Ephraim Schwartz, blogging at InfoWorld thinks Microsoft’s Response Point Phone announcement this week is part of a bigger story. He writes: “Rather than the Response Point Phone being a standalone device, it represents the tip of the iceberg. The phone represents what Microsoft would like to do in the future, offer a complete Unified Communications system, from handset on up, all running in a Microsoft environment.
“They won’t have to actually manufacture the handset. Owning the software that runs it and licensing that software to other handset manufacturers is equivalent to owning the handset. As with the current Mobile Windows handhelds, manufacturers are required to offer certain features or they don’t get to sell a Microsoft branded product.”
