Microsoft, Orange to launch Smart Phone
Reuters | at | by Mike
The software giant Microsoft broke into the mobile phone market with French operator Orange on Tuesday, unveiling a smart phone that triggers a turf war with the telecoms equipment establishment. In a move to defy top suppliers such as Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, Orange said the first mobile phones to be armed with Microsoft software would pay for themselves in less than five months.
"We want to give the likes of Nokia and Ericsson a wake-up call," Richard Brennan, executive vice president, OrangeWorld and Brands, told Reuters. "At the moment, we feel Nokia and Sony Ericsson are not innovating fast enough. We need to make a clear statement that we are not going to wait around."