Microsoft mobile efforts said to get $1B boost
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft has long said that it's not fooling around when it comes to the mobile phone market -- and now it's putting its money where its mouth is. $1 billion, to be exact, according to one analyst.
That's one serious research budget for Windows Phone and new Windows mobile devices, but it's money that Microsoft is likely to sorely need.
After all, Apple, Google's Android, Research In Motion's BlackBerry and Nokia-backed Symbian are all pushing hard for a bigger slice of the lucrative smartphone market. Meanwhile, Microsoft is finding itself needing to play catch-up in spite of having been in the phone market for years, with Windows Mobile occupying a slipping fourth-place position in the mobile software market. EnterpriseMobileToday takes a look at the software giant's plan.