Microsoft has set a target to sell 100 million personal digital assistants and smart phones running Windows by 2007.
The goal was set by Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer for the company's Windows Mobile unit, and shows that Microsoft is serious about this market, said Douglas Dedo, marketing manager for Windows Mobile at Microsoft.
A large percentage of the Windows Mobile device shipments will be smart phones, not PDAs, Dedo said.
Smart phones are devices that look like a phone, but offer extended PDA-like capabilities such as e-mail access and a calendar.
Microsoft launched its first smart phone about a year ago in Europe. ATT Wireless Services last month began selling Motorola's MPx200, the first smart phone based on Windows Mobile software to be sold in the US…
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