Microsoft announces Push Technology for Windows Mobile 5.0

[Alexander Turcic]

One feature that makes RIM's Blackberry so very special is its direct e-mail push technology -- and Microsoft is now planning to incorporate this feature into the forthcoming Windows Mobile 5.0 release. Earlier today, Microsoft announced the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0, a software based on wireless features coming in Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2.

The feature pack includes Direct Push Technology, which keeps the business user's Outlook Mobile up to date by delivering information quickly and directly to a Windows Mobile-based device from Exchange Server, without requiring businesses to pay for additional and costly servers or middleware.

[via Engadget]