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Microsoft
to launch Windows Phone 7 next week
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:35:02 AM,
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Washington:
Microsoft is set to launch its first line of Windows Phone 7
products next week and announce which carriers and manufacturers
will be making and selling handsets based on its next mobile
operating system.
It's evident that AT&T is on board as one of the carriers as
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega will be
jointly hosting a press conference in New York Oct 11 to discuss
the latest developments of Windows Phone 7, Wired magazine said.
T-Mobile is holding a separate press conference Oct 11 that is not
part of the Microsoft conference, a Microsoft spokesperson said
but declined to comment on whether T-Mobile would be among initial
carrier partners offering Windows Phone 7.
Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft's complete do-over of its mobile
operating system previously dubbed Windows Mobile, the tech
magazine said. Microsoft established an early lead on mobility
with its older mobile operating system, but in recent years the
company has suffered substantial losses in market share.
Windows Mobile hasn't been upgraded substantially in several
years, and more user-friendly competitors such as Apple's iPhone
and Google's Android OS have taken market share away from
Microsoft.
As a result, Microsoft scrapped the Windows Mobile project and
redid the entire OS into a tile-based interface incorporating
elements of the Zune media player and Xbox Live gaming, Wired
said.
Microsoft is also tackling its competitors on the patent front. On
Friday, the Redmond company sued Motorola over alleged patent
infringement in its Android phones, covering features such as
"synchronizing e-mail, calendars and contacts, scheduling
meetings, and notifying applications of changes in signal strength
and battery power."
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told the Wall Street Journal Monday,
that Android sales will generate licensing fees for Microsoft.
Though the company will announce details about Windows Phone 7 at
the Oct 11 conference, multiple reports have claimed that the
official shipping date of the first Windows Phone 7 devices is Nov
8, Wired.com said.
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