Today Microsoft announced details on how its Windows Marketplace for Mobile will work. The Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be available in 29 countries at launch, and Microsoft will certify each application to be sure they work properly. Application developers will get 70% of all revenue generated by the sales of their applications, and developers [...]

Speaking at a conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the company will do better at getting Windows Mobile products and updates to market sooner. Responding to a question about the wave of competing devices such as the iPhone and G1, Ballmer said, There are opportunities for us to accelerate our execution in this area. [...]

During a recent conference call, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that it will release Windows Mobile 7 some time in 2010. Microsoft just recently announced WinMo 6.5, which won’t be available until the end of 2009.Read more from the sourceRelated Keywords for this posts:cell phone batteries, international call, store, prepaid service

Microsoft recently announced that is has given its web-based Hotmail email service POP3 access. This means that users of mobile phones will be able to access their Hotmail via the email client on their cell phone, rather than signing in through a browser. POP3 access to Hotmail works in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, [...]

Quickoffice introduced a new, paid application in the Android Market that will let Android phones view Microsoft Office documents. Quickoffice on Android will work with Word and Excel files, which can be opened from Gmail or a memory card. The viewing features include the ability to zoom and scroll throughout the document. Word and Excel [...]

Microsoft announced its own version of a mobile application store called the Application Market Place. The Market Place will be available directly from the menu system of Windows Mobile 6.5 phones. Users will be able to find and download applications directly to their handsets. The Market Place will also be available online via a web [...]

LG has committed itself to launching a range of smartphones using Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5. It will use Windows Mobile as its primary smartphone platform moving forward, and plans to have 50 Windows Mobile 6.5 phones in the market by 2012. HTC and Samsung have also committed to the Windows Mobile 6.5, and AT&T, Verizon, [...]

Today Seven announced a new version of its mobile email product for the Android platform. The email program combines the ability to handle corporate email (Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino) as well as POP3/IMAP email syncing, including contacts and calendar information. Users will be able to search through the contacts database, as well as add, [...]

Microsoft today officially announced details of its forthcoming My Phone service. My Phone will be a free service for all Windows Mobile 6.x phones that automatically backs up contacts, calendar, tasks, text messages, photos, video, music, and documents over the network to Microsoft servers. The content is then available from a login-only web site, and [...]

Microsoft today officially announced details of its forthcoming My Phone service. My Phone will be a free service for all Windows Mobile 6.x phones that automatically backs up contacts, calendar, tasks, text messages, photos, video, music, and documents over the network to Microsoft servers. The content is then available from a login-only web site, and [...]