Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Takes On RIM's BlackBerry
2005-06-08 11:28:45 | Viewed 4620 times
Microsoft Inc, a software company has unleashed its strategy to enter a terrain hitherto almost exclusive to Canadian company RIM. Microsoft is ready to challenge BlackBerry in the mobile email technology world.
A new update to Windows Mobile 5.0 that would be available from October 2005, will enable users running the Microsoft software on mobile devices to automatically send and receive email, whilst on the move.
Jason Langridge, UK Mobility Manger at Microsoft is quoted as saying: "One of the key components of the Messaging and Security Feature Pack is to enhance the Outlook mobile experience by pushing e-mail from Exchange to handhelds equipped with Windows 5.0 using our new Direct Push Technology." He also said: "Another key component is to provide the ability to protect managed devices directly through Exchange."
Microsoft's "Push e-mail" service is designed primarily to work with mobile phones running its Windows Mobile 5.0 software. However, Microsoft has also licensed the technology to mobile phone manufacturers like Nokia, Motorola and PalmOne, and Symbian, another mobile operating system maker.
This new software upgrade would postively affect around 130 million people using the Microsoft servers, potentially causing the market for wireless email to explode. It would also eliminate the need to buy separate handheld email devices.
RIM's BlackBerry devices are currently used in Africa, only on South Africa's Vodocam network.
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