The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
Third party applications - Microsoft claims there are already more than 20,000 of them - will be allowed into the store, sorry, marketplace after "a simple security and compatibility check."
What are the odds there will be a kerfuffle when the first application gets knocked back for reasons other than security or compatibility, or are you confident that it will be open slather for developers in terms of functionality?
Windows Marketplace for Mobile is going to be a standard feature on all Windows Mobile 6.5 phones, but in general carriers don't seem too keen on VoIP to and from mobiles, for example.
Also, the commercial terms that will govern the marketplace weren't disclosed in the announcement, so we don't know what sort of commission Microsoft will charge, or what provision there will be for distributing free applications.
Phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 - such as the LG GM7300 and the HTC Touch Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2 - are expected to go on sale in the second half of the year.
But you don't need Windows Mobile 6.5 to take advantage of another new offering. Recite lets you record, search and retrieve spoken notes - there's no messing with menus and no typing is required. You just press a button and speak to your phone. How natural is that?
The software, which runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 or later, associates voice notes containing similar words or phrases.
You can see if your phone qualifies to use Recite and download the technology preview at recite.microsoft.com.
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