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[News] Windows Mobile Phone Going Bellyup for the UK

  • Subject: [News] Windows Mobile Phone Going Bellyup for the UK
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:58:52 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Xperia X2 is no longer launching in the UK 

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| AFTER AN UNDERSTATED launch event back in 
| November, it seemed that the high-end Sony 
| Ericsson Xperia X2 phone was due to land in 
| the UK well in time for Christmas.
| 
| At the event the company admitted that it was 
| still polishing the code and streamlining the 
| Panels interface introduced by its predecessor 
| the X1, but that we were assured that review 
| units would be sent out within the week, 
| running the release version of the Windows 
| Mobile 6.5 overlay.
`----

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1567652/xperia-x2-launching-uk


Recent:

2016 bug hits Windows phones

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| The date bug which is interfering with Aussie
| point of sale transactions has spread to some
| Windows mobile phones.
|
| The glitch means that text messages received
| since New Year's Eve will appear with a 2016
| date. Card scanners in thousands of Australian
| shops have also been hit, as we reported
| yesterday. Bank of Queensland systems, believing
| it was 2016, rejected most payment cards because
| they'd passed their expiry date.
`----

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/windows_mobe_bug/


10 Things Microsoft Did Wrong in 2009

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| News Analysis: Microsoft has had an up and
| down kind of year. The company released
| Windows 7, but it also was forced to lay
| off 5,000 employees. While it introduced
| new security products, it's still fighting
| an uphill battle against security
| vulnerabilities. It jump-started its
| online efforts, but failed to improve
| Windows Mobile. We take a look at those
| things the company did wrong in 2009.
`----

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/10-Things-Microsoft-Did-Wrong-in-2009-147232/


The Sad Decline of Windows Mobile

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| Microsoft has been plugging away at the
| mobile computing market for almost as long
| as Windows has been around. I'm thinking
| of products like Windows for Pen
| Computing, or the original Windows CE for
| handheld devices. At best, you could say
| that the consumers were willing but the
| platforms were weak.
`----

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/12/the_sad_decline.html


Will developers be the next battleground in smartphones?

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| Microsoft is at risk of falling into last
| place in mobile phones if it doesn't do
| something about it. So what's the one
| strength Microsoft can bring to the table?
| Developers, developers, developers.
| They're one of the factors that has made
| Microsoft a success on desktops, and it
| might well play in the mobile space.
`----

http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/will-developers-be-next-battleground-in-smartphones-105


Ban the beer: Microsoft gets an attack of the "app morals"

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| Microsoft mobile developer marketing
| director for the Asia Pacific region,
| Chris Chin, says his company's policy
| whilst not necessarily family friendly, it
| is at least  âacceptable to the publicâ.
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http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=45856&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10#


Windows Mobile 7 in late 2010, already game over?

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| A Microsoft official has come out and said that
| Windows Mobile 7 is coming in late 2010. At the
| same time, an analyst says that it's already
| game over for Microsoft.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/windows-mobile-7-in-late-2010-already-game-over.ars


See ya later, WinMo: Microsoft's mobile strategy needs a reboot

,----[ Quote ]
| After 13 years and countless kicks at the
| can, it's time for Microsoft to call it a
| day.
`----

http://www.betanews.com/article/See-ya-later-WinMo-Microsofts-mobile-strategy-needs-a-reboot/1259877453


Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share

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| The open-source Android operating system
| did not have any market share in Q3 2008,
| as it had only recently been introduced. In
| Q3 2009, however, it had a market share of
| 3.9 percent of the smartphone market.
| Palm's WebOS had 1.1 percent, and other
| Linux-based mobile operating systems had
| 4.7 percent.
`----

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39877964,00.htm


Windows Mobile smartphone sales plunge 20% in Q3

,----[ Quote ]
| The fact that Windows Mobile sales declined
| may not be a surprise, but the size of the
| decline is.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140761/Windows_Mobile_smartphone_sales_plunge_20_in_Q3


Dell's Android phone confirmed

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| Dell has confirmed that its Android phone will
| launch in the U.S. next year, says eWEEK. In other
| Android news, Samsung is prepping a "Galaxy Lite
| i5700" for Europe, a music-oriented phone is coming
| from INQ, Spotify, and Telia, and Verizon is
| spinning a MiFi-enabled phone, say various reports.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Dell-Android-phone-Galaxy-Lite-i5700/?kc=rss
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