Microsoft Releases
Windows Mobile 5.0
New version of software provides partners with improved
integration of technologies to deliver a more intuitive mobile
device experience.
LAS VEGAS -- May 10, 2005 -- In a packed hall of developers and
industry partners at Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005,
Microsoft Corp.'s annual mobile and embedded developers conference,
Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft,
announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Mobile (TM)
5.0.
This new version of the Windows Mobile software platform delivers
on partner requests, including more platform flexibility to
customize devices and solutions; productivity enhancements that
include updated Microsoft Office software and persistent memory
storage for more efficient data management; and a powerful
multimedia experience with Windows Media Player 10 Mobile and
support for hard drives.
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percent from 2003 to 2004 and phone license sales more than double
those of the previous year.
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Thinkpad "In the past five years, there's been a profound shift in the
kind of data and services people
access on their mobile devices
-- from multimedia to business applications," Gates said.
"Windows Mobile 5.0 enables our industry partners to develop
exciting new hardware designs and solutions that will
revolutionize how customers use mobile devices."
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Microsoft "Windows Mobile 5.0 is an important evolutionary
step for the Windows Mobile
platform, which continues to gain traction worldwide," said John
Jackson, Yankee Group senior analyst. "Enhancements in the
platform give wireless network operators and mobile device
vendors the ability to deliver customized, differentiated
services and devices, while meeting the market's demand for
robust, scalable, segmented offerings."
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Laptop Computer Enhancements in Windows Mobile 5.0 will provide device-makers
and mobile operators with more options to differentiate themselves
from competitors and ultimately provide end users with a wider
range of converged devices. Partners can take advantage of the
following features:
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Desktop Computer * New technologies. Increased platform flexibility, the top
customization request, enables partners to plug in differentiated
technologies such as "push-to-talk" or video calling and
conferencing.
* Network support. Support for higher-bandwidth 3G networks, Wi-Fi
for the Smartphone platform and improvements to existing Bluetooth
support enable more flexibility to integrate mobile phone services
across a variety of networks.
* One-handed operation. Across the Windows Mobile platform,
soft-key integration, landscape display orientation and QWERTY
keyboard support will enable hardware partners to develop
compelling devices with improved one-handed keyboard navigation
that empowers customers to access their information without a
stylus.
Notebooks Building on the more than 18,000 commercial Windows Mobile-based
applications available today, developers can utilize tools
available in the Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2005 and new application
programming interfaces (APIs) to quickly and easily develop a
variety of rich mobile applications such as location-based
services, 3-D gaming and video that bring to life compelling
entertainment and productivity scenarios. Further, integration with
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Windows Mobile 5.0, along with integration with the Beta 2 of
Visual Studio 2005, allows businesses to extend critical business
information and applications to mobile devices in the field.
Lenovo Increased Productivity
Hard Drive With its updated and enhanced look, Windows Mobile 5.0 enables
industry partners to create devices and solutions that provide
mobile information workers with more efficient and secure access to
information. These refinements include the following:
Travelstar * Persistent memory storage. The most requested productivity
feature from partners and customers alike, persistent memory
storage retains information even when the device's battery is
depleted.
* Microsoft Office software for Windows Mobile. Users will be able
to view and create charts in Excel Mobile, and edit documents with
graphics using Word Mobile while maintaining document formatting
with files created on a PC. A new PowerPoint Mobile application has
been included for Pocket PC, giving road warriors the ability to
view and rehearse presentations.
* Security. Complementing a number of security features already
included in the Windows Mobile platform, such as Bluetooth
authorization and end-to-end encryption over a virtual private
network, Windows Mobile 5.0 has gone through extensive
threat-modeling testing and completed the rigorous Microsoft
Trustworthy Computing full security review. The platform is also
FIPS-140-2-certified, meaning it meets the stringent U.S.
government security requirements for IT products.
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Laptop Parts With the more than 25 Windows Mobile content partners, the
ability to play multimedia files has long been a hallmark of the
platform. Windows Mobile 5.0 offers enhancements that enable
industry partners to provide a more powerful and personalized
multimedia experience through the following features:
Software * Windows Media Player 10 Mobile. Customers can enjoy a larger
number of protected digital music, video and recorded
television files that can be synchronized easily from a PC or
downloaded from many Internet-based services and mobile operators'
music stores with Windows Media
Player 10 Mobile. The updated player also enables synchronization
of users' playlists, album art and song ratings. Partners can plug
in additional digital rights management (DRM) technologies to help
advance their specific media business models.Pictures and video. A
new pictures and video application will add advanced features such
as burst mode and timer function previously found only on high-end
digital cameras.
* Extended storage. Additional support for hard drives and
Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 will enable people to easily and
quickly store large amounts of information -- such as entire
digital picture and music libraries -- on a mobile
device and synchronize this content with a PC.
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