Microsoft To Enter Cell Phone Market
It's being widely reported in Europe that on Monday Microsoft will announce a partnership with hardware developer Flextronics, to create a series of low cost phones designed to work in conjunction with Windows Mobile Platform (WMP).
WMP has taken more than it's fair share of abuse over the years, but the latest version seems to be a lot more stable than previous editions.
Flextronics is the Taiwan based hardware company who helped develop the XBox, Microsoft's first foray into the hardware market.
Rumors of the new partnership began swirling in France on Sunday night at the 3GSM World Congress, an annual mobile industry gathering in Cannes.
And although Microsoft would not confirm the rumor, OregonLive.com did get this quote from John Starkweather, Mobile Product Manager from Microsoft when asked about the new partnership.
"The significance of this partnership is extremely high-volume, low-cost devices that don't have any concessions in terms of functionality...seamless integration with Outlook, applications, calendar, e-mail, tasks, contacts — all wirelessly".
WMP has taken more than it's fair share of abuse over the years, but the latest version seems to be a lot more stable than previous editions.
Flextronics is the Taiwan based hardware company who helped develop the XBox, Microsoft's first foray into the hardware market.
Rumors of the new partnership began swirling in France on Sunday night at the 3GSM World Congress, an annual mobile industry gathering in Cannes.
And although Microsoft would not confirm the rumor, OregonLive.com did get this quote from John Starkweather, Mobile Product Manager from Microsoft when asked about the new partnership.
"The significance of this partnership is extremely high-volume, low-cost devices that don't have any concessions in terms of functionality...seamless integration with Outlook, applications, calendar, e-mail, tasks, contacts — all wirelessly".
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