The kinds of device which might be best for data services and which will encourage users to adopt them also hold out the possibility of a different paradigm for those services - a download, off-network sort of world rather than a browsing, on...
This time the competition comes from incumbent mobile manufacturers such as Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic and Sony-Ericsson. The idea is that Microsoft will get the mobile operators to adopt mobile devices that use the Windows operating systems and...
Marv Whitson, global solutions manager for the Microsoft mobility team at Cap Gemini E&Y, said: "Many customers have toyed with mobility and don't quite know how to get it to fit [with the rest of the enterprise].
In July, Microsoft announced a similar deal with Motorola to put its mobile software on the popular Razr slim phone. We believe it will be an even more powerful tool once the service is seamless. Technology executives addressing CTIA attendees said...
It calls it all 'seamless mobility'. And as if a cue to stay on the subject of silly look-a-likes, it has to be said that from a distance Motorola CEO Ed Zander looks something like Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Ron Garriques, Motorola's mobile devices business president, said: "The addition of Good Technology will advance Motorola's vision of seamless mobility. This acquisition will continue to strengthen Motorola as a leading provider of mobility devices...