Microsoft Aims to Give Windows More Mobility

Windows Mobile is one of the few places where Microsoft has done some really great stuff. And if they are seriously about addressing issues of functionality, I am all ears.

Microsoft wants to reframe Windows for mobile devices. To that end, the software maker has formed a Windows Client Mobility Marketing Team to devise new marketing methods, find new partnerships and research more mobile-friendly features for future Windows upgrades.

While small—run by Mika Krammer, director of Windows product management and consisting of fewer than 20 people—the group’s existence signals a shift in thinking and emphasis toward mobile computing at Microsoft. “It’s time for Microsoft to play a bigger role in mobility in terms of in–creasing mobility, educating and driving trends in the marketplace,” said Krammer in Redmond, Wash.

The team has put forth some broad goals, in–cluding pushing toward more-feature-packed mobile computers in the UMPC (ultramobile PC) space and the ultraportable notebook PC category as well as in full-size and desktop replacement notebooks. The group also aims to ensure that Microsoft’s Windows operating system for PCs and the Windows Mobile operating system for handhelds can work together more smoothly…. Source: eWeek