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Microsoft announces range of new Windows Phones with Windows Mobile 6.5
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Phones enable seamless connectivity across work to play, creating new experiences through a variety of hardware, applications and services
Debuts two new services: My Phone and Windows Marketplace
October 07, 2009
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New Delhi, 7th October, 2009: Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. today announced
the availability of a new range of handsets from device partners, featuring Windows
Mobile 6.5 - the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile phone software. With
Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Phones will deliver new customer experiences through
an improved, easy-to-use and customizable user interface and an enhanced browsing
experience. Microsoft is also debuting two new services, to bring added
value to consumers - My Phone is an in-built, free service that offers 200MB
of online storage to back up all contacts and phone information,
and Windows Marketplace for Mobile offers consumers an easy way to find and
purchase high quality mobile applications.
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The new Windows Phones that are available today
Windows Mobile 6.5 key features -
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200 MB online storage for free contacts & data back-up with My Phone
- New Internet Explorer Mobile for better browsing
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Easy to use Interface
- Microsoft Office Mobile to open and edit in Word, Excel &
PowerPoint
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Rich ecosystem of applications through Windows Marketplace for Mobile
include Acer Be Touch E100, Acer
Be Touch E101, Acer Neo Touch S200, Acer Be Touch E200 and HTC Touch 2,
and will be the first to feature Windows Mobile 6.5. Additionally, some of the existing
popular phones running Windows Mobile 6.1, namely - HTC Diamond 2, HTC
Touch Pro 2, LG Eigen and Samsung Omnia Pro, can be upgraded to Windows
Mobile 6.5. By the end of the year, this will extend to cover over 20 Phones
featuring Windows Mobile 6.5, including a host of new phones that will be launched
by device partners during the next three months.
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Starting at Rs. 11,000 the new Windows Phones will be available across
a range of styles and prices. Whether the consumer wants a touch phone
with a large screen, a device with a keyboard for fast typing, or something sleek
that will slip into the jeans pocket, Microsoft has a broad selection of form
factors from Touch devices to Touch with QWERTY or Non- Touch with
QWERTY, slide, slide-out QWERTY etc. to cater to every need.
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“We are delighted to offer the all new Windows Phone, powered by Windows Mobile
6.5 to consumers in India. Windows Phones have been designed to meet the evolving
needs of today’s consumer who moves seamlessly between work and play,”
said Mr. Hemant Sachdev, Joint Managing Director – Consumer & Online, Microsoft
India. He further added, “Today consumers want to stay connected and updated
on the people and information they care about most, and Windows Phones blend in
the best of the Phone, PC and web. A great example of this is the new My Phone service
available today, with which users can be assured that their contacts and data is
safe even if the device is lost or damaged!”
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My Phone is a free service that helps people manage and protect
the invaluable information stored on their phone, providing peace of mind and an
easy restore option if the device is lost or damaged. It is a built-in service that
helps manage and protect invaluable information - from contacts
and appointments to SMS messages, photos, videos and more. It offers 200 MB of online
storage and automatically synchronizes a phone’s content to a password-protected
Web site. Consumers can also automatically upload photos and video from their Windows
phone directly to the My Phone service, making it simple to preserve content that,
in the past, would have only existed on the phone.
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Also launching today is Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which offers
people an easy way to find and purchase high quality, Microsoft certified mobile
applications for both work and play, while creating new opportunities for developers
to reach millions of people using Windows phones worldwide. People will have access
to not only important line of business applications for work, but also popular mobile
applications for play such as Facebook, MySpace, Netflix, Twikini, WunderRadio and,
ZAGAT, as well as leading game titles including Guitar Hero World Tour, Sudoku,
and the PAC-MAN series, all of which can be easily purchased and installed directly
on a Windows phone.
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Windows Phone come with a completely redesigned Windows Internet Explorer Mobile
browser with built in Adobe Flash lite that brings the mobile Web browsing
experience on par with the PC. The new browsing experience allows consumers to
do more with their phones - get directions, watch YouTube videos, stay
updated on friends and family or connect to their corporate network. Further, Windows
Phones come with Microsoft Office Mobile, so consumers can use
the familiar Outlook features and software they know from their PC. Office Mobile
also allows consumers to open and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents right
from their Windows Phone.
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For those, who believe the phone to be an extension of their personal style, Microsoft
now offers Windows phone Custom Theme Creator which allows consumers to create
personalized themes for their Windows phone by choosing the color and
design that suites their style at
http://www.windowsphone.com/theme.
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Partner Excitement for the launch of
Windows Phone, powered by Windows Mobile 6.5
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Ajay Sharma, Country Head, HTC India said, “Continuing with our
successful partnership with Microsoft, today we feel delighted to launch the new
HTC Touch 2 that will run on the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 version. The HTC Touch
2 is a compact Windows Phone which delivers the HTC familiar touch experience to
its users. With its attractive design the phone is a stylish successor to the immensely
popular HTC Touch.”
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“We are extremely delighted to partner with Microsoft in the evolutions of smart
phones. Windows 6.5 will bring immense value to the mobile phone consumer”,
said Richard Tan, Country Manager, Acer Smart Handhelds India.
“Our alliance with Microsoft signifies our commitment to the mobile space and we
will continue to bring wide choice of stylish, sophisticated smart phones with enhanced
features and excellent quality of service.”
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About Consumer & Online Business
Microsoft’s Consumer & Online business aims to create a seamless experience
for consumers across PCs, phones, and the Web. The Consumer & Online business drives
all sales, marketing, content & programming, business development, and operations
across Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Live, Windows Mobile, MSN, Bing, Live Search,
Microsoft Advertising and other services.
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About Microsoft India
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide
leader in software for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide
range of products and services designed to empower people through great software
- any time, any place and on any device. Microsoft Corporation India Private Ltd
is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation USA. It has had a presence in India since
1990 and currently has offices in 16 cities - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh,
Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow,
Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, and Pune.
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