Monday, February 18, 2002
New Pocket PC MSN portal coming soon
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 06:15 PM
I've received some interesting information about some upcoming changes to the MSN mobile portal that I think you'll be excited about, especially if you have a wireless connection for your Pocket PC. I'll be posting a follow-up message in the discussion forum with more photos and information. Special thanks to the anonymous birdie that sent me the information! :-)
"The MSN Mobile team is putting the finishing touches on a new portal for web-enabled devices. This will be MSN Mobile 5.0...and the first .NET enabled version to store zip codes, addresses, alerts etc. The working timeframe for release is April...coinciding with US availability of Pocket PC Phones. (the main issue needing to be resolved at this time is Hotmail availability...which requires work to be done on many fronts...from the Passport team, the MSN Hotmail team, the MSN Mobile team, and a special crack "MSN Integration" team.)
Following right on the heels of MSN Mobile 5.0, is MSN Mobile 6.0. Specifications for the follow-up release are already set, and include such items as real-time traffic & weather updates, special "wideband" entertainment for GPRS/CDMA 1X RTT users (the specs specifically mention a partnership w/ Verizon Wireless on marketing that aspect), Xbox Online support (via the MSN Gaming Zone...they are developing a massive online community service that will allow other members to interact with each other on a level unseen today. Say your uber-competitor just logged on and challenged you to a match of some 4-person multiplayer game. You're comrade-in-games isn't online right now. So, you send him a page via Xbox Online. Depending on the personal settings your comrade has, the system will send an appropriate (form-factor appropriate that is) page wherever he is. All powered by .NET of course. And the first integration with .NET My Services."
"The MSN Mobile team is putting the finishing touches on a new portal for web-enabled devices. This will be MSN Mobile 5.0...and the first .NET enabled version to store zip codes, addresses, alerts etc. The working timeframe for release is April...coinciding with US availability of Pocket PC Phones. (the main issue needing to be resolved at this time is Hotmail availability...which requires work to be done on many fronts...from the Passport team, the MSN Hotmail team, the MSN Mobile team, and a special crack "MSN Integration" team.)
Following right on the heels of MSN Mobile 5.0, is MSN Mobile 6.0. Specifications for the follow-up release are already set, and include such items as real-time traffic & weather updates, special "wideband" entertainment for GPRS/CDMA 1X RTT users (the specs specifically mention a partnership w/ Verizon Wireless on marketing that aspect), Xbox Online support (via the MSN Gaming Zone...they are developing a massive online community service that will allow other members to interact with each other on a level unseen today. Say your uber-competitor just logged on and challenged you to a match of some 4-person multiplayer game. You're comrade-in-games isn't online right now. So, you send him a page via Xbox Online. Depending on the personal settings your comrade has, the system will send an appropriate (form-factor appropriate that is) page wherever he is. All powered by .NET of course. And the first integration with .NET My Services."
