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Like any giant company, Microsoft wants a piece of the ever-growing Chinese market. In that sense, they are re-launching their mobile offering in the country in a move to compete with the leading players – Google and Baidu.com.
The new Microsoft portal has been established, offering downloads of mobile clients for Bing and Windows Live Messenger, as well as instructions on how to use other Microsoft services, including Hotmail, from a mobile phone.
In addition to “classic” web search, the Bing mobile client allows searching for local information such as maps, restaurant locations and weather forecasts.
At the moment, Chinese search market is dominated by local player Baidu, whereas Google holds a distant second place. Together, the two companies account for as much as 95% of the market and Microsoft wants to change that.
[Via: PCWorld]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
