Samsung Mobile detaches Windows Mobile

Is it a needed change or Microsoft should be blamed for it. Windows Mobile supporters are decreasing every week. This time the company that bows down is Samsung mobile. The company that’s among the top five smartphone producers abdicates the Windows Mobile platform for Android(quite obvious now!) and for concentrating on its own OS.

Moreover huge proportion of to-be launched smartphones of Samsung will not be carrying Windows Mobile. Microsoft’s under weather these times.

Windows Mobile platform to get support by BSquare, first of its kind

Bsquare becomes the first distribution partner of Windows Mobile. It will work on development and sale of Windows Mobile OEMs and software. It presently distributes Windows embedded licenses in North America. Have a look at some of the highlights of the press release:

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“Microsoft is pleased to announce Bsquare as the first distributor for the Mobile Indirect Channel initiative. Microsoft continues to enrich and expand its Windows Mobile ecosystem and build upon the stability, reliability, performance and richness of Windows Mobile,” said Daren Mancini, general manager in the OEM division at Microsoft. “As developers and OEMs expand the number of mobile applications, services and devices, Microsoft is taking a new approach to sell and support Windows Mobile to a broader base of both consumer- and enterprise-focused Windows Mobile customers. Bsquare is uniquely positioned to leverage its deep knowledge of the Windows Mobile operating system, ecosystem and marketplace and serve the broader base of customers with its consultative approach.”

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Toshiba releases 3 new MIDs – Toshiba K01, Toshiba K02 and Toshiba L1 – Run Windows Mobile

Toshiba is showing off 3 new MIDs: K01, K02 and L1. All of them sport touch screens. First MID, the K01, comes with an 4.1-inch slider touch screen and has thickness of mere 0.6 inches. Second MID, the K02 has an 3.5-inch screen having 800×400 (WVGA) resolution. It is equipped with a 10-key keyboard.

Third one, the L1 has a bigger screen than aforementioned 2 models. It has a massive 7-inch screen. These MIDs will be released by end of the year 2010 and will run on Windows Mobile 6.5.

Commentary: It is interesting to see manufactures still churning out MIDs based on Windows Mobile platform. This means that there is still a good market for the Windows Mobile MIDs since it also has its own advantages over the webOS, iPhone or Android OS., apart from the bucketfull of disadvantages when compared to other mobile operating systems.

Some more pictures of the Qi Smartbook U1000 MID – Based on Windows Mobile platform

Few days back, when we mentioned about this Qi Smartbook U1000, we only had few press shots in hand which just do not tell clearly how the device looks in real life. Now, we have got hold of a couple of pictures of the Qi Smartbook that show how the device look in flesh. To be honest, it just look like any other Windows Mobile device to us. The only difference is the use of huge screen instead of comparatively smaller displays that we generally find in Windows Mobile devices.

In case you have a weak memory like me, this beast has a 5-inch display with WVGA resolution and runs Windows Mobile 6.1. It also has a huge 1900mAh battery that will make it run whole day even in the hands of a power-user.

Intel and Nokia shake hands to create the next era of mobile computing

Today, Intel and Nokia announced a long term partnership that will “shape the next era of mobile computing”. Their new collaboration involves several open source Linux software projects.

both companies are expanding their longstanding relationship to define a new mobile platform beyond today’s smartphones, notebooks and netbooks, enabling the development of a variety of innovative hardware, software and mobile Internet services.

It will be interesting to see what kind of innovations are made in the field of mobile computing. Nokia-book anyone?