Malatesta and Phil are joined by special guest Matt Miller of Nokia Experts (and a longtime Windows Mobile user) to talk about the Smartphone Round Robin, the great SMS Fail of 2016, Windows Mobile 7 and where we all think the platform is going in the next year.
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Smartphone Round Robin
Matt Miller from Nokia Experts (and ZDNet) joins us this week to talk some about Nokia and whis experience with Windows Mobile.
- Windows Phone review – Smartphone Round Robin
- Nokia review from Windows Mobile - Smartphone Round Robin
Top o' the news
- Year 2016 bug plaguing text messages? Update: Workaround found!
Hardware news
- HTC Russia says HD2 is getting Windows Mobile 7 (and then changes its mind)
- Hints of WM7 in Sense 2.5 (1922); HTC is still going to cover up Microsoft?
- Review: LG eXpo
Software news
- Tip: Speed up the auto-focus on the Imagio camera
- Verizon Ozone unofficially gets official Windows Mobile 6.5
- Epix to get WM6.5 in February; upgrade list gets updated
- New Infinity UI is a work in progress, but one that has possibilities
- HD2 Compass Mod: Use it in all GPS programs
- Manila 2.5 officially supports landscape; Showing up in cooked ROMs
- Add some color to those Manila 2.5 clouds
Microsoft news
- MSDN Outs Windows Mobile 6.5.3
- Microsoft talked about WM7 on video and we all missed it
- New job posting shows Xbox Live playing nice with Windows Mobile
Community
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Credits
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