Pocket PCs can look like iPhones, too

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jan 17th 2007 at 10:32AM

So maybe you're not the Palm OS user by day, closet iPhone fanatic by night type. No, that's not you at all; you're the Pocket PC user by day, closet iPhone fanatic by night type. Totally different breed, we understand. The cats over at xda-developers have cobbled together a means to get the Windows Mobile Pocket PC of your choice looking pretty much like an iPhone -- if you let your eyes go out of focus, that is -- using a combination of apps and skins. Of course, none of this makes Apple too happy (as evidenced by the removal of the screenshot from the forum), but aren't the folks using these hacks just rearing to buy an iPhone in June anyway?

[Thanks, Denys]

Filed under: Software, Windows Mobile

Tags: iphone, phone edition, PhoneEdition, pocket pc, PocketPc, skin, windows mobile, WindowsMobile

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Jobsie @ Jan 17th 2007 11:12AM

Already down...

Like someone said, Apple gets away with what Microsoft never could.

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Anthony @ Jan 17th 2007 12:18PM

Where's Symbian? Palm, WM5, PPC. Yes, yes. I want the ire of Jobs too..

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ForgetApple @ Jan 17th 2007 12:19PM

Download all the files you need to get your WM5 Phone Working.....

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matt @ Jan 17th 2007 11:01PM

OMG I'm so sick of ipone "news/speculation" please move all iphone news somewhere else, like iphone.engadgetmobile.com or iphone.noonecares.com

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NightWinggl @ Jan 17th 2007 11:28PM

No, no were not. I did the Iphone/Iphoney skin to be cute and kind of annoying. I think it's funny that Apple's lawyers have gone ape shit over it, it's skins and icons... I'm shocked that they are making a big deal over Icons... Like they are such a huge copyrighted thing. I won't be getting an Iphone (and yes I have Cingular, hell I even sell Cingular, but the Iphone is such a waste in cash), and I won't be removing The Iphone Icons from my Pocket PC.

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ForgetApple @ Jan 18th 2007 2:19PM

http://www.freewebs.com/wm5toiphoneskin/

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Willy @ Jan 18th 2007 4:51PM

Any S60 v3 versions out there?

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