Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have jointly announced a collaboration to port Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system to Qualcomm’s Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets. The companies claimed the partnership will revolutionise next generation smartphones. They said the collaboration will shorten their product development times.
The companies said Windows Mobile platform support on Qualcomm’s MSM solutions will gives users extended battery life while operating other applications. The firms expect the actual phones to be available in 2007.
"Our customers will be able to more quickly design cost-effective and innovative devices that harness the power of our Convergence Platform dual-processor solutions," said Dr. Sanjay Jha, president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies.
Microsoft and Qualcomm fully integrating and testing support for the Windows Mobile operating system with Convergence Platform 7XXX-series MSM chipsets, which feature a dual-core architecture with an integrated ARM11 applications processor and ARM9 modem processor for superior performance.
Qualcomm expects to offer Windows Mobile 5.0 on Convergence Platform MSM chipsets in the second half of 2006. In addition, Microsoft will incorporate a new Board Support Package and Radio Interface Layer for Qualcomm’s Convergence Platform solutions.
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