop too many SKUs simultaneously, potentially misleading hardware and carrier partners, and in the process pulling the rug out from the already-ailing Windows Mobile. In fact, he reckons the Pink project is “near death and probably will be canceled”.
Motorola abandon Windows Mobile until v.7
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 No Comments
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We thought Microsoft fell short of the mark with Windows Mobile 6.5 but we still managed to get excited about the HTC HD2; it seems Motorola feel very differently. According to Christy Wyatt, Motorola's VP for software platforms and ecosystem, the company is holding off from producing any Windows Mobile 6.5 devices, and instead waiting until Windows Mobile 7 arrives sometime in 2010.
Microsoft Project Pink and Personal Tablet rumors reignite
By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No CommentsThe Microsoft “Project Pink” smartphone and personal tablet rumors have had a reboot this week, with both 9to5Mac and ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley each commenting on what snippets of insider news they’ve heard. According to the normally Mac-centric site, Microsoft will be showing off two versions of their Pink self-branded smartphone, codenamed “Turtle” and “Pure”, with the former having a squared-circle shape and the latter being a more traditional candybar format. Each will have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and be manufactured by Sharp.
Microsoft remote software “kill switch” confirmed
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 16th 2009 2 CommentsMicrosoft have been spilling the beans on more Windows Marketplace for Mobile details at Tech.Ed New Zealand, including confirmation that the company will install a remote “kill switch” for removing software from users’ smartphones. The backdoor access will be used, apparently, should Microsoft approve and then later remove a title from the Marketplace; not only will it be stripped from the virtual store shelves, but automatically removed from any devices that have installed it.
AT&T Pro2, Warhawk, LG Monaco and Verizon Omnia 2 detailed in Sprint leak
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 26th 2009 No CommentsA leaked Sprint spec sheet has delivered the details of a number of so-far unreleased Windows Mobile devices, including the AT&T HTC Touch Pro2, the LG Monaco, HTC Warhawk and Samsung Omnia 2. While the existence of the four devices was already known, the Sprint document does go into more detail about specifics than earlier information; for instance, that the LG Monaco is now expected to land with Windows Mobile 6.x (likely 6.5) rather than the previously tipped Windows Mobile 7.
Windows Mobile: Don’t write it off yet
By Michael Gartenberg on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 15 Comments
Windows Mobile has been around for a long time. It started life in 1996 as Windows CE (which some say stood for Consumer Electronics and Microsoft insisted was an acronym for nothing) with the first clamshell device coming from Casio, called the Cassiopeia. Over time, it’s evolved into a stable platform, with both enterprise and consumer appeal and devices from multiple vendors available for carriers around the world. Despite selling 20 million devices last year, there’s still a lot of negative buzz about the platform. Bloggers, analysts and journalists have all called the platform’s future into question (while still calling for a mythical Microsoft-created phone) and continue to raise the question of platform viability. I think the latest version of Windows Mobile, 6.5 addresses many of those issues along with strong support from OEMs who are still committed to the platform and will help drive business adoption further over the next 18 months.
New Windows Mobile 6.5 Touch UI in February; dual-OS strategy with WinMo 7?
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 19th 2009 No Comments
In terms of reliability we’re filing this latest rumor right next to our trusty salt cellar, but given the general unpredictability of the smartphone market right now it’s possible all the same. DigiTimes are quoting their usual mysterious “Taiwan handset makers” who are claiming that Microsoft plan a dual-platform strategy with Windows Mobile. Rather than kill off Windows Mobile 6.5 when version 7 arrives (tentatively scheduled for Q4 2010), they’ll apparently keep it on complete with a new “touch interface”.
Windows Mobile 6.5 team lacked time to polish UI; confirm no Silverlight
By Chris Davies on Thursday, May 14th 2009 1 Comment
While Windows Mobile devices have their strong points, the platform’s UI has longed looked like the third-class citizen compared to rivals. Windows Mobile 6.5 will go some small way to addressing that, but even the team behind the smartphone OS themselves admit that they lacked the time to give the upcoming refresh the visual makeover it needs.
The WM6.5 developer team sat down for a 45 minute roundtable at TechEd 2009, to confirm UI rumors, discuss Widgets and why they count as “grown up” applications, and admit that no, Silverlight won’t be integrated with the platform. It’s a surprisingly honest interview, but if we’re fair it doesn’t leave us particularly enthused about WM6.5.
Video roundtable after the cut
Possible hardware specs for Zune HD, Microsoft Pink phone emerge
By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, May 12th 2009 No CommentsWe just heard earlier today that Microsoft developers themselves might have tipped off the upcoming launch of Zune phone in June, but now we’re learning even more about what a Zune HD or project Pink phone might look like. On the inside, that is.
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