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Microsoft touts support for Windows Mobile 6.0
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In an effort to show wide support for its newest Windows Mobile operating system, Microsoft Corp. is highlighting several announcements from handset makers today at 3GSM in Barcelona.
Device manufacturers including Toshiba Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. are announcing plans to offer phones based on the new Windows Mobile 6.0.
Some operators are also allowing customers to upgrade from the previous Windows Mobile software. T-Mobile USA Inc., for example, was to announce that it will offer an upgrade to the new operating system to customers who are using the HTC device running Windows Mobile 5.0
Most of the phones running Windows Mobile 6.0 will become available in March or April.
Analysts and competitors have criticized Microsoft for making Windows Mobile available on a smaller range of phones than other operating systems, specifically Nokia Corp.'s Symbian S60. But Microsoft argues that it is offering the best choice to users.
"We are now promoting 140 different form factors from 48 device makers," said Marianne Roling, director of mobile embedded devices for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Microsoft. "We're seeing lots of traction."
BT Group PLC said it is taking advantage of Windows Mobile 6.0's built-in voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities by selling a Hewlett-Packard Co. device running the software to customers of its converged Fusion service.
The HP iPaq 514 running Windows Mobile 6.0 will be offered to business users of the service, which lets customers make low-cost VoIP-over-Wi-Fi calls as well as standard mobile calls. Users can roam between the two networks without dropping calls.
Windows Mobile 6.0 includes support for wireless VoIP, but users need to subscribe to a service such as BT's Fusion in order to seamlessly move between the networks, Roling said.
Microsoft also was to announce that The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC will offer a hosted mobile e-mail service to small and midsize businesses based on a hosted server product from Microsoft. End users, who may use Windows Mobile 6.0 phones, will pay a monthly fee for the service.
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