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Sling Player Mobile for smartphones running Windows Mobile

Published on: 29th January, 2010

Sling Media has updated its Sling Player Mobile utility meant for smartphones that are using the Windows Mobile platform. The 2.0 version has a revamped interface and includes design elements geared for navigation using fingers rather than a stylus. The Windows Mobile version allows users to watch television through their 3G of Wi-Fi connections, while [...]

More than 50 percent of Acer handsets for next year will use Android

Published on: 24th December, 2009

A leak claims that more than 50 percent of the 8 or probably 10 smartphones scheduled by Acer to be released next year will not use Windows Mobile, but Android. The company has acknowledged that the mix of operating systems will be more balanced towards Android that has equipped only one phone in 2009. Next [...]

Verizon to hit the shelves with three new Android, Windows Mobile and Palm Pre smartphones

Published on: 23rd December, 2009

Verizon is likely to be committed to take the market by storm next year. Enthusiasm about Motorola’s Droid is still high, but the Big Red is already supposed to launch at least other three new smartphones in the very beginning of 2010: the Motorola Devour A555, the LG VS750 and the Palm Pre Plus.
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Windows Marketplace available for Windows Mobile devices

Published on: 27th November, 2009

Microsoft has released the Windows Marketplace for Windows Mobile devices running the 60.0 and 6.1 versions of the operating system. Handsets powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 have already Windows Marketplace preloaded. The store for free-to-download applications is open to traditional and touchscreen handsets and users will be allowed to browse and download applications from the [...]

The iPhone is comfortably leading over smaller rivals

Published on: 20th November, 2009

Recent data regarding the summer sales of cell phones reveal interesting tendencies of this industry. The influence of Apple on the smartphone market has increased, as data for this summer confirmed. The iPhone platform has reach 17.1 percent compared to 12.9 percent at the beginning of this time frame. This means the iPhone is on [...]

Microsoft Launches Microsoft Marketplace for Mobiles

Published on: 8th October, 2009

Microsoft will once more be rivaling Apple through the attempt of opening Windows Marketplace for Mobile. This app store is meant as the official gateway for apps on Windows Mobile 6.x devices, including 6.5 models like the HTC Pure. However, the portal so far only has 34 apps, 10 of which are games, and so [...]

Job Requirements Show Social Networking with Windows Mobile 7

Published on: 19th September, 2009

By the means of a new job listing, Microsoft Company announced that the new Windows Mobile 7 is very focused on social networking. The job requirements demand a person on the Senior Program Manager on the post of making a “Mobile Social Platform” as Microsoft states. The company wants to comprise the news feeds coming [...]

Sonny Ericsson – Windows Mobile… Break up?

Published on: 13th September, 2009

Contrary to its success derived from a partnership with Windows Mobile in order to create XPERIA X1 smartphone, it appears that the awaited XPERIA X2 will be the last Sony Ericsson product equipped with a Microsoft Windows platform. This sudden change in the approach of the organization seems to the cause of Sony Ericsson`s unconcern [...]

Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 to Co-Exist?

Published on: 27th August, 2009

The thing is as follows: now we have Windows Mobile 6.5 which is supposed to be an improvement of the earlier OS’s, launching on October 1, 2009. Then, in February 2010, it will go through an “update” process to support touch interfaces. OK. Then, Windows Mobile 7 is about to be released; well, in late [...]