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News blog covering Windows Phone with hardware and software reviews and news and rumors. Formerly WMExperts, part of the Mobile Nations network (Android Central, Crackberry, TiPb and PreCentral).

One of the leading Windows Mobile tech sites, WMPoweruser is updated daily with the latest news, tips, hardware, software and ROM reviews. Interestingly, there's a lot of coverage on the lately about porting Android to WM hardware.

CoolSmartphone is another Microsoft Smartphone focused site. The mobile version has a collection of mobile friendly links as its front page. Look carefully and you will see two links to the site's own mobile content. The first, labeled Latest CoolSmartphone News is basically a blog containing new product announcements and Windows Mobile tips and tricks. Then there is "My Blog" which is the mostly off-topic and rather entertaining blog of Gears, the site's webmaster. Gears is currently on honeymoon so things are a little slow at CoolSmartphone right now. A word of warning to those of you on lesser phones, both the News and Gears blogs are rather heavy (40-50 KB worth) on graphics for a mobile site. The Openwave browser on my Moto i855 threw up it's hands at both pages and refused to download most of the images. Opera Mini had no problem loading the pages in seconds, including all the images, over a slow 40 kbs connection. I can't say it often enough, if your phone can run Opera Mini, get it. Opera Mini will completely change the way you look at the mobile web.

A tech forum devoted to HTC manufactured Windows Mobile devices. A great resource not only for developers but for anyone interested in getting the most from their HTC handset. Sadly, one of the best features of the site, it's huge library of ROM images, useful for upgrading your phone with the latest enhancements and bug fixes, is being taken down at the request of Microsoft lawyers! A stupid move by Microsoft which will drive away the most dedicated and enthusiastic users of the Winows Mobile platform and encourage mobile Linux adoption.

Pioneer Pocket PC News site, PPCW.Net, has been reinvented as the::unwired to better reflect it's focus on mobile devices inluding smartphones and connected PDA's. As before the emphasis is on devices running Microsoft opperating systems.. It is updated daily to bring you the latest industry news and product announcements. There are some xhtml syntax errors that will prevent the page from loading on some mobile browsers, notably Opera.

Microsoft's consumer facing mobile portal which has links to and Microsoft properties (MSN, Skype,  Bing. etc).

Microsoft's Windows Phone Insider has news, reviews, special offrers and downloads (registration required).

Collection of free app and games downloads for Windows mobile devices.  Lacks a search function but categories make it fairly easy to find apps.

Bev Howard's PocketPC Tips and Tricks bevhoward.com/bhhpj.htm Bev Howard has been using Windows Mobile since the days of Windows CE and the HPC and his "few" tips is more like a few hundred. Some of the items on this site are old but most are still relevant to the latest Windows Mobile devices. The pages are big, around 120 KB, which is no problem if you are using a Windows Mobile phone (or Opera, Webkit or NetFront) but will probably not work too well on your RAZR.

A searchable library of downloadable Windows Mobile freeware. Over 2500 files! Pretty amazing to think there are that many freeware titles for PPC's and WM Smartphones. Via: Tappity

The site that used to be called CEWindows.net is now Pocket PC FAQ. News, reviews articles, forums and Microsoft PPC newsgroup access

Formerly Pocket PC Thhoughts. Great content, this site doesn't just post press releases, it analyzes and reviews the latest Windows Phone and Smartphone products.

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