Microsoft Jumps in the Mobile Market again with a New Mobile OS unveiled

(image found on sify website)
Microsoft, is back in the mobile market again unveiling a new OS for its mobile devices. Windows Mobile 6.5 is being announced as the new OS to rival the Google G series and Apple iPhone Mobile Devices. The updated Mobile OS expected out later on this year offers several new exciting features for consumers to use. A new interface with a dashboard like effect with such options as new texts, emails, calendar appointments and missed calls venue. The new OS will also offer improved touch screen capabilities for end use.

"Another key feature is the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, an online service that allows users to search and download software applications to their handsets. The service is similar to Apple's popular App Store for iPhone users. "

Also, "Microsoft also announced that South Korea's LG Electronics, world's third-largest mobile handset maker, has agreed to make Windows the primary operating system for its smartphones and will tenfold increase the number of its products using the Windows system from 2008 to 2009.

The agreement may result in more than 50 new LG phones running Windows system in the coming years, Microsoft said.

According to the company, mobile operator Orange and handset maker HTC also make further commitments to use Microsoft's latest Mobile operating system in their new products.

Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2, the two new phones launched by HTC, will be upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft said."

So it looks like Microsoft is coming back to the mobile market to offer a competitive advantage for users of Windows Mobile over other vendors mobile devices with "a mobile application store and a mobile data synchronization service. "

Microsoft gains momentum in mobile push (sify.com)
Microsoft Revamps Mobile OS, Introduces App Store (Information Week)
Microsoft Wages Mobile War (Channel Web)

Obama gets a sweet new phone

(photo obtained from PCmag.com Security Watch website)

The new president will be getting a new phone for work because it seems his blackberry just doesn't cut the mustard when it comes to security. The photo above shows an example of the new windows mobile NSA approved pda phone.

As reported by PCMag.com: Security Watch

"One report notes that there is a Windows Mobile phone that might meet the requirements. General Dynamics Corporation's Sectera Edge is NSA-certified "...to protect wireless voice communications classified Top Secret and below as well as access e-mail and websites classified Secret and below," giving secure access to classified networks, your e-mail and web browsing via high-speed GSM or CDMA cellular networks worldwide."

Looks like a sweet device for the lucky owner of this pda. This device even has two screens on it too, with a warning of secured network connections and some extra features to fight off service attacks and possible un-authorized intrusions.

The only thing though is it doesn't include a camera with the pda but, it does have a windows media player. Hmm i wonder if someone could make a hack for some other media player for the unit so that the user doesn't end up with some typical windows codec error when trying to play a video.