Who Needs An iPhone - iPhone-like Application Launcher Now Available for Windows Mobile!
By Will Park on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at 10:01 pm PST In Announcements, Applications, iPhone
Who needs an iPhone indeed. For all you Windows Mobile fans out there that either hate the iPhone or just don’t want to make the switch, the good folks at WhoNeedsAniPhone.com have released their application launcher, in “alpha” guise.
Windows Mobile 5 and 6 users with a touchscreen device will be pleased to hear that the launcher is now available for free. If you’re one a “Smartphone” or “Standard” device, then its SOL-street for you guys.
The app-launcher is basically an interface overlay that mimics the look and feel of the iPhone’s icon-based homescreen. It’s pretty trick and it’s available for free download. Combine this with WhoNeedsAniPhone.com’s “Locker App” (which mimics the iPhone’s “Slide to Unlock” feature) and the “Weather App” (no real description necessary), and you have a Windows Mobile device that has a very iPhone-esque feel to it. These guys are working hard to bring more apps and features to the Windows Mobile WNAI camp, so keep checking the site for updates.
Head on over to the WNAI forums and take a peek at the progress that they’re making.
July 29th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
LOL - People are always following Apple, not leading!!!
Even if this product looks like an iPhone, my guess is that it can’t do half of what the iPhone can do! But you guys can make believe, right?
July 31st, 2007 at 4:43 pm
it looks like an iPhone, it does alot more because its windows mobile and isnt a peice of shit
August 1st, 2007 at 1:15 am
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August 2nd, 2007 at 8:11 am
“because its windows mobile and isnt a peice of shit”
Firstly, that should read “Because it’s Windows Mobile, and isn’t a piece of shit.”
Grammar fuck-ups aside, though, being “Windows Mobile” and being “a piece of shit” are the same thing.
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October 16th, 2007 at 2:07 am
Windows Mobile is shit, I wish I’d never left Nokia.
It’s great as a little laptop but awful as a phone
December 23rd, 2007 at 2:15 pm
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