Microsoft Launch Windows Mobile Start Service
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 08 December 2003 - 16:33 · 1 comment & 806 views
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#1 Posted by cheekymonkey on 08 Dec 2003 - 22:58
- I'm gutted: c'mon Orange hook me up with this for my MPx200... please!
"The Windows Mobile Start Service offers a fast and easy way for AT&T Wireless customers to start enjoying terrific new services and capabilities on the Windows Mobile software platform," said Vince Mendillo, director of the Mobile Devices Division at Microsoft. "By combining an innovative and convenient over-the-air setup with a familiar Web-based interface, customers can be more self-sufficient and minimize the need for placing support calls." "This service is the latest collaboration between Microsoft and AT&T Wireless aimed at enhancing the wireless experience of today's mobile professionals," said Abhi Ingle, vice president of business data solutions for AT&T Wireless. "We've made it simple for customers to get the most out of their Motorola MPx200 with this unique personalization feature."
Motorola MPx200 customers benefit from the combination of AT&T Wireless' high- speed GSM/GPRS data network and the Windows Mobile software platform, which combines voice calling with the ability to synchronize with PC data, such as Outlook® information, and run software and services that greatly expand the utility of the phone.
Critical to the United States and some other developed countries is keeping control of the internet in the private sector and not handing it off to a new United Nations agency as proposed by nations such as China and Brazil.
"We think it's extraordinarily important that it continue to be private sector-led," Mr Gross said, noting that the existing, semi-private US-created Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was already capable of managing the worldwide web.
"We think that ICANN has in place opportunities for input from governments" who have concerns about internet technical issues, he said.
Control of the internet is one of the thorniest points of contention in the leadup to the summit which is intended to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor and is to be attended by at least 62 heads of state.
Last month, the executive director of the summit's secretariat said he was disappointed at the lack of progress being made by negotiators, and said it would be a "miracle" if a draft declaration could be reached before the meeting.
According to Mr Gross, the United States, at least is not willing to compromise on its positions - particularly on ensuring that freedom of speech and expression is endorsed by the summiteers.
"We believe that is extraordinarily important," he said, affirming that free speech as a fundamental principle of the internet.
Advocacy groups have claimed that nations like China, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia and Vietnam are hoping to use the summit to gain power to censure the dissemination of information.
"We are always concerned about statements that might be misunderstood as sanctioning restrictions, either of freedom of expression or on the freedom of the press," Mr Gross said.
On US opposition to the "digital solidarity fund" proposed by Senegal, he noted that the United States already had in place a program - the "digital freedom initiative" - to assist developing nations with internet technology.
"We don't think that the case has been made for the creation of a new international fund focusing on these issues in the way in which it's been described so far," Mr Gross said.
Washington has concerns about how the money would be collected, who would administer the fund, and what countries would benefit from it, he said.
"We do not endorse it right now, even in its voluntary form, because we're concerned about how these things play out," Mr Gross said.
He said the United States believed that developing nations needed to focus first on improving rule of law and their commitment to free market economies before launching into internet projects.