{"id":130,"date":"2002-02-22T16:24:19","date_gmt":"2002-02-22T14:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=130"},"modified":"2002-02-22T16:24:19","modified_gmt":"2002-02-22T14:24:19","slug":"month-of-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2002\/02\/22\/month-of-os\/","title":{"rendered":"Month of OS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Month of OS<\/strong> &#8211; February seems to be the OS month for portable devices. Along-side the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmos.com\/\">PalmOS<\/a> version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmos.com\/platform\/os5\/\">5<\/a> earlier this month, there has been some action at the current 3GSM conference in Cannes. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\">Microsoft<\/a> has launched 2 new OS versions, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/mobile\/pocketpc\/learnmore.asp\">Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition<\/a>, adds mobile phone functionality to the existing Pocket PC OS. 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