In a recent article by businessweek.com they mentioned that an average Windows Mobile gadget costs  $154 while the Android G1 cost is estimated to be $10 less at $144.  Keep in mind that this is the averagee cost of building a Windows Mobile device. Some how I dont think high end devices like the Touch HD will be close to that. What do you guys think would be the buid cost for the Touch HD ?

On a sad note they also quoted one of the pioneer developer in the Windows Mobile community Koushik Dutta ( the Windows Mobile Guru who released the Light / Accelerometer Sensor API for Touch Diamond which open up the flood gates for Accelerometer and Light Sensor applications developed by the Windows Mobile community and the much loved Klaxon alarm )

“It will be soon mostly Android,” …… “I like the [Android] phone better. It’s mostly a usability issue.”

That is not good news for the Windows Mobile Community.

Well, it looks like Microsoft has finally figured out youtube is a great place to advertise their products and they have launched a video channel for Windows Mobile. The channel features many different playlists plus several promotional videos. I am hoping to see some glimpse of WM6.5 in there real soon…

via : pocketnow.com

WkTASK shares features of both Task Manager and Program Launcher for Windows Mobile. You can switch all running programs smoothly like desktop Windows, and launch applications easily. Not only stylus operation but also key operation is available. Although the look & feel closely matches the theme color and make the 3D gradation, its CPU and memory usage are low.

Features

• Task-listUsing the upper bar, you can watch, switch, close and force termination running programs.To exclude a task from the list, tap&hold it and select ‘Hide’.
• X buttonUsing the X button, you can use some actions as follows:
  • Tap: really close
  • Tap&Hold: show context menu
  • Drag: some gestures (To show a program launcher, drag toward down. To show Today, drag toward left.)
• Program LauncherUsing key or tap, You can launch some applications, functions and contacts(phone call or e-mail).
• Key operationTo shift the Key operation mode, double-execute WkTask.exe or WkTaskCmd.exe(recommended because of smaller size). Some start options are available too.
• Brightness/Volume controllerYou can control them in real time with key or tap.
• Battery GaugeThe battery gauge shows up on the upper bar.
• Other functionsrotation, suspend, reboot, network connection, etc.
• PreferencesTo customize, it has a great deal of parameters. Enjoy your self!

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UPDATE :

Oh well It looks like another FAKE gimmick by some stupid marketing division of a company
Source : gearlog.com

Want cut n Paste on iPhone ? well you might get just that and more .. Imagine dual booting the iphone with Windows Mobile. A Norwegian hacker has done just that. Here is the video for the application. Though its not available for download just yet. The developer promises to launch it in Jan as an open source software. Let the drooling begin.. ( Now I am having second thoughts about Touch HD )

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S2U2 (Slide2Unlock2) is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. It can be used as a screensaver while you don’t use your device. And it’s has a CallerID function (some devices may not work, so please try it first); and S2P control plugin.

Prerequisition:

- WM5 Phone or WM6 Professional devices
- free RAM: at least 1M for QVGA; 3M for VGA

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iContact is designed to be an all-inclusive finger-friendly contact manager for Windows Mobile PocketPC phones and it does a gr8 job of the same. Its one of the best Contact Managers out there and best of all its free and customizable. It is highly recommended that you replace any older version of iContact with 0.73, there are many bug fixes.

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