Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer on Tuesday unveiled his company’s line of Windows smartphones in an offensive against Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android system.<\/p>\n
Around 30 types of “Windows phones” with various designs will be available by the end of the year in more than 20 countries.<\/p>\n
Seven phone-makers, including Sony, Samsung and Toshiba, and 16 operators including Orange, Vodafone and T-Mobile, are involved in the launch.<\/p>\n
The phones, which combine the ability to make calls, surf the Internet and view videos, carry Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.<\/p>\n
The new mobile operating system was launched simultaneously in France and New York on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Ballmer presented the Windows phones at Microsoft’s new French headquarters near Paris in Issy-les-Moulineaux<\/p>\n
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