Phone makers sign on to use Windows Mobile 6
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft says it has signed up some new mobile-phone makers to offer devices that use its software. LG Electronics and Toshiba will be among the companies making smart phones to run on Microsoft's upcoming Windows Mobile 6 software, the Redmond company says.
Neither company has made a Windows Mobile-based smart phone previously, said Scott Horn, general manager of Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices business. In addition, Hewlett-Packard will announce its first slim, "candy bar" style phone, based on the Microsoft software. In the past, HP has offered phones as part of larger Pocket PC-style devices.