Unbelievably stupid name aside (Seriously Microsoft? Seven syllables? What were you thinking?), today has been all about the new Windows Mobile launch that happened in Barcelona overnight. It’s a huge change-up for Redmond, who have had essentially the same smartphone operating system in place for most of the past decade. But is it going to be enough to make you switch? More »
2009 was a good year for gadgets. But I’m hoping 2010 will be even better. Here’s my most wanted list for next year: More »
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.
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.
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.
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]
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]
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.
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.
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]
