Gates Releases Details on New Mobile OS

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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Blackberry Killer: one good heavy hammer

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Well given that I know not one person who I actually take seriously that uses a Blackberry, what's left?

Microsoft cannot possibly give it a name that makes anyone want to buy it except the dumb, drunk, and half-asleep crowds. Microsoft Orgasmatron. Microsoft Raspberry. Fark, no, I can't think of anything. Something pharmaceutical like Microsoft Amitricin. No...

Even numbers are no good after 2000, 2003, XP. Microsoft MCXVII. Microsoft 0111001001010. Microsoft AE21B19A. Bleah...

Magneto is just too stupid. Either purposely or accidentally matching a villain from a comic well known to geeks. Referencing something from electromagnetic and electrical engineering? To what end? Okay, bad question with MS.

No way I can see that there's any way to market it but use it in a media player and call it M-Pod. No, not even that.

Okay, so if coolness isn't happening, then does it have anything that we can't already get by stripping down a Linux distro and fiddling with it?

Apparently not.

So the point of them even bothering with this is... what?