Microsoft Launching Internet Explorer Mobile 6 First on China Mobile
This morning, a report on ZDNetAsia confirmed that Microsoft’s forthcoming Internet Explorer Mobile 6 will be offered first to China Mobile customers. Scott Rockfield, director of the Windows Mobile platform confirmed that the China Mobile variant of the Samsung Omnia Windows Mobile smart device would feature Internet Explorer Mobile 6 preinstalled and that the combination […]
AT&T Launches LG CT810 Incite Windows Mobile Device
AT&T has surreptitiously launched the Incite Windows Mobile based LG smart device online with little fanfare. As we previously reported, the Incite features a 3 inch WQVGA resolution touch display as found on the lower spec Vu, Windows Mobile 6.1, virtual QWERTY keyboard, 3.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, quadband GSM/EDGE. triband HSDPA, GPS support […]
Internet Explorer Mobile 6 Emulator Available Now (Updated)
In a post on the Windows Mobile Team Blog, Microsoft has announced the availability of the Mobile Internet Explorer 6 emulator for web developers. The browser is expected to be available at some point in 2009 as a part of Windows Mobile 6.5 and will feature support for desktop rendering, text wrap for portrait-oriented displays, AJAX […]
Microsoft Releases Windows Mobile 6.1 Email Patch
Microsoft has released a patch for Windows Mobile 6.1 users that addresses a sporadic issue wherein an email account set up on the device using a carrier designated account can become corrupted if the carrier does not specify an outgoing email server of its own. If the connection subsequently fails to connect to a user […]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Confirms Windows Mobile 6.5
At an event sponsored by Australian wireless carrier Telstra, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed the existence of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5, a heretofore unknown future version of Windows Mobile. Ballmer also went ahead and confirmed the availability of the mobile operating system sometime in 2009 for manufacturers to test and deploy further in the year, […]
Sprint Releases Picture Mail Application for Windows Mobile Devices
After nearly a year of customer requests, Sprint has rolled out Picture Mail service to Windows Mobile devices on the carrier. Click for full-size The application is available for the Samsung ACE, HTC Mogul, HTC Touch, Motorola Q9c, and Palm Treo 800w via the Software Store in the PowerDeck as a free download. The HTC Touch […]
Best Buy Mobile to Sell Unlocked, Subsidized Handsets with T-Mobile Contract on November 16th
Best Buy Mobile employees have been confirming via HowardForums that it will begin offering T-Mobile service nationwide via unlocked device sales and contracts with subsidies beginning on November 16th. This little-known sales tactic in the US is quite common in European and Asian countries, where providers will subsidize unlocked devices in order to grab customers […]