Microsoft has welcomed Apple's iPhone as a good thing for the smartphone
market.
Lynette Kucsma, senior marketing manager for Microsoft's Communications
Business group, said at the
launch
of Windows Mobile 6.1 that the company is "not at all worried by Apple
entering the market".
"Apple has opened up awareness of smartphones to a wider market and that
helps everyone," she said.
Kucsma explained that Microsoft is also unconcerned about Apple's foray into
the business market, maintaining that Apple has a long way to go before it could
match Redmond on business software.
A spokesman at the Windows 6.1 launch pointed out that smartphones account
for only 10 per cent of the total mobile phone market, but that IDC expects this
to rise to 30 per cent within three years.
Microsoft's new release has also taken into account the Apple effect on the
touch-screen market. Windows 6.1 will be available with a touch-screen
interface, reflecting the popularity of such systems.
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