Thewirelessreport.com has so many questions on the Microsoft / Nortel partnership. Looks like I’m also waiting for them to come up with the solutions ASAP and it does not turn into vapourware since waiting for VISTA is already taking up a lot of my spare time…..Its like waiting paint dry for the full Vista launch !

With Microsoft and Nortel just announcing that they are going to be teaming up on a unified communications partnership, one has to wonder what Microsoft has to offer here. Can you make a phone call directly from an Outlook contact? Can you reply to an email via voice instead of an email reply?

The previous news :

Microsoft on June 26 outlined its “unified communications” strategy, which aims to seamlessly interconnect email, instant messaging, and cellular and VoIP (voice-over-IP) telephony, along with audio-, video-, and web-conferencing. Additionally, Motorola and LG-Nortel announced plans to develop fixed and mobile devices supporting the unified communications platform.

Microsoft says its unified communications strategy takes advantage of new features in Exchange Server that provide a “unified in-box experience,” along with a speech-based auto attendant that allows users to access communications from any phone.