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Can Windows Mobile Fight Back?

 

Published 1/9/2009 by mperez@techweb.com (Marin Perez) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs

The mobile industry has been abuzz with the Palm's Pre smartphone and its webOS platform, Apple continues to sell a millions of iPhones, and Research In Motion's BlackBerrys are getting more popular. So, what is Microsoft going to do for to make Windows Mobile a success? In an interview with the New York Times , executives talked about their strategy for the mobile market, and I think it's a good one for the most part. (link)

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