Microsoft hopes to create buzz for Stinger
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft is moving into the handset-making business, hoping to give more bite to its Stinger operating system for "smart phones." The software maker will announce Monday that it invested an undisclosed sum in Sendo, a U.K.-based handset maker that is one of the four companies developing prototypes for a combination cell phone and personal digital assistant that will run on Microsoft software, company executives said.
Stinger is Microsoft's code name for its software that will run on a family of smart phones--a class of wireless phones with oversized displays and color screens--designed for wireless Web access and conventional phone calls. The product has been in the works for two to three years and will be marketed by Samsung in the United States and Europe.