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Microsoft launches new ‘Windows Embedded Handheld’ mini-mobile OS
The stripped-down version of Windows Mobile 6.5 and the next-gen Windows Phone 7 OS will be aimed at niche enterprise and mobility devices.
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Samsung rolls out three new Android handsets plus Wave 2 duo for Bada
While yet to release the latest Android and Bada smartphones in Australia, Samsung already has a fleet of new Android ‘Galaxy’ and Bada ‘Wave’ handsets on the launchpad.
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iPad ties with BlackBerry in mobile browsing market share
The just-launched iPad already equals the BlackBerry in mobile Web browsing, but Android smartphones are making a dent in the iPhone’s previously all-conquering lead.
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App developers abandon Windows Mobile for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
Windows Mobile is officially the last platform that developers want to write for, according to a US report, with more than 50% of code-cutters now building apps for Apple’s iOS.
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Android overtakes iPhone in US smartphone market
A surge in Android sales has seen Google’s open-source smartphone OS shoot past the iPhone in the US consumer market as Windows Mobile slumps towards single-digit insignificance.
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Microsoft shows off Office on a Windows 7 Phone
Can Microsoft make a dent in the smartphone market by appealing to the mobile-worker?
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HP to buy Palm for US$1.2bn
Palm may get a new lease on life thanks to the overnight buyout by HP, which was once Palm’s biggest competitor owing to its range of Windows-powered iPaq PDAs.
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Microsoft to reveal new Hiptop smartphones next week
The next-gen Hiptop will sport a slick UI inspired by Windows Phone 7 and take aim at the twittering tweens, teens and twentysomething social networking set.
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April is Android month for Aussie phone vendors
A fistful of phones running Google’s open-source OS are set to launch next month, giving Android a boost while Microsoft waits for Windows Phone 7.
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Microsoft: “No Windows Phone 7 upgrade for Windows Mobile 6.x devices”
Microsoft’s tight hardware spec for Windows Phone 7 smartphones means that Windows Mobile 6.x devices – including HTC’s just-launched HD2 – can’t be upgraded.
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Microsoft: what we learnt from the iPhone, and what Apple can learn from us
Apple’s tight integration of hardware and software pointed the way for Windows Phone 7, admits Microsoft, but it sledges the iPhone’s UI as out-dated.
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Microsoft locks out Windows Phone 7 customisations from HTC and Telstra
Microsoft confirms that UI overlays such as HTC’s Sense will be banned from Windows Phone 7 platform, with carrier rebranding also being slapped down.
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No skin on Windows Phone 7, thanks...
Having been initially impressed by the style of Microsoft's new mobile system, difficult questions are coming thick and fast, such as: why has Microsoft banned skins on WinMo7?
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HTC unveils HD Mini smartphone
HTC’s deliciously big-screen HD2 is downsized into the new HD Mini, with Telstra tipped as the Australian launch partner.
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Windows 7 phones arriving Christmas 2010
It may be Christmas before Australians will be able to get their hands on a mobile phone with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series platform installed on it.
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