WinMoSquare Foursquare client for Windows Mobile review

Recently the first Foursquare client, named WinMoSquare showed up in Microsoft’s Marketplace. For those of you, who don’t know what Foursquare is, here is a brief description of the Foursquare principle:
People use Foursquare to “check-in”, which is a way of telling your whereabouts. When you check-in someplace, Foursquare tells your friends where they can find [...]

Windows Marketplace for Mobile gets Storage Card support and World View !

A few days ago Microsoft released an interesting and very welcome upgrade for Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
In the past Windows Marketplace for Mobile has been covered in a sequence of articles (for example Windows Markeplace for Mobile coming to Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0 and Windows Marketplace for Mobile – Payments and Operators) that help you [...]

OpnMarket 1.0 review – A FreewarePocketPC.net Marketplace for Windows Mobile

A few days ago I saw the news that the well known website FreewarePocketPC.net, which has a massive database of freeware applications for Windows Phone, launched OpnMarket 1.0 !!
In simple words OpnMarket is a Windows Marketplace for Mobile alternative, 100% aimed at freeware applications and a natural extension of the FreewarePocketPC.net website. On the OpnMarket [...]

Buienradar for Windows Phones – Application overview

Buienradar is a popular service in the Netherlands for accurate weather forcasts and -almost realtime- weather developments. Buienradar was one of the first applications in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile as announced during the local Windows Phone launch event on October 6th.
In this article I hope to provide an in depth application overview, and cover [...]

Windows Marketplace for Mobile now accesible on the PC

In this article I will cover a “next-step” in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile development. This morning I read an excellent article of Leigh Geary, Windows Mobile MVP and Editor in Chief of CoolSmartphone.com, where he outlined that Windows Markeplace for Mobile would become accessible from your browser as well. 
Windows Marketplace for Mobile was currently -until today- only [...]

HTC HD2 review – A new era in Windows Phones’ history

We have waited long for this device, but finally it’s here. There were a lot of rumors about the HD2, also known as HTC Leo. Some people believed it would be a (killer) Android device and others told us that it would be the first HTC device with the 1 Gigahertz Snapdragon processor and a [...]

Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HTC Snap – Impressions and thoughts

The HTC Snap is one of the few Windows Mobile Standard devices that received an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5.
In this article I would like to have a look at the Windows Mobile 6.5 improvements for Windows Mobile Standard devices and compare these with the findings of the HTC Touch2 review, with Windows Mobile 6.5 [...]

HTC Touch2 announced – A touch of control

Yesterday the news hit the market that Windows Phones (running Windows Mobile 6.5) will hit the market in less that five weeks. Today HTC has announced the HTC Touch2 with Windows Mobile 6.5 pre-loaded on the device, together with the additional service Windows Marketplace for Mobile and Microsoft MyPhone. 

HTC Touch2 overview

“The HTC Touch2 ensures that everything [...]

Windows Phones, Windows Mobile 6.5 & Windows Marketplace hit the market October 6th

Stephanie Ferguson has published an article on the Windows Mobile blog “Windows phones are Coming on October 6th!“. While you might remember the first announcement of Windows Mobile 6.5  and Microsoft MyPhone back at Mobile World Congress earlier this year.
A little later on CTIA Wireless Windows Marketplace for Mobile was announced, and this whole bundle [...]

Microsoft Surface table to win in developer contest: The Race to Market Challenge

Do you remember one of the facts about the Windows Marketplace for Mobile:  “Windows Marketplace will open for application submissions from 29 supported countries July 27th.” ?
Recently two articles about Windows Marketplace for Mobile are published on this website: “Windows Marketplace for Mobile coming to Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0″ and “Windows Marketplace for Mobile [...]

Windows Marketplace for Mobile – Payments and Operators

In this short update I want to share some additional information on the article: “Windows Marketplace for Mobile coming to Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0″. The screenshots show that the Windows Marketplace for Mobile has other cool features in addition to the “business center”. And additional information about the payment mechanism will be provided.
In the related article I [...]

Windows Marketplace for Mobile coming to Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0

Back at MWC 2009 Microsoft first announced Windows Marketplace for Mobile, followed by an announcement of partners for the Windows Marketplace for Mobile during CTIA Wireless 2009. At both the annoucements the Marketplace for Mobile was announced just for Windows Mobile 6.5 devices.
    
Let’s recall some parts of the article:  “Microsoft announces partners in Windows Marketplace for Mobile [...]

CTIA 2009: Microsoft announces partners in Windows Marketplace for Mobile and more.

During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Windows Mobile 6.5 was announced, however not much information was revealed about the second service: Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Just befor the start of CTIA 2009 Microsoft has a lot of new things to announce:

More details on Windows Marketplace for Mobile, 

Individual customization of the Windows Phone,

New ways to connect [...]

MWC 2009: Windows Mobile 6.5 announcement & screenshots

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Steve Balmer and Andrew Lees announced Windows Mobile 6.5, together with two additional services:  (1) MyPhone and (2) Windows Marketplace for Mobile. This article will focus on the main changes in Windows Mobile 6.5 and provide some background information together with screenshots.

“Windows phones bring together the best of the Web, [...]

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