PhatWare Corp has been chosen by Microsoft to participate in the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council.

According to the PhatWare, Membership in Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council will provide it with early access to upcoming Microsoft products and to advanced customer support. PhatWare said this will assist it with integrating its own products and services with new Windows Powered Pocket PC and Smartphone 2002 devices, as well as assist PhatWare in supporting new mobile devices as they become available.

PhatWare offers products for Pocket PC and Handheld PC devices. The applications include HPC Notes--a notes organizer, CalliGrapher--handwriting recognition technology, and HPC NetProfile--a network configuration utility. For the developer community, PhatWare offers the CalliGrapher Software Development Kit that the company said allows developers to integrate handwriting recognition technology into their own software applications.