Ray ozzie on Apps

“All the apps that count will be ported to every one of them,” he said. It’s a completely different situation from the PC market, where software’s built to run on a Windows or a Mac, he said. Mobile apps require very little development, so it’s much easier to bring them onto every platform. So according to him all good apps on the appstore and android market is going to come to Windows Mobile.. What do you guys think ? I couldn’t help but laugh at this. When you look at the things in the past its true.. all the good apps on Windows were ported to Mac, Linux, etc….

There are many news site covering this issue with the title ” Microsoft says : Apps don’t make your phone special ” as usual this goes in line with the Windows Mobile hate campaign on the web. Microsoft is pushing the need for apps by getting a marketplace in place , a web version of the marketplace and tutorials on how to port apps from the iPhone. The only thing to see is will the developers of good apps on the iPhone / Android consider porting their apps to Windows Mobile.

via msmobiles.com

windowsmobile

Wired.com’s latest Windows Mobile title suggests a Windows Mobile Hate campaign ” How Microsoft Blew It With Windows Mobile “. If you go through the article they have gone through some of the flaws in the platform and what the future might hold for Windows mobile with WM7. The article is well worth the read if you are a windows mobile fan and the comments section are on fire with iphone and WM fanbois.

Some things they talk about

• the Gartner reports where the last quarter Windows Mobile’s market share plummeted to 7.9 percent.
• iPhone’s consumer centric device , appstore and apps
• Peter Hoddie, CEO of Kinoma thinks WM is a great platform and talks about iPhone, whose apps he described as “beautiful,” which encourages third-party developers to produce apps of similar quality.
• segmentation in the hardware ecosystem ( android is facing issues with apps in this department )
• Windows Mobile is still largely focused on enterprise features ( but new devices like the HD2 is trying to bridge the gap )

With the success streak from Microsoft of late.. bing, Windows 7, Zune HD, etc we have high hopes for WM7… What do you think ? lets us know in the comments …

Difference in the new TouchFlo 3D 2.5, check out some of the new Features :

• People Tab
• Selecting Text in HTC HD2 TouchFlo 3D 2.5
• Internet Tab
• SMS Management

Touch HD2 Reviews and Unboxing : via wmPoweruser

• Unboxing Video
• HTC leo Review
• HTC HD2 Review
• Another HD2 Hands-on Impression

Some of the new windows phone review and things happening in the Windows Mobile world :

• Review of the Samsung Intrepid front facing QWERTY WM6.5 device by Brighthand
• Things to do before you Flash your device with a new ROM [ wmPowerUser ]
• unlocker (Hard SPL) for the CDMA Touch Pro 2 coming soon. [ wmExperts ]
• LG GM750 video review [ wmPowerUser ]
• Look at the Windows phones in a new Microsoft Store [ msMobiles ]

SPB Mobile Shell is one of the most sought after Today screen app for Windows Mobile. Now with the introduction of version 3.0 I am sure many more users will switch over to this great new app from SPB software. We havent tried this yet but most of the other Windows Mobile sites are giving it the thumbs up

Here are some of the Reviews :

Mobiletechaddicts.com
PocketNow.com
Mobile Spoon
WMExperts.com
MobilityMinded.com
FuzeMobility.com
MoDaCo.com

What do you guys think about a Handandgo voucher giveaway, to get yourself a copy of SPB Mobile Shell 3.0. If there is enough user interest in it I will organize a competition soon.

SPB Mobile Shell 3.0

Work-Life Balance with Spb Mobile Shell 3.0: New Version of World’s Bestselling Mobile Application

St. Petersburg, April 21st, 2009 – Spb Software, a leading maker of mobile software, releases Spb Mobile Shell 3.0, the next-generation user interface for Windows phones. According to Handango Yardstick, Spb Mobile Shell was the world’s number one bestselling application of 2008 among all mobile platforms.

Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 accounts for two different smartphone use scenarios: at work and at play. The application offers distinctive ‘professional’ and ‘lifestyle’ desktops, integration of picture contacts with Facebook, account-sensitive email indicators, handsome time and weather screens, widgets, responsive kinetic scrolling, signature 3D animation engine, and other appealing assets that change the way a Windows phone is used altogether.

Previous versions of Spb Mobile Shell were shipped by a number of innovative phone makers, such as Acer, O2, Pharos, Sony Ericsson, and Toshiba, have won numerous awards, and have been the choice of millions of customers. “It was challenging to design 3.0, as customer expectations are quite high,” – comments Yaroslav Goncharov the Spb Mobile Shell Product Manager and CTO at Spb Software – “On the other hand, this level of success gave us confidence in our basic ideas and design philosophy, and we certainly feel that Spb Mobile Shell 3.0 has all it takes to be the strong foundation for a host of new and immensely popular Windows phones.”

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Touch Diamond2

Kudos to wmpoweruser.com for this find. 10 HTC Touch Diamond 2 is now available from Devicewire.com retailing at £449.99 (£391.30 without vat).

We will be on hyperdrive with Windows Mobile err Windows Phone news coz of MWC 2009, and here you get a rundown of the feature packed Garmin-Asus Nuvifone M20

[ via MobileSpoon ]