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In this week’s msmobiles podcast, Edward, Mickey, Chris, and I discussed how Edward missed going to Mobile World Congress due to losing his passport. We talked about the changes to the concept of Windows Mobile, and the possible change by Microsoft to a simplified “Windows phone,” and the anticipation of Windows Mobile 6.5 had us pondering availability.

Mobile World Congress 2009: February 16, 2009 – a day when Windows Mobile died
Mobile World Congress 2009: first photos of Microsoft stand

Missing in action for Mobile World Congress 2009
Microsoft Recite for Windows Mobile released in Technical Preview Version

Mobile World Congress 2009: GIGA-BYTE unveils new Windows Mobile phones – with upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 !
Mobile World Congress 2009: BSQUARE and TI work together on hardware designs for Windows Mobile 6.5

Applications we discussed included Recite and Google. You can view/edit Google docs from your Windows Mobile device, but it’s not 100% reliable at this point. (For example, adding a line from my Treo 800w somehow removed all the hyperlinks from the entire document!) Edward is still unhappy about calling PocketGear’s offering an App Store. Fennec is revised for HTC, but still not ready for general release.

Google loves Windows Mobile: Google Sync Beta for Windows Mobile released

TouchFlo Detacher released – a must-have for HTC phones with touch-screen
Finger-friendly Resco Contact Manager available in BETA version
PocktGear continues scam with App Store for Windows Mobile

Fennec for Windows Mobile officially out – albeit in early unstable version
Market research company Gartner continues to spread anti-Microsoft propaganda
Beautify your Windows Mobile phone with PointUI Home 2 or Touch Shell

Point UI Home 2 (beta) review

Garmin announces M20 – Windows Mobile phone made by Asus
M-Biz Global announces extension of their try-before-buy service to Windows Mobile
HTC releases BlackBerry Connect 4.0 software for TyTN II, Touch Diamond and Touch Pro

More Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots

 

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February 15th, 2009 | Category: Editorials | Subscribe to comments | Both comments and pings are currently closed