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Saturday, September 11, 2004

Gates: Microsoft To Pounce On Mobile Phone Media--Before Apple Can

Forbes: "Microsoft is hot and bothered to get its audio and video software into mobile phones--before it is beaten to the punch by music download king Apple Computer. 'We've been hush-hush about it, so far. But we understand this is a major market opportunity,' confessed Erik Huggers, director of Microsoft's Windows Digital Media division. Speaking to Reuters, the executive at Bill Gates' software colossus said, 'The sales numbers [of mobile phones] are staggering. It's obvious that it's our goal to sign up all major handset makers,' Huggers said. Motorolaand Japan's NEC boast Microsoft media decoders integrated into their handsets for third-generation mobile networks. However, observers say the so-called 3G market is still diminutive. Thus, Microsoft is scanning the entire handset market, specifically honing in on Finland's global leader Nokia, Deutschland conglomerate Siemens and that Japanese-Scandinavian hybrid, Sony Ericsson."

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