Windows Mobile marketplace shuts down

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May 232012

Microsoft had been warning the Windows Mobile 6.x users over past few months about the marketplace closure. The marketplace for the classic Windows Mobile smartphone is closed for access from today. The Apps and games will still be available directly from application developers but the marketplace will no longer be active for updates and apps any longer.

You can still try to download the updates before the services are shut forever. Microsoft has urged the Windows Mobile users for the last and final installation of apps and games before the final shutdown.

Well, the wise man’s advice is to visit the site and choose from the latest range of smartphones available in the market. Windows Phone 7 is a better upgrade from the out dated Windows Mobile 6.x

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LG shuts the doors for Windows Phone Platform, keeps a window open for future

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May 012012

LG, not surprising to us, has decided to shut it’s doors for Windows Phone platform. The reason behind this is a less than respectable number of Windows Phone (and Windows Mobile) devices sold. The company, though, has sold a handsome number of Android powered devices, and hence has decided to focus more on Android, with Windows Phone being a research platform only.

The blogosphere is buzzing with reports that Steve Ballmer (The guy in the fist pic), will be visiting Korea sometime in the third week of may to remind LG of it’s pact and negotiate.

In 2009, at the GSMA MWC, LG and Microsoft had made a pact wherein LG would bring 26 Windows Phones to market in 2012 alone.

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And it kept a small part of it’s promise by introducing several Windows Mobile handsets.

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And Making a pomp about their dedication to the Windows Platform

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But LG is known as an organization with a hedging strategy. They license every OS which attracts their attention. But at the same time, they are pretty quick to kill any OS that they can not milk.

Hence, as we mentioned in the beginning of the article, we are not surprised…!!!

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Windows Mobile 6.x RIP

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Mar 142012

Microsoft has more or less pulled the plug for Windows Mobile 6.x. After May 9, 2012, no one can buy or download apps from the Windows Marketplace for Mobile 6.x app.

According to a post at Microsoft Answers

March 8, 2012

Dear Windows Mobile 6.x customer:

Microsoft is discontinuing the Windows Marketplace for Mobile service for Windows Mobile 6.x. Please review the details below to familiarize yourself with the changes:

Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace Service To Be Discontinued

Beginning May 9, 2012, the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service will no longer be available. Starting on this date, you will no longer be able to browse, buy or download applications directly on your Windows Mobile 6.x phone using the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace application and service.
Applications and games acquired from the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service installed on your Windows Mobile 6.x phone will continue to work after the service is discontinued on May 9, 2012. However, additional downloads of these applications and games from the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service will no longer be available.

Take Action

Microsoft recommends you review the applications or games installed on your Windows Mobile 6.x phone and install any available updates in advance of the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service shut-down on May 9, 2012.
Please note: All phone data, including applications acquired through the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service, data and user-specific settings, will be deleted from your Windows Mobile 6.x phone in the event that your phone is wiped or "hard reset." Any data on a removable storage card, if present, will also be deleted if your phone is wiped or "hard reset".

Windows Mobile applications and games that are compatible with Windows Mobile 6.x may still be available directly from their developers or via third-party marketplaces.

Thank you for your continued support of Windows Phone.

-The Windows Phone Team

This moves comes as step to push people from legacy systems to Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft launched the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace in 2009 as an answer to Apple’s App Store, which at the time had some 35,000 applications (and now claims more than 550,000 apps).

The closure of Marketplace for Windows Phone 6.x doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy your legacy phone any longer. You can still download apps from third party app stores or directly from developers’ websites, just not from Microsoft’s store. Winking smile

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Smartphone ultrasound device launches commercially

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Oct 102011

Smartphones can be important in saving lives. This was shown by the African authorities using their Palm smartphones to combat Malaria.

This time, it is an ultrasound device that is “smartphoned”. The device, called the MobiUS (Mobile ultrasound) developed by Mobisante, comprises of a Toshiba Windows Mobile-powered smartphone, an ultrasound probe and the company’s software.

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According to Mobile Health News

Mobisante’s device is intended for ultrasound imaging, analysis and measurement in fetal/OB, abdominal, cardiac, pelvic, pediatric, mucoskeletal, and peripheral vessel imaging. The smartphone-based ultrasound system can leverage both cellular and WiFi to send images for diagnosis, second opinion, or to a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) for storage.

MobiUS only works on the Windows Mobile 6.5-based Toshiba TG01 smartphone and requires a USB 2.0 port for the probe. Because they lack support for USB 2.0, popular devices like Apple’s iPhone and devices running on Google’s Android OS cannot support MobiUS.

Well sometimes we do miss PDA’s badly. Also it is great to see a WinMo device being born after the parents’ extinction.

Also,

…some of Mobisante’s potential clients have asked about support for healthcare specific tablets like those offered by Panasonic’s ToughBook division as well as those offered by Motion Computing, so Mobisante is looking into a tablet-based solution for that group.

The device carries a hefty price tag of $7,495. We just  hope it becomes more price feasible for medics across the globe to use.

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