windows mobile

Is Linux Palm's saviour?

News Microsoft is also expected to increase its lead in the handheld market -- this year 49 percent of handhelds shipped worldwide will use Windows Mobile, and by 2009 that number is expected to jump to 56 percent.

26 May 2005, 9:12

Microsoft and Motorola form new alliance

News Motorola's mobile phones use Microsoft's Windows Mobile, for example. Under the partnership, Motorola will develop applications for law enforcement agencies, emergency response services and the criminal justice system using Microsoft's .Net 2003...

5 October 2005, 8:51

News.blog: ARM demos Google Android handset

News For the most part, the welcome" screen on the Android prototype looked no different to me from that of a Windows Mobile phone or many other feature phones I've seen. Prototypes of the first mobile handsets using

Tags: mobile phone, handset, linux, platform

12 February 2008, 9:24

News.blog: Microsoft quiet before iPhone 3G day

News I asked Horn if he thought it was important to have a Microsoft version of the App Store right on Windows Mobile devices. Probably the closest thing to the App Store is a third-party reseller called Handango that sells programs for Windows Mobile...

Tags: noise, browsing, developers, windows mobile

11 July 2008, 9:01

Gates shows off Vista in CES speech

News New partnersDuring his talk, Gates announced a new partnership with DirecTV that will allow subscribers of the satellite television service to move shows from their set-top boxes onto Windows PCs, the Xbox 360 and mobile devices that are part of...

5 January 2006, 11:27

Can Longhorn improve laptops?

News Customers are not really getting the value out of mobile PCs that they find in mobile phones," Mitchell said during a speech at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, or WinHEC, in Seattle. Microsoft's Bill Mitchell wants his company's new OS...

3 May 2005, 8:53

MySpace top for snap-happy mobile users

News Across the pond, MySpace also topped the US charts as the most popular mobile social-networking site, with Facebook coming in second, Windows third and YouTube in fourth place. Bebo is pulling the teenage crowds with 40 per cent of British 15- to...

Tags: myspace, mobiles, youtube, networking

17 January 2007, 9:51

Palm touts new Linux-based Treos

News Colligan added that Palm would continue to release Treos based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform, alongside those sporting the new Linux-based OS. Speaking to CNET.co.uk's sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday, Vile also pointed to an "increasing...

12 April 2007, 8:59

Photos: US mobiles show off at CTIA

News In the US, the unlocked quad-band smart phone will ship with Windows Mobile With Windows Mobile 6.1, Microsoft is tackling some of the chronic complaints users have about the software. The new version of Windows Mobile will also have a few key...

Tags: credit, nokia, windows mobile, iphone

3 April 2008, 10:06

Reality check for over-hyped Origami PC

News This is definitely our first step in looking at the area of ultra-mobile PCs," said Mika Krammer, a Windows marketing director for Microsoft's mobile platforms. That's a far cry from the dream machines some envisioned when Gates first described his...

9 March 2006, 10:34

Music industry seeks Hollywood's release timing

News With a quickly expanding number of products and channels, including mobile phones, online subscription and download sites, retail stores, streaming and downloadable video and more, the music business is evolving into a natural home for windows...

10 August 2005, 9:22

Gadgets on parade at CeBit show

News This 'Ultra Mobile PC' will use Intel chips and run Windows XP. Fujitsi-Siemens should launch a 3G smart phone, the Pocket Loox T Pocket PC, which will run on Windows Mobile. We expect that most of the major laptop vendors will be showing off...

7 March 2006, 11:43

Bill Gates bids farewell to CES

News Gates used the tabletop Surface PC to design a custom snowboard and then send the design to his Windows mobile phone. Ever the fan of speech-recognition technology, Gates demonstrated how mobile search can be improved by combining GPS data with...

Tags: microsoft, demand, speech, copies

7 January 2008, 5:37

Microsoft shops for NY retail space

News The company is also eager to edge further into the mobile phone market with its Windows Mobile operating system. Its Windows Media Center is aimed at bringing the software maker further into the living room, as is the upcoming release of the Xbox 360.

1 September 2005, 9:11

News.blog: Microsoft tries Silverlight flash alternative

News A version of Silverlight for Windows Mobile will be available later this year, said John Case, a general manager in Microsoft's developer division. Microsoft chose to work with Nokia because it has the largest market share of mobile phones, but it...

Tags: nokia, mix, developers, conference

4 March 2008, 8:58