Microsoft Windows Mobile
is poised to win large enterprise mobile customers from
Blackberry and
Symbian platforms, says consulting firm BRC.
As enterprise mobile computing evolves to combine more personal
computer capabilities on mobile handsets, a critical factor will be
the number of tools available for extending
corporate applications to mobiles, says BRC.
Comprehensive packages are already available for using Windows
Mobile to access Lotus Notes, various SAP offerings, Oracle CRM, as
well as Microsoft Office apps.
This will encourage large corporations to choose Microsoft for
mobile solutions, says BRC.
BRC says the proprietary nature of Blackberry’s operating system
will inhibit third-party developers, as will Symbian’s software
development kits, which are device-dependent, fragmenting
application markets.
Since new applications cannot readily run on Symbian devices,
developers will be more attracted to Windows Mobile.
“
Rim and Symbian have attracted millions of business users
through Personal Information Manager (Pim) and e-mail, but without
middleware solutions they will lose them to Microsoft,” said BRC
consultant Jeff Ace.
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