Analyst Predicted Microsoft will Launch Self-Owned Brand Phone within Two Months
According to foreign media report, Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert predicted, Microsoft will launch self-owned brand mobile phone within two months, which will make the long-rumored Project Pink project come into true.
Egbert expressed, Microsoft’s self-owned brand mobile phone may publish at MWC in Barcelona in February, or it is also probable to show its face at CTIA in Las Vegas in March.
Egbert thought Microsoft is cooperating with some cellphones manufacturers to develop one type of phone similar to Zune. This phone will be provided with high definition video playing function, and equipped with at least 5 Megapixels camera. She indicated, the cooperation between these cellphones manufactures and Microsoft is similar to the Android phone Nexus One cooperative agreement reached by Google and HTC.
In addition, Egbert expressed, this Microsoft self-owned brand mobile phone will be based on Windows Mobile 7 operating system. In other words, Microsoft will release its self-owned brand mobile phone together with Windows Mobile 7.
Egbert mentioned Windows Mobile 7 will cover some “special mobile services”, including Zune video store service, music order service, Facebook and Twitter etc. these SNS application.
Reading the above news, as an electronic online retailer, epathchina.com considers that there will be tripartite confrontation. Currently, android phone Nexus One has posted some threat to iPhone. If adding Microsoft mobile phones, inevitably, there will be more intense competition.
Popularity: 1% [?]
