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Tomorrow, Microsoft is launching Windows Phone and announcing the availability of Windows phones at retail stores worldwide. The new phones will be the first to feature Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest version of our mobile phone software, and will deliver new customer experiences through an improved, easy-to-use user interface, better browsing capabilities and access to valuable services, including Windows Marketplace for Mobile and Microsoft My Phone.
Windows Mobile 6.5 includes some great enhancements in the UI, consumer oriented features, a new browser, and much more.
For a great overview of the new features in Windows Mobile 6.5, as well as information about Windows Marketplace for Mobile and Microsoft My Phone, my colleague, Anand Iyer has a great post regarding the announcement at his blog artificial ignorance.
My favorite, and the most popular music streaming service on the web, Pandora, has finally arrived on Windows Mobile!
I say finally because Pandora started working on a Windows Mobile application a couple of years ago. However, after distribution deals with AT&T and Sprint was entered, and their requirement was that it needed to work on their standard phones. Pandora decided to then shift their efforts… At that point, I will let Tom Conrad, CTO of Pandora, tell the rest of the story. (Thank You Tom!!!)
If you are not familiar with Pandora Radio, it is your own FREE personalized radio and available to stream music on your Windows Mobile handset (or browser on your PC). You start using Pandora by simply searching for the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a “station” that plays their music and more music like it.
If you’re already a Pandora user, all you have to do is sign in to access all of your existing stations from the app. The only Windows Mobile devices that Pandora’s application currently supports (when installed from their website) is the Motorola Q9c, and HTC XV6900 / Touch. However, see my buddy Anand Iyer’s post at Startup Zone, to learn about installing it on other Windows Mobile phones!
See other write-ups:
PCMag.com – Pandora Hits Windows Mobile
On10.net – Pandora Comes to Windows Mobile
Windows Live Client for your Windows Mobile phone is now available for download! I downloaded and installed this today and it looks great.
With Windows Live client you will be able to:
- Synchronize Live contacts with your contacts on the device
- Synchronize your Live email (msn, hotmail, live)
- View graphics, web links and contact photos in emails
- Respond to emails with voice recordings
- Upload photos to your Windows Live Spaces
To download and install Windows Live for Windows Mobile now, point your mobile browser to http://wl.windowsmobile.com
I have written about Silverlight in previous posts. Recently, Silverlight for Mobile (beta) was released, enabling some great, rich experiences for mobile applications, and extending the reach of rich internet applications built on Silverlight.
My colleague, Sam Chenaur, has a great post about Silverlight for Windows Mobile and an interesting application at John L Scott Real Estate.
Sam includes a video from Ch10 that highlights the project and includes a cool demo.
