jkontherun.com - 11/13/2008
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shocked folks at a recent event in Australia by confirming rumors that the Redmond giant would soon be following the Apple business model of opening an App Store to offer Windows Mobile programs direct to customers. Ballmer went on to confuse the audience with ...
blogs.msdn.com - 11/12/2008
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blogs.msdn.com —
Today at Tech•Ed EMEA we announced the availability
of emulators and documentation for Internet Explorer Mobile 6,...
which is the next generation browser for Windows Mobile. Available on new Windows Mobile devices soon, this browser will provide a ...
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Windows Mobile Team Blog : Internet Explorer Mobile 6
pocketnow.com - 11/7/2008
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pocketnow.com —
The possibility of there being a Windows Mobile
6.5 fell in the "rumor" column after Motorola CEO...
casually mentioned it in a conference call. Now have official word from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that this rumor is reality. This news came as a ...
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Steve Ballmer Confirms Existence of Windows Mobile 6.5
microsoft.com - 11/12/2008
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microsoft.com —
The Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Emulator Images package adds
emulator images to Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio...
2008 that let you test applications for Windows Mobile 6.1.4, including Internet Explorer Mobile 6. For general information about writing ...
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Download details: Windows Mobile 6.1.4 Emulator Images
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Windows Mobile App Store coming, confirms Ballmer
SlashGear —
... Marketplace. Although some have suggested that the Microsoft download store will be “just another” place for WM software, if it’s preloaded on every new smartphone running the platform then that could be a significant change.
Ballmer went on to say that Microsoft have no plans to “mimic” the iPhone AppStore. It’s unclear what form the Microsoft implementation would take, then, or what timescale we can expect for its launch.
[via jkOnTheRun] ...
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