Most people don’t think twice about the operating system that’s going to power their new PC — their minds have already been wired for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. Similarly, most people don’t think ...

Google has consistently taken features out of the base OS and put them into its own app framework, which it can update. Google cannot update a Samsung phone, no more than HTC, Microsoft or the ...

Crossbow, the next generation Windows Mobile OS, looks to be shaping up quite nicely. We covered some potential features before, but this is the first screenshot we’ve seen of the new front page. To ...

It looks like you’ll barely have time to get the wrapper off Windows Mobile 6.5 before Windows Mobile 7 will move in to replace it. Yesterday, at a “strategic update meeting,” Microsoft Chief Steve ...

In separate announcements from Barcelona today, three traditional powerhouses in computing and communications — Microsoft , Intel and Nokia — kick-started major revamps to their technology to adapt to ...

Taiwanese computer maker Inventec is developing a low cost laptop that could run Windows Mobile 7 when the operating system is released (probably sometime next year). There are a few advantages to ...

High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's largest maker of smartphones running Google's Android mobile OS and Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS, believes the Nexus One will raise its global profile this year ...

At the company's annual Mobile and Embedded Conference in Las Vegas Tuesday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced the release to manufacturing of Windows Mobile 5.0. The platform, developed under ...

BARCELONA--Microsoft has unveiled its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, pumping in features that competing platforms have been known for, in a bid to woo consumers and developers alike.

The reviews of Microsoft’s new mobile OS, Windows Mobile 6.5, are in — and none of them are glowing. It seems that Windows Mobile 6.5 is more of a superficial cosmetic overhaul, not a bona fide ...

Microsoft will discuss a new version of its Windows Mobile operating system next month at the Windows Mobile Congress in Barcelona, company representatives said during its earnings call on Thursday.