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Microsoft to launch branded smart phone?

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NEW YORK, USA: The rumor has been going on for quite some time that Microsoft is planning to launch a branded smart phone.

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However, if some recent reports are any indication, the software giant will hit the cell phone market during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2009. According to a research note by Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek .

“There is a high likelihood that Microsoft is slated to enter the branded smart phone market in 2009 by unveiling its first device at the Mobile World Congress."

Misek says that the new gadget will use the Nvidia Tegra 650 chipset, which incorporates an ARM processor plus processors for high definition video, audio and imaging, and an ultra-low power GeForce graphics-processing unit.

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Technology news site theinquirer.net, had also reported recently that a Microsoft-branded phone will be unveiled in February.

According to Misek, the release of a branded phone from Microsoft could result in some initial negative impact on Apple and RIM shares.

Though the software giant used to deny this speculation every time, this time it has not responded to the rumors, which means that there could be some ground in what we heard through the grapevine.

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