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10/11/10

Microsoft hopes to bury iPhone, Android - by Bill Rigby.

Windows Phone 7 software showed how badly Microsoft wants to resurrect itself in the viciously competitive phone market.




The new software, which will be publicly unveiled on October 11 and expected on handsets in stores by November, is Microsoft's last chance, some analysts say, to catch up with Apple and Google Inc's Android smartphones, after squandering its strong market position in only a few years. A group of smartphone manufacturers including Samsung and HTC Corp are expected to roll out Microsoft-based phones for the holiday season.


Whether they will be good enough to render the iPhone obsolete is the question.

For more: Microsoft hopes to bury iPhone, Android | Reuters

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