Category: Windows Phone

At MWC 2009, Microsoft changed the name of Windows Mobile to just Windows phones. Here is the video depicting the new sliding panel interface.

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As its name suggest,

“PhoneLog is a simple Windows Mobile application that logs all missed and placed phone calls to your calendar with the call duration. The application requires the .Net CF v3.5 installed on the device.”

Features:
– log missed calls to calendar
– log placed calls to calendar
– log incoming sms messages

The CAB file size is just 246 Bytes.

[download here]

With so many companies launching their own appstores, why would Acer want to sit back? But, we  do not want to get our hopes up so much. Why? Because whenever we expect these companies to launch a proper app store, these companies comes with app stores that are nothing more than glorified mobile versions of pocket gear or handango website that open in IE mobile (see this, and this).

Continue reading “Acer to launch App Store for Windows Mobile devices”

Remember the Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots that we published a couple of weeks back that confirmed the presence of Marketplace, which is the Microsoft’s answer to the Apple’s AppStore? Odd rumors are flowing all over the Windows Mobile world that it is also going to be just like one of those mobile-formatted website like the pocketgear’s app.

Continue reading “Microsoft much-anticipated marketplace is just a mobile webpage?”

Sales of HTC’s Windows Mobile devices have dropped by nearly a million as compared to last year. HTC shipped 1-1.5 million devices in the Q1 2009 as compared to the 2-2.5 million devices in Q1 2008. Another bad news for Windows Mobile is that the Android sales are picking up at quite a high rate, much higher than what HTC expected. Android sales are going to reach nearly 1 million by the end of Q1 2009.

It is high time for the Microsoft to speed up the development process of Windows Mobile 7, otherwise Microsoft will have a tough time in keeping the Windows Mobile manufactures faithful to Windows Mobile and at the same time, preventing them to jump to other mobile platforms like Android OS.

[via digitimes] [via wmpoweruser]

Looks like folks at Microsoft are working hard in filling the missing essential features of the Windows Mobile OS. People buy smartphones to stay connected with their friends easily. Many of them like to browse the social networking sites. However, most of these websites use AJAX, which does not run very well on the mobile browsers and mobile version of these websites are just do not do justice to the capabilities of Windows Mobile devices.

Continue reading “Microsoft facebook app is coming for sure and it is working great! [windows mobile]”

MSmobiles have given a summary of what various Windows Mobile companies have taken part in the CeBIT 2009 trade show.

• HTC has stand in Hall 26, Stand A40 – where HTC Touch Diamond 2 and HTC Touch Pro 2 are being presented
• Garmin (Hall 15, Stand D08) and Asus (Hall 26, Stand D39) are presenting phones that are result of their cooperation and some of these phones are Windows Mobile powered
• Pearl (Hall 25, Stand D40) is presenting ultra-cheap Windows Mobile phones for German market (price: 100-200 Euro)
• T-Mobile Germany operator is located in Hall 26, Stand A01 and is presenting HTC-manufactured Windows Mobile -powered T-Mobile MDA Compact V and T-Mobile MDA Vario V
• new trend: several manufacturers, including Asus, Sony, MSI as well as mobile operators, are presenting at CeBIT 2009 many netbooks with built-in HSDPA; notably Asus is presenting across the line many models with built-in HSDPA (3G)

Windows Mobile phones costing just 100-200 euros sound interesting. It is definitely nice to see Windows Mobile going ultra-cheap

This application makes me think something: why did no-one ever thought of this? Web Video Downloader is the first Windows Mobile application that lets you download streaming videos from plethora of websites.

However, this application is no more a freeware. The application has undergone many phases and the developer has put in a lot of effort in this application. However, even then it costs a modest $14.95.

Read ApoTheTech’s review of Web Video Downloader

ASUS P565, which was slowly being launched in all parts of the world would not be able to make itself to France. It has already been launched in many parts of Asia as-well-as Europe and is enjoying moderate success. The ASUS underwent a partnership with Garmin to release ASUS-GARMIN branded phones this year. Could that be the reason that ASUS P565 was canceled? Or it was canceled that its successor, ASUS P835 has already been announced. But, then again, ASUS P835 is a ASUS-only windows mobile phone and not a ASUS-GARMIN windows mobile phone.

We enjoyed reviewing the device which was touted as the then world’s fastest PDA-phone.

Pda.pl were able to get their hands on the pre-production unit of the ASUS P835. They have done a quick overview of the hardware and the Glide Interface. Although, Asus seems to have change the glide interface quite a bit, but it looks quite sluggish. But, we are not complaining much as it is still a pre-production unit. Remember?

Asus P835 from pda.pl on Vimeo.

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