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This is rich.  The very man whose job it was to encourage developers to create new and cool applications for Windows Mobile recently converted to an iPhone.  Why?  Apps. The only feature now touted by Apple’s advertising for their iPhone platform is third party applications and it seems to resonate… Continue Reading »

We’re giving away a Pantech Matrix Pro, but we also took it for a spin to see how it performed.  If you’re unfamiliar with this phone, the Pantech Matrix Pro is a dual-slider smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.1 on the AT&T 3G/EDGE Network. Being a dual-slider, there is a dedicated… Continue Reading »

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Funny how many things in the phone world are happening in May.  The Palm Pre is slated to launch with its slick new webOS, the Android-powered cupcake HTC Dream is to launch and now we are able to confirm we’ll see Windows Mobile 6.5 on May 11 according to the… Continue Reading »

A job posting on Microsoft Careers seems to strongly hint that a total revamp of Windows Mobile’s updating system is in the works. It describes a one click updating system: Have you wished to see your Windows Mobile phone with new features “magically” show up without you buying a new… Continue Reading »

When it comes to sharing pictures, the iPhone has lots of apps to handle that.  Every other phone already has MMS to send photos to friends.  Microsoft, a small start-up out of Redmond with a market cap of only $174B, is prepping its “My Phone” service. The service, the name… Continue Reading »

Recently launched on March 31st, Spb TV is a downloadable software client that delivers an incredible range of news television content to your Windows Mobile device.  This is not a Verizon V-Cast or AT&T Mobile TV replacement.  This client delivers mostly public English language news channels such as Britain’s Sky… Continue Reading »

Asus has recently unveiled their latest smartphone—the W835 and based on the specs it sounds like it may be worthy of a purchase.  As for the specs, it features a 3.5-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 and is running Windows Mobile 6.1 with the Glide UI. … Continue Reading »

Windows Mobile has allied with LG in an effort to bring their smartphone software to more users.  Microsoft’s Windows Mobile will be now available on 50 LG brand devices. Prior to this announcement, Windows Mobile was only offered on a single LG phone. Microsoft has fallen in third place behind… Continue Reading »

We saw Garmin-Asus announce the G60 a little over a week ago, and now they have followed up with their latest model—the nuvifone M20.  This time it is running Windows Mobile 6.1, of course we can still hope to see something Android based in the future.  In the meantime, the… Continue Reading »

While it looked like Motorola was going to drop Windows Mobile support by letting go of 77 Windows Mobile developers, that’s not the case.  A Motorola spokesperson stated that Motorola will still back Windows Mobile.  Those future Android Moto phones will still have Windows Mobile company. The 77 weren’t the… Continue Reading »