14 DAY TRIAL // With Windows Mobile 6.5 being already out on the market since October 6 this year, and with the development of Windows Mobile 7 having started for quite some time now, it seems that all that Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has to do is plan the release of future versions of its mobile operating system, with Windows Mobile 8 being the next obvious step that needs to be taken.
Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, already stated in a recent interview that the company wouldn’t stop with the next release of Windows Mobile, and that there would be a next release after that, and a next release after that, and so on. The fact that Microsoft is already thinking about future releases of Windows Mobile is something that anyone would expect, and the company steps forth to show that this is true.
The guys over at WMPoweruser have stumbled upon a job ad from Microsoft, one that shows clearly that more iterations of Windows Mobile will come to the market in the future. The job title would be “Product Planning Manager, E&D Mobile Device Strategy & Commercialization,” and one of the things that the person that will get this job will be in charge with is planning the future of Windows Mobile.
“The product planning arm of Windows Mobile” is in search for new talents that “will be joining a very innovative product planning group in a fast moving and competitive industry. The primary responsibilities will include product planning for future versions of Windows Mobile platform. You will develop Areas of Investigation which lead to actionable roadmaps and collaborate with the product engineering teams so that these roadmaps turn into highly profitable products that delight the users. You will be a major driver and contributor to product and business strategy and become the go-to person for important customer, industry and technical insights and trends.”
Among the responsibilities, we can count planning for the commercialization of Windows phones, as well as “global ROI analysis on geographic market entry and winning share, OEM requirements and opportunities to differentiate.” While technicalities are not something that one might be interested in, the good news is that Microsoft is indeed committed to coming to the market with ever newer versions of Windows Mobile, and, hopefully, with a series of updates in the meantime, which would be able to turn the OS into the competitive and appealing platform the software giant wants it to be.