03.12.2010

HTC Ozone: A Review

HTC Ozone is a simple, yet sleek-looking handset that is designed for people on the go. It has a black and gray color scheme and runs on Windows Mobile 6.1. It comes with a lot of cool features and numerous connectivity options.

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01.29.2010

Windows Mobile to see highest adoption rate among business users this year.

In a survey by Boston-based Aberdeen group, Windows Mobile is expected to see the highest adoption rate among business users this year. Seven percent of businesses said that they were planning on introducing Microsoft's platform that is the highest percentage among mobile operation systems on the market.

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01.22.2010

Windows Mobile news conference date and time

Just a little detail around the Mobile World Congress. There is going to be Windows Mobile news conference on February 15. It will be from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain starting at 6 a.m. Pacific time. Microsoft should announce some good news about Windows Mobile 7 and maybe a Microsoft-branded phone.

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01.13.2010

New certificates out forWindows Mobile developers

The test certificates that shipped with the Windows Mobile SDK expired after 12/31/2009. New certificates are now available that can rectify the problem. Developers can put these certificates right into Visual Studio ( or sign via command line ). You don't need Visual Studio to push certificated onto test platforms, you can just follow the instructions put out by Windows Mobile to create a provisioning file for a device. One can download the new certificates here.

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01.11.2010

Xbox Live games could be coming to Windows Mobile phones.

A slide from an internal Microsoft marketing material has been circulating around that shows a mobile version of Xbox Live Games for Windows phones. Clearly it is not yet promised though Microsoft has been advertising for a principal program manager who could "bring Xbox Live-enabled games to Windows Mobile". The job posting said that the new employ was to "focus specifically on what makes gaming experiences 'Live Enabled'."

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01.05.2010

A Y2K16bug on Windows Mobile devices has been acknowledged by Microsoft

A Y2K16bug on Windows Mobile devices has been acknowledged by Microsoft. A official statement from Microsoft's says, "Microsoft is aware of reports that phone messages received after 1/1/2010 may be dated 2016. These reports have not yet resulted in widespread customer inquires; however, we are working closely with our manufacturing and mobile operator partners to investigate the cause and correct the issue as appropriate." Microsoft hopes to issue a official CAB installer soon and a third-party of developers have created a unofficial CAB installer to fix and address the issue by changing the registry settings. This Y2K16 bug is affecting more than just Windows Mobile as Microsoft state, "The bug is also affecting EFTPOS terminals in Australia. Retail stores can't charge transactions to customer's credit cards, because the EFTPOS terminal thinks the data is 2019 and therefore the customer's card is considered expired."

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12.30.2009

Is Windows Mobile 6.5.3 officially on the way

According to some documentation on Microsoft's Windows Mobile Developer Center there now seems to be official notation on the existence of Windows Mobile 6.5.3. Within the Widget development for Windows Mobile there exists the statement:

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12.29.2009

Free Seminar on Windows Mobile Development

A free seminar is being provided to Windows mobile developers so they can “take advantage of an expanding opportunity to supply software to this rapidly increasing market.”

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12.22.2009

Put Android on your HTC WM Phone?

Did you buy a WM phone for Christmas when you should have purchased an Android-based model? Maybe it’s time to upgrade and you want a taste before heading to the stores. Or maybe you just want to test the powers of your Windows Mobile phone? Whatever the reason, hopefully not to try and brick it, those over at XDA have come up with a pseudo-port of Android 2.0.1 for the HTC Diamond2, touch Pro2, and HD that will turn your Windows Mobile device into an Android pastry.

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12.19.2009

2010 Predictions – Will Windows Mobile turn around?

We can probably look forward to many predictions for the New Year. Clearly stepping out on a limb early and a bit boisterous in my opinion is ChannelWeb’s opinion that “Windows Mobile will continue to be a train wreck”. Now we can probably all agree that Microsoft is not running on as good an engine as they could since they continually restate deadlines and continually miss them—causing them to fall further behind the curve and loose credibility in the market. Microsoft finally got Windows Mobile 6.5 out in the market in May but the industry really didn’t get too excited about it. Now with this disastrous year almost behind them, Microsoft is trying to catch up in the race with the promise of the Windows Mobile 7 but partners are shying away. Will Windows Mobile 7 be is as good as they say? Will it be able to fix all of Microsoft's past blunders? Will we see the emergence of a grand new baby in 2010 or will the Grim Reaper wait only so long before taking a swing?

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