As promised, the Windows Mobile team has rolled out some much awaited and anticipated updates for Windows Marketplace for Mobile. It attempts to tackle piracy with the introduction of a new anti-piracy feature, brings a more friendly environment for Windows Mobile developers and adds an online store for PC based users.
Permalink: Windows Marketplace for Mobile gets updated
You wouldn’t expect to hear such Microsoft rumors from a source such as 9to5mac which is an Apple blog, but they sound pretty confident that Microsoft plans to announce two slider smartphones from Project Pink at CES in January of 2010. One of them will be squircle in shape like last generation Zunes and has the code name ‘Turtle’, while the other one, code named ‘Pure’ has a candy bar shape. Both will have slide out keyboards just like Danger’s Sidekick (Microsoft acquired Danger around a year ago).
Permalink: Microsoft to launch 2 iPhone killers at CES in January 2010
WMPoweruser has posted a couple of videos that demonstrate the improvements and additions to HTC’s TouchFlo3D interface. Focus is on finger friendly navigation, but the demo is on a resistive screen. It has a better photo viewer than before and an album view that can be best described as a Coverflow knock off. Some inspiration from the HTC Hero Sense theme is also visible. While all these improvements look amazing, and WMPoweruser goes on to say it gives Coverflow a run for its money, it’s really slow when running!
The great thing about TouchFlo3D in my opinion? The theme is now skin deep in Windows Mobile. The settings panels are all skinned in TouchFlo3D as well, so you wouldn’t see a mixture of two themes but instead TouchFlo3D all around. Check out the cool demos below:
Permalink: New HTC TouchFlo3D 2.6 updates for Windows Mobile
Shane Kim, corporate VP of Microsoft game studios has confirmed that there is a handheld device in the making, that would be somewhere in between the Xbox and Zune platforms. This actually means that Zune HD might not be that device, since it is the Zune platform.
Permalink: Microsoft might launch a handheld Xbox plus Phone
Apparently, My Phone went online earlier than planned. And as expected, Microsoft has provided an explanation about it which I came across on mobility site:
Permalink: Update on My Phone from Microsoft
