Microsoft phones to go clubbing
C|Net | at | by Mike
Windows Mobile Start Services, which the company refers to as Club Microsoft, is similar to cell phone "clubs" that allow ring tones, screen savers, Web bookmarks, e-mail accounts and other items to be downloaded to a cell phone using an Internet-connected PC.
In the United States the clubs are popular with cell phone subscribers who are uncomfortable with the cell phone's cramped keypad and unfamiliar interface. "We all like to do things differently," said Jason Gordon, Microsoft's mobile devices product manager. "Some people like to use the PC interface, others the cell phone touch screens, others the touch pads."