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• Microsoft job listing hints at App Store-like 'Skymarket' for Windows Mobile

  Filed under: Software , Windows Mobile While Apple's App Store was far from being the first of its kind , we're now seeing a job posting over in the Redmond area that suggests that Microsoft is looking to produce something similar for its Windows... Posted Aug 31 2008, 06:03 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: app store, AppStore, job, job posting, JobPosting, microsoft, skymarket, Software, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 7, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile7, winmo, winmo 7, Winmo7

• HTC exec claims Q109 for first Windows Mobile 7 phones?

  Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Windows Mobile If you're apt to believe it, supposedly a regional HTC GM by the name of Kevin Chen flapped his lips about the first Windows Mobile 7 devices launching in Q109 -- so between six and nine months from now... Posted Jun 15 2008, 06:41 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: Handsets, HTC, microsoft, Software, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 7, WindowsMobile7

• Microsoft announces Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Development Beta

  Filed under: Windows Mobile We've heard rumors about it and even seen some third party apps that bring Vista's SideShow tech to Windows Mobile devices, but Microsoft has finally made the obvious crossover an official reality with the release of... Posted Jun 03 2008, 01:30 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: beta, microsoft, sideshow, Windows Mobile

• Windows Mobile 7 peeped in Microsoft Live Mesh video

  Filed under: Handsets , Software , HTC , Windows Mobile Granted this only gives us a glimpse -- by glimpse we mean only a few seconds -- of what appears to be a Windows Mobile 7-enabled HTC Touch Slide handset. The media sharing magic of Live Mesh is... Posted May 11 2008, 01:27 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Live Mesh, LiveMesh, Mesh, microsoft, Software, touch slide, TouchSlide, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 7, WindowsMobile7

• New Windows Mobile peeped in Microsoft Live Mesh video?

  Filed under: Handsets , Software , HTC , Windows Mobile Granted this only gives us a glimpse -- by glimpse we mean only a few seconds -- of what could be a new version of Windows Mobile 7 running HTC Touch Slide handset. The media sharing magic of Live... Posted May 11 2008, 01:27 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Live Mesh, LiveMesh, Mesh, microsoft, Software, touch slide, TouchSlide, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft increases focus on Fone+ cellphone project for the poor

  Filed under: Handsets , Windows Mobile , Misc Microsoft has been touting its Fone+ project for a little while now, but it looks like the company is starting to step up its efforts a bit further, with the new head of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential... Posted May 08 2008, 02:01 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: fone, Handsets, microsoft, microsoft unlimited potential, MicrosoftUnlimitedPotential, Misc, unlimited potential, UnlimitedPotential, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft completes Danger acquisition, creates new Premium Mobile Experiences division

  Filed under: Windows Mobile , Danger Microsoft's just announced that its $500M buyout of Sidekick maker Danger is complete, and that it's rolling the new team into its own unit, the Premium Mobile Experiences division. Ready to follow the chain... Posted Apr 15 2008, 09:33 AM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: buyout, Danger, microsoft, pmx, premium mobile experiences, PremiumMobileExperiences, sidekick, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft unveils "desktop-grade" Internet Explorer Mobile

  Filed under: Software , Windows Mobile Looking to get back to flexing its mobile browsing muscle in the esteemed company of heavy-hitting players like Opera , S60, and the iPhone, Microsoft has announced a new version of Internet Explorer Mobile that... Posted Apr 01 2008, 10:26 AM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: breaking news, BreakingNews, internet explorer, internet explorer mobile, InternetExplorer, InternetExplorerMobile, microsoft, Software, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.1, device upgrades

  Filed under: Features , Software , Windows Mobile Though it's been circulating through the user community (and a Sony Ericsson lab or two) for a little while now, Windows Mobile 6.1 had never gotten officially official in its own right -- until now... Posted Apr 01 2008, 07:30 AM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: breaking news, BreakingNews, Features, microsoft, Software, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 6.1, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.1, winmo, wm6.1

• Windows Mobile 6.1 gets tweaked, mildly integrated into Windows Live

  Filed under: Software , Windows Mobile The rumors that Windows Mobile 6.1 is going to make its long-awaited official debut next week are flying fast and furious, but if you can't stand the wait, it looks like Boy Genius has managed to score yet another... Posted Mar 26 2008, 08:24 AM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: microsoft, Software, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 6.1, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.1, winmo, winmo 6.1, Winmo6.1

• Microsoft licenses Adobe stuff for Windows Mobile

  Filed under: Software , Windows Mobile Well, that's not much of a vote of confidence for Microsoft's own products, now is it? Despite the fact that Silverlight for Mobile development is well underway, Windows Mobile's patron saint has decided... Posted Mar 17 2008, 11:53 AM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: acrobat, adobe, flash, flash lite, FlashLite, license, microsoft, pdf, reader, reader le, ReaderLe, Software, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft announces Silverlight 1.0 for Mobile

  Filed under: Software , Windows Mobile Ironically, Nokia was totally on the ball in announcing that Microsoft's Silverlight rich internet development platform would be coming to its own devices -- but naturally, there are plans in the works to bring... Posted Mar 17 2008, 07:51 AM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: microsoft, silverlight, silverlight for mobile, SilverlightForMobile, Software, Windows Mobile, WindowsMobile

• Ballmer answers iPhone SDK questions, revisits Monkey Boy dance

  Filed under: Software , Windows Mobile , OS X It's always interesting to hear execs chime in on the competition following big announcements . So it's no surprise to hear that Steve Ballmer was peppered with questions about the iPhone during yesterday's... Posted Mar 06 2008, 11:52 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: Apple, flash, guy kawazaki, GuyKawazaki, iphone, microsoft, mix, OS X, silverlight, Software, stevel ballmer, StevelBallmer, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft mobile exec shuffle: Knook out, Lees, VP of business software in

  Filed under: Windows Mobile So it looks like Pieter Knook, SVP of Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business, is out, according to the WSJ. We're not entirely sure why he's retiring (when we met him last year he seemed sprightly enough), but... Posted Feb 13 2008, 08:41 PM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: andrew lees, AndrewLees, microsoft, peter knook, PeterKnook, Windows Mobile

• Microsoft said to have dropped $500 million on Danger

  Filed under: Handsets , Windows Mobile , Danger , Misc While Microsoft was doing little to hide how much it was willing to spend on Yahoo! , the company's been decidedly more coy about exactly how much it dropped to pick up Sidekick-maker Danger earlier... Posted Feb 12 2008, 10:41 AM by Engadget Mobile Filed under: acquisition, buyout, Danger, Handsets, merger, microsoft, Misc, Windows Mobile