Microsoft's long-awaited Windows-Powered Smartphone 2002 operating system was launched Tuesday--but not in the U.S. The new OS, previously known by the code-name Stinger, is available in a cell phone being distributed overseas by European carrier Orange SA. AT&T Wireless will be the first U.S. carrier to offer the OS in a cell phone expected to be released by mid 2003, Microsoft says.
The new OS is Microsoft's second in less than three months to target mobile handheld devices: The first PDA running the Pocket PC Phone Edition made its debut in July. But while the two OSes have some things in common, they power different devices, says Ed Suwanjindar, product manager with Microsoft's Mobile Devices division.
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