Microsoft eyes mobile comeback with new platform
Posted by admin | Posted in Windows Mobile | Posted on 16-02-2010-05-2008
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BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Microsoft unveiled on Monday a new version of its mobile operating system as the US software giant seeks to regain lost ground in the highly competitive smartphone market.
Chief executive Steve Ballmer presented the Windows Phone 7 Series at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, ending months of speculation about what Microsoft had in store for the industry’s biggest trade show.
“We’re taking a step, I think a big step,” Ballmer said, adding that devices fitted with the new software would be available in time for the winter holiday shopping season. “I’m enthusiastic about the direction that we’re heading.”
“We hope 7 is our lucky number,” he said.
Microsoft has been up against strong competition from Internet giant Google’s Android, as both newcomers fight for a share of a market dominated by the Blackberry and Apple’s iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »
