Microsoft’s ever so popular mobile operating system is soon to be upgraded to version 7 quite innovatively called Windows Mobile 7. It has quite a few new innovative features some of which are similar to iPhone and some that’s original. You can flick your finger on the touch-screen of the device to navigate across menus, images, even web pages and music playlists.
According to TechCrunch Not everything in WinMo 7 is copied from the iPhone. The shaking bit is new, and when the screen is locked, you will be able to doodle on your cell phone screen.
Google, Yahoo and you might take a break over Christmas and New Years. But Windows Live Search team does not take time off. The super human team has been diligently working on joining Google’s feat and has successfully created a mobile version of its Live Search platform. It features local search capabilities including business category, cuisine (restaurants); hours of operation (when available); photos (up to two); and reviews (up to ten) for U.S. businesses . For now it is only restricted to US but it is a good start from which the Live team can build up.
Point your mobile device browsers to http://m.live.com/ and search the web. There is also a downloadable version of the software from http://wls.live.com/ this site detects your phones model and software platform automatically and redirects to the appropriate application.
Windows Slideshow is a new feature in Windows Vista that enables a small screen on a device to display important messages. These messages include new email, upcoming appointments, alarms, contact details, weather info and others. Slideshow also allows some customizations. For more info on Vista Slideshow go here. Now Microsoft is trying to port Slideshow to work with Windows Mobile platform. This allows you to interact with Vista Gadgets (aka Widgets) on your Windows Mobile powered smartphone or PDA. Ikanos Consulting have posted a new video on YouTube showing off this feature.
