Windows Mobile 6.5

I don’t physically have test devices, how do I develop for so many different screen sizes  on mobile devices? How do I make money selling my application for a mobile device?  Can I develop for Windows Mobile 6.5 now?Lean the answers to these questions and more and join  Nikita…

Paul Foster and I discuss his new role as technical editor of the MSDN Flash newsletter before talking about Windows Mobile Widget development (at 5min 30seconds in). Full show notes and an article on the same topic can be found at http://bit.ly/msdnpodcast019 We have also created…

For those of you using Windows Phone, your only option for a dedicated Foursquare mobile application so far has been Wimosquare, still in beta. But now, there’s a new Foursquare client in development, reports Pocketnow, who spotted the mention of the app over on the XDA-developers forum. …

Earlier this week, Microsoft released the Windows Mobile 6.5 software development kit (SDK) which is what developers will use to build applications for the upcoming mobile OS. Included in the kit is a set of APIs that let developers tap into the touch gesture framework. In a big change from previous…

Office Mobile 2010 is being made available for free for all Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. This download includes the new mobile versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and SharePoint Workspace. With the updated mobile Office software, users have more touch-friendly programs and more…

Tellme, a mobile voice search application, has just announced a new app for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones. With the Tellme app, you can press a button and then speak your search query, dial by voice (ex: “Call mom”), or dictate a text message. That last feature – the voice to text option – is something…

When the Windows Marketplace for Mobile first launched in October it only supported Windows Mobile 6.5 phones – the latest version of the Windows Mobile operating system. But now the marketplace opened up so users of 6.0 and 6.1 devices can buy and download mobile apps as well. Now those…

Remember when we mentioned how some developers were creating unofficial Windows Phone 7 Series’ themes for 6.5 devices? Well, the first of those themes recently went live. The theme from XDA-Developers forum member Jaxbot just launched into beta this weekend. Currently, his theme offers a “people…

At the Mobile World Congress, Steve Ballmer announced the public availability of the My Phone service, a new online service for Windows Mobile owners which brings your phone to the web. Contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, photos, videos, music, documents, and more will be backed up online to a…

A handful of blogs have been giving us a sneak preview at one of the cool, new features that will arrive in the next version of Windows Mobile (Windows Mobile 6.5): themes! As someone who loves to customize everything, this news definitely caught my eye - especially when I saw how attractive these…