Microsoft shuffles Mobility Group
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft is shaking up its Mobility Group, swapping executives and changing the calendar under which software gets released in an effort to jump-start the company's push into handhelds and cell phones. Change has been a constant for the group since last October when the company released an upgrade of its Pocket PC 2002 handheld operating system. Around the same time, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer began to personally oversee the group. Since then, two other key executives have left the group.
Other changes involve scheduled updates to the Pocket PC operating system for handhelds and the Smartphone operating system for cell phones. Sources familiar with the company's plans say that upgrades to these operating systems will be synchronized with updates to Windows. Synchronizing the releases will allow Microsoft to more tightly integrate these products as well as better coordinate the overall marketing plan.