Tuesday, 15 May 2007

Windows Mobile Opportunities

Following up from John's recent trip on the UK Trade & Investment Wireless Mission to Taipei, more opportunities in the wireless space have started to spring up. They have probably always been there, but like most things, its only when one's awareness is pricked that you become conscious of them.

Along with the opportunities, go the stats.

Windows Mobile® has more than 140 devices in the marketplace worldwide available from 125 mobile operators. IDC’s expectation is that Windows Mobile will experience the largest growth of any mobile operating system worldwide, at 75.6 percent, through to the year 2010.

From our point of view, Microsoft Mobile 6 comes with mobile versions of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. That's good. In 2006, there were 9 million unit sales of Microsoft Office Mobile® and a total of 20 million global Windows Smartphone Users.

Talking to mobile handset manufacturers and mobile operators, the thirst for 'sticky' B2B mobile apps is real. So is the opportunity.

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