Microsoft will give away software upgrades to give Outlook users access to wireless corporate email on mobile devices, in a move that could unseat mobile email leader Blackberry from Research In Motion.
The Redmond, Washington-based software giant will make free upgrades available for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0 that will lift business email and other Outlook data from corporate computers, and automatically send it to mobile phones running on Microsoft Windows software.
The upgrade of Exchange Server, available in the fourth quarter, will also benefit users of other mobile devices, because handset behemoth Nokia and smartphone software maker Symbian have recently started licensing ActiveSync software that can synchronize the email software on their devices to Microsoft Exchange servers.
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