A few weeks ago, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft unveiled its strategy to reclaim a place in the crucial market for mobile devices. At the time, I posted Seven big questions about the new Windows Phone 7 Series. I expect to get answers to at least some of those questions next week at the MIX10 conference in Las Vegas. But another, equally important batch of news is also on tap for next week. Microsoft will be discussing its plans for Internet Explorer 9 in detail for the first time at MIX10.
I spoke briefly with Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of the Internet Explorer group, at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference last November. At that time, the company announced its general strategy for IE9, but held off on the specifics. Now, after nearly four months of development since that announcement, it’s time for Microsoft to show us what they’ve got. I’m sitting down with Dean again next week, and here are some of the questions I plan to ask: