The Windows Mobile blog has a nice write-up on the custom interface that Microsoft, HTC and T-Mobile worked on for the new T-Mobile Shadow. What’s different about Neo compared to Microsoft-shipped homescreens is the liberal use of the QVGA screen for images. Remember the Windows default homescreen that ships with every Windows Mobile Standard device? It shows as much information […]
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Microsoft unveils Surface Computing
Microsoft has unveiled its Microsoft Surface Computing technology, a new category of products that focus on interaction with information using touch, natural gestures and physical objects. Picture a surface that can recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music and maps… Surface turns an ordinary tabletop into […]
Microsoft and SanDisk to replace U3
Microsoft and SanDisk announced today that they are teaming up to work on a successor for the U3 technology which lets users run programs right off USB drives. The new offering will be designed so that users can carry their personal computing environment — including a customized and familiar user interface, applications and data — on a flash storage device […]
Three New Windows Live Products for Mobile Devices
On the heels of the Windows Mobile 6 announcement, Microsoft has announced that three new Live products will be available on mobile devices. Live Search for Windows Mobile and Live Search for Java provide customers with advanced local search and mapping capabilities on their mobile device. In conjunction with the availability of Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft also introduced Windows Live […]
Zune: Welcome to the Social
Today is the day that the Microsoft Zune hits store shelves (if you live in the United States). The 20th century bore witness to a music revolution – from jazz to punk rock to hip hop. In a similar period of time, strides were made in the way that music was produced and shared, beginning in 1877 with Thomas Edison’s […]
More on Crossbow (Updated)
It looks like the pictures we brought you back in late September of Crossbow are genuine. Additional information suggests that we will Crossbow will be sent to manufacturers by the end of the year with devices sporting the new OS appearing in early to mid 2007 (Other sources suggest a mid to late 2007 release though). Crossbow will feature a […]
Windows Mobile 6.0 screenshots?
Screenshots of the next version of Windows Mobile may have been leaked to French web site Le Journal du Geek. It’s not clear if these pictures are supposed to be screenshots of Crossbow (an update to Windows Mobile 5) or Photon (Windows Mobile 6). Aside from the pictures, the leak also suggests that we will see improvements in the area […]
The Microsoft Zune is officially launched
Microsoft formally announced its Zune brand and its products today. Focused on principles of sharing, discovery and community, Zune devices will let you connect to your library, friends, to larger communities and to other devices. Zune will consist a DAP, the Zune Marketplace music service (supporting individual track or album downloads as well as a Zune Pass subscription to download […]