Previously available in limited invitation-only beta, Microsoft has upgraded its My Phone web portal and opened its service to public. The free My Phone service will enable people to access, manage and back up their personal information on their device to a password-protected Web-based service. Check out the beta service here continued »

Together with the rebrand of Windows Mobile smartphone to Windows Phone, Microsoft has offcially announced its My Phone data backup service and Windows Marketplace for application store. The new marketplace that will provide direct-to-phone mobile applications and can be accessed from both the phone and the Web. Featuring a revamped home screen, the new Windows Mobile 6.5 home screen keeps people ... continued »

Still not a final official version yet, new Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots have been posted in ppcgeek forum with newer version (build 21159). The new screenshots does have some new info. We can now see 2 new application icons, a Marketplace (Skymarket) to access to online software catalog and Microsoft My Phone (SkyBox) to sync with backup service.   continued »

Known as Microsoft SkyBox mobile service, the official website was first found through getskybox.com and now redirected to http://windowsmobile.com/myphone. The company has issued an official statement, stating a invite-only beta to be available soon and it is called Microsoft My Phone service. continued »

We have already heard that Microsoft is planning to announce its new SkyMarket, SkyBox and Skyline mobile services. Zdnet has got some detail roll out roadmap info for the SkyBox from Microsoft. In summary, SkyBox will sync with your windows mobile phones over the air so that a copy of your phone data, photos or other files can be accessed online ... continued »

It is not sure if this gonna be final build of upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5. New screenshots has been released on xda-developersforum, showing the home screen and screenshots of mobile Internet Explorer. One home screen screenshot with shortcuts to program is again using the honey comp style, which has been repeatedly leaked in previous Windows Mobile 6.5 rumors. continued »

In line with what we heard last year, Microsoft is planning to launch its online application store for Windows Mobile next month at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. According to NeoWin, not only Microsoft will announce the application store, called SkyMarket, it will also announce Windows Mobile 6.5, SkyBox and SkyLine mobile services. continued »

Read from the little clues in a Microsoft's job posting, it looks like Microsoft has learned what their competitors (Google's Android OS, iPhone App Store) are doing and is prepearing to launch a software marketplace for Windows Mobile. The posting also stated that the marketplace service will be launched together with the new Windows Mobile 7, which will be early ... continued »