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Windows mobile release schedule leaked?
01097 days
by Swapnil
in Mobile thoughts
Finally some more information coming out of wild with regards to Windows Mobile and its future roadmap. Now, as per Mary Jo Foley on ZDNet blogs, Microsoft’s planned upgrade of Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5 and subsequent 7 will be as per following phases,
- Windows Mobile 6.5 RTM (release to manufacturing): April 2009
- First Windows Mobile 6.5 devices from cell phone makers: September 2009
- Windows Mobile 7.0 release to testers: November 2009
- First Windows Mobile 7.0 devices from cell phone makers: April 2010
Picture – Supposedly sliding interface of the future windows mobile 7
I am seriously hoping that windows mobile 6.5, coming up by Sep-09, will provide much better finger touch control over the menus and functions, otherwise, as
people are saying, it might be too little & too late for Microsoft especially as Apple is preparing the iPhone 3G 2.0 & Android is making inroads across industry !
And also, there are reports and news coming out in the Tech World that the management of Zune & Microsoft Media Centre team have joined the Win Mo team, which are good omens.
Toshiba’s TG01 – Is this the iWinMoPhone ?
01099 days
by Swapnil
in Mobile thoughts
I posted earlier about my wish to buy the HTC Touch HD as I thought it was the most impressive Windows Mobile based device available today in the marked. However, after reading the news about the Toshiba’s new TG01 device, I am really keen to see the phone in flesh and think it might be the perfect phone to be available on Windows Mobile. This is scheduled to launch in the ‘summer’ in the Europe.
You can find more of the TG01’s pictures and video hands-on Slashgear.com website on the following links,
http://www.slashgear.com/toshiba-tg01-announced-iphone-3g-and-touch-hd-killer-0332839/
http://www.slashgear.com/toshiba-tg01-hands-on-0332851/
The things that impressed me are as follows,
1 GHz processor
4.1 inch display
800×480 display
Multi-pan rotating display
Although it would contain the resistive touch screen, which is bit of shame for this device though, it looks really really impressive and worth waiting. Hopefully Toshiba will unveil it in the MWC this month at Barcelona.
Photo via [Slashgear]
My new mobile and Windows mobile 6.5
01103 days
by Swapnil
in Mobile thoughts
I have been wanting to buy a new mobile phone since last so many months … but have not been able to buy one so far 
First I wanted to go for an iPhone, but settled with buying an iPod touch instead and then with the experience I got from iPod touch, I decided against going for iPhone and realigned my interest in the WinMo based devices. I have read several reviews on the phones and finally settled my thinking around three devices, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1, Samsung Omnia and finally the beast itself HTC Touch HD. After doing a round of reviews of same on phonearena, mobileburn and so many other notable sites, I have now settled myself to buy HTC Touch HD.
Enter the rumours of Windows Mobile 6.5! Now I have been wanting to wait for the mobile world congress at Barcelona where Microsoft supposedly will be unveiling the mask over WinMo 6.5 operating system. I have seen quite a few pictures on XDA-developers site and I have been quite impressed with the way this would change the usability of Windows from current not-so-touch-friendly windows mobile 6.1 version that runs on above mentioned devices. I especially like the idea of having scrollable honeycomb app launcher.
What encourages me is the fact that there have been mentions of potential ROM cookers on XDA-developers & Modaco about eventually porting the WinMo 6.5 on the HTC Touch HD. So hopefully if my resilience to keep away from buying mobile gives up over my wish to buy one, I would be having the new toy with me by end of next week. Otherwise, I would definitely wait for mobile world congress to get over and see what the blokes at Microsoft gives us in terms of WinMo 6.5 !
Meanwhile you can enjoy the information on the HTC Touch HD on the following links.
http://www.modaco.com/category/357/blackstone-blackstone-modaco-com/