Printed from  MS confirms Win Mo 7 multi-touch, iPhone rivalry
updated 10:15 am EDT, Mon August 3, 2009  Win Mobile 7 Multi
Touch  Microsoft has confirmed in a preview of Windows Mobile
6.5 that version 7 of the mobile OS will include multi-touch and
will be targeted at the same high-end market as Apple's iPhone
or most current Android phones. The company promises to the
Inquirer that multi-touch will be a core feature of Windows
Mobile 7 and that many of the experiences of competing phones
will be "knocked in the different realm" of Microsoft's new
platform.  At the same time, Microsoft also admitted that it's
targeting the very high end and has been setting high
specifications for the first phones that will launch with the
new software. Calling 7 a "premium" experience, a spokesman said
it will actually co-exist with the just-launching 6.5 release
rather than replace it as all Windows Mobile releases have done
in the past. While it's shipping on high-end phones like the HTC
Touch Diamond2 (shown in the vid