VITO launches suite of iPhone-like apps for Windows Mobile

Phones running the Windows Mobile operating system will never be iPhones, no matter how hard you try to design iPhone-like interfaces for them. They're missing the multi-touch support and the blessing of Steve Jobs. But they have a few advantages over the iPhone, like support for native 3rd party applications.

This week mobil software maker VITO launched a new website to showcase six finger-friendly applications for Windows Mobile. Right now only FunContact and AstroNavigator II are available for download and purchase. FunContact is an iPhone-like contact manager that lets you scroll through contacts with your finger. AstroNavigator II is an interactive star map with finger-friendly controls.

It looks like VITO plans to launch an on-screen keyboard, SMS/chat program, WAV/MP3 recorder, and application launcher. The two existing applications are $20 a piece, so you can expect the full suite to come in somewhere around $120. We're hoping there'll be some sort of discount option if you buy multiple applications, because once you're willing to spend $100+ to turn your non-iPhone into an iPhone wannabe, maybe you should just go out and buy yourself an Apple product.

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