Even mighty Microsoft has managed only a 3% market share with its Windows Mobile.
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Tightly integrating social mobility into Windows mobile 7 could be really interesting edge for both companies.
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Beginning May 9, 2012, the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service will no longer be available.
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Is there anything else besides Palm, Windows Mobile, and Symbian that I should be considering?
Windows Mobile and Palm devices won't be having all the placeshifting fun for much longer.
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While its usability remains rough, Windows Mobile dominated the new smartphone scene in 2006.
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For anyone used to Palm or Windows Mobile touchscreen devices, this is a completely different experience.
Ready for even more rumors about Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft's mysterious "Pink" smartphone project?
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Out of nowhere, the company has just introduced its newest Windows Mobile 6.1 (boo...) smartphone, the P835.
As a reminder, on July 15, 2011, we stopped accepting new Windows Mobile 6.x applications or application updates.
ENGADGET: Microsoft putting Windows Mobile 6.x market out to pasture
The company is also making phones based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile software and its own Bada operating system.
No word on whether the company is working on a version of its service for, oh, Windows Mobile.
Sales and download reports for your Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace applications will continue to be available through App Hub.
ENGADGET: Microsoft putting Windows Mobile 6.x market out to pasture
Apple's 4 million iPhones pales against the 20 million Windows Mobile licenses Microsoft says it will ship in 2008.
Microsoft is discontinuing the Windows Marketplace for Mobile service for Windows Mobile 6.x.
ENGADGET: Microsoft putting Windows Mobile 6.x market out to pasture
Windows Mobile has about 60k, and a mobile version of MS Office, while attractive, does not fill the gap.
F-Secure make a security tool for Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.
They come as iPhones, Androids, iPads, personal Blackberries, Windows Mobile machines, and more.
But it's really the Windows Mobile that's two versions out that's the game-changer.
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So it turned to a California-based consultancy, Appstem Media, to port INSPI from Windows Mobile to iOS and Android.
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Does the very thought of a HSDPA, stub antenna-free, Windows Mobile-equipped slice of Palm goodness leave you dizzy with desire?
However, additional downloads of these applications and games from the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service will no longer be available.
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Microsoft in February lined up Flextronics, one of the world's largest phone manufacturers, to build phones running Windows Mobile software.
It had previously only dabbled in the space with a handful of Windows Mobile devices aimed mostly at business customers.
In the real world, though, consumers still shun everything that reminds them of the awful Windows Mobile experience of old.
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Handling such chores has been a strong suit for Research in Motion's BlackBerry and rivals selling devices based on Windows Mobile.
INSPI2 augments a Web site and client application that is still in use on laptops and PDA-type Windows Mobile devices.
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It has built handheld devices for archrivals Dell and Hewlett-Packard, smart phones that run the Palm and Windows Mobile operating systems.
Code Factory's products are compatible with the widest range of mainstream mobile devices running on Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry Smartphones, and Android.
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Turns out IBM's software group writes a lot of code specifically for the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry--oh, and Android and even Windows Mobile.
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