All posts tagged Mobile

Windows Mobile 6.5.1 on the way

When Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.5 earlier this month, the latest version of the company’s operating system for cellphones and mobile devices was met with lukewarm (if not hostile) reviews. In a nutshell, the biggest complaint is that the operating system was essentially unchanged from the previous few versions and didn’t offer much to convince users to stick with the platform instead of switching to an iPhone, Blackberry, Google Android, or Palm device.

Link – http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/20/windows-mobile-6-5-1-on-the-way/

Office Mobile to Include OneNote and SharePoint

Redmond-based software company Microsoft is reportedly preparing a few new goodies for the Windows Mobile-based handsets that should come to the market sometime in the second half of the next year, at least when it comes to the Office Mobile, one of the most popular applications present within the mobile platform from the company. There are no official details on what future releases of Office Mobile should include, yet a mock-up from a Microsoft presentation from August 2009 seems to deliver a few pieces of info on what one might expect.

Link – http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-Mobile-to-Include-OneNote-and-SharePoint-123944.shtml

Microsoft Debuts Mobile Backup Service ‘My Phone’, Adds Premium Features

Coinciding with the introduction of the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, Microsoft has upgraded and launched its free phone backup service My Phone – previously in beta – and added a couple of useful premium features to it.

Despite the fact that the official My Phone blog and Twitter account remain silent for the time being, users have definitely taken notice and started tweeting about it.

Link – http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/06/microsoft-debuts-mobile-backup-service-my-phone-adds-premium-features/

Microsoft Debuts Mobile Backup Service ‘My Phone’, Adds Premium Features

Coinciding with the introduction of the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, Microsoft has upgraded and launched its free phone backup service My Phone – previously in beta – and added a couple of useful premium features to it.

Despite the fact that the official My Phone blog and Twitter account remain silent for the time being, users have definitely taken notice and started tweeting about it.

Link – http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/06/microsoft-debuts-mobile-backup-service-my-phone-adds-premium-features/

Microsoft dials up emerging-market phone push

Microsoft on Monday announced plans for mobile software that aims to allow people in emerging markets to access various Internet programs using lower-end feature phones.

The software, known as OneApp, is due out later this year and should allow people in emerging markets to access services like Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger using the kinds of inexpensive phones most often sold for $20 or $30. Microsoft said Blue Label Telecoms in South Africa will be the first to use OneApp and will use it to offer phones that ship with a dozen mobile applications, including a mobile wallet program as well as the social-networking tools.

Link – http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10315927-56.html