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3GSM World Congress 2005 coverage: detailed report from Microsoft press conference February 15, 2005 [General] | By Edward J. R. How detailed can a report from press conference be? Many photos? Description? Well, apart from many photos and description we include also an audio recording (MP3 file - as part of our podcast feed). Read on... At the beginning John Starkwether, who was the speaker and moderator of this press conference, started with introduction: 
Then Peter Knook was talking about new initiatives of Microsoft and latest developments: 
... and in meantime some other Microsoft employees were looking at Peter Knook with devotion: 
Here we present some of the slides presented during this press conference. Here the increasing revenue opportunities provided by Windows Mobile are presented: 
Here recent announcements are presented: 
... among which Nokia announcements (Nokia licencing 2 things from Microsoft: Windows Media technologies + Microsoft Exchange protocols) had nothing to do Windows Mobile but with other Microsoft departments. Here is a slide that proves that operators are earning much more money with Windows Mobile handsets than with Symbian and PalmOS based ones (results of independent research companies) - the slide here shows increase of ARPU and AMPU after operator switches from other platforms to Windows Mobile: 
Here is the newly announced "Connected Service Framework" of Microsoft that allows operators to capitalize quickly on add-on services: 
After presentation of Peter Knook, there was time for Q&A session in which 4 people from Microsoft were answering questions from physical audience (in the room) and from the virtual audience (in the Internet through live meeting and via John Starkwether, who spoke aloud the questions from the Internet), from left to right: Martinez (responsbile for Connected Service Framework), ???, boss of Windows Media division (Amir Majidimehr Corporate Vice President Windows Digital Media Division), and Peter Knook (top Windows Mobile manager): 
After the Q&A session the booze-phase started, and a lot of wine has been consumed: 
To listen to the press conference in full click here (format: MP3, size: 17.8 MB).  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 2 Comments ]
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