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  • HTC Touch Pro2 – local Oz review
    If you’re looking for a local (Oz) review of the HTC Touch Pro 2 then head over to Technology at Play – a local forum run by a Windows Mobile MVP, based in Brisbane. To read the review head to: http://www.technologyatplay.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22587#post22587...(read more)
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  • HTC Diamond 2 – 6.5 update available for Optus/Open Channel phones
    On October 7 when Windows phone was launched, the HTC Touch Diamond2 was made available with Windows Mobile 6.5 from Telstra. Before we launched 6.5, Optus and a lot of open channel/retail partners were selling the HTC Diamond2 powered by Windows Mobile...(read more)
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  • HTC TouchPro2 – 6.5 update for open channel available
    If you’ve purchased an HTC TouchPro2 via the open channel market in Australia then you can get the official update to Windows Mobile 6.5 for this phone. Click on this link http://www.htc.com/au/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=790&news_id=393 and follow...(read more)
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  • Marketplace comes to Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1
    Last week I posted about updates including purchasing of apps from the PC had gone live. At the time I noted that changes were coming to enable Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 devices to purchase apps from Marketplace. On Tuesday morning Oz time the product...(read more)
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  • Windows Marketplace for Mobile – Updates go live
    There have been a set of upgrades go live on Windows Marketplace for Mobile through today – full details are on the updates is available on the windows team blog . Summary of the updates; 1. Developer Portal improvements & stronger anti-piracy protection...(read more)
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  • Twitter via Widgets
    I’ve just posted on how you can integrate Twitter into your Windows Mobile Widget. In actual fact the strategy I use will work just as well for any Windows Mobile application.  For more information check out the full post on Integrating Twitter into...(read more)
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  • Windows Marketplace update
    Todd Brix from the Product team in Redmond has posted an update on the countdown to launch for Marketplace on Oct 6 (US time) – check it out here http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/archive/2009/09/30/windows-marketplace-update-countdown-to-launch.aspx...(read more)
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  • Master CodeMason – the winner is chosen
    At the Mobility Smackdown session at TechEd Australia we held the final of the Master Codemason competition. All three finalists had won tickets to TechEd, and were present at Smackdown to demo their applications. The three finalists with photo’s from...(read more)
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  • Some new how to marketplace videos launched
    For those developers itching to know more about how marketplace works, there has been some new videos launched by windows mobile developers team. Windows Marketplace for Mobile: Application Submission Walkthrough Windows Marketplace for Mobile: Developer...(read more)
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  • It's official - October 6
    The latest and greatest version of Windows Mobile, rebranded now as the Windows Phone is going to be officially launched on 6 October according to the windows phone blogsite. http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/archive/2009/09/01/windows-phones-are-coming-on-october-6th.aspx...(read more)
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  • Smack!Down 2009 App Demo #2 - Microsoft Tag
    I love MS's new implementation of tag technology, and there is so much you cam already do with the new Microsoft Tag that you, well, just can't with std QR Codes. Firstly it's pretty hard to find tag reader applications for phones to read 1 or 2D barcodes....(read more)
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  • Smack!Down 2009 App Demo #1 - Microsoft MyPhone
    At this year's Top Gear inspired Smack!Down we demonstrated a number of applications that make the Windows Mobile Platform a compelling technology enabler. The first of these is the relatively new, and more importantly, free service from Microsoft: MyPhone....(read more)
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  • Can You Stomach the Smack!Down?
    As you can tell from the other videos we’ve released over the week, no other breakout session at TechEd comes close to the energy, interactivity and pure fun, than the Smack!Down. Some (speakers) have commented that it’s not a “real” session, because...(read more)
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  • TechEd kicks-off: How to win Smackdown entry tags
    TechEd Australia 2009 is off an running, it was real busy on the expo-floor tonight, it was great to see the Window phone stand getting lots of people dropping by to see what we have on show, and a good crowd at the Intro to Windows Mobile 6.5 session...(read more)
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  • Scarcity
    Scarcity is a well known, and thanks to Social Scientists, proven, characteristic of influence. The scarcer something is, the more people will desire it. I always find it intriguing that in taste tests people actually find the scarcer choice tastier....(read more)
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