Plans for a MICROSOFT MOBILE

Thought Id try my own News posting.

Well you may or may not know of the SPV range of mobile phones. These had features such as MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER,MSN MESSENGER and the like but this was only MICROSOFT SOFTWARE and not a actual phone by MICROSOFT.

But after recent rumours all has now been silent after MICROSOFT confimed it and Vodafone have joined forces to launch a portable email service that intends to rival the current market leader Blackberry.
In addition to sending and receiving e-mails, Windows Mobile E-mail will give users the oppurtunity to edit documents such as MICROSOFT WORD and EXCEL.

The service will be available in some countries next month.These are the UK GERMANY and FRANCE

The news came as soon as Blackberry-maker Research In Motion fights the possibility of a forced shutdown in the US.

The Canadian firm is tangled in an intense legal row with US business software company NTP, which is demanding Blackberry be turned off, arguing the device has breached its patents.

RIM last week said that it had developed a patch for the software that would allow it to maintain its service in the US even if it loses a forthcoming court patent ruling.

Microsoft said users of its Windows Mobile E-mail service would be able to forward messages sent to Microsoft Outlook accounts on their PCs to suitably enabled handsets.

"It's an exciting time for companies who are now realising the true business potential of mobile solutions for both the business and for their employees," said Microsoft's Pieter Knook.

Microsoft and Vodafone launched Windows Mobile E-mail at the mobile phone industry's annual 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.



Not really 360 news but it is MICROSOFTand they did make that sexy white box beside your TV