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Gates Releases Details on New Mobile OS

Posted by Zonk on from the little-blue-screens dept.

rjelks writes "Microsoft's Bill Gates released details about the company's new mobile operating system, code-named Magneto, at the Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas today. There has been a lot of recent speculation about the new OS. People have been describing it as a possible 'Blackberry killer.' Windows Mobile 2005 will be released to hardware manufacturers immediately. The OS will integrate Smartphone, Pocket PC, and Pocket PC Phone Edition operating systems into one platform. It will also include updates to the mobile versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint." Relatedly, ZDNet has an interview with Gates about the initiative.

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  1. Blackberry killer... by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    as in "man, this Magneto OS is really killing my Blackberry, It takes 128 MB RAM and a 1gHz processor".

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  2. Magneto by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... so-called because it has a nasty tendancy to wipe your hard drive every so often. I still wish Microsoft would go back to the naming scheme used with WinCE - naming their operating systems after their users' first reactions.

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    1. Re:Magneto by Metteyya · · Score: 5, Funny

      If they'd really used this naming scheme, most Windows version should be named WinWTF.

  3. More on Magneto: by mr_don't · · Score: 5, Funny

    More information on Magneto:

    Years later Magnus reemerged as Magneto, who was determined to conquer the human race to prevent their oppression of mutants. Xavier's original team of X-Men thwarted his first public move in his war with humanity, the takeover of the Cape Citadel missile base. When they next clashed, Magneto was leading his original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, which included Wanda and Pietro, now known as the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

    Not until years later would Magneto learn that they were actually his children. At one point Magneto genetically engineered a being called Alpha the Ultimate Mutant, who rebelled against him and turned Magneto back into an infant. Magneto thereafter had a series of battles with Xavier's new team of X-Men.

  4. OS's code-named after supervillians... by Bonker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, that's a good PR move.

    What happened to MS naming their releases after cities?

    Next OS is going to be 'Red Skull', but with none of the anti-semitism that so many would like to accuse MS of.

    After that, look forward to 'Kingpin' OS, with plenty of features to make sure that Microsoft stays at the top of the heap, wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

    The 'Juggernaut' OS will mark MS's return to using the X-Men's enemies as code names, but will also describe the install footprint.

    'Apocalypse' OS will be release immediately after Billy G. has been declared world dictator for life, forever and ever amen.

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