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 »

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 »

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 »