I (and others) have already been wondering and speculating no matter whether Microsoft may be keeping its Windows Mobile 7 cards shut to the vest and be organizing to show,
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Office 2010 Pro Plus, Windows Mobile seven at this yr;s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in mid-November.The answer is no,
Office Standard 2010, a firm spokeswoman definitively advised me on September eleven. If Microsoft does speak mobile at its developer conference, Windows Cellular 6.five — and not even the rumored interim six.five update designed to get Win Mobile working on capacative touch screen devices– is the only content on the docket.Here is the e-mail from the spokesperson:“As I;m sure you know, Microsoft and its partners are squarely focused on introducing the Windows phone brand through the launch of Windows Mobile six.5 in October [October 6], which includes working closely with ISVs and developers to add even greater value towards the Windows Mobile platform and new business enterprise opportunities for its cellular channel ecosystem. To properly set your expectations, wanted to let you know that Microsoft is not organizing any sessions for PDC that look past the Windows Cellular OS in market at that time.”I followed up and asked whether Microsoft might be privately showing anything post Win Mobile 6.five, or maybe talking/showing new bits in the keynotes or hallways at the conference, which kicks off November 16. After all, it wasn;t that long ago that Windows Cellular 7.0 was still expected to go to phone makers in November 2009 and display up on phones in the first part of 2010….The answer came back again as no. The spokesperson reiterated that Microsoft would not be doing anything related to Windows Mobile 7 at the PDC.I guess this could mean one of two things: Windows Mobile seven really isn;t going to debut before the end of 2010, after all. If Windows Mobile 7 phones were coming out in the first part of 2010, as originally expected,
Microsoft Office Home And Student 2010, wouldn;t Microsoft be working now with developers to help them write apps for the new mobile-phone operating system?Microsoft is not arranging to use the PDC to communicate with the Win Mobile developer community but could be holding some other public/private conference where it will share more on Win Mobile seven. What will be on the PDC 2009 docket? So far, there are sessions for those interested in/working with Microsoft;s Azure cloud platform,
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Office 2010 and Windows seven. Those are the primary topics planned for the PDC, which is slated from November 16 to 19 in Los Angeles.There were a couple of other interesting Windows Mobile tidbits this week. Long Zheng over on istartedsomething.com got Microsoft officials to acknowledge that the provider is attempting to speed up the delivery of new Windows Mobile releases by working toward allowing updates to be downloaded directly to users; phones (some time in the future), rather than requiring OEMs to preload the new bits.And IT Pro UK managed to get Microsoft to confirm what I had heard months ago: That the Mobile team;s plan is to work more closely with fewer handset makers by providing them with chassis specs to which they can build. One such chassis spec: The Windows Cellular seven one that a source provided me a few months back.