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Windows Mobile 7 screenshots leaked?
John Chan | Mar 30, 2009
(Credit: WMPoweruser)
Details are fuzzy at the moment, but apparently these are screenshots of the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 (WM7). The one on the left shows the Marketplace interface which is Microsoft's app store for WM. The second shot shows the IM interface, while the third appears to be the Zune UI for navigating media files on the device.
One interesting thing we noticed is that the battery and volume bars are on the bottom of the screen. These are usually found on top together with the time and network quality so it's a bit strange to see them all the way down south. Of course, these screenshots are probably far from final and could possibly even be just concept images.
It'll take some time before we get anything official about WM7 as even the interim version, WM6.5, hasn't even hit the market. But when it does come, what features do you want to see in the next major release of Windows Mobile? Let us know in the Talkback below.
Via WMPoweruser
Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3G: Which do you want?
Bonnie Cha | Mar 30, 2009
Palm Pre, where are you?
(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET)
Both Palm and Sprint will be in Las Vegas for the show, but the companies don't have any news conferences or major events scheduled--just an invite-only VIP Lounge where they'll have the Palm Pre on display.
I really hope we'll learn some new information at CTIA (ahem, pricing, release date), since we clearly didn't during their last Webcast. However, I fear it'll be more of the same and we'll come home none the wiser. Part of me also thinks that they'll wait till the last possible moment (June) to deliver on their "first half of 2009" promise, but I hope I'm wrong.
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Report: BlackBerry maker to launch video service
Marguerite Reardon | Mar 30, 2009
Research In Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphones, reportedly is preparing to announce a new video download service for its BlackBerry phones at the CTIA trade show next week in Las Vegas.
The blog NewTeeVee, which reported the news earlier this week, said that the service will be offered as an unlimited monthly subscription service. And it adds that RIM has already signed several broadcast and cable partners to offer up content. But instead of streaming the video over the 3G wireless network, RIM is planning a service that will allow the videos to be downloaded using Wi-Fi connections, the site reported.
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WinMo developers will pay US$99 to upgrade apps
Tom Krazit | Mar 27, 2009
The Windows Mobile Marketplace is expected to arrive along with Windows Mobile 6.5, shown here.
(Credit: Microsoft)
When Microsoft announced plans for its Windows Mobile Marketplace application store earlier this month, it said it planned to charge developers US$99 a year to participate in the program as well as a US$99 fee per application submission--although as part of a promotional offer developers who registered this year could submit up to five applications for free.
After IDG News Service spotted a message posted from Microsoft's official Windows Mobile Twitter account that notes "upgrades/updates are new app submissions," developers started to wonder if upgrades to their applications would count against the five-application limit.
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Report: BlackBerry app store to launch next week
Marguerite Reardon | Mar 27, 2009
Research In Motion's new mobile application store is set to launch on April 1 at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas, BusinessWeek reported this week.
Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of RIM, which makes the popular BlackBerry devices, is slated to give a keynote address on the opening day of the trade show and conference. And the company is expected to announce the new application store there.
The BlackBerry application store, which will be called BlackBerry App World, was announced in October 2008. And it is one of several application stores that have been announced to take on Apple's App Store for the iPhone. Nokia, Google, Microsoft, and Palm have all announced plans to offer their own application stores.
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