Windows Live Messenger, along with the remaining Windows Live products and services, is no longer limited to running on top of Windows Mobile. Microsoft is effectively kicking the Windows Live Mobile Developer Program up a notch, making the mobile versions of the Windows Live services completely cross-platform.
At the Mobile World Congress 2008, the Redmond company announced that the new version of Windows Live Mobile Developer Program will take Windows Live to all mobile phones by offering support for the entire range of device operating systems.
"Our relationships with operators and developers are key to our strategy. By providing developers with access to these platforms, we are enabling operators to provide access to Windows Live services for their customers and make money as well," said Matt Champagne, director, Product Management, Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft. "Our Windows Live @mobile program is all about enabling operators to deploy our services as quickly as possible by providing standard ways to launch our services."
In this context, new features have been added to the Microsoft’s Mobile Services Protocol via the latest updates to the Windows Live Mobile Developer Program. Mobile versions of Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Spaces can be introduced to additional phone operating systems on top of Windows Mobile via a new new software development kit (SDK) made available to developers. On top of the updated Windows Live Mobile Developer, the company also introduced Windows Live @mobile.
"Windows Live @mobile, a program that enables mobile operators to deploy a set of standard Microsoft mobile services such as Windows Live for Mobile and MSN Mobile to their customers quickly and efficiently. These standard deals support different business models, providing operators with several choices, including subscriptions, transactions or advertising so they fit with their existing business or new business ideas. Operators can choose to deploy browser-based services that work on nearly any phone with a data plan or with any of the certified third-party clients developed by Microsoft partners. Currently, @mobile is available in 46 countries and is expanding to additional markets in the next year," Microsoft added.
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