Today Microsoft launched its new KIN platform of socially connected cell phones. KIN was developed with carrier partners Verizon Wireless and Vodafone, and hardware manufacturer Sharp. KIN is the result of Microsoft's infamous Project Pink initiative. Both of the new KIN devices, the KIN ONE and the KIN TWO, sport QVGA resolution touchscreen displays, hardware QWERTY keyboards, and a user interface that shares much of its clean, "chrome-less" look with ... Read More

Supporting more finger friendly control, multitouch zooming and SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010 integration, Microsoft’s latest Office Mobile 2010 Beta is available on its Marketplace. You can test and try the beta version till April 5th 2010, which it will be disabled automatically after the expired date. The software installation will not affect your existing Office Mobile if it came pre-installed on your Windows Phone; otherwise if you have purchased the ... Read More

This article contains unofficial information. Office 2010 should roll out really soon and we will probably see the mobile version, Office Mobile 2010 hit the shelves along with it. The interesting thing is the office suite allows easy sharing and accessing of documents over the Internet. According to the FAQ published on the webpage dedicated to the beta version, the application will be compatible with all Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets. The ... Read More

Windows Marketplace has officially stepped into its next stage of development. There's a new desktop client now and you can buy apps directly from your PC and later install them on your Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone. Marketplace support for devices based on WinMo 6.1 and 6.0 is expected later this month. Starting today you can buy application from the Windows Mobile Marketplace through your desktop computer. When you buy yourself some apps ... Read More

With only a few weeks after Microsoft officially unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 we now see the first mockups of the upcoming Microsoft mobile OS. Windows Mobile 7 is going to be available only later next year but it looks like the first mockups have already been leaked. Windows 7 is meant to offer the user a better touchscreen experience and from what we see in the pictures here the user interface ... Read More

Although at some point it seemed that T-Mobile and Microsoft will not be able to recover that Sidekick lost data, the two companies figured out a way to recover stuff after all. The first thing to be fully restored is the contacts list of your phone. What you have to do is go to My T-Mobile webpage, download your contacts and restore them. While you’re at it you could also ... Read More

Roz Ho, Corporate Vice President, Premium Mobile Experiences, Microsoft Corporation in a press release says: Dear T-Mobile Sidekick customers, On behalf of Microsoft, I want to apologize for the recent problems with the Sidekick service and give you an update on the steps we have taken to resolve these problems. We are pleased to report that we have recovered most, if not all, customer data for those Sidekick customers whose data was ... Read More

This shouldn’t come as a surprise, when asked about their “two strategic platforms” statement Motorola’s Christy Wyatt, said that the company is waiting for Microsoft’s next generation mobile OS, Windows Mobile 7, and is not going to buid any WM6.5 device. The second platform being Android obviously. Good to see Motorloa not dropping WinMo given how involed they were/are in the developement of WM7 This shouldn’t come as a surprise, when asked ... Read More

Microsoft formally announced the coordinated, worldwide release of smartphones running on its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. The company said that it expected its partners to deliver more than 30 new phones in more than 20 countries by the end of 2009. The platform has come under increasing pressure from other players in the smartphone space, notably Google's Android operating system, Apple's iPhone OS and Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform. ... Read More

Microsoft is going all out and expediting their launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 with an estimated 30 smartphones to be made available before the end of 2009. Sure Android has come far with a small following to manifest into a big name player in the mobile platform world. Fortunately for Microsoft they are keeping up with the competition while being backed by some 15 handset vendors. HTC, HP, Sony Ericsson, ... Read More