Will phones get smart before pigs can fly?
C|Net | at | by Mike
After years of working to crack the handheld and cell phone market, Microsoft is counting on Ya-Qin Zhang to help build products that will finally appeal to the masses. That shouldn't be too much of a challenge for Zhang, who is used to taking on daunting tasks. He joined the company late in 1998 and built Microsoft's research lab in China from scratch into an organization of more than 500 people.
But in taking on the role as head of development for Windows CE and Windows Mobile, Zhang must help turn a comparatively tiny and still unprofitable unit into something worthy of Redmond's attention.