Microsoft moved to gain some much needed buzz for its Windows Mobile platform with today's announcement of new voice recognition from its TellMe Networks subsidiary. The news comes on the two-year anniversary of Microsoft's purchase of TellMe for a reported $800 million.

The new service makes voice recognition features available at the touch of a single button on Windows Mobile phones. For example, press the button and say "text" to open a text box, speak the text message and then say "send" to send it to anyone on the user's contact list.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) claims voice is much simpler than a touch screen interface and preferred by most users. Among several examples, Microsoft said it takes a touch of a button and a verbal command to find a business using the voice application. By comparison, Microsoft said it takes four touches and more than twenty keystrokes to perform the same task on the iPhone.

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