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Microsoft may be making own phone: analyst SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is looking at making its own smartphone to kickstart sales of its Windows mobile software, according to a Wall Street analyst who has followed the company for many years. The talk - unconfirmed by Microsoft - comes a day after the company unveiled its latest Windows Phone 8 software, and the same week it announced an own-brand tablet, signaling a break with 37 ... Microsoft: First Branded Tablets; Next, Their Own Smartphone? Microsoft?s move into the tablet hardware business may be just the first step in a radical repositioning of the company?s approach to the device market. As you know by now, Microsoft on Monday held a launch event in Hollywood to show of their new Surface line of WIndows 8-based tablet computers. There will be two ... Microsoft's tablet efforts are fleeting, says Acer founder Microsoft set the technology media and industry watchers aflutter earlier this week when it took the wraps off the Microsoft Surface tablet during a press conference in Los Angeles, California. The sleek tablet will be Microsoft's first, and it will be powered by the company's new Windows 8 platform when it launches later this year. According to Acer founder Stan Shih, Microsoft's goal with the ... Microsoft brings phone software closer to Windows SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's new phone software will be built on the same core as its new upcoming PC and tablet operating system, bringing the company one step closer to unifying its Windows franchise across a full range of screens that are revolutionizing computing. The world's largest software company, which is running to keep up with Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's Android ... Microsoft Surface Could Kill the Barnes & Noble Nook Microsoft's plan to introduce a new tablet computer, the Surface, has set the stage for a three-way battle with fellow giants Apple and Google in the booming tablet market. Microsoft Surface: Three keys for success I was somewhat surprised to learn this week that Microsoft had developed a tablet that's actually pretty cool. My expectations were admittedly low when I attended the company's big unveiling event in Los Angeles but once I saw the tablet and played around with it for a bit, I gradually grew more impressed, something I haven't felt about any Microsoft product other than the Xbox in a long time ... Microsoft Raises the Stakes With the Surface Microsoft's Surface tablet launch may just prove to be a winner, with conditions attached. Microsoft Building Its Own Phone? Not So Fast An analyst says Microsoft may be building its own phone. Microsoft says "not so much." Microsoft tablet risks alienating PC makers With the unveiling of the Surface tablet, Microsoft is heading into unusual territory: competing with its partners, the very same companies that make Windows PCs. But Microsoft has little to lose, since PC manufacturers are having little success with their own tablets. Microsoft wants another crack at making its own phones, says analyst Microsoft's first attempt at making its own mobile phones wasn't exactly a success. In fact, it would be fair to say that the Microsoft KIN was one of the genuine flaming-bus-crash-into-an-orphanage disasters of recent mobile phone industry history. But Microsoft apparently thinks it's older and wiser now, and it wants to try making its own phones again, according to Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund ...
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