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CNET’s Survey Shows Windows Mobile as the Most Preferred Smartphone

On March 14, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In News Archive, Pocketnow

An unscientific survey of CNET’s News.com readers shows that Windows Mobile is the smartphone operating system of choice. Granted the survey took place in a pretty narrow demographic. It’s interesting to note that half of the respondents with Windows Mobile devices complained about the operating system, but since over 40% of respondents were using Windows Mobile, that still shows that over 20% of the entire surveyed market were happy with the mobile operating system. That …

Asus Windows Mobile 6 PDA, Just $260

On March 14, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Hardware, Pocketnow

As quoted from Inside Microsoft: Buy.com has the Asus MyPal A626 Windows Mobile 6 PDA for just $254 with free shipping. Amazon.com has it for $260, also with free shipping, useful if you’ve got some Amazon gift certificates to get a nice PDA at a good price. As for specs, it includes a 312 MHz Marvell XScale processor, but the PDA has b/g wifi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, a large 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen, a 1200 mAh …

Your Mobile Digital Lifestyle

On March 14, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Smartphone News

Here’s a great video from Microsoft found via PocketPCThoughts. It showcases some events in the average digital lifestyle and how making use of Microsoft mobile technologies can make you cool enough to go to great parties even when your station wagon breaks down. This happens to me all the time. From Mel Sampat’s MSDN blog: This video has been shown at internal Microsoft events a few times. It always draws a great response from the …

New iPhone-Like UI Programs Make Windows Mobile Easier to Use

On March 14, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Software

…NOT! PocketPCMag.com has posted an article highlighting some of Vito Technology’s new Windows Mobile applications that supposedly make Windows Mobile easier to use. In reality, it’s pretty obvious from looking at the screen captures, that these programs do the opposite. The interface is completely foreign, you’ve lost access to the familiar start menu, minimize button, soft-key menus, and software input panel. The applications don’t fit in with the standard Windows Mobile interface, thus causing an …

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 on Video

On March 13, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Hardware, Pocketnow

InfoSync World was able to get a video of the yet-to-be-released Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. This is their first Windows Mobile device, and it is sure to garner quite a bit of attention. The video shows the Expose-like application launcher/switcher in action. It’s unclear if the thumbnails represent running applications or programs to launch. The thumbnails are unlabeled so it’s difficult to understand what they represent. This will be interesting to try out when it …

Seven Fantastic Free Windows Mobile Apps

On March 12, 2008 By Adam Z. Lein In Pocketnow, Software

CIO has posted a great article listing seven fantastic free Windows Mobile applications. Some of them are for Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphones), some are for Professional, some are for both. Click to take a look. Originally published on Pocketnow on March 12, 2008. More Software articles from the Pocketnow archive.