Mike Temporale
07-01-2004, 03:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/2008-1039-5253801.html' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/2008-1039-5253801.html</a><br /><br /></div>"After years of working to crack the handheld and cell phone market, Microsoft is counting on Ya-Qin Zhang to help build products that will finally appeal to the masses. That shouldn't be too much of a challenge for Zhang, who is used to taking on daunting tasks. He joined the company late in 1998 and built Microsoft's research lab in China from scratch into an organization of more than 500 people. But in taking on the role as head of development for Windows CE and Windows Mobile, Zhang must help turn a comparatively tiny and still unprofitable unit into something worthy of Redmond's attention."<br /><br />CNET has posted a question and answer with Ya-Qin Zhang where they ask some questions about the past quality problems, the future of Windows Mobile, and what needs to improve in today's Smartphone. The title will lead you to think it's a little more of a hard hitting interview than it really is. :)