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• Windows Marketplace for Mobile Now Available on the Web

  When Microsoft launched its new Windows Marketplace for Mobile alongside Windows Mobile 6.5 in early October, the online store was only available via a custom app on compatible Windows Mobile 6.5-based devices. But now, as promised, you can access the... Posted Nov 12 2009, 06:28 PM by pthurrott with | with 30 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Mobile, Mobile, Cloud computing

• HP's End-Run Around the Windows 7 Starter Limitations

  As you must know by now, Microsoft has severely limited the ways in which you can customized its lowest-end Windows 7 version, Windows Starter Edition. (See Windows 7 Starter? That's How They Get You for more information.) The worst of these limitations... Posted Oct 20 2009, 09:56 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Mobile, Commentary

• Windows Mobile 6.5.1 on the Way?

  I guess this is no huge surprise, but Download Squad reports that Microsoft is already working on a minor revision to the recently released Windows Mobile 6.5: When Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.5 earlier this month, the latest version of the company's... Posted Oct 20 2009, 02:21 PM by pthurrott with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile

• And You Thought Your Notebook Had Good Battery Life

  I opened my laptop this morning and saw the following battery life reading and had to laugh out loud. We can only dream of such battery life. But it's nice to dream. :) Posted Oct 09 2009, 05:39 AM by pthurrott with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: Humor, Mobile

• Courier User Interface

  Gizmodo continues its exclusive look at what is apparently a new Tablet PC design from Microsoft, the Courier. In this new video, you can actually see how the Courier would work in the real world, with a cool page-flipping experience that emulates a real... Posted Sep 30 2009, 11:32 AM by pthurrott with | with 62 comment(s) Filed under: Mobile, Cloud computing

• iPhone Apps Store has 2 billionth download

  It's hard to overstate how successful the iPhone Apps Store is. Check out the latest figures from Apple: Apple today announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in... Posted Sep 28 2009, 10:46 AM by pthurrott with | with 66 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iPod, Smartphone, Mobile, Commentary

• AT&T enters 21st century, adds MMS to iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

  Apple : MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is now available to AT&T customers. AT&T MMS requires iPhone OS 3.1 and a carrier settings update. Here's what it looks like (on a Mac) ... Unlike other iPhone updates I've installed via iTunes... Posted Sep 26 2009, 10:47 AM by pthurrott with | with 39 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Digital media, Smartphone, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Microsoft's smart phone strategy: Copy, copy, and then copy again

  Sigh. Today, Gizmodo revealed Microsoft's secret new strategy in the smart phone market : Copy what other people are doing. If you've spent any time on my site or listen to Windows Weekly, you know how I feel about this kind of thing. If you can't... Posted Sep 24 2009, 01:36 PM by pthurrott with | with 101 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile

• Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support

  This is big stuff, and if there's anyone actually paying for MobileMe a year from now, well, you already looked like a fool, so what's the difference? The Google Mobile Blog reports today that Google has added push email support to Google Sync... Posted Sep 22 2009, 01:57 PM by pthurrott with | with 69 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Windows Mobile, Internet, Google, Alt. Windows, Smartphone, Mobile, Cloud computing

• ThinkPads go multi-touch

  I've got a Windows 7-based ThinkPad T400s with multi-touch capabilities here for review, and while I will have a lot more to say about this (hint: "awesome"), here's some info about what Lenovo is doing around multi-touch on its ThinkPad... Posted Sep 15 2009, 04:26 PM by pthurrott with | with 43 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Mobile

• Use the tools Microsoft didn't use to create Zune HD apps

  Yes, you read that right. Microsoft (and its partners) did not use XNA Game Studio to create the free games and other apps that are now available for the Zune HD. (They used proprietary in-house tools instead.) But if you are interested in developing... Posted Sep 15 2009, 04:09 PM by pthurrott with | with 44 comment(s) Filed under: Zune, Mobile, Developer

• The 'blame anyone but Apple cadre,' Part 217: AT&T

  So AT&T is finally adding MMS support to the iPhone 3G/3GS on September 25, about two months after Apple first announced the feature and other international wireless carriers provided it. Yep, AT&T sucks. And I should know, I've been using... Posted Sep 04 2009, 03:55 PM by pthurrott with | with 99 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Alt. Windows, Smartphone, Mobile, Commentary

• Nokia netbook details emerge

  Sadly, it's not all good news. The Nokia Booklet 3G is scheduled to ship sometime in Q4 2009 and will include Windows 7, as I previously reported. It will sell for €575, or about $800. That's about double the cost of a typical netbook, though... Posted Sep 03 2009, 11:54 AM by pthurrott with | with 62 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Could Microsoft Office finally be heading to Linux?

  Nine years ago , I learned about a skunkworks project Microsoft had handed off to an Israeli software firm that was to have seen a port of Microsoft Office to Linux. The port was seen as a just-in-case solution, but with Linux not ever taking off in any... Posted Aug 28 2009, 05:14 PM by pthurrott with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: Alt. Windows, Smartphone, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Nokia to deliver Windows 7-powered netbook with 12 hours of battery life

  Yikes. This netbook looks pretty nice , I must admit. Nokia has just whipped the dust sheet off the Nokia Booklet 3G . A brand new breed of portable device for Nokia, this mini laptop PC sees the company step foot on freshly cut turf, and we’re a little... Posted Aug 25 2009, 12:11 AM by pthurrott with | with 57 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Mobile, Cloud computing, PC