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Microsoft Enters the Cell Phone OS Market

Posted by timothy on from the press-9-for-customer-service dept.

PuZZLeR writes: "Today, Microsoft unveiled a new operating system for mobile phones (named 'Windows Powered Smartphone 2002') and plans to fully enter the wireless data devices with voice capabilities by utilizing both cellphones and PDA devices. TI already created a reference design for the Ms powered phone. While this sounds like Microsoft is going after Handspring, RIM or Danger, cellphone OS manufactures, like Nokia and OpenWave are expected to counteract to the announcements. Today, Nokia announced it will offer mobile phone makers its own development kit and OS."

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  1. Re:Who cares? by daeley · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I mean, honestly, for a site that bitches about MS so much, slashdot gives them a helluva lot of free press.

    I think it's more a matter of keeping an eye on what the 298.6-kilogram gorilla is up to. :)

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  2. Re:I can see it now... by PoiBoy · · Score: 4, Insightful
    And here's the best quote in that article:

    Of the top five cellphone manufacturers, only Samsung Electronics has said it would use Microsoft Windows-powered Smartphone 2002 software.

    From the looks of things Nokia has a decent shot of keeping Microsoft out of yet another business.

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  3. Re:Who cares? mod that up baby! by Em+Emalb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "I mean, honestly, for a site that bitches about MS so much, slashdot gives them a helluva lot of free press."

    Amen brotha. You know why? More people love to bitch about MS that anything else. So far I have seen about 15 posts talking about BSOD's, Ctrl-Alt-Delete, viruses, etc...not a SINGLE ONE talks about the technology or the phone.

    sad ain't it?

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  4. Re:Who cares? by BlackSol · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why?
    Because Microsoft is the (currently) largest commercial software producer. (yes thats a period)

    When the largest company in any name space announces a new product for a new product space its indicative a (possible) new trend in computing.

    So new trend + OS + mobile phone + applications = News for Nerds Stuff that matters.

    Also it may also encourage your stock picks on your 6 month portfolio rebalance. I mean I wouldn't bet on any comercial company in a product space to compete directly with microsoft.

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  5. Dear Bill by Introspective · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Hi Bill

    Just thought I'd drop you a line about the sort of things I would like on my cellphone.

    Some features I don't want :
    • Internet Explorer inextricably embedded into the OS
    • Visual Basic scripting
    • .NET, or .anything for that matter
    • Any sort of web server
    • Outlook, Exchange, or Hotmail
    • Buffer overflows
    • Passport authentication
    What I would like is :
    • to be able to enter a number and make a phone call
    Thanks,
    Intro.