http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/6.0, 6.1, 6.5, and the latest 6.5.3]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/As we were told in the past. Windows mobile 7 and windows mobile 6.5.3 were being worked on concurrently. So just becuase 6.5.3 was recently release doesn't mean there will necessarily be a stop gap between the two. Remember not all devices will meet the minimum specs for Windows Mobile 7. Manufacturers currently releasing products need to have a OS to work with. That leaves us with 6.5.3]]>Feb 12th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
do i smell HD2? or is their next week thing just a coincidence]]>Feb 12th 2010 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://bit.ly/windows-mobile-7-preview
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I'm sure everyone would like to see good ol' competition...]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
it's about time.]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
And to add a 1, 2 punch to the Win Mo7 launch, I know how they could launch an App store (or upgraded Windows Mobile marketplace) with upwards of 300,000 APPS!! YES you read that right. They would BLOW PAST APPLE'S APP STORE OVER NIGHT!!

Seems impossible given apple's big lead. So, ASK ME HOW???
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PS Hey Nilay P. I give you and Engadget permission to give up my email address to MS ;^)...]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
/George Costanza]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/i was really excited about the Zune HD, and i have one now... i think you're sorta right, but the Zune was anticiipated for nearly half a year...]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Yeah, that's what the last few posts have left out and I've been wondering about. I'd have to eat my hat if they suddenly released it 9 months earlier than previously announced (and I'm pretty sure we won't see it until early 2011, but that's just my opinion).]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
Microsoft and LG and continually announced that they will be releasing a device in 3Q and 4Q this year. It been posted on Engadget aswell. Troll else where,]]>Feb 12th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
How is he trolling? He's giving his opinion, far out.]]>Feb 13th 2010 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
Is Windows Mobile dead? NO

Is it relevant anymore? Not really in the minds of the average consumer. It's not hip. It's not cool. It just seems buggy and bloated.

That was my personal experience with the HTC Touch Pro. Again I repeat that's just MY personal experience and opinion.

So while I may not like Android I can at least admit that it's garnered the attention of the geek crowd and does actually produce hardware and software that is trying to compete with the iPhone. And of course there's Palm and webOS which I think is far above the former 2.

Still though MS is really gonna have to WOW me in order to get me to consider dropping the iPhone.]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
Everything seems to suggest a MAJOR revision with WM7. Zune integration and Xbox Live integration are pretty much guaranteed, no? If they can also toss in some 'revolutionary' wireless W7 syncing/integration, or some native cloud-based services, and they've improved the web browser, I think we'll all be in for quite the treat.

MOST importantly, however, is the redesigned UI. If it functions like the Zune HD's UI, and it's not buggy, this is going to be very exciting.]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
Uh oh, you said the "i" word.]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
"Is it relevant anymore? Not really in the minds of the average consumer. It's not hip. It's not cool. It just seems buggy and bloated. "

The average consumer doesn't even have a smartphone and thus has no idea what is "relevant" or "buggy".

Having to repeat this for the 10000th time: the majority of phone users in the US don't even have a smart phone.

WinMo, for all of the talk of irrelevance, is #3 in usage in this country, slipping to that only in the past 6 months.

MS needs a strong presentation, and a ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.

By no means are any group of people firmly decided on any platform. There just phones when you get down to it. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
Let's see how my Android phone competes against the almighty iphone...

OS - my phone's got Multi tasking, file browsers, web browsers, third party desktops, widgets, 3d wallpaper, non restricted apps. iphone's got none of those.
screen - my phone's got OLED, iphone's got LCD
screen resolution - my phone's got 840 by 400, iphone's got 320 by 240
cpu - my phone has 1 ghz cortex a8, iphone's got 600 cortex a8
microphone - dual microphone with noise cancellation on my nexus
casing - my phone's teflon coated with removable battery cover... iphone's got glossy scratchy body with no ways to take out the battery easily.
]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
Apple has an advertising budget.

Android can make you breakfast and rotate your tires, but as long as Apple pumps $$$ into saturating the media, people aren't going to notice it.]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
480*320]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/I'm not knocking android, I like it a lot, but ur post came across as prickish. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
True... but a lot of regular consumers have Blackberries... because, well, they are Blackberries.

When they go into a cell phone store... they already know what a Blackberry is... and they walk out with one.

Getting back on topic... it still doesn't look good for Microsoft. As more consumers move towards getting smart phones.... and they are... Windows Mobile isn't on their radar.

While there are lot of Windows Mobile phones out there... they are already in use for business users. There's not much growth in the business market. The consumer market is where smart phone growth will come from... but it will take a lot to convince the average person to get a Windows Mobile phone.]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
I hope they don'y dissapoint. I'm a HUGE WinMo fan but 6.5 was a massive dissapointment. Kinda the Windows ME of the phone world.

I could write a book on stuff I want in WinMo7, Windows home server integration thats as good as the iPhone would be a start!!! Windows media player mobile is awfull.

If WinMo7 can pull together with Home server, XBox, Zune, Media Center integration it will be a fantastic release.

Sadly i'm preparing for dissapointment, if so, it could be the last WinMo phone I get )-:]]>Feb 12th 2010 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/apple has $50 billion ready in cash...]]>Feb 12th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
that's what it comes down to. people can talk about what the iPhone can and can't do all day long but the fact is, in the public eye (average consumer), it is the holy grail of phones (along with everything else Apple sells). the media coverage is staggering for any announcement Apple makes and as long as they have that, they will continue to sell. the average consumer will pretty much buy whatever the tv tells them to and that's where Apple knowing how to hype and market the hell out of there products is the key to their success (also their products working like they are supposed to is an added bonus as well).

i love my Touch Pro 2 and my Zune 80 and my Windows 7 computer. but the fact that when i whip them out around people, the common comment is "what's that?" really explains, to me at least, what the bigger picture is here.]]>Feb 12th 2010 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
If only Apple would tone down the snobby hipster push and get a a highly caffeinated guy to shout CALL NOW at me, I'd have crumbled.]]>Feb 13th 2010 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
Sorry, but most apps in the apple app store are half-baked web apps.
Sorry, but the iPhone OS does choke often (that's the reason apple will not allow multitasking).
Sorry but iPhone 3G had the exact same problem with 3G signal as the Nexus One has been having. It really does not have much to do with having a signal or not, it's about how you handle the fringe cases where a 3G signal is available but not reliable enough to be usable.
Now I'm not knocking the iphone, I have one and it's okay, but it's not the jesusphone without faults like you seem to claim.
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It's an extremely valid point you make! Especially since, if it's seriously 1 whole year until WM7's debut, whatever they come out with next week is almost guaranteed to already be outdated, at launch.

I'm just hoping those Q4 '10/Q1 '11 rumors are off. ]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Me too, I just hope the rumors about lack of multitasking are false.]]>Feb 12th 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/And Sasquatch is Big Foot's cousin, and your granny's granny was a monkey.]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/windows-mobile-7-rumors-coalesce-around-q4-launch-mwc-announcem/]]>Feb 12th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/
I'm rooting for sooner rather than later, and will hold off purchasing even though I'm out of contract now.]]>Feb 12th 2010 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/12/wall-street-journal-windows-mobile-7-coming-next-week/Feb 12th 2010 3:33PM