New Life for Windows Mobile : Snapdragon Speeds Apps, Extends Life

By Mary Branscombe , published on February 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
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The 1GHz Snapdragon chip has an application coprocessor to speed up demanding applications like video (and Internet Explorer Mobile 6), but that doesn’t mean it runs down the battery more; according to Toshiba’s Med Jeewoth it actually saves power. “The Snapdragon chipset allows [the phone] to optimize power so on the device you can set how much power you want to use for certain apps, full power or half power.” He says the five hours talk time and 12 days standby translate in a full day’s usage. “We are saying you will be able to watch a movie, do mail on the move, make some phone calls and have enough power to get home at the end of the day and do some social networking and then you’ll recharge it.”
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tntom 02/17/2009 4:17 AM
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Windows Phone why not just WinPhone

Igot1forya 02/18/2009 9:06 PM
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I say call it the "Phone Operating System" or POS for short... and everyone will ask "Is your phone a POS?" and companies will put labels on thier next gen phones saying "POS-Ready"!

hellwig 02/19/2009 11:13 PM
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Hmm.. so I have to hold the TG01 phone perfectly straight to watch movies on it, what a pain.

I remember being at Microsoft and going to a presentation of their smartphone OS (can't recall which version). They had big hopes for the market, but this was 2004. I had figured that marked had all but dried up on them, but this article claims they're the number #1 smart phone OS. When did that happen? Why don't I see more Windows phone advertisements? Seems very contrary to MS's whole philosophy.

redhat 04/17/2009 6:23 AM
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I still do not know very clear what's windows mobile!

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