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”

• 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 ...
  3 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. ...
  4 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 ...
  5 hours ago

• Surf your Windows Phone with Remote Access

  
  IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Authority: 747
  There are plenty of apps out there that allow you to control your computer from your smartphones, but what if you want to browse your Windows Phone from your desktop computer? Well, then you’ll want to check out WiFi Remote Access for Windows Mobile. The new Windows Mobile app installs itself on your Windows Phone ...
  6 hours ago

• Verizon’s Samsung Omnia II set to release on December 2 for $199.99

  
  COGADGET — Authority: 436
  Much awaited Samsung Omnia II is due to ship to the telesales, online and stores of Verizon on December 2, reports Engadget who have had a look at the Verizon launch pack for the phone. The handset will retail to stores with a price tag of $199.99 on contract after a $100 mail-in rebate.The Omnia [...]Related posts: ...
  8 hours ago

• HTC HD2 Keyboards

  
  Mobiholics News — Authority: 144
  For some, the lack of a hardware keyboard may be a deal breaker, though the on screen keyboards are very good... Check them out below... If there are any other modes/things you want filmed, let me know!
  9 hours ago

• Mangrove WinMo tablet rough-handled, teased for being ‘tubby’

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 164
  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. Original post:  Mangrove WinMo ...
  10 hours ago

• Mangrove WinMo tablet rough-handled, teased for being ‘tubby’

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 167
  Not too long ago C-motech popped up on our radar with Mangrove , the 7-inch touchscreen tablet thats 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 dont seem too terribly impressed. When stacked up against the Quanta Android ...
  11 hours ago

• Samsung Omnia II for $200 from Verizon on December 2

  
  Mobilewhack.com — Authority: 643
  The Samsung Omnia II will soon be released at Verizon on December 2 for $200 on contract after a $100 mail-in rebate.This should probably come as no surprise as the original was also with the big V, and so this Windows Mobile 6.5 will be in stiff competition with the Moto Droid. Here’s a [...]
  13 hours ago

• Hands On: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (Rachael)

  
  Gearlog — Authority: 733
  I had a chance to test out Sony Ericssons new Xperia X10 (codenamed "Rachael") for a few minutes at last nights Pepcom in NYC. The Xperia X10 is a slim, sleek slab with an expansive 4-inch capacitive touch screen with 854-by-480-pixel resolution. Thats the same pixel count but slightly larger than the 3.7-inch screen ...
  14 hours ago

• Xperia X1 not getting Windows Mobile 6.5 Update

  
  Fone Arena - The Mobile Blog — Authority: 554
  All the users of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 who have been wondering if the device will be getting Windows Mobile 6.5 update, are in for some disappointment. Sony Ericsson specified today that Sony Xperia X1 will not be getting the official Windows Mobile 6.5 update. Its a not a huge loss for all the Xperia users ...
  16 hours ago

• Shareholders ask CEO Steve Ballmer: Why cant you be more like Apple?

  
  WMExperts — Authority: 658
  Microsoft had its annual shareholders meeting on Thursday. And reading the press release , it sounds like the biggest snoozer ever. But apparently things were a little different if you actually were there. A shareholder questioned Microsoft CEO (grilled may be a better term) Steve Ballmer on why Microsoft seems so ...
  16 hours ago

• Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Unboxed

  
  Mobiholics News — Authority: 144
  The X1 was a decent, and very popular device with its arc slider design, and reasonable keyboard, and the refreshed X2 is due out shortly... Gtrab over at XDA-Developers has posted a variety of videos of the X2, including an unboxing. The specs of the device are as follows: 54 x 110 x 16 millimetres 528 ...
  17 hours ago

• Microsoft Opens Windows Marketplace For 6.0/6.1 Phones

  
  Mobile Phone News From Omio — Authority: 135
  A bit of positive news for those folks still out of the Windows Mobile 6.5 party ( especially those XPERIA X1 owners…), the Windows Marketplace is now open to handsets sporting WinMo versions 6.0 and 6.1. With over 20,000 applications for Windows phones now available in the Marketplace, Microsoft humourously ...
  17 hours ago

• Samsung Omnia II Coming to Verizon in Early December

  
  Pocket PC Central News Center — Authority: 127
  If you were hoping to have an Omnia II Windows Phone in your stocking this year, put down the eggnog and get ready to swipe your credit card.  Engadget Mobile has gotten its hands on a launch pack for the Samsung Omnia II which shows the smartphone is scheduled to launch on Verizon Wireless December 2.  The ...
  17 hours ago

• Samsung Omnia Pro unboxing video

  
  Tracy and Matt's Blog — Authority: 504
  The Samsung Omnia Pro will be the second Omnia branded handset that well look at this week as the Omnia Lite review is already under way. The Samsung Omnia Pro   The Samsung Omnia Pro B7330 (Aka Pro Scala) is one of any a few Windows Mobile Standard handsets out there at the moment, even fewer are ...
  17 hours ago

• Verizon’s Samsung Omnia II launching December 2 for $200

  
  ITsky — Authority: 144
    It may no longer be the first to launch in North America (that distinct honor now belongs to Bell), but we can finally say with some confidence that Verizon’s version of the Samsung Omnia II isn’t that far off. No, seriously: we’ve managed to get a peek at the carrier’s launch pack for the phone, and ...
  18 hours ago

• Windows Mobile 7 unveiled March 2010

  
  Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's fastest-growing tech news site — Authority: 710
  We’ve seen the odd Windows Mobile 7 leak popping up over the last few weeks, but now Microsoft has hinted at when we’ll be seeing more details get the red stamp and made official. Read on for the full details. Neowin is on the ground at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles at the moment, ...
  18 hours ago

• Sharing Blame Around Enterprise Mobility Management

  
  Enterprise Mobility Matters — Authority: 417
  Hello from somewhere near Stratford Connecticut. I am on the Acela Express, you know the train known in other parts of the world as the TGV that takes 3h45 to get to NYC from Boston. Did you know that the... Click the article title to read the entire blog post.
  18 hours ago

• Samsung Omnia 2 finally set to launch on Verizon December 2nd

  
  WMPoweruser.com — Authority: 154
  It has been a long time coming, but the CDMA version of the Samsung Omnia 2 is finally set to arrive in little more than week on America’s biggest carrier. The AMOLED smartphone will come to Verizon in its 8GB version, and will come fully loaded with Visual Voice mail, Rhapsody enabled VCAST music and, opposite ...
  18 hours ago

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