A Windows mobile

Authors : Ishwarbhai patel
It is estimated that Windows Mobile now has a worldwide smart phone market share of 14%. Windows Mobile to four out of the world's five largest mobile phone manufacturers, with Nokia being the other. The current estimates state suggest that 80% of the 50 million Windows Mobile devices made have been built by one contract manufacturing group, HTC, which makes handsets as for several major companies under their brands, as well as under its own brand. In February 2009, Microsoft signed a deal with the third largest mobile phone maker, LG Electronics, to license Windows Mobile on 50 upcoming LG smartphone models.
If there is a picture, photos or image that you like and want to use as a theme on your Windows Mobile device, it can be done easily. You just need to fill in a form which includes the image that you would like to be converted. You can have a personalized windows theme created for you! Generally, it takes 24 hours to create a theme.Basically, windows mobile is a compact operating system which incorporates a set of basic applications for mobile devices. This is based on the Microsoft Win32 API. The devices that run windows mobile include Pocket PCs, Smart phones, Portable Media Centers, and on-board computers for certain automobiles. It is designed to be somewhat similar to desktop versions of Windows, both feature-wise and aesthetically.
The next step in Windows Mobile is Windows Mobile 6, also commonly referred to as Crossbow. We had the privelege to work with it and see what it brings to you, the professional roadwarrior. With this major update there is a huge focus on the mobile professional: the knowledgeworker that uses this device during his work on the road. In this review we aim to show what these improvements are and how they affect you.We do not do product announcements, but we do feel compelled to share our experiences with the new version of Windows Mobile: it is a major change in the OS and it can affect the landscape of the mobile device market as we all know it. The question remains if this change is in fact an improvement for you in your daily life. To help you make up your mind, we have written down the experiences we have with this OS. This is a rather lengthy review, so we have added a table of contents to it, to help you find your way easily.Our experiences are based on months of working and testing Windows Mobile 6. We used the new OS during our own work and business situation intensly. We personally focussed on the overall usability of the device for business users. In this review mainly focusses on the value of the new OS for business users, not on the esthetic value of the new appearance nor on the new possibilities for developers. We want to focus on what business users would gain from switching from Windows Mobile 5 to Windows Mobile 6. In our opinion there is a lot gained by this transition, although there are some critical notes as well.