Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7 to Co-Exist in 2010

While the Windows 7 client and server operating systems have already been released to manufacturing, Microsoft is set to deliver yet another 7 release of its proprietary operating system. The Redmond company is working to produce Windows Mobile 7, a version tailored to mobile phones that is planned for availability in 2010. At the same time, the software giant in collaboration with phone manufacturers have yet to make Windows Mobile 6.5 available to customers on new handsets. Recent details that surfaced reveal that Windows Mobile 7 will not replace Windows Mobile 6.5, but that the two versions of the platform will in fact co-exist on the market. It appears that Microsoft is considering offering the 6.5 and 7 releases of Windows 7 concomitantly in a move designed to take on its opponents, but specifically Google and Apple, according to DigiTimes. Taiwan-based handset makers have revealed that Microsoft will attempt to take on both Android phones and iPhones with its dual platform strategy, come 2010. In this regard, the Redmond company’s tactic is to position Windows Mobile 6.5 as a rival for Android while Windows Mobile 7 phones will take on the iPhone. In order to fight Google’s Android, Microsoft is willing to cut the price of Windows Mobile 6.5, and to keep the operating system alive eve...