The Motorola event to launch its Q phone (watch it here) featured Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer because its the first to announce with the Windows Mobile 5 version of Windows CE. This introduces a form of "push" email similar to the RIM Blackberry but based on Microsoft's standard Exchange mail server. (As the FT notes, "some companies have balked at RIM's corporate software licensing fees".)
The event had a certain frisson because Ballmer and Motorola boss Ed Zander are old enemies. Zander spent 15 years working for Sun Microsystems, where he rose to become president and chief operating officer.
