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Motorola skips Windows Mobile 6.5, waits for Windows Mobile 7

This shouldn’t come as a surprise, when asked about their “two strategic platforms” statement Motorola’s Christy Wyatt, said that the company is waiting for Microsoft’s next generation mobile OS, Windows Mobile 7, and is not going to buid any WM6.5 device. The second platform being Android obviously.
Good to see Motorloa not dropping WinMo given how [...]

HTC HD2 (Leo) full Specs list, Windows Mobile 7 support ?

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B3ler3fonte over at XDA-Devs has once again posted some new HTC HD2 / Leo information. This time it’s the full specs list of the device which hints that the HD2 may be WM7 compatible:

Platform
Ultra slim bar type touch phone [...]

Windows Mobile 7 to natively support vector graphics & Silverlight

During his Windows Mobile Dev Camp session in san Fransisco, WinMo team member Mel Sempat, confirmred what I talked about a little while ago , let me quote myself :

I can tell you that Microsoft is betting heavily on Silverlight for mobile. SL 3 support is going to be the key here (there’s no need [...]

Windows Mobile 7’s 1000 strong team

Windows Mobile 7is late, really late. But in the shadows of Redmond, Ballmer is forming an army of sla….developers to finish the mobile OS in time for 2010 (you never know..it could be delayed again to 2011..) More seriously, according to Paul Spain who attended TechEd in New Zealand last week:

One of the interesting [...]

Windows Mobile 7 to natively feature Social Networks integration

Look at what I just found in a Microsoft Job ad:

“Social Networks” and “Mobile Phones” are two rapidly evolving socio-cultural phenomena that deeply impact the way in which people interact with each other. How would you like to be at the confluence of these phenomena – not as an observer but as someone who is [...]

No Windows Mobile 7 at PDC09, Q4 2010 delay confirmed?

Here’s some bad news for those hoping to catch a glimpse of Windows Mobile 7 during this years Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in mid-November. Mary Joe Foley contacted Microsoft about it and finally got the following answer:

“As I’m sure you know, Microsoft and its partners are squarely focused on introducing the Windows phone brand through [...]

Windows Mobile 7 slated for release in 2010, closer integration with OEMs

IT Pro got some quotes from Microsoft’s business marketing manager, James McCarthy, talking a bit about Windows Mobile 7 and confirming that there are indeed different chassis (see the specs here) being worked on with OEMs:

“Steve Ballmer has mentioned publicly that Windows Mobile 7 is slated for release in 2010 and we’re always working [...]

Windows Mobile 7 already in Beta and OS Features confirmed ?

UXEvangelsit just found out some interesting info about Windows Mobile 7. This LinkedIn profile of a Motorola employee shows:

“Runtime Environment: Windows Mobile 7.0 (Beta)”

A couple more LinkedIn profiles hint at the Windows Mobile 7 feature set:

Developer for the WM7 Handwriting Recognition system. Source

I am responsible for designing and developing the Multimedia [...]