By Tony Hallett, 6 November 1998 12:23
NEWS Microsoft and mobile technology company Qualcomm are to form an alliance which is likely to compete head-on with Symbian. Symbian is a joint venture led by Ericsson, Nokia and Psion, and as of this week, Motorola. Its aim is to develop software for next-generation mobile devices based on Psion's Epoc operating system - the brains of the company's Series 5 handhelds. The Microsoft-Qualcomm venture - which is expected to be formally announced on 10 November - is likely to seek to develop Windows CE for mobile devices, and find ways of linking wireless and traditional data networks. The pairing comes just weeks after a leaked Microsoft document revealed Bill Gates rates Psion as the software giant's number one threat.
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