Microsoft is also working on its own smartphone to counter the iPhone of appple and is launching mobile phone application store know called as Windows Marketplace. The more is to challenge the challenege the bitter rival Apple in mobile phone market.
The company has also developed a new version of its mobile phone operating system, dubbed Windows Phone. The launch of the iPhone 18 months ago has in true sense taken away the market from the Microsoft. These high-end devices can access the internet and allow users to download widgets, which give them easy access to services such as Facebook.
But the new version of its Windows Mobile service – essentially release 6.5 – is an attempt to integrate the phone's contacts book with communications services such as email and text messaging and make it easier for users to access their messages.
Windows Marketplace will not be ready until the fourth quarter of the year. The company is in talks with the mobile phone networks about how revenues generated by the sale of applications will be shared.
Microsoft sources admit they are playing catch-up with Apple, whose iTunes applications store has been a runaway success and has created a host of millionaires who can sell everything from games to location-based services to iPhone users.
Microsoft has 19,500 applications for its Windows Mobile operating system but has failed to generate anything like the buzz that has surrounded the iPhone.
The new version of Windows Mobile is still some way from the complete revamp that analysts reckon the company must instigate if it is going to be able to grow its share in the increasingly competitive mobile phone market.
Windows Phone is expected to include a service that allows users to back up their phone in case it is lost or stolen – saving everything from contacts to music on the internet so it can be downloaded to a new device.
The company has also developed a new version of its mobile phone operating system, dubbed Windows Phone. The launch of the iPhone 18 months ago has in true sense taken away the market from the Microsoft. These high-end devices can access the internet and allow users to download widgets, which give them easy access to services such as Facebook.
But the new version of its Windows Mobile service – essentially release 6.5 – is an attempt to integrate the phone's contacts book with communications services such as email and text messaging and make it easier for users to access their messages.
Windows Marketplace will not be ready until the fourth quarter of the year. The company is in talks with the mobile phone networks about how revenues generated by the sale of applications will be shared.
Microsoft sources admit they are playing catch-up with Apple, whose iTunes applications store has been a runaway success and has created a host of millionaires who can sell everything from games to location-based services to iPhone users.
Microsoft has 19,500 applications for its Windows Mobile operating system but has failed to generate anything like the buzz that has surrounded the iPhone.
The new version of Windows Mobile is still some way from the complete revamp that analysts reckon the company must instigate if it is going to be able to grow its share in the increasingly competitive mobile phone market.
Windows Phone is expected to include a service that allows users to back up their phone in case it is lost or stolen – saving everything from contacts to music on the internet so it can be downloaded to a new device.
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