Verizon to Launch Microsoft iPhone Rival?

Microsoft and Verizon Wireless are in discussion to release an iPhone rival, according to the Wall Street Journal.

"Microsoft Corp. is in discussions with Verizon Wireless to launch a touch-screen multimedia cellphone on the carrier's network early next year, in a bid to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone, people familiar with the matter say," Amol Sharma and Nick Wingfield report for The Wall Street Journal.

"Microsoft's project, which is code-named 'Pink,' is aiming to produce a phone that extends the tech giant's Windows Mobile cellphone operating system, adding new software capabilities. It would also likely include Microsoft's new Windows Marketplace for Mobile, a mobile application store along the lines of Apple's, these people say," Sharma and Wingfield report.


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