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Window Mobile fit with Flash

News Microsoft has licensed Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader LE software for its Windows Mobile platform. Bringing Flash Lite and Reader LE to the Windows Mobile experience will give consumers more of their favourite Web sites on the go.

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18 March 2008, 9:22

Microsoft and Nokia link with Live services

News Windows Live services for its own Windows Mobile operating systems as well as slimmed-down WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) versions that can run on a wide array of phones. Wednesday announced it has inked a pact to put mobile versions of its

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23 August 2007, 11:34

T-Mobile reveals UK's first 3.5G phone

News The MDA Vario II runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 and comes with Redmond's push email. T-Mobile is claiming to be the first operator to get an HSDPA -- that's 3.5G -- phone out the door and into customers' hands.

18 August 2006, 10:19

Apple calls lawyers over phoney iPhones

News Apple has called in the lawyers over a site that was helping Windows Mobile owners play iPhone dress-ups. Paul O' Brien, founder of Windows Mobile community site Modaco.com, posted a screenshot of the iPhone user-interface and a link to another...

16 January 2007, 9:11

Making the case for Windows on Palm handhelds

News A senior Palm executive says his company could benefit from building a mobile computing device that runs on the Windows operating system made by once-bitter rival Microsoft. In an interview, Palm Chief Financial Officer Andrew Brown said that...

12 August 2005, 10:43

Motorola to use Windows and iTunes

News Nokia has helped set up mobile-phone software firm Symbian, which competes with Windows Mobile, Microsoft's technology for handsets. Motorola said its Windows Media phones may also support this standard from the Open Mobile Alliance, or OMA.

14 February 2006, 10:45

Smart phones that scream when stolen

News A new service called Mobile Manager, from Synchronica, can remotely make a Windows Mobile-based handset emit an "annoying and embarrassing high-pitched wail", so it can be found after it has been stolen or misplaced.

30 August 2006, 10:02

Palm does Windows

News In an acknowledgment that the market for the Palm operating system has run out of steam, the maker of the popular Treo mobile phone on Monday unveiled a version that runs Windows. I think a lot of mobile windows users will want to switch to this...

27 September 2005, 10:28

Microsoft unleashes smartphone assault

News Mobile phone network operator Orange and equipment maker Sendo have separately announced the first handsets featuring Microsoft's new platform for mobiles, called Windows Powered Smartphone 2002. Microsoft also makes Pocket PC Phone Edition, a...

22 October 2002, 19:00

Microsoft: Zune phone 'not unreasonable'

News To date, the focus of Microsoft's mobile phone business has been providing its Windows Mobile software to handset manufacturers, but the company said an integrated business model of making both device and software could make sense.

5 September 2007, 10:16

Nokia to build in Microsoft DRM software

News Its closest rival is Microsoft's own Windows Mobile, but analysts said the deal should benefit both. In 2005 the two companies signed their first cooperation agreement to put Windows Media player on to Nokia phones, raising eyebrows as the two had...

7 August 2007, 10:47

This week in iPod bashing

News Gates made these comments as his company wrapped up development of Windows Mobile 5.0, its latest operating system for mobile phones and handhelds. The new version also offers features such as improved mobile versions of Word and Excel, a viewer...

16 May 2005, 12:07

Windows-powered Palm Treo to make US debut

News Representatives at Microsoft, Palm and Verizon declined to comment on the news, but the joint appearance of the three men points to the long-anticipated arrival of the first Palm Treo smart phone based on the Windows 5 mobile operating system.

26 September 2005, 10:00

Microsoft to take on Adobe with graphics 'Everywhere'

News Microsoft said it will create versions of the WPF/E software for Windows XP, Windows 2000, the Firefox browser, the Mac's native Safari browser and mobile phones. Microsoft will rely on third-party companies to make editions of WPF/E for Linux and...

28 March 2006, 11:37

Microsoft pushes ahead with mobile email

News The technology was made possible by combining devices running Windows Mobile 5 with servers using Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2. Windows Mobile on TI chipsetSeparately, Microsoft is announcing a deal at the show that will allow its Windows Mobile...

13 February 2006, 10:12