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Confirmed: Zune Integration Coming In Windows Mobile 7
10:08AM Jason Chen | Ballmer just confirmed to Engadget that Zune integration is coming to Windows Mobile 7, as was implied by these leaked screenshots earlier this year. [Engadget]
Software
Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leak: Where’s The Start Button?
8:26AM Dan Nosowitz | PocketNow got a hold of some screenshots apparently culled from WinMo 7, since they look a little flashy and aesthetically different from WinMo 6.5 — and that’s definitely a good thing. More »
Phones
Mockup Offers More Details On Windows Mobile 7 UI
6:26AM Sean Fallon | Rumor has it that the bottom section of the image above is an internal mockup of what UI controls on Windows 7 might look like (compared to WinMo 6.5). More »
Phones
How Screwed Up Is Microsoft Pink? Hint: Think Of The Singer
2:51AM John Herrman | Another alleged insider has starting spilling—flinging?—beans about Microsoft’s Pink project, enthusiastically piling the hate atop earlier claims that the project was under dire threat of cancellation, for sucking. More »
Software
“Ballmer Says They Screwed Up With Windows Mobile”
1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Today at a Venture Capital Summit, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted a few things we all already kind of knew: Windows Mobile 7 is late as hell, and needs a lot of work. More »
Phones
Turtle And Pure Pink Phones May Be Just Next-Gen Sidekicks
4:20AM Matt Buchanan | CNET’s Ina Fried says the Microsoft Pink phones leaked yesterday are “more the evolution of the Sidekick” using Windows Mobile as the core OS, and in addition to Microsoft’s main phone push. What’s interesting is the reason Microsoft bought Danger. More »
Phones
Windows Mobile 7 Epically Delayed?
1:03AM Matt Buchanan | Mary Jo Foley says that the real news about the rumour Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 will co-exist—which she doesn’t find surprising—is that it means Windows Mobile 7 has in fact been pushed back by several months. It was originally supposed to be released to manufacturers by the end of this year to hit devices in April 2010, not Q4 2010. Ruh roh. [ZDNet]
Phones
Microsoft Washing “Windows Mobile” Taint From Windows Mobile
8:40AM John Herrman | So how do you market a mobile OS that’s essentially a superficial upgrade to a years-old product that a sizable bloc of techies think is the worst thing, ever, period? You change its name! To “Windows Phone,” apparently. More »
Phones
Microsoft Chooses Zune’s Ad Agency To Promote
1:10AM John Herrman | Advertising firm McCann Erickson has won a lucrative advertising contract with Microsoft, beating out CrispiBLAH BLAH BLAH the point is, people—Zune advertising people—are now talking on record about Microsoft’s “Pink” project, and gearing up to promote it. More »
