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Windows Mobile Receives Native Opera Mini 5

Norwegian software company Opera Software announced today the launch of a native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for mobile phones powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5 or higher operating system. According to the company, the integration of Opera Mini with Windows Mobile enables it to offer an optimized version...

4 March 2010
08:53 GMT

Microsoft to Invest $1 Billion in Mobile OS Development

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is reportedly planning a great investment in the development of its mobile operating system. The company has just unveiled a new version of its mobile platform, namely Windows Phone 7 OS, and announced that the first handsets powered by it would arrive on the market before the ...

3 March 2010
05:29 GMT

Improving Windows Mobile Application Development

Redmond-based software company Microsoft launched in October last year a new flavor of its mobile client, Windows Mobile 6.5, accompanying it with new services for mobile phones, including the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the place where users will find applications available for download for their devices. Devel...

23 February 2010
03:44 GMT

New Opera Mobile Widgets Manager Available

Norwegian software company Opera is already known for its plans to offer its mobile browsers to a wider range of smartphone operating systems on the market, and now we learn that it made more advancements in the area, as it released a new version of the Opera Mobile Widgets Manager. According to the company, the sol...

22 February 2010
13:51 GMT

Facebook 1.2 Now Available for Windows Mobile

Owners of a mobile phone running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system have now the possibility to enjoy a newly updated application available for download from the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, namely Facebook 1.2. The software solution enables mobile phone users to easily access the social netwo...

22 February 2010
05:28 GMT

Download Fennec Alpha 4 for Windows Mobile

Mozilla announced today the release of the fourth alpha flavor of their mobile browser for handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, namely Fennec. According to the company, the mobile solution is based on the same browser engine as the desktop Firefox 3.6, though it features great change...

19 February 2010
10:34 GMT

Confirmed: Windows Phone 7 Won't Support WinMo Apps

Windows Mobile developers will certainly be very disappointed with this piece of news, especially those who are currently working on releasing their applications for the 6.5 version of the operating system, since it has been confirmed that the new Windows Phone 7 OS won't include support for older applications....

19 February 2010
05:10 GMT

HTC Goes Official with HTC HD Mini

One of the latest mobile phones that Taiwanese handset vendor HTC Corporation brought to light at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, is the HTC HD mini. The new device comes to the market with Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system on board, is capable of delivering a similar experience as the ...

16 February 2010
07:03 GMT

Windows Phone 7, a New Beginning

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer was on stage for just a minute before he invited over Joe Belfiore, vice president, Windows Phone. No time was wasted, and Belfiore started demonstrating the next generation of Windows Mobile operating system and associated devices, namely Windows Phone 7. At the time ...

15 February 2010
10:03 GMT

Opera Mobile 10 Beta 3 Released for Symbian and Windows Mobile

Norwegian software company Opera announced on Friday the release of a new version of its Opera Mobile 10, namely the Beta 3 flavor, which brings the mobile browser one step closer to the final release. The fresh solution is now available for download both for Symbian S60 mobile phones and for devices powered by Micro...

13 February 2010
06:03 GMT

Samsung Releases Windows Mobile SDK 2.2

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has recently released a new version of its Samsung Windows Mobile SDK, namely version 2.2. According to the leading handset vendor, the fresh version of the SDK comes around with support for two new mobile phones running Windows Mobile 6.5, namely SCH-M710/715 T*Omnia II and SP...

13 February 2010
05:11 GMT

AnyDATA Unveils Two Windows Mobile-Based Handsets

The smartphone space has just gotten a little more crowded, with two new devices announced by AnyDATA Corporation, the ASP-318 and the ASP-518. According to the company, the new handsets come to the market with a great deal of multimedia features, so that users can benefit from an enhanced entertainment experience. ...

11 February 2010
10:16 GMT

Windows Mobile Accounts for 18% Market Share in US

According to as recently published report from comScore, Windows Mobile, the operating system delivered to the market by the Redmond-based software giant Microsoft, was present in around 18 percent of the smartphone on the United States market at the end of December 2009. The new market share the mobile platform acc...

9 February 2010
10:33 GMT

Download Spinballs for Windows Mobile

Those Windows Mobile users who are in search of a new appealing game to entertain themselves have now a reason to rejoice, as Spinballs, an exciting puzzle game with brilliant graphics, does exactly that and it is already available for download. According to its maker, users won't enjoy only the graphics of the...

8 February 2010
03:31 GMT

Dual Boot Windows Mobile-Android at Hand

Having two operating systems installed on the same computer is not something unusual, one should agree, especially when it comes to Microsoft's Windows client and a Linux-based platform from the wide range available out there. However, things are becoming pretty interesting when the same applies to a smartphone...

1 February 2010
07:00 GMT

Windows Mobile Adopted by Businesses More than BlackBerry

Recently published results from a survey conducted by Boston-based Aberdeen group shows that Windows Mobile is the smartphone operating system that is expected to see the highest adoption rate among business users during the ongoing year. According to the report, a number of around 7 percent of the surveyed companie...

29 January 2010
06:41 GMT

Rumored Pink Phones Appear in Zune Software

Redmond-based software company Microsoft was rumored at a certain point during last year to be on its way to deliver to the market two handsets that would be included in a so-called Pink Project it was known to be working on. The said devices, codenamed Pure and Turtle, have just been spotted in the latest Zune soft...

29 January 2010
03:42 GMT

Microsoft Schedules Two Events on WM for February

With the Mobile World Congress set to kick off in Barcelona in roughly two weeks from now, and with a great deal of rumors surrounding Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, all eyes are now turned towards the Redmond-based software giant and its moves regarding the mobile market. And it seems that next m...

28 January 2010
06:43 GMT

Resco Explorer 2010 Now Available for Download

Leading developer and supplier of applications for Windows Mobile devices Resco announced on Tuesday the release of Resco Explorer 8.0, the latest version of their popular file manager. According to the company, the new Resco Explorer 2010 comes around with all the key features of each Windows Mobile device, and als...

27 January 2010
04:48 GMT

Windows Live and Facebook in New Flavors for Windows Phones

Users of a handset running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system can now enjoy two updated applications on their handsets, namely the Windows Live for Windows phones and the Facebook client. However, there seems to be a catch with each of them, as the latter is only available for devices running und...

25 January 2010
02:42 GMT

Palm Pulls Treo Pro from Its Website

One of the most popular handsets the Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has released on the market is the Palm Treo Pro, a smartphone running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. The phone has been around for quite some time, as it went live in August 2008, and now it seems that its maker has ...

23 January 2010
04:34 GMT

NetFront 4.0 Browser to Bring More Speed to Windows Mobile

One of the most popular mobile browsers all around the world is the NetFront solution from Access, which is already available on various operating systems on the market, including Windows Mobile, on which users can enjoy the 3.5 version of the browser at the moment. However, it seems that this should change in the n...

14 January 2010
06:59 GMT

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 'Coming Soon' to the US

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson certainly received a hit when Vodafone UK dropped plans of launching the Xperia X2 in the country, but it seems that it hasn't given up the fight yet. The Windows Mobile-based Xperia X2a can now be seen on the Sony Style website, headed for the United States and...

12 January 2010
04:13 GMT

HTC HD2 Available from Virgin Mobile in the UK

Windows Mobile-based HTC HD2 smartphone is said to have just reached a larger number of mobile phone carriers in the UK, as it is now available for purchase from Virgin Mobile too. The high-end handset was delivered to the market back in November, and was already available in the country through some major carriers....

11 January 2010
04:33 GMT

Sony Ericsson Confirms: No Xperia X2 for Vodafone UK

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reportedly confirmed that the Windows Mobile-based Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 wouldn't be launched in the UK via Vodafone. The handset, as many of you should already know, was expected to arrive on the UK market exclusively via Vodafone sometime in November, y...

8 January 2010
04:49 GMT

NAVIGON Intros MobileNavigator for Android and Windows Mobile

Leading provider of global navigation solutions NAVIGON announced today the launch of its on-board navigation application, MobileNavigator, for handsets running under Google's Android operating system in North America. According to the company, the solution is expected to become available in spring this year, a...

7 January 2010
10:49 GMT

HTC HD2 Comes Exclusively at T-Mobile USA

Last evening at the International 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Redmond-based Microsoft unveiled together with HTC and T-Mobile USA that the high-end Windows Mobile-based HTC HD2 mobile phone will make an appearance in the United States. The handset is set to arrive exclusively at T-Mobile during spri...

7 January 2010
02:17 GMT

Windows Mobile 6.5.3 to Sport Threaded Email

Windows Mobile users out there have now yet another reason to rejoice, as new features are expected to soon come to them via Outlook, namely threaded email. It seems that the feature will be included in Windows Mobile 6.5.3, and that it has been already spotted in a leaked build of the OS. In other words, this shows...

6 January 2010
10:29 GMT

Year 2016 Text Message Bug Officially Acknowledged

As soon as the year 2009 was gone and we entered the new year, some of the mobile phone users around the world started to experience an interesting error with their messages: they were, and some still are, dated 2016. The bug has reportedly affected a series of Windows Mobile-based handsets, but also some that do no...

5 January 2010
04:26 GMT

Android, WM Lead in Mobile Web Use Growth in December

The use of Internet from mobile devices is on the rise, this is something that most of you know already. The emergence of more and more powerful smartphones on the market has led to an increase in mobile web traffic, and Net Application’s Market Share analysis has showed not only that, but also the fact that t...

4 January 2010
05:46 GMT

Softpedia's Top 5 Windows Phones of 2009

The year 2010 is almost here, and, with 2009 getting ready to wave bye-bye, round-ups of what we had the chance to see, learn and experience over the past 12 months have also started to emerge into the wild. Since there have been quite a few handsets to enjoy in 2009, one better than the other, we thought of providi...

30 December 2009
10:01 GMT

Windows Mobile and Xbox LIVE Will Walk Together

It has been long rumored that Redmond-based Microsoft plans on making its mobile phone operating system more gaming friendly, and the latest findings among the company’s job listings are meant to confirm exactly that. It seems that Windows Mobile will receive some Xbox LIVE love in the future, and its users will be ...

30 December 2009
07:54 GMT

SBSH GoNews Gets Support for Non-Touch Devices

SBSH Mobile Software, a leading applications provider for handsets running under Windows Mobile, Symbina, BlackBerry and iPhone OS, has recently released a new iteration of its SBSH GoNews software solution for Microsoft's mobile client, namely version 1.3. Among the enhancements that the new flavor comes aroun...

28 December 2009
02:47 GMT

Resco Photo Manager Reaches Version 7.03

Resco, the leading developer of applications for Windows Mobile-powered mobile phones, announced today the release of a new flavor of its Resco Photo Manager, namely version 7.03. According to the company, the new iteration of its software solution comes to the market with enhanced features when compared to standard...

23 December 2009
08:21 GMT

SPB Flash Cards Released for Windows Mobile

Leading developer and distributor of mobile applications SPB Software announced on Tuesday the launch of a new software solution for Windows Mobile-based handsets, SPB Flash Cards. According to the company, the new solution has been designed as a learning application, enabling users to easily and effectively expand ...

23 December 2009
06:53 GMT

HTC Tilt2 and Pure Receive Hotfixes

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has recently delivered new improvements for some of its devices, including the Windows Mobile-based HTC Tilt2 and HTC Pure, both of which are available for purchase in the US via wireless carrier AT&T. The new enhancements come in the form of hotfixes that are aimed to resolve issues...

22 December 2009
12:31 GMT

Video of Leaked HTC HD2 ROM Emerges

The high-end Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 might be closer than expected to making an appearance on T-Mobile USA's airwaves. Following the recent rumors on the handset's arrival stateside, and the emergence of a leaked ROM that supposedly shows the phone is set to arrive at T-Mobile USA, now one can enj...

22 December 2009
10:15 GMT

HTC HD2's Calendar View Also Sees Update

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just released a new software update for its Windows Mobile 6.5-powered HTC HD2 handset, this time around providing enhancements for the device's Calendar application. The new firmware update, as many of you might already know, comes in line with a series of ot...

21 December 2009
08:37 GMT

Windows Mobile Loses Ground, Enjoys 800 Apps in Marketplace

Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system seems to be losing more market share, at least this is what some of the latest reports and surveys have showed. Analysts also forecast that the mobile platform has already lost the battle in front of more appealing and more popular solutions, yet things might not be a...

19 December 2009
06:01 GMT

HTC HD2 Arrives in India

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced officially on Thursday the launch of its HTC HD2 in India. The handset, which has been officially unveiled to the world back in October, runs under Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, and is the first Windows phone from the company to also incl...

18 December 2009
05:33 GMT

LG eXpo Now Available from AT&T

Wireless carrier AT&T has put on sale yet another mobile phone that runs under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, namely the LG eXpo. The device comes to the US market as the first smartphone to sport a 1GHz processor inside, and it also offer users the possibility to use it with an optional detachabl...

17 December 2009
12:31 GMT

SBSH PhoneWeaver 2 for Windows Mobile Now Available

SBSH Mobile Software has just announced that a new version of its PhoneWeaver for Windows Mobile is now available for download. The new SBSH PhoneWeaver 2 for Windows Mobile comes as a great phone and profiles management tool, the company says, adding that it has been developed in the idea of fulfilling one of the m...

17 December 2009
09:50 GMT

XPERIA X2 to Arrive the First Week of January

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 is the second Xperia mobile phone the Japanese-Swedish handset vendor Sony Ericsson announced that it would come to the market with Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system on board. The device was unveiled officially quite a while ago, and was expected to arrive on the market last mo...

15 December 2009
09:18 GMT

Microsoft Loses in the Mobile Area, Analyst Says

Redmond-based software giant has already lost the fight in the mobile phone area it seems, or at least this is what Mark Anderson, author of the Strategic News Service newsletter, states. According to him, Microsoft is only capable of winning in the gaming segment, with all other consumer areas being poised for fail...

11 December 2009
10:44 GMT

A Windows Event Is No Place for Apple Talk, Microsoft Manager Says

A Microsoft manager recently told journalists at a Windows Mobile event not to use or even mention Apple products. Reportedly, the manager rebuked a journalist who enthusiastically expressed his opinion about the intuitiveness of Apple’s iPhone at a dinner table. According to various reports, the journalist all...

11 December 2009
05:59 GMT

Skyfire 1.5 Available for Download

When it comes to smartphones and their Internet connectivity capabilities, one of the main factors that can enhance the user experience is the browser that is available on the device. Windows Mobile phone users have now the possibility to enjoy an improved browsing experience through the use of the latest flavor of ...

10 December 2009
08:51 GMT

New in the Windows Mobile Area

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced roughly two months ago the launch of the first mobile phones powered by the latest flavor of its operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, as well as new services for these handsets, such as the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. During these months, we've seen a wide r...

8 December 2009
02:05 GMT

Download Microsoft My Phone for Windows Mobile

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has recently made available for download the Microsoft My Phone syncing solution for handsets running under its Windows Mobile operating system. The new software is available for all users of a handset running under the Windows Mobile 6.0 or higher versions of the platform, the...

7 December 2009
05:44 GMT

MobileNavigator 7 Updated for Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile phone users now have yet another updated navigation solution available for their handsets, the MobileNavigator 7 from NAVIGON. The new update for the application comes to the market with compatibility with the latest version of Microsoft's operating system, namely Windows Mobile 6.5, and with the ...

5 December 2009
05:38 GMT

Samsung Omnia II Gets Unboxed

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just made available another appealing handset for its users, namely the Samsung Omnia II, which runs under Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. The device, available for purchase from Big Red since yesterday, has emerged in an unboxing and hands-on video, an...

3 December 2009
07:03 GMT


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