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Microsoft Venture Adds to Blackberry Woes |
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Written by Kacey Green
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Monday, 13 February 2006 |
 Microsoft Working on New Phones Designed to Transform Mobile E-Mail, Adding to Blackberry Woes
ABC News Reports : 2/12
Microsoft Corp. has won backing from major cellular networks for a new generation of phones designed to transform mobile e-mail from executive accessory to standard issue for the corporate rank-and-file...
The partnerships, with operators including Vodafone and Cingular, to be announced Monday at a mobile industry gathering in Spain, could spell more trouble for the embattled Blackberry and other niche e-mail technologies, analysts say.
Unlike the Blackberry and its peers, phones running Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile operating system can receive e-mails "pushed" directly from servers that handle a company's messaging without the need for a separate mobile server or additional license payments.
As costs fall, Microsoft is betting companies will extend mobile e-mail beyond top management to millions more of their employees.
"We're at the tipping point of seeing exponential growth in this area," said Pieter Knook, the U.S. software giant's senior vice president for mobile and embedded devices.
On the opening day of the 3GSM phone show, Hewlett-Packard Co. and three other handset makers are expected to launch the first Windows smartphones equipped with the new e-mail technology out of the box. HP's new iPAQ HW6900 Mobile Messenger also offers Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.
The provider for GRLT.com is currently T-Mobile they offer phones that support this service, specifically the T-Mobile MDA. I'm eagerly awaiting the release of this phone as my current PDA and cell phone are reaching the end of their useful service lives. It will be most useful to replace both bulky devices with one relatively slim device. Look for a review sometime after the 21st. The MDA is supposed to come with this new functionality out of the box. What's so great about this is that I won't have to pay the high rates for a blackberry if I want email on-the-go I won't have to shell out another couple hundred dollars for a single purpose device and additional services. I can just call up T-Mo and add the email push feature for a nominal fee. 
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