Purported release dates for the first crop of WIndows Mobile 7 phones have varied in a surprisingly tight range over the past year, slipping from late ’09 to the latest we’ve heard, late 2010, and the latest info we’ve got here dovetails nicely with that. What you’re looking at up above is allegedly a slide out of an Office 2010 deck presented to Microsoft partners, where an updated Office Mobile suite is mentioned in passing alongside a WinMo 7 RTM date of Spring 2010. As Mary Jo Foley points out in a comment on the original post, that would put phones on shelves several months later at the earliest, which leads us back to the fact that this actually fits in very well with the Q4 2010 window we’ve been getting from other sources in recent memory. Though the screenshots on the slide are seemingly new, they match perfectly with the UI paradigm set by those purported WinMo 7 shots we saw nearly two flippin’ years ago, which leads us to the obvious question: is the UI basically finalized? And if so, is it going to feel stale by the time it’s released some three years after it first leaked?
[Via Windows Phone Mix]
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Windows Mobile 7 aiming for Spring 2010 RTM? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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At the Conscious Growth Workshop last weekend, there were some social courage challenges designed to get people out of their comfort zones. One exercise involved going outside the workshop room and saying something silly to a stranger, such as “Can you tell me what year it is?” or “Which planet is this?” The sharing of [...]
It’s unclear exactly how MOTOBLUR software might’ve leaked into the wild, but it’s already been repurposed in the best sort of way into a G1-friendly ROM. Despite its beta status it’s looking relatively snappy, but there are still some missing elements like WiFi and Bluetooth. If anything it’s a testament to how portable and hackable Android is turning out to be so far, and we look forward to the ongoing improvements to Android by diverse manufacturers being disseminated far and wide — though if Motorola had its way, it’d probably at least happen after the relevant device has hit the market. Video is after the break.
[Via OnlyGizmos; thanks Annkur]
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MOTOBLUR ported to the G1, unreleased CLIQ looks on in envy originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Hey cats and kittens — just a quick note to let you know that the Show is now available for download via the Zune Marketplace. You can nab the feed here.
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The Engadget Show is available in the Zune Marketplace! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This review has disappointingly little direct, I’m-going-to-go-buy-this-right-now relevance to North American Android fans — but if you want to keep tabs on the sweet gear our friends over in Europe are now able to buy, head on over to Engadget Mobile where we’ve got an in-depth review of the Huawei-sourced Pulse for T-Mobile UK. With a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3.5mm jack, and every spec this side of US 3G, it’s a contender — so if you’re in the Old World, go have a look at what you’re now able to buy, and if you’re on the other side of the Atlantic, go check out another reason to be insanely jealous.
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T-Mobile Pulse review over on Engadget Mobile! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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