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Microsoft is now one step closer to launching its Windows Marketplace for Mobile, as it has just announced that the app store is open for developers who want to register and develop applications.
In order to register, you need to visit the official Windows Mobile website. 
The registration process will provide you with “links to key documentation [...]

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Earlier today, we’ve reported about a possible Zune device that would be released in June this year to compete with the iPhone and the Palm Pre.
The info was based on two twitter posts which turned out to come from an account that actually has nothing to do with Microsoft. Instead, it’s an account of an [...]

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A rather unknown company called In Technology Group (ITG) has just unveiled the XPPhone, a combination between a MID and a cell phone that runs on Windows XP.
Presented as a “pocketable mobile internet terminal”, the XPPhone has a generous 4.8 inch TFT touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixels, and a sliding QWERTY keyboard.
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Windows Mobile 7 is still quite far away (it should come in 2010), but it looks like we can already get a glimpse of it.
The folks over at ZDNet have stumbled upon a list of specs that, reportedly, are for “the Windows Mobile 7 Chassis 1”.  
Apparently, the Chassis 1 is the heart of the rumored Microsoft Pink [...]

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Shortly after Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry was launched, Microsoft has now introduced an official Facebook app for Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Mobile 6.1.
As you’d expect from a Facebook application, the new Windows Mobile one lets you: easily send messages to your Facebook buddies; upload pics and videos directly from your phone; manage your profile [...]

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Microsoft has just announced, via its developers’ Twitter account, that Windows Mobile 6.5 is finally complete and every bit of it is functional.
According to the WM developers team, the 6.5 OS “looks really good” – and that’s not a surprise, since we’ve seen quite a few images of it.
Of course, we still have to wait [...]

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2009 is shaping to be the year when Mobile Internet/Web/Cloud services really started going
After success of Apple, everyone and their grandma is lunching their own mobile app stores. Music and games delivered to your phone via operator’s data connection is a nobrainer for most of the mobile players. And let’s not get [...]

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Vodafone has just announced a global partnership with Microsoft under which the carrier will start offering its business customers Microsoft Online Services with voice and data.
The new communication solution will integrate the following: Microsoft Exchange Online for e-mail and calendars; Microsoft Office Communications Online; Microsoft SharePoint Online; and Microsoft Office Live Meeting (for webconferencing and [...]

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Microsoft subsidiary Tellme Networks has just announced a new voice command service that will be available, for free, on Windows Mobile 6.5 phones.
Reportedly, the Tellme service is the first that  allows users to press only one button, say what they need and get it. Whether you want to make a call, send a text, or [...]

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That rumored Zunephone may never become reality, but this doesn’t mean Microsoft can’t bring Zune software to Windows Mobile, right?
And while chances for this to happen with Windows Mobile 6.5 are low, it’s said that Windows Mobile 7 will likely come with Zune integration.  
Last time we heard about it, WM 7 was scheduled for a [...]

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