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Windows Mobile 6.5 - largely an exercise in playing catchup?
Blog Microsoft has finally announced the latest incarnation of its operating system for smartphones, Windows Mobile 6.5. The Windows Marketplace for Mobile, an on-device app store is far from a new idea. Nor is free over the air backup (via a service...
[October 6, 2009, 17:40]
Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones: photos review
Reviews Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile 6.5, an interim upgrade to its mobile operating system, and has rebranded devices powered by the new OS as 'Windows phones'. Microsoft has also launched its own app store, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, plus a...
[October 7, 2009, 15:40]
Windows Mobile 6.5: a first look review
Reviews Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer previewed Windows Mobile 6.5 during his keynote address, and as expected, the updated OS brings a handful of enhancements, including an application store, a backup and restore service, and an improved mobile web browser.
[February 17, 2009, 7:59]
Photos: Windows Mobile 6.5 review
Reviews Windows Mobile 6.5 provides a new Lock screen that shows you important information, such as upcoming appointments and new messages, at a glance. With Windows Mobile 6.5, any photos associated with your contacts will now show up right next to their...
[February 17, 2009, 7:26]
Windows Mobile 6.5 - taking on the fight
Blog Without a doubt the iPhone is the device to beat at the moment, and not incorrectly, the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS functionality has been immediately compared with it. Since day one, the Windows Mobile OS has been built under a strategy that was quite...
[October 8, 2009, 12:08]
New Windows Mobile 6.5 phones unveiled
News Several new Windows Mobile handsets were announced over Wednesday and Thursday by manufacturers such as Sony Ericsson, LG and HTC. All will use the latest revision of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5.
[September 3, 2009, 17:10]
LG GM750 to run Windows Mobile 6.5
Blog LG has now entered the Windows Mobile 6.5 fray with the announcement that Vodafone will make its GM750 device available in the UK exclusively from the operating system’s launch date of 6 October through to the end of December.
[September 3, 2009, 14:31]
Toshiba TG01 running Windows Mobile 6.5
Blog There was a lot to like, but Toshiba’s cranky front end to its operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional was, in our view, strangely misconstrued. Full details are at Toshiba’s Web site, though when we visited it the device was still being...
[November 18, 2009, 12:31]
Microsoft launches Windows Mobile 6.5
News Microsoft has revealed Windows Mobile 6.5, along with an application marketplace and web-based backup and synchronisation service for the operating system. He also said that handsets using the Windows Mobile operating system would now be known as...
[February 16, 2009, 15:39]
Microsoft gives Windows Mobile 6.5 a release date
Blog Microsoft has announced the date on which retailers will start selling handsets using version 6.5 of its Windows Mobile operating system. Windows Mobile 6.5 will also provide integration with a hosted backup service called Microsoft MyPhone, as...
[September 1, 2009, 14:24]
HTC Touch2 to run Windows Mobile 6.5
Blog Hot on the heels of the revelation yesterday that Windows Mobile 6.5 will debut on 6 October (see David Meyer’s post) we are seeing the first of what could be a flurry of announcements of devices that will run the latest handheld operating system...
[September 2, 2009, 10:50]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 run Windows Mobile 6.5
Blog Yesterday I blogged that we might expect a flurry of announcements of devices to run Windows Mobile 6.5, and Sony Ericsson is next on the list. The Xperia X2 is a follow up to the, er, Xperia X1. Like its predecessor it sports a sliding QWERTY...
[September 3, 2009, 10:13]
Windows Mobile 6.5 - taking on the fight
Blog Comment I wonder how the touch screen adaptations across the various models will pan out though, but again I suppose this will also depend on what software people will actually develop for them.
[October 8, 2009, 20:00]
Microsoft gives Windows Mobile 6.5 a release date
Blog Comment So having Office software available on mobile phones will be a godsend to busy individuals who are always on the move, no longer restricting them to the confines of the office. This is a great development!
[September 1, 2009, 15:25]
BEIKS English-Arabic Medical Dictionary for Windows Mobile Professional
Downloads The product provides essential English to Arabic medical vocabulary that field healthcare workers need to communicate with Arabic-speaking patients. The dictionary provides Arabic translations to about 65,650 English medical terms.Assembled by...
[March 12, 2009, 6:00]
Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share
News Windows Mobile lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share between the third quarter of 2008 and the third quarter of 2009, according to analysis from Gartner. Gartner analyst Roberta Cozza, who compiled the figures, told ZDNet UK on Friday that...
[November 13, 2009, 15:24]
Microsoft U-turns on Windows Mobile update charges
News Microsoft has backed off plans to charge Windows Mobile developers $99 for submitting even minor updates to their applications. On 11 March, Microsoft said that unless developers submitted updates to their applications within seven days of their...
[April 1, 2009, 13:19]
Motorola pegs Windows Mobile 7 for 2010
Blog Motorola, which has just announced results that amount to several large piles of fail, has also managed to let slip the roadmap for Windows Mobile 7. We are still committed to Windows Mobile. As you know, Windows 6 series is available in 2009 and...
[February 4, 2009, 15:35]
HTC HD2 brings capacitive touchscreen to Windows Mobile
Blog Windows Mobile 6.5 may have received a somewhat lacklustre reception on its launch yesterday, but that has not stopped plenty of hardware manufacturers choosing to announce devices running it. HTC has two imminent Windows Mobile 6.5 devices, its...
[October 7, 2009, 11:05]
HTC Touch2 review
Reviews HTC's compact and lightweight Touch2 runs Windows Mobile 6.5. The HTC Touch2 runs the latest version of Microsoft's smartphone OS, Windows Mobile 6.5, and enters a very different competitive landscape.
[October 16, 2009, 15:45]
