Friday, May 5, 2006

Microsoft, Qualcomm smartphone deal

Microsoft and Qualcomm have detailed a new partnership through which they plan to integrate respective wireless technologies in the name of accelerating smartphone development. The two market leaders said they will specifically work on porting Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system onto Qualcomm’s Convergence Platform MSM (Mobile Station Modem) wireless chip sets. The companies contend that their efforts will allow device manufacturers to speed the introduction of cheaper, more powerful smart phones that support a variety of multimedia applications while offering improved battery life compared with today’s high-end devices.

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