Microsoft, Flextronics partner on cell platform
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft announced a partnership Sunday with phone maker Flextronics to market a new cell phone platform running Windows Mobile to phone makers and service providers.
The two companies said they had jointly developed a new phone platform called Peabody--a blueprint that cell providers can customize--that would cut production costs.
Peabody runs on GSM networks--world's most widespread wireless standard--and GPRS, the data delivery arm of GSM networks.
"Microsoft is providing smarter, advanced mobile solutions and creating business models that help mobile operators generate new revenue streams," Pieter Knook, senior vice president of the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division and Communications Sector Business at Microsoft, said in a statement.