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Microsoft To Add Yet Another Smartphone OS This Year

Posted by timothy on from the 5th-time's-the-charm dept.

GMGruman writes "Someone at Microsoft either really loves mobile operating systems or can't make up his mind as to which to use, because Microsoft Thursday announced yet another mobile OS, its fifth. The new Windows Embedded Handheld OS will succeed Windows Mobile 6.5 and run on at least some existing Windows Mobile smartphones. It is not the same mobile OS, known as Windows Phone 7, that Microsoft earlier this year said would replace Windows Mobile and break with it in terms of compatibility so Microsoft could better compete with the iPhone and Google Android OS."

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  1. Re:It doesn't quite roll off the tongue by c0lo · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, they'll have Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7, Windows Embedded Compact 7, Windows Embedded Handheld ...

    "Me too" attitude (what? let Android be the only one with fragmented market?) ... Nothing new from Microsoft, including the "shoot yourself in the foot... no that foot... the other one. Atta boy!"

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  2. Can't wait by nysus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The OS will feature a richer and immersive user experience..."

    This can only mean that it's gonna have a 3D display with Kinect-like controls. I can't wait to fly through the keypad snatching at buttons as they rush by!

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  3. Who's the guy in charge of acronyms in MS? by HonestButCurious · · Score: 5, Funny

    MEH OS is exactly how I feel about this new offering and its chances of impressing anybody in this age and time. At least they didn't get it as bad as the CrAPI one.

    1. Re:Who's the guy in charge of acronyms in MS? by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe they meant MAH OS, the OS preferred by lolcats everywhere.

  4. Re:Incompatibility by fred+fleenblat · · Score: 2, Funny

    For instance, hooking up an RFID scanner to a WinMo phone or PDA, and automagically putting your data into a (desktop) Office-compatible spreadsheet, running totals, adding input, etc. as you go is dead simple (particularly if you've got an older, better non-capacitive screen). You can then just copy the file back over to your desktop, macros and all, and work on it there unchanged.

    You might be a happier person if you just used your phone to play angry birds or koi pond instead of whatever it was that you just said.

  5. Actually, not so forgettable a name. by zooblethorpe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, c'mon, WEHOS? WE HOS!

    Yeah, I'll certainly remember that -- though probably not the way Microsoft would have wanted...

    Cheers,

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