Microsoft Touts Support for Windows Mobile
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In an effort to show wide support for its newest Windows Mobile operating system, Microsoft Corp. is highlighting several announcements from handset makers on Monday at 3GSM in Barcelona.
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Norwegian browser developer Opera Software ASA has developed a product to run on Microsoft Corp.&#39;s Windows Mobile operating system, with plans to ship demonstration versions
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Yahoo made e-mail, Internet search and other services available on mobile telephones with Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating systems.
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Microsoft is ready to expand its marketing for Windows Mobile. On Wednesday, the company said it has hired Todd Peters as corporate vice president of marketing for its Mobile Communications Business (MCB).
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InfoWorld - Microsoft has fixed a problem that made it difficult for users of the most recent Windows Mobile devices to synch with PCs running Vista.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. said it has boosted the security mechanisms built into its newest mobile phone operating system, responding to the needs of business customers who will use the phones to access sensitive corporate data.
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Microsoft released the second version of its Windows Live Mobile Search application on Friday, including some new features for both the standalone and Web-based versions of the client.
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PocketMac for Windows Mobile 5 & 6 lets users of Windows Mobile devices sync data with Macs.
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Microsoft&#39;s new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said on Tuesday.Scott Horn, general manager at Microsoft&#39;s mobile and embedded device group, left the door open to potential future support for non-Windows Mobile devices.&quot;Today, we have nothing to announce,&quot; he said. &quot;But we&#39;re looking at it, we&#39;re thinking about it. Who knows what the future brings?&quot; Horn spoke during a press lunch at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.He mentioned that Microsoft has in the past licensed ActiveSync as a way to extend services to non-Microsoft devices.Microsoft introduced System Center Mobile Device Manager&#160;at the conference. The software lets IT administrators manage and secure Windows Mobile phones. Unlike some other management products on the market, including Nokia&#39;s Intellisync, it is compatible only with phones running the Windows Mobile operating system.AT&amp;T, which is supporting Mobile Device Manager, said there is inertia among IT administrators. IT managers are worried about security and management issues, said Mike Woodward, vice business marketing for AT&amp;T. He thinks that the software as well as the services from a new company,&#160;Enterprise Mobile, will spur more enterprise use of mobile phones. Woodward could not offer specifics about how it will support Mobile Device Manager or how exactly it will work with Enterprise Mobile.For now, the new software and the services from Enterprise Mobile, which help enterprises deploy and manage mobile phones, are designed for large businesses. Mobile Device Manager, expected to come out next year, could support as many as 5,000 users. Enterprise Mobile doesn&#39;t expect to begin thinking about serving smaller businesses for another 12 to 18 months because it will be focused on making sure it knows what large enterprises need, said Steve Moore, president of Enterprise Mobile.
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U.S. software giant Microsoft  is  aiming to get its audio and video software into mobile phones  before it is beaten to the 650-million-handsets-a-year market  by rivals like Apple.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft Corp. said it has boosted the security mechanisms built into its newest mobile phone operating system, responding to the needs of business customers who will use the phones to access sensitive corporate data. One new feature inÂ Windows Mobile 6.0, the latest version of the software introduced on Monday, allows users to remotely wipe their device if it's stolen. Via a secure connection to their corporate Microsoft Exchange server, users can remotely delete content on the phone, including data stored on a removable storage card. Previously, only an IT administrator could schedule a remote wipe, said Marianne Roling, director of mobile embedded devices for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Microsoft, atÂ the 3GSM conferenceÂ in Barcelona. In addition, Windows Mobile 6.0 supports Windows Mobile Updates, a new policy similar to the security updates sent to PC Windows users. If a mobile virus surfaces, Microsoft will build a fix and work closely with operator partners who will send a message to users informing them that there's a security update. The message will ask users to approve the update before downloading. Most such security updates would be small files but it's up to the operator to decide if they'll charge end users for the bandwidth required to download it, said Roling. "If you are a customer of Vodafone and all your company's data is on your phone, guess how your customer loyalty will improve if Vodafone provides you with this." So far, few viruses have targeted mobile devices and those that have surfaced have failed to become widespread. However, mobile industry experts worry that as more users buy smartphones and begin downloading more online content, hackers may begin to target phone users. Microsoft's update service could work even for individuals who buy an unlocked phone independently of their operator, she said. That's because the operator can often detect remotely what type of phone the user has and so would be able to identify Windows Mobile users. Windows Mobile 6.0 also supports some new rights management features. Now, users will be able to view e-mails that are sent with protection that allows recipients to view but not print or forward the messages. Previous versions of the software prohibited users from reading such protected e-mails, said Roling.
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Microsoft appears to be looking for new ways to tie Windows Mobile phones and Zune media players together, although a Zune phone remains unlikely.Over the weekend, Microsoft developer &quot;Mel&quot; asked an open question on the Windows Mobile blog: &quot;What are some ways the Zune player and a Windows Mobile device can work better together?&quot;Since then,&#160;more than&#160;50 commenters have suggested ways that Microsoft might converge the two devices. The most common idea is to essentially replace the Windows Media Player on Windows Mobile devices with Zune software.&quot;I proposed that WMP should be fazed out in favor of a combined WMP/Zune player which will synch with both Windows Media AND Zune, instead of having to have two separate apps with two different libraries for each device,&quot; wrote one commenter using the name Colin Walker.Peter Henning, another commenter, also suggested making just one media player that works on both devices. &quot;Currently you are just making our lives much more difficult with this parallel development and incompatibilities,&quot; he wrote.A single media player would solve some of the problems that other users complained about in syncing music between a Windows Mobile phone and a Zune. Another commenter going by the name Charlie Quidnunc noted that he has to create new playlists once he transfers music from Zune to his phone because Windows Media Player can&#39;t read Zune playlists.Another complained that he can&#39;t transfer music that he downloaded under his Zune subscription plan to his Windows Mobile device because of DRM restrictions.Offering Zune software on Windows Mobile phones could be one simple way for Microsoft to converge the two, said Michael Gartenberg, a research director with Jupiter Research. &quot;There are any number of ways that Microsoft could go about Zune integration. We might see a Zune application for Windows Mobile devices.&quot;But what we most likely won&#39;t see is a Zune phone, despite many Zune phone rumors. &quot;On one hand, the Zune is a closed proprietary system not built around a partner ecosystem,&quot; Gartenberg noted. &quot;On the other hand, the phone business is built on a partner ecosystem.&quot; Microsoft develops the Windows Mobile software, but hardware makers build the phones. By contrast, Microsoft develops the hardware and software for the Zune.If Microsoft started making a Zune phone, it would compete with its phone hardware partners. &quot;It&#39;s the same reason we don&#39;t see a Microsoft-branded PC,&quot; he said.On the Windows Mobile blog, &quot;Mel&quot; emphasized that wasn&#39;t looking for more suggestions of a Zune phone. &quot;I&#39;m not referring to an imaginary &#39;Zune phone,&#39; and I&#39;m certainly not hinting or speculating about a converged device,&quot; he wrote.Building a better music playing experience into Windows Mobile will be important for Microsoft, which is increasingly trying to make Windows Mobile phones appeal to consumers and not just business users. &quot;For the most part, Windows Mobile has ignored consumers,&quot; Gartenberg said.Microsoft recently announced plans to buy Danger, the developer of mobile phone software that runs the youth-oriented Sidekick device from T-Mobile. Microsoft has also made some executive changes in the Windows Mobile group designed to better focus on consumers.
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Norwegian browser specialists Opera Software announce a version of their browser for Microsoft&#39;s Windows Mobile platform is forthcoming.
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Voice over IP service releases beta client that accommodates Windows Mobile handsets.
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Microsoft prepares to release a new application for delivering "snippets" of data to Windows Mobile devices.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft plans to announce beefed up remote Windows Mobile phone management capabilities with the introduction of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 on Tuesday.
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AMSTERDAM - US software giant Microsoft is aiming to get its audio and video software into mobile phones before it is beaten to the 650-million-handsets-a-year market by rivals like Apple.