RIM, Sprint back Microsoft phone platforms
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Application and device options for Microsoft's phone platforms will expand with announcements coming Monday at the CTIA Wireless trade show in New Orleans . Research In Motion (RIM), in Waterloo, Ontario , plans to help users of Microsoft-based phone devices take advantage of its Blackberry wireless e-mail technology, and U.S. mobile operator Sprint PCS Group this year will deliver two more CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) devices that use the Microsoft platform.
RIM will announce its intention to develop a software client for its Blackberry wireless e-mail technology to run on the Pocket PC Phone Edition and SmartPhone software platforms, said Ed Suwanjindar, lead product manager for Microsoft's Mobile Devices Division. An availability date for the software was not provided. The software will not be demonstrated at CTIA, according to Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash.