Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the opportunity at the Mobile World Congress to announce three new ventures the company will take in the smartphone space. Microsoft will offer a new, upgraded Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, a new Windows Mobile application store, and a Web-based service for accessing, transferring and backing up smartphone-based information. Microsoft hardware partners LG and HTC also announced new phones that will run Windows Mobile 6.5 — though Microsoft will de-emphasize the “6.5” version number and market the operating system to consumers simply as “Windows phones.”
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Microsoft Jumps Into Mobile Mall Melee
Posted by: Chris Maxcer February 17, 2009 12:03 PMMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the opportunity at the Mobile World Congress to announce three new ventures the company will take in the smartphone space. Microsoft will offer a new, upgraded Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, a new Windows Mobile application store, and a Web-based service for accessing, transferring and backing up smartphone-based information. Microsoft hardware partners LG and HTC also announced new phones that will run Windows Mobile 6.5 — though Microsoft will de-emphasize the “6.5” version number and market the operating system to consumers simply as “Windows phones.”