p2pnet.net News:- Microsoft wants to add the mobile market to its scalp belt.

“After years of playing runner-up in the mobile phone market, Microsoft hopes it has finally found a winning entry,” says silicon.com. "The software maker is set to announce that it has wrapped up development of Windows Mobile 5.0, its latest operating system for mobile phones and handhelds.

"Microsoft is hoping to boost its fortunes – and grab some market share from archrival Nokia – by creating software that can be more easily customised by device makers and wireless carriers."

Bill and the Boyz have, "pensioned off the Windows Pocket PC and Smartphone brands, combining functionality from both PDA and mobile phone operating systems into Windows Mobile 5.0," says Computer Business, going on:

"The new OS is also chock full of new application programming interfaces that help developers to more easily build mobile applications, chairman Bill Gates and his crew of product demo guys said at the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005.

Key among the updates to Windows Mobile is API support for the Bluetooth wireless spec, says the post.

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See:-
silicon.com – Gates gives latest Windows Mobile a push, May 11, 2005
Computer Business – Windows Mobile hinges on developers, familiarity, May 11, 2005

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