One year ago, Google launched the YouTube Mobile app for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile and the software grew and expanded since then. Today, we’re meeting the 2.4 version of the app complete with tons of improvements. Let us remind you that the last version was chosen as a Nokia Ovi Top App of 2009.

The YouTube Mobile app is considered the fastest way to play video on your smartphone and find clips. Since we’ve mentioned finding videos, you’ll also be able to use search query suggestions, a new feat of the app. “My Account” is also supported and there’s a new homescreen UI included in the software, optimized for larger displays.

Via Mobile News

Labels: Nokia, Windows Mobile, Youtube

In spite of common perception, Windows Mobile could take second place in the smartphone market in as little as four years, an iSuppli study predicted today. Analysts estimate that the phones shipped will triple from 27.7 million by the end of this year to 67.9 million in 2013, or enough to give it 15.3 percent of the industry behind Nokia's predicted 47.6 percent. Microsoft is expected to slip to third this year but to recover over time.

The return to form is founded in a belief that Microsoft has the "major cards" needed to have a successful mobile platform. Windows Mobile is already well established with carrier support and a substantial app library, while it now also has an app store (Windows Marketplace for Mobile).

Its age is considered a problem, as its interface is harder to use than an iPhone's and doesn't support the capacitive touchscreens needed for multi-touch and other more intuitive finger input. However, senior analyst Tina Teng believes the launch of Windows Mobile 7 in 2010 will render Microsoft "much more competitive" precisely because it should solve both of these problems. She also dismisses the losses of Motorola and Palm as clients for Windows Mobile, saying that neither were significant enough to make an impact while the recent addition of LG will be much more important. Windows Mobile has more licenses than anyone with 14 versus Symbian's 10.

The study doesn't address Nokia's own falling market share or outside factors, such as the maturation of younger platforms like Android and iPhone. Android has often been cited as the most direct competitor to Windows Mobile as it can be licensed by nearly any developer but is significantly less expensive to license and develop than Windows Mobile.

Labels: Windows Mobile

As a Windows Mobile smartphone user, every ROM upgrades for the Windows Mobile are always followed by a software re-installation. This might get better, in the near future though, according to a job posting on Microsoft site. The company is looking for one to join its Windows Mobile device update team and to improve the “Device Update” service for worry free upgrade.

The OTA windows mobilel update might not be available till 2010, although Microsoft is planning to release the new Windows Mobile 6.5 by end of this year. The next Windows Mobile 7 is expected to be available earliest in 2010 next year.

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Microsoft is facing quite a tough competition with such serious contenders on the mobile scene like Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android. But the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 could change the situation in its favour. According to some unofficial sources, the Windows Mobile 7 could be released to testers in November 2009, and will be fully available in April 2010. In its turn, Windows Mobile 6.5 is said to become available in April 2009, with devices to start shipping with it as early as September 2009.

Labels: Windows Mobile