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Here's Associated Press on the topic today:
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) … Microsoft Corp. plans a launch this
spring of its next-generation operating system for wireless
devices, Windows Mobile 6, which is important for the
company's efforts to grab market share beyond the desktop.
Microsoft is expected to disclose details of Windows Mobile
6 on Monday at a telecommunications conference in Barcelona,
Spain.
The company pledged that the new software would render
e-mails and other documents much as they appear on desktop
computers. The software also will have deeper connectivity to
Microsoft's "Live" suite of online services, including instant
messaging.
Those features are part of a broader effort by Microsoft to
use connectivity to its prevalent desktop software as a
strategy for catching up with the worldwide leader in mobile
operating systems, Symbian Ltd. Symbian says more than 100
million phones with its software have been sold; Microsoft
doesn't give comparable figures but points to a Gartner
prediction that 64 million Windows-enabled devices will have
been sold by 2009.
Microsoft shares lost 11 cents to close at $29.26 in
Thursday trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
AP-ES-02-08-07 1616EST
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