Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile is a pared down version of Microsoft's popular Windows operating system on the PC.  It's designed to bring common features over from PCs to mobile phones to make the transition easier for those already familiar with basic Windows functions and navigation.

Things like the taskbar, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player make the jump to Windows Mobile, though in accordingly simplified fashion (i.e., designed to fit a smaller screen and touchscreen interface).  There's a Media Center edition of it, and special functions for use in automobiles are also available, depending on your hardware.

The OS originally debuted in 2000 as Pocket PC, and then after a few upgrades became known as Windows Mobile in 2003.  It continues to see support and improvements concurrent with advances in mobile technology, including features like Internet Connection Sharing.  This allows you to connect the Windows Mobile device to a standard computer via Bluetooth or a USB port, and then that computer can use the phone to attain Internet access.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Windows Mobile”

• Adventure Boy in Zooloo Land 1.0

  
  Mobile Fun Free Nokia Themes, Mobile Wallpapers — Authority: 157
  License: Freeware Platform: Java Requirements: No special requirementPublisher: handygamesTreasure hunger! Zooloo Land is a dangerous world, but a lot of treasures remain hidden?Please Login or Register to download this mobile stuff.Compatible With: Alcatel: One Touch 557, One Touch 735 BenQ: A520 BlackBerry: 6220, ...
  4 hours ago

• Pocket Eye of the Beholder 1.2

  
  Mobile Fun Free Nokia Themes, Mobile Wallpapers — Authority: 157
  Get ready for adventure, this is the adventure game by James Beckingham.License: Freeware Platform: Window Mobile Requirements: No special requirementPublisher: James BeckinghamDownload Pocket Eye of the Beholder 1.2Please Login or Register to download this mobile stuff.Compatible With: HP: iPAQ 510 Mobile Messenger ...
  5 hours ago

• iSpeech Announces DriveSafe.ly Nomination

  
  GamingAngels — Authority: 540
  iSpeech has released a new innovative app everyone should check out. DriveSafe.ly is designed to prevent drivers from texting. With out any action from the user, the app reads text messages and emails in real time preventing driving distractions.The latest versions activates when users enter or exit the vehicle. ...
  7 hours ago

• Make 4 Cool Spy Gadgets With Your Windows Mobile Phone

  
  MakeUseOf Directory — Authority: 724
  Have you ever wanted to live like a real spy, even for just a little while? You know what I mean – traveling to exotic destinations using a handheld navigator, remotely bugging conversations or escaping peril by the skin of your teeth thanks to your trusty motion sensor gadgets. You may go to work everyday and sit ...
  7 hours ago

• VIO – Motion Detector for Windows Mobile!

  
  Gear Diary — Authority: 716
  Have you ever thought of using your Windows Phone as a motion detector? Well, look no further! VIO, a motion detector application for Windows Mobile, is your companion. VIO uses the phone’s camera to capture and detect any motion. The comparison is done by analyzing pictures square by square. The size of the ...
  8 hours ago

• Verizon Samsung Omnia 2 looking pretty hot

  
  WMPoweruser.com — Authority: 154
    Click for larger versions PhoneArena has managed to grab some spy shots of the new Samsung Omnia 2 on Verizon.  The smartphone, which is set to reach the market on the 2nd December, will feature a racy red back which should compliment the extremely vibrant 3.7 inch AMOLED screen in front pretty well. ...
  8 hours ago

• Samsung to Phase Out Symbian by 2011

  
  PhoneReport v2.0 - latest news, specs, reviews, interviews, and analysis — Authority: 426
  SEOUL, South Korea - After creating a market uproar by announcing its indigenous mobile OS Bada, Samsung is in the news again. The second-largest handset manufacturer is expected to discontinue its Symbian lineup by 2011, followed by reduction in Windows Mobile models as per the predictions of  HMC Investment ...
  8 hours ago

• HTC HD2 Video Review

  
  iPhone Killer — Authority: 128
  Here is the largest screen iPhone Killer with 4.3inch touch screen and running Windows Mobile 6.5.
  9 hours ago

• HTC HD2 to Get Windows Mobile 7 Upgrade

  
  Redmond Pie — Authority: 636
  A source closed to MSMobiles has confirmed that HTC HD2 will be receiving an official free upgrade to Windows Mobile 7 once it is out in Q4 2010. This makes sense because HD2 is the first phone which meets all the hardware chassis requirements laid out by Microsoft for a phone which will be powered by Windows ...
  9 hours ago

• Rumour: HTC HD2 to get official Windows Mobile 7 update?

  
  WMPoweruser.com — Authority: 154
  The rumour is unsourced, but MSMobiles claim to have received information which not just suggests but confirms that HTC will be releasing an official Windows Mobile 7 upgrade for the HTC HD2 , which will apparently be announced as soon as Microsoft officially announces Windows Mobile 7, likely at Mobile World ...
  9 hours ago

• C-Motech Mangrove Tablet get a Review

  
  Laptop, Cellphone and other Gadget — Authority: 141
  Snapdragon powered tablet from C-Motech called Mangrove is on the good hand of Slashgear to get their review. And its seems like the Slashgear guy didn’t impressed by the Mangrove. First of all is its snapdragon performance which is outperformed when compared to HTC HD2 which also packs 1GHz Snapdragon processor. ...
  11 hours ago

• NeoReader – Free BarCode Scanner For Windows Mobile Phones and Pocket PC

  
  Mobile Tips and Tricks — Authority: 121
  Hurry guys and gals! now you can download for free the NEOREADER (made by neomedia)- a mobile application that enables your camera mobile phone to turn into a barcode scanner which will provide you the one-click access to the mobile content on the go, anywhere and anytime. HOW DOES IT WORK ? The NeoReader is a ...
  11 hours ago

• Review: HTC HD2

  
  Mobile Tech Addicts — Authority: 552
  The world is pretty excited about the HTC HD2 and it’s easily the most notable Windows Mobile phone to hit the market in years. Bold, daring and huge but is the HTC HD2 worth looking at? The HTC HD2 is worth it’s hype. It’s more than just being a phone with one hell of a big screen.  It’s a phone that ...
  12 hours ago

• Windows Mobile 6.5 development continues – now Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Build 28002

  
  WMPoweruser.com — Authority: 154
  Click for larger version Besides working on Windows Mobile 7 , some portion of Microsoft’s mobile engineers are continuing to work on Windows Mobile 6.5 , brining it up to date with technologies like capacitive screens and making the UI more palatable to this generation of smartphone users. The latest build is ...
  13 hours ago

• Birdfeed Twitter Application For Iphone.

  
  Youngistaan — Authority: 116
  As far as we all know about Twitter and about twitter application. We have so many and yet we are finding some other too. So here i am going to write about an another Twitter client. Its an very nice twitter application. Birdfeedapp twitter application is a clean and simple twitter app comes with ...
  16 hours ago

• Mangrove WinMo Tablet Rough-Handled, Teased for Being ‘Tubby’

  
  Tech News Time — Authority: 147
  Not too long ago C-motech popped up on our radar with Mangrove, the 7-inch touchscreen tablet that’s been tragically saddled with Windows Mobile 6.5. The kids at SlashGear have just had a chance to play with the device, and to be honest they don’t seem too terribly impressed. When stacked up against the Quanta ...
  17 hours ago

• NEWS: Seemic BlackBerry and Android apps released

  
  Today's Review — Authority: 169
  Yet more mobile twitter apps to choose from Seesmic, the Twitter client for the Mac, and recently PC, has announced that it is going mobile with BlackBerry and Android apps. Leaving out the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android users will be able to get their Twitter feeds on their phone from Friday. “Seesmic for ...
  18 hours ago

• Verizon to Launch Samsung Omnia II on 2th December

  
  Iccellphone — Authority: 152
  Want to buy a top-level Samsung cell phone,well,if you do not mind a new contract with Verizon,you can consider the Samsung Omnia II,Verizon wireless is going to release the Samsung Omnia II smartphone on 2th December,price will be set at $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate. In fact,there is no big surprise for you,the ...
  20 hours ago

• Get Four or Five Rows of Icons in WM6.5 Start Menu

  
  pocket pc software, windows mobile freeware, wm6.5 news — Authority: 557
  WM6.5 The guys from Pocketnow has posted a great hack so that you can increase the number of icons in a row on the WM6.5 start menu. The hack will resize the application icons and adjust the text labels below them. It can be used on devices running Windows Mobile 6.5 and with a WVGA display like the HD2. ...
  21 hours ago

• HollBack Theme for WM6.5

  
  pocket pc software, windows mobile freeware, wm6.5 news — Authority: 557
  HollBack Theme Here is acool looking theme for all WM6.5 resolution. The theme is available as a cab install and I think should be installed to your device memory. I havent tried it personally but the screenshot of the theme looks amazing. If you are a Chef then the ext package is also available so you can add the ...
  22 hours ago

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