Microsoft, Qualcomm team up on smartphones
TechWeb | at | by Mike
Microsoft and Qualcomm announced Thursday that they will team up to port Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system to Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem chipsets in a move to aggressively go after the next generation of smartphones.
Qualcomm's technology already occupies a major position in smartphone technology while Microsoft's operating systems lag way behind Symbian and Linux. According to recent numbers from market research firm IDC, Symbian has a market share of about 54 percent. Linux' share is about 23.5 percent, and Microsoft's is about 13 percent (counting Microsoft's Windows Mobile for Smartphone OS and Windows Mobile Phone Edition.) PalmOS was listed at a 3.5 percent market share.