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[Related news & stories - MashGet] Microsoft’s New Mobile OS Set - MashGet: Microsoft said on Monday that LG Electronics had agreed to use Microsoft’s new mobile operating system on 50 of its smartphone models, increasing the software maker’s bid to gain a bigger share of the fast-growing mobile software business.LG had previously used .

[WebLaunches] Mobile Communications Is Uniquely Placed to Drive Economic Growth ...: Speaking at a press conference led by Rob Conway, CEO of the GSMA, Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson, Alexander Izosimov, Chairman of the GSMA and CEO of VimpelCom, Franco Bernabe, CEO of Telecom Italia, Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO of Telenor Group and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, set out how the wider use of mobile broadband services can stimulate growth and help the world recover from the economic crisis. Wang Jianzhou, CEO of China Mobile, spoke about the investment in mobile infrastructure that his company is making in China and its benefits.

[TechFlash - Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog] Q&A: Microsoft's mobile chief on the future of Windows phones ...: to have clearly signposted 'Windows phones' and even on the device itself, all of the Windows phones will have a flag on them, so if you want to go through and pull up the Start menu, you've got a button that's dedicated to do that, and that has the nice side effect of you'll be able to look at any phone and immediately be able to tell if it's a Windows phone or not, even if it's switched off.

[Global American Media] MWC 2009: Windows Mobile 6.5 First Impressions - InformationWeek ...: by Scott Martin Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday at the GSMA wireless convention to tout the companys next-generation Windows Mobile software, which adds features already popular on Apples iPhone.

[Related news & stories - MashGet] More LG Cellphones to Use Microsoft Operating System - MashGet: But Microsoft trails its rivals in mobile software for smartphones. Symbian, the operating system developed by a consortium led by Nokia, the world’s top handset maker, leads with 52.4 percent and Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, with 16.5 percent, according to Canalys, a research firm in Reading, England.

[Associated Press News - Salon.com] Microsoft wants to create software buzz on mobiles - Salon.com: IDC Analyst Francisco Jeronimo said while Microsoft's numbers are pretty good, the battle for operating system (OS) dominance is still wide hope. The big industry players in the increasingly key smart phone market are Google's Android, Nokia's Symbian -- which has opened up to outsiders through the Symbian Foundation -- the Linux-based open-source software being developed by the LiMo consortium and Palm OS.

[TechChuck] Windows Mobile 6.5 UI a big improvement; more work needed - TechChuck: While reports have suggested that Apple may attend next year's CES to "sit amongst its competition" in consumer electronics, the company has elected not to attend the GSMA Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona this week. That hasn't stopped the iPhone from dominating talk at the mobile .

[MediaNama: Digital Media in India] Nokia & Microsoft Unveil App Stores At Mobile World Congress ...: The Ovi Store will be available on S60 and Series 40 devices - which is substantial -  and the Nokia N97, launching in June, will be the first device to have Ovi Store embedded. That, of course, means that those with older handsets will have to download and install, which will limit the spread of the Ovi Store until users begin replacing devices.

[philstar.com - Breaking News] Microsoft gains momentum in mobile push | Home >> Other Sections ...: Microsoft also announced that South Korea's LG Electronics, world's third-largest mobile handset maker, has agreed to make Windows the primary operating system for its smartphones and will tenfold increase the number of its products using the Windows system from 2008 to 2009.

[TechFlash - Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog] Windows Mobile 6.5 finds love - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology ...: Reporters and bloggers in Barcelona seem to be responding favorably to Windows Mobile 6.5, the update unveiled by Microsoft today at the Mobile World Congress. Much of the attention is focused on the overhauled Windows Mobile home screen .

[9-8 Asia Bar and Nightlife] 9-8 Asia Bar and Nightlife » Blog Archive » Microsoft Mobile heads ...: Microsoft Mobile heads for the competitionZDNet Asia, Singapore - 26 minutes agoBy Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia BARCELONA–Microsoft has unveiled its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, pumping in features that competing platforms have …Read all 'Windows Mobile 6.5' posts in Beyond Binary CNET NewsMicrosoft and Orascom Telecom to Distribute Windows Live Mobile …

[ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News] Microsoft launches Windows Mobile 6.5 : News : Software - ZDNet Asia: Windows Mobile 6.5 is not yet available but was announced as a future update for three new handsets announced at the show--HTC's Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2, and LG's GM730--which will be shipping with the current version. The new operating system has a revised user interface (UI) that incorporates touch features such as swiping to change application--although many of these new features have already been incorporated by handset makers in existing, customized versions of Windows Mobile.

[InboxGame.com] Crap Economy Will Affect Microsoft [The Greatest Depression ...: While at a trade show in Barcelona, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told Reuters, “Revenues in our industry, and in our company, will be affected by the economic conditions.” Will be? What was last January?

[Tech stories - TechChuck] AT&T Mobility’s CEO seems to confirm Dell is working on a ...: While reports have suggested that Apple may attend next year's CES to "sit amongst its competition" in consumer electronics, the company has elected not to attend the GSMA Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona this week. That hasn't stopped the iPhone from dominating talk at the mobile .

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