Microsoft targets low-cost PDA phones

[Colin Dunstan]

DigiTimes has published a report stating that Microsoft plans to team up with Taiwan ODM handset makers to optimize its Windows Mobile OS and to manufactore low-cost PDA phones.

Microsoft has already exchanged ideas about the potential project with its major partners in Taiwan, including High Tech Computer (HTC), Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer, Acer, Mitac International, and BenQ, the sources noted.

Some producers are less optimistic in their ability to produce PDA phones under US$300 and they say it'd take two more years for to become economically feasable.