I recently came across href="http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/01/ 06/exclusive-windows-mobile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion- gestures/" target='_blank'>this blog posting regarding Microsoft's upcoming (in 2009) version of Windows Mobile. This new version features -- what else -- iPhone capabilities in the form of a new touch interface.

Now I'm not shocked that Microsoft is blatantly copying Apple and doesn't even seem apologetic or the slightest bit embarrassed. By now, those of us who pay attention to technology ought to expect that sort of thing from Microsoft. I'm also not surprised at the way this "secret" document has been released via a blogger in an obvious, thinly disguised promotional campaign, as Microsoft is the king of this kind of astroturfing.

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