Hello Windows Mobile 6.5
Microsoft Reveals New Windows® Phones With Marketplace and My Phone Services
Microsoft mobile partners fly the Windows flag: HTC, LG and Orange preview first Windows® phones.
BARCELONA, Spain — Feb. 16, 2009 — Today at Mobile World Congress 2009, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer along with key mobile partners, HTC, LG and Orange, unveiled new Windows ® phones featuring new user-friendly software and services. The next generation of Windows ® phones will be based on Windows Mobile 6.5 and feature a new user interface and a richer browsing experience. In addition, Windows ® phones will feature two new services: My Phone, to sync text messages, photos, video, contacts and more to the Web; and Windows ® Marketplace for Mobile, a new marketplace that will provide direct-to-phone mobile applications and can be accessed from both the phone and the Web.
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Videos
- Microsoft Press Conference With Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, and Andy Lees, Senior Vice President, Mobile Communications Business (300 Kbps) 100 Kbps | 750 Kbps
- New Windows Phones (.wmv file, 1 min 35 sec) Zune Quality (.wmv) | Broadcast Quality (.mpg)
- Hands on with Microsoft Recite (MSN Video) (1 min 30 sec)
- Hands On With Microsoft Tag — Barcode 2.0 (Channel 10 Video) (.wmv file, 10 min 37 sec) Zune Quality (.wmv) | Broadcast Quality (.wmv)
Press Releases
- Microsoft Reveals New Windows® Phones With Marketplace and My Phone Services (Feb. 16, 2009)
- LG Electronics Deepens Alliance With Microsoft by Selecting Windows as Primary Smartphone Platform (Feb. 16, 2009)
- Microsoft and América Móvil to Extend Windows Live Mobile Services Across Latin America (Feb. 16, 2009)
- Microsoft Advertising Announces Eight New Mobile Advertising Partners (Feb. 16, 2009)
- Telefónica and Microsoft Extend Reach of Windows Live Services to Millions of Mobile Customers in Latin America (Feb. 16, 2009)
- Microsoft and Gemalto Partner to Bring Windows Live Messenger to the Mass Market of Mobile Subscribers (Feb. 16, 2009)
- Microsoft and Orascom Telecom to Distribute Windows Live Services (Feb. 16, 2009)
- Microsoft and Personal Provide Windows Live Services to All Personal Customers (Feb. 16, 2009)
Speech Transcript
- Steve Ballmer, Andy Lees and Prithvi Raj discuss Windows Mobile 6.5 and the new My Phone and Windows Marketplace services (Feb. 16, 2009)
Fact Sheets
- Windows Mobile 6.5 (.doc file, 359 KB)
- Microsoft Recite Technology Preview (.doc file, 131 KB)
- Microsoft Communications Sector (.doc file, 44 KB)
- Microsoft Tag (.doc file, 406 KB)