Monday, November 6, 2006
Vodafone-Microsoft Software Partnership
Posted by Nurhisham Hussein in "NEWS" @ 09:30 PM
"Vodafone has signed an agreement with Microsoft to develop software to enable the speedy and cost-effective roll out of new services on mobile phones. Under the terms of the agreement, Vodafone and Microsoft will work in close co-operation aiming to ensure that Vodafone applications and services are tightly integrated with a Windows Mobile experience, resulting in improved mobile phone functionality as well as an enhanced mobile experience for customers. The Microsoft platform will complement Vodafone's existing terminal platform portfolio."
My first reaction was "Great, they're going to put more junk in our phones", but then it looks more like OTA services. Obviously this will only directly affect/benefit Vodafone customers, so who am I to complain? If they come up with something compelling, it'd be great for the whole mobile industry, right? Anybody else have any other perspectives on this?
My first reaction was "Great, they're going to put more junk in our phones", but then it looks more like OTA services. Obviously this will only directly affect/benefit Vodafone customers, so who am I to complain? If they come up with something compelling, it'd be great for the whole mobile industry, right? Anybody else have any other perspectives on this?
