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Windows Mobile 7 May Get Gesture Controls After All
2:00AM Jason Chen | There was some question about whether or not Windows Mobile 7 may get those gestures we first saw a long, long time ago, but Mary-J has some slides that point to good news. More »
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Rumoured Hardware Specs for Microsoft Zune Phone
4:37AM Jesus Diaz | The rumours around Microsoft’s Pink—their fabled iPhone competitor—are gaining momentum even after Steve Ballmer repeatedly denied them. Mari Jo Foley at ZDNet has published the hardware guts of this beast. More »
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Microsoft Planning Free, ‘Magical’ Updates For Windows Mobile Phones
8:40PM John Herrman | An enthusiastic job posting on Microsoft’s careers site is asking for engineers to help realise their “dream” of frequent, free, “magical” and substantive updates for Windows Mobile phones. More »
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New Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Show Zune Integration, Decent UI
8:36AM Matt Buchanan | These purported Windows Mobile 7 screenshots shows the app Marketplace, an IM application and apparently, Zune integration, going with what Ballmy said about Zune as a service. Not too shabby, if these are real. [WMPoweruser] More »
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Future Windows Mobile Roadmap
11:15AM Brian Lam | Mary Jo Foley’s saying that we’ll see Windows Mobile 6.5 devices in September of this year, and confirms that Windows Mobile 7 will be seen on devices in 2010. [AllAboutMsft] More »
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Microsoft SkyBox 2.0 Will Let You Change Your Phone’s Ringtones, Backgrounds and Apps Remotely
10:40AM Matt Buchanan | Mary Jo Foley’s got the roadmap for Microsoft’s MobileMe-like Skybox service for mobile phones over the next year or so. Skybox 1.0 and 1.5 are standard syncing services, but 2.0 sounds incredible. More »
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Motorola CEO Says Windows Mobile 7’s Not Coming ‘Til 2010
2:55AM John Mahoney | To help lighten the mood a bit after revealing their fourth-quarter $US3.6 billion bloodbath, Motoroloa CEO Sanjay Jha revealed that we likely won’t see Windows Mobile 7 until 2010 at the earliest. More »
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Fighting Reality, Microsoft Will Keep Charging for Windows Mobile
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | One of the reasons you’re going to see Android on a ton of phones—aside from Google’s juggernautical influence—isn’t because of its ass-beating potential, but because hardware makers don’t have to pay anything for it. They do have to pay for Windows Mobile, the other major free-floating smartphone OS, on the other hand, and Steve Ballmer is saying it’s going to stay that way, even as RIM’s BlackBerry passes it in marketshare. Of course, by the time Windows Mobile 7 finally, finally enters a much more hostile mobile world, he could be singing something very different. [Reuters] More »
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