Buzz grows for Microsoft's mobile 'Magneto'

eWeek | at | by Mike

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to release the details of the company's new mobile OS, code-named Magneto, during his keynote speech Tuesday at the Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas.

Details on Magneto have been scarce up to this point, but details on what many have called Microsoft's "BlackBerry killer" have been leaked to several sources around the Web. The operating system will, essentially, combine the Smartphone, Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition into one platform.