Although details are pretty sketchy at this point of time, but Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft and Verizon are in talks to release a touchscreen-based multimedia phone which will extend the Windows Mobile OS with some additional software capabilities. And it will have Windows Marketplace integrated as well.
So can this be a “Zune Phone” finally coming to life after being just a rumor, well not sure as the WSJ report doesn’t mention the Zune device at all. Also the report mentions that the phone will be developed by 3rd party.
With Palm Pre coming releasing pretty soon and now this new mystery “Pink” phone might give the new gen iPhone a good fight after all . We just have to wait and watch.
Windows 6.5 was revealed in MWC 2009 and surely Microsoft has done some very appreciable changes to the whole UI and funtionality.
To be honest yes the changes are amazing but still it will have to do more to compete with iPhone OS and UI which is flawless . As this is not the final version and Microsoft is still working on it, we may see some more improvements and added features.
Here a video in which Greg Sullivan Product Manager at Windows Mobile shows the mobile phones in the year 2008 which stood apart for windows mobile OS and boosted Microsoft smart phone market share.
All said and done, we all think that windows mobile need a stylish makeover to appeal for non business users as well, and if facts are right Microsoft is currently working into that direction only. Lets see what 2009 brings in for Windows Mobile.
With the launch of more and more touch enabled mobile devices, windows mobiles users are looking for apps which will reduce the usage of stylus to get the tasks done. This is where Pointui comes into picture.
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Critical Information
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. We just have to wait and watch.