Jason Dunn
10-13-2009, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-10372358-10356022.html' target='_blank'>http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_...8-10356022.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Microsoft launched its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system this week at the CTIA Wireless conference (see all stories) in San Diego. The OS includes a refreshed Internet Explorer Mobile, the new My Phone media sync and share service, and a brand new app store called, unceremoniously, Windows Marketplace for Mobile."</em></p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="600" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerType=embedded&type=id&value=50078023" /><param name="src" value="http://www.cnet.com/av/video/flv/universalPlayer/universalSmall.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="playerType=embedded&type=id&value=50078023" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="360" src="http://www.cnet.com/av/video/flv/universalPlayer/universalSmall.swf" flashvars="playerType=embedded&type=id&value=50078023" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></p><p>C|NET has a quick video about the Windows Marketplace for Mobile - it's hard to say without having used it myself yet, but it looks a bit clumsy compared to the App store experience I've become used to on my iPod Touch. Anyone else have opinions on what using the new Windows Mobile Marketplace is like?</p>