MobiComp features could be seen in future Windows Mobile version
Microsoft is always looking to improve its Windows Mobile operating system to better compete against competitors like Apple and Symbian. To help improve the user experience on Windows mobile Devices, Microsoft made a new acquisition.
Microsoft announced that it purchased MobiComp for an undisclosed sum. According to eWeek, MobiComp is an open-source cloud computing company that specializes in mobile data backup and restoration.
Exactly how MobiComp will fit into the Microsoft world is unknown but some ideas can be drawn based on services that MobiComp has historically provided. MobiComp provides services that allow data backup services centered on social networking. MobiComp also has a technology called Active mTicker, which is a news feed service that pushes customized information to subscribers through a scrolling ticker on the bottom of the screen when the device is idle. MobiComp services work through a web browser.
It would be easy to see these technologies being integrated into future versions of Windows Mobile. The web based data backup service would on its own be a great addition to a smartphone OS like Windows Mobile. Prior to being purchased by Microsoft, MobiComp had Vodafone and dominant mobile carries in both Portugal and Saudi Arabia as customers.
The purchase of MobiComp is one of the first Microsoft purchases to be made since the software giant walked away from Yahoo.
dailytech.com
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