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To get back in the smartphone ready, Microsoft teamed up
with Nokia in February 2011. The folks in Redmond reportedly paid Nokia $1 billion or more to exclusively maintain Windows
Phone. The first fruits of that deal will soon hit the U.S. -- and beginning reports say they're pretty darn sweet.
Microsoft's critically praised Windows Phone 7.5, nicknamed "Mango," sports a unusual, innovative interface that reportedly looks and feels nothing like iOS or Android. And while Android's tractability has spawned a mishmash of different versions and interfaces, Mango promises to effort the same no matter what phone it's running on.
And while the first handsets to run Windows Phone obviously lacked power, Microsoft's made sure that Mango gets showcased on first-be entitled to hardware. HTC's Titan II and Nokia's Lumia 900, both Windows Phones, were the talk of this year's CES , earning yell reviews from tech pundits. With Nokia's help, Microsoft has reportedly processed a $200 million marketing push to get Windows Phones in as many hands as workable. One Morgan Stanley analyst expects Nokia alone to ship more than 100 million Windows Phones over the next two years.
Source: DailyFinance