With Android gaining more and more popularity, Windows Mobile’s future may not look as bright as Microsoft wants to see it. And unless the Redmond company comes quickly with a new and revolutionary edition of its mobile OS, WM could suffer a serious market share loss.

I’m sure you already know that Microsoft has two versions of its mobile platform in the making: Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7.

While WM 6.5 will probably not bring many changes when compared to the 6.1 version, WM 7 is expected to be Microsoft’s truly innovative OS.

According to ZDNet, Windows Mobile 7.0 might be released to testers in November 2009, while the first handsets to run the upcoming OS could be outed in April 2010. 

 

Of course, until then, WM 6.5 should be released, and it’s said that this will happen in April 2009, with the first devices launched starting September 2009.

For the moment, there are no clear details on what WM 6.5 and WM 7 can bring, but as long as it’s new and useful stuff, we’ll all be happy campers.

Tags: Android, April, Campers, Handsets, Market Share, Microsoft, Mobile Devices, Mobile Os, Mobile Platform, Popularity, Redmond Company, Share Loss, Two Versions, Wm, Zdnet

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The Federal Communications Commission has recently approved a new Motorola phone, a clamshell that appears with the FCC ID IHDP56JM2.

Unfortunately, the handset’s official name is not known for the moment, and neither are details about its release.

What we do know is that the new clamshell seems to be a mid-end device. It has external music dedicated keys, Bluetooth, a photo camera (probably of at least 2MP) and a flat alphanumeric keyboard.

Here’s what the phone looks like:

Apparently, there will be two versions of the phone available: one with 800 / 1900 MHz CDMA connectivity, and one with support for MetroPCS and Cricket’s 1700 MHz AWS frequencies.

Motorola will probably announce the clamshell in the near future and we’ll be here to let you know when this happens.  

Via Cell Phone Signal

Tags: Alphanumeric Keyboard, Aws, Cell Phone, Clamshell, Connectivity, Cricket, Fcc, Fcc Id, Federal Communications Commission, Handset, Metropcs, Mhz Cdma, Motorola, Motorola Cdma, New Motorola Phone, Photo Camera, Two Versions

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