Windows Mobile 7 slated to arrive in 2010
In a Strategic Update Meeting on Tuesday, Steve Ballmer discussed all things Windows Mobile; its current market position, its standing within Microsoft and its future. Microsoft confirmed that Windows Mobile is one of its core seven businesses with 2,000 dedicated employees and nearly a billion dollars in yearly operating expenses. According to Ballmer, Windows Mobile is trailing both Symbian and RIM in market share and is considered “somewhat unprofitable” within the company. Windows Mobile also sees stiff competition from Apple and Android which currently have momentum on their side. Despite the extremely competitive market and the economic downturn, Ballmer is confident that Windows Mobile will remain strong because of the low price point of some Windows Mobile devices and the fact that Windows Mobile has, unlike Android, a positive price for its software (i.e., its not free and open source).
Ballmer also dispelled the ever-persistent “Zune phone” rumor by reasserting yet again that Microsoft will not manufacture its own phone. Unlike Apple and RIM which provide end-to-end solutions, Microsoft will remain focused on the software side of the business, producing a platform that can run on different devices and different carriers. According to Ballmer, the Windows Mobile platform will see an improvement with 6.5 this year and will get another boost next year when Windows Mobile 7 is expected to make its debut. Ballmer emphasized the idea of “synergy” between Windows and Windows Mobile by stating, “There will be really shared technology across Windows and Windows mobile. The browser is an example, the presentation surface is an example. Some day even the kernel will be an example.” Sounds interesting – let’s hope Microsoft can pull it together and wow us next year because 6.5 just isn’t quite exciting enough to reel us back in.
[Via WMPoweruser]
I’ll wait until I actually get my hands on a 6.5 device before I start planning for 7.0
*yawn*
Personally i’m not expecting a new version of windows mobile.. Every smartphone using that os that i tried seem somehow “slow” and coming from microsoft new means expensier and with more underline processes, ergo, slower…
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Windows Mobile 7 == Windows Mobile 6.5 + SP5
Windows Mobile 6.5 == Windows Mobile 6.1 + SP4
Windows Mobile 6.1 == Windows Mobile 6 + SP3
Windows Mobile 6 == Windows Mobile 5 + SP2
Windows Mobile 5 == Windows CE 5 + SP1
Windows Mobile 7 == Windows CE 5.0 + SP5.
Moral of the story? Same old shit with some lipstick and a new name.
get a life ^
i cannot wait!
especially considering it sounds like it will be married to windows 7!
which is KILLER already!
I’ve installed a WinMo 6.5 rom on my HTC-6800. So far its ok. Not really good on memory management but the 64 megs has always been a problem with this phone. The Honeycomb program/settings menu is ok but it is still far from 100% touch friendly. A step in the right direction. Using build
CE OS 5.2.21159 (Build 21159.5.0.0)
Every troll drive-by against WM relies on a abject lack of facts.
It is a huge and growing platform for a reason.
I’m still waiting for Win Mobile to crush the competition.
So Windows 2010, staring Roy Scheider.
Aleis: I’m not being an Apple/Blackberry/Symbian fanboy here. I’m not Anti-Windows – but they have a bad habit of holding on to old platforms for too long. Long after every other OS builder has built new platforms. And don’t even play the argument that their platform is so good, that they don’t need a new one. All they are doing is throwing a coat of paint on old walls.
They have the money and the resources lets see how committed they are to a kick ass OS… Redmond can definitely make it happen
You mean just like they did with Vista. MS hasn’t kicked ass in years. I expect nothing but more mediocrity from Win Mobile 7.
“It is a huge and growing platform for a reason.”
Hasn’t WM growth been pretty flat over the last year or so?
“Hasn’t WM growth been pretty flat over the last year or so?”
Cbrines, didn’t iPhone sales fall by 36% last quarter? That is what Gartner numbers say?
According to apple insider, a fan site of apple, windows mobile has sold 50 million so far. Total sales all years through 07 were 25 million. What does that say about 09?
Who the **** cares about the iPhone?
And, uh, I think Apple Insider needs to check those numbers, there’s no way they’re correct. In MS’s fiscal 08, WM sales fell short of MS’s goal by 10%.
I’m cheating on Windy until she cleans up her act.
They need to stop making WM phones with really low specs. They give WM a bad name.