{"id":357303,"date":"2010-02-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=13676"},"modified":"2010-02-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:00:00","slug":"orange-business-blog-asking-for-clarity-on-microsoft%e2%80%99s-business-mobility-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/357303","title":{"rendered":"Orange Business blog asking for clarity on Microsoft\u2019s business mobility plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"closedforbusiness\"<\/a> A post today on the European carrier Orange\u2019s business blog<\/a> begged Microsoft for some clarify on their enterprise intentions.<\/p>\n

Steven Costello notes:<\/p>\n

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While Windows Phone 7-based devices are not likely to reach the market before Christmas 2010, one thing is very clear: the operating system is very-much consumer focused, with Microsoft’s other consumer brands including Xbox and Zune being referenced in the press release,but with the word "enterprise" conspicuous by its absence<\/a>. With Microsoft previously having had a strong position in the enterprise smartphone market, this means that the future upgrade path for enterprise Windows Mobile\/Windows Phone devices is anything but clear, which is certainly likely to impact businesses that are either existing Windows Mobile users or which are planning their smartphone strategies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He expressed concern about the lack of backwards compatibility with legacy business software, and did not find the continuing existence of \u201cwindows phone classic\u201d a satisfactory alternative, saying it was unclear how much longer this platform will be supported, making companies wary of investing further resources in an \u201cevolutionary dead-end\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is certainly clear that Microsoft has done very little to reassure business, where they have a major presence, that it was still worthwhile buying Windows Mobile handsets and starting new Windows Mobile-based projects, which could dramatically affect sales in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Do you use Windows Mobile devices in your business and have concerns about the future? Let us know below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A post today on the European carrier Orange\u2019s business blog begged Microsoft for some clarify on their enterprise intentions. Steven Costello notes: While Windows Phone 7-based devices are not likely to reach the market before Christmas 2010, one thing is very clear: the operating system is very-much consumer focused, with Microsoft’s other consumer brands including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}