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Windows Phone 7 Series smartphones priced higher than Android
Microsoft recently stated that it will be charging for the operating system behind Windows Phone 7 Series, which could make smartphones running the Microsoft OS priced slightly more expensive than their Android counterparts running hardware with similar specs due to the added licensing cost–Google provides Android as a free, open-source OS for manufacturers.
According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer:
“I think there’s something clean and simple and easy to understand about our model. We build something, we sell that thing … I think it’s not only in our best interests, but it’s a simple model that’s easy for developers, handset manufacturers, and our operator partners to deal with, to understand, and to build from.”
Tags: Windows Phone 7 Series
Windows Phone Starter Edition
A few weeks we got wind that there may be a Windows Phone Starter Edition coming around soon, and it looks like that will come true in the form of Windows Mobile 6.5. GSMArena is reporting that soon, Microsoft will refer to WinMo 6.5 as Windows Phone 6 Start Edition.
