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Cricket Tuning Into Music
Jan 30, 2007, 2:51 PM
Leap Wireless has partnered with Musiwave to bring music downloads or streaming to Cricket. Although they don't partner with any other American carrier, Musiwave provides over-the-air full track downloads ...   read

Microsoft to Create Own Mobile Software 'Bazaar'
Feb 9, 2009, 8:24 AM
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft plans to shore up its mobile phone offerings, including the introduction of a new storefront through which Windows Mobile users can ...   read

Sony Ericsson Planning Music Store
Aug 30, 2006, 1:32 PM
Sony Ericsson is likely to unveil a music store later this year. A company spokesman today confirmed that the manufacturer "indeed [has] such plans," and hopes to provide details ...   read

Motorola Sings Microsoft's Tune
Feb 14, 2006, 8:32 AM
Motorola yesterday announced a licensing agreement with Microsoft in order to bring Windows Media to its phones. Motorola will continue to offer iTunes phones, and is showing off the ...   read

Openwave To Port Software To Qualcomm 3G Chipsets
Feb 16, 2005, 2:23 PM
As part of an agreement to create a rapid development platform for 3G UMTS phones, Openwave will port its Browser and other components of the V7 platform to Qualcomm ...   read

Openwave Buys Location, Java-Download Companies
May 29, 2002, 2:21 PM
Openwave Systems today said it will buy SignalSoft, a developer of wireless location service software. Openwave, a top maker of Web browsing and instant messaging software for mobile devices, ...   read

Microsoft Pins October 6 as Windows Mobile 6.5 Launch Date
Sep 1, 2009, 8:13 AM
Today Microsoft announced that Windows Phones running system 6.5 will be available from a number of different carriers and manufacturers starting on October 6. Microsoft said that in the ...   read

Ballmer: Zune Music Software Coming to Windows Mobile
Oct 3, 2008, 7:46 AM
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed during a recent interview that Microsoft will be adding the Zune music player software to the Windows Mobile platform. He did not provide a ...   read

Sendo Abandons Microsoft Smartphone
Nov 7, 2002, 11:21 AM
Sendo said today that it has abandoned its Z100 smartphone, and the Microsoft Windows Powered Smartphone platform on which it was based. The company will instead develop a smartphone ...   read

Windows Mobile to Add Flash Support
Mar 17, 2008, 7:34 AM
Microsoft has licensed Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader software. The software will allow Windows Mobile users to view and interact with more web sites, including ones that support animation ...   read

Microsoft Updates Windows Mobile to 6.1
Apr 1, 2008, 12:08 PM
Microsoft announced an update to its Windows Mobile platform, and is calling the new version 6.1. It is not a complete overhaul of the platform, but does offer a ...   read

Windows CE To Run On DragonBall Processors
Sep 18, 2002, 11:22 AM
Motorola and Microsoft today announced that Motorola's DragonBall™ platform now supports the Microsoft Windows® CE operating system. The ARM-based DragonBall family of processors allows manufacturers to develop cost-effective, feature-rich ...   read

Microsoft Launches Feature Phone Software Platform
Aug 24, 2009, 2:50 PM
Microsoft today announced a new software platform designed to run on feature phones. OneApp is a Java app that, in turn, can run mini-apps written in XML+JavaScript. The initial ...   read

MiTAC Launches Microsoft Smartphone
Jun 12, 2003, 1:57 PM
updated   MiTAC this week officially launched its Mio 8380 smartphone. The launch marks a major milestone for Microsoft's Windows Powered Smartphone platform. The 8380 is the first Microsoft ...   read

Sendo Adds Java To Z100 Smartphone
Mar 27, 2002, 2:22 PM
Sendo has licensed Tao Group's intent® multimedia Java platform to be available on the Z100 Multimedia Smartphone, which uses Microsoft® Windows® Powered Smartphone 2002 software. Tao's application runtime environment ...   read

Sprint Launches Open SDK for Developers
Dec 9, 2008, 9:19 AM
Today Sprint announced a new initiative with the hopes of convincing more developers to create mobile applications for Sprint devices. The open software platform is a standards-based mobile Java ...   read

Microsoft Introduces the Application Market Place
Feb 16, 2009, 9:00 AM
Microsoft announced its own version of a mobile application store called the Application Market Place. The Market Place will be available directly from the menu system of Windows Mobile ...   read

Microsoft to Begin Accepting App Submissions July 27
Jul 14, 2009, 8:42 AM
Microsoft recently provided some more information about the forthcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Starting on July 27, Microsoft will begin accepting applications for the marketplace in all the 29 ...   read

PalmSource Adds Feature Phone Software
Feb 15, 2005, 3:47 PM
PalmSource recently purchased China MobileSoft, and is using their software and expertise to create a platform for feature phones (mid- to high-end phones not running a smartphone OS). PalmSource's ...   read