The big(ger) dog gets growly
(Computerworld) Companies -- lots of them -- are still buying Windows Mobile smart phones, and Microsoft Corp. doesn't want to let iPhone mania make them forget.
During Microsoft's most recent fiscal year, 325 enterprises purchased at least 500 Windows Mobile phones, with many buying many more, said Scott Rockfeld, group products manager for the mobile communications business at Microsoft, in a Friday interview.
"From the armed forces to the U.S. Court System, people are not just trying Windows Mobile, they are buying them," Rockfeld said, in apparent reference to a statement by Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs last month that 35% of Fortune 500 companies were beta-testing the iPhone.
Moreover, seven of the 10 largest companies in the world, as ranked by Fortune magazine, bought Windows Mobile phones, including one enterprise that bought 100,000.
Rockfeld declined to name the company or even its line of business. "That would give it away," he said. One possibility is Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Microsoft has long had close ties with the retailing giant, such that its former CIO,..............
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(Computerworld) Companies -- lots of them -- are still buying Windows Mobile smart phones, and Microsoft Corp. doesn't want to let iPhone mania make them forget.
During Microsoft's most recent fiscal year, 325 enterprises purchased at least 500 Windows Mobile phones, with many buying many more, said Scott Rockfeld, group products manager for the mobile communications business at Microsoft, in a Friday interview.
"From the armed forces to the U.S. Court System, people are not just trying Windows Mobile, they are buying them," Rockfeld said, in apparent reference to a statement by Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs last month that 35% of Fortune 500 companies were beta-testing the iPhone.
Moreover, seven of the 10 largest companies in the world, as ranked by Fortune magazine, bought Windows Mobile phones, including one enterprise that bought 100,000.
Rockfeld declined to name the company or even its line of business. "That would give it away," he said. One possibility is Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Microsoft has long had close ties with the retailing giant, such that its former CIO,..............
More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110378&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1