Microsoft execs speaking to Wall Street analysts in the business;s annual Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) have been up front concerning the fact that Windows Cellular is really a dilemma youngster for Microsoft. Unit volumes are slighly up but Microsoft;s share with the mobile-phone running method marketplace is down.I thought officials may well drop a hint or two about Windows Cellular seven, the provider;s next massive release of its mobile working method, to display that innovation actually is achievable in the WinMo enterprise. Or perhaps offer up a quick demo with the Microsoft “Pink” telephone.(Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made sure to repeat that Microsoft won;t be developing its own phone; it;ll be providing the software and services,
Windows 7 Professional Product Key, he said. But he didn;t go so far as to say there won;t be considered a Microsoft-branded telephone,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Key, built by a third-party telephone maker, which is what the “Pink” telephone supposedly is.)At the July 30 FAM event,
Office 2007 Ultimate, Entertainment and Devices President Robbie Bach didn;t present any new answers to your many questions company watchers have about Microsoft;s cellular fix-it plans.Bach mentioned Windows Cellular 6.5, which will be showing up on the first phones this October. But beyond that, he remained vague about how Microsoft is going to fix its Windows Mobile company, beyond committing to what firm officials have promised by now.“The fundamentals of our strategy are based on the idea of choice and selection. It is our view that one model, one type of phone is not going to build volume into that critical mass that we think we need to make the enterprise successful,” Bach told FAM attendees. “We have people who are going to want Qwerty keyboard, touch keyboard, massive screen, people who want tiny screens. People who will make trade offs on battery life to do media. So it is our view we need to work closely with Samsung, LG,
Links Friendship Bracelet, HP, HTC, Sony Ericcson and others to build a broad selection of phones with different price points and different functionality.”Bach threw inside the gratuitous reference to the iPhone, but, again, no mention of Windows Cellular 7 — the first real competitor Microsoft is expected to have to Apple, in terms of multi-touch support.“You will have a very rich browsing experience on 6.5 devices that will give you access to more Web sites than you will be able to get to on an iPhone that will work actively and work effectively,” he said. “It really is often a much better experience.”Bach reiterated that Microsoft will be moving on the already-announced “Windows Phone” branding with its advertising and marketing,
Office 2007 Professional Plus Key, starting this fall.Last I heard, Microsoft is quite far along with Windows Cellular seven and will be providing its telephone partners with code this fall. The first WinMo 7 phones could show up by spring 2010, unless the Softies; schedule slips.