Into the future with Vodafone and Microsoft / Vodafone is showcasing the first notebooks and mobile phones with the new Microsoft operating system Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 6.5 at the IFA

Düsseldorf/Berlin (ots) - If you want high-speed mobile internet,
you don't just need an efficient wireless network, but also
easy-to-use notebooks and smartphones with modern and reliable
operating systems. Vodafone has teamed up with Microsoft to provide
customers with a product package geared to operating convenience and
reliability with the objective of optimising mobile data services in
the Vodafone network. At the IFA, Vodafone will be one of the first
telecommunications providers in Germany to present notebooks and
smartphones with this new operating system at its booth in hall 18.

"The objective is to underline our innovation leadership as one of
the first telecommunications providers offering customers convenient
hardware and reliable operating systems for mobile internet access,"
said Frank Rosenberger, CCO Consumer Business at Vodafone Germany.
Acer's Aspire One 531 and the Lenovo S10-2 will be the first netbooks
equipped with the new Microsoft operating system Windows 7. Visitors
to the Vodafone booth at the IFA can see for themselves how easy they
are to operate and how fast the data services are in Vodafone's own
3G broadband network. Thanks to 3G and an integrated wireless modem,
the netbooks can achieve rates of up to 7.2 mbit/s. The netbooks'
launch is scheduled for the end of October, when they will be
available at the Vodafone shops.

Simple operation and reliability are equally important criteria
for smartphone owners who frequently use data and voice services. The
GM750 by Korean manufacturer LG will be the first smartphone
available from Vodafone to have the new Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5
installed. It has a 3-inch touchscreen plus a 5 megapixel camera with
digital 2x zoom. Delivering downlink rates of up to 7.2 mbit/s and a
maximum uplink rate of 3.6 mbit/s, the smartphone is perfect for
high-speed internet and electronic mail. If the built in 280 MB
memory isn't enough to store your music or photo collection, you can
add another 32 GB using the microSD slot. An FM radio and an
integrated A-GPS receiver round off the package. Although the
smartphone won't be available at the Vodafone shops until October,
IFA visitors will be able to preview the new operating concept.

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