Microsoft to unveil online app store
TO COUNTER APPLE'S Istore, Microsoft is looking to the markets for inspiration, the Middle Eastern markets that is, with reports the firm plans to launch an "online bazaar" for mobile phone software.
The Vole is also close to releasing a new version of Windows Mobile, version 6.5, with a less ugly, more intuitive interface. Friday saw the Redmond giant tentatively begin to roll out its new "My Phone" service, which will be officially launched at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next week, where Steve Ballmer is a keynote speaker.
The service is somewhat similar to Apple's MobileMe, synchronising data - like contacts, calendar appointments, photos and text messages - stored on Windows Mobile smartphones, to a password protected Web site, for easy backup if a phone is lost or stolen.
