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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."

6 of 272 comments (clear)

  1. Woo Hoo!!! We get viruses easier!!! by booyah · · Score: 5, Funny

    I cant wait till I awnser the phone and get

    "Hi, How are you? I send you this call in order to have your advice"

    Yeah!!!

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  2. Bil''s "Road Ahead" by Telex4 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If anyone's ever read Bill Gate's book "The Road Ahead", this will sound chillingly familiar. In this book, he described how he'd like to see every appliance integrated into a central system (all of course designed by Microsoft ;-). This is just one more stepping stone.

    His vision, then, would be that you turn on your phone, log into the Hailstorm cellphone server, check your hotmail and sms in one, perhaps unfold your laptop running XP and download the messages, go home and turn on your TV running a microsoft-style tivo, put on your MS Stereo running off an XP music server, and so on. Total saturation, with total control from Redmond.

  3. 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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  4. Re:Great Naming Again! by Drachemorder · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least they didn't base it on Windows ME and call it "Mini-ME".

  5. Re:My GOD! by jgerman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know, will we ever see ANY news posted here regarding Microsoft and not have to wade through the hyperbole posts about how many cliche posts we have to wade through?

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  6. Re:Phew by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hello. It seems you are trying to make a call.
    Would you like some hints on dialing your phone?
    Did you know that you can change the ring on your phone to 24 gratingly annoying, off-key tunes?
    To shut down your phone, please press the TALK button."

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