Microsoft and Flextronics in deal for high specification phones
Paris: Microsoft Corp. and Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd., the world's No.1 software company and the largest contract manufacturer of handsets, have announced a partnership to market a new range of high-specification phones to handset makers and network operators worldwide. The handsets will run Windows Mobile.

The significance of this partnership, lies in the production of extremely high-volume, low-cost devices that would still maintain values of such of a platform. The announcement came on the first day of the 3GSM World Congress, an annual mobile industry gathering in Cannes, southern France.

Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system for phones is battling for market share against rivals Palm OS and Symbian, the clear leader in Europe.

Microsoft has said that the new phones would include cameras for both video and stills, a Windows media player that handles a broad range of formats and "seamless integration with Outlook (PC software) applications, calendar, e-mail, tasks, contacts, all wirelessly."
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