Interview: Annemarie Duffy, Microsoft

Microsoft is preparing for the commercial launch later this year of the Sendo Z100, the first handset to use its Smartphones 2002 platform. Faced with the commitment of the world’s leading handset manufacturers to the competing Symbian platform, Microsoft is working with smaller OEMs such as Sendo and HTC to create customised devices for individual network operators. Larger form-factor Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition devices, such as O2’s XDA (maufactured by HTC) are already on the market. Annemarie Duffy is Marketing Manager for Wireless and Mobility at Microsoft.