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10-04-2013, 11:02 AM
Microsoft's Nokia purchase (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048023/microsoft-to-acquire-nokias-devices-business-for-7-17-billion.html) left many pondering the future of third-party Windows Phone devices, but a new report suggests the company is peering over its walls to transform Android into a Trojan horse of sorts.
Terry Myerson, Microsoft's newly crowned OS chief, has asked HTC to include Windows Phone as a "second option" on its Android handsets, Bloomberg reports (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/microsoft-said-to-ask-htc-to-put-windows-on-more-phones.html). To sweeten the pot, Microsoft allegedly offered to "cut or eliminate" its usual licensing fee.
Could you dual-boot between the two? Would you have to pick a primary OS up front? The report says the technical details aren't concrete given the preliminary nature of the talks, but one thing's for certain: The tag-team would definitely be an unprecedented move. And if any companies need to shake up the status quo, it's HTC and Microsoft.
http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/04/htc_one_photo05-100032138-large.jpg Reaching for glory After rising rapidly during Android's early days, HTC has since been steamrolled by the Samsung-Apple tandem, hemorrhaging money, market share, and executives alike despite the HTC One's utter awesomeness (http://www.techhive.com/article/2033315/review-htc-one-is-the-android-phone-to-beat.html). The company has slipped out of the top 10 phone vendors, according to ABI Research (http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/special-reports/analyzing-worlds-14-biggest-handset-makers-q2-2013), shipping just 6.63 million phones in the second quarter.
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Terry Myerson, Microsoft's newly crowned OS chief, has asked HTC to include Windows Phone as a "second option" on its Android handsets, Bloomberg reports (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/microsoft-said-to-ask-htc-to-put-windows-on-more-phones.html). To sweeten the pot, Microsoft allegedly offered to "cut or eliminate" its usual licensing fee.
Could you dual-boot between the two? Would you have to pick a primary OS up front? The report says the technical details aren't concrete given the preliminary nature of the talks, but one thing's for certain: The tag-team would definitely be an unprecedented move. And if any companies need to shake up the status quo, it's HTC and Microsoft.
http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/04/htc_one_photo05-100032138-large.jpg Reaching for glory After rising rapidly during Android's early days, HTC has since been steamrolled by the Samsung-Apple tandem, hemorrhaging money, market share, and executives alike despite the HTC One's utter awesomeness (http://www.techhive.com/article/2033315/review-htc-one-is-the-android-phone-to-beat.html). The company has slipped out of the top 10 phone vendors, according to ABI Research (http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/special-reports/analyzing-worlds-14-biggest-handset-makers-q2-2013), shipping just 6.63 million phones in the second quarter.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (http://cdmagurus.com/article/2052145/microsoft-wants-htc-to-put-windows-phone-on-android-phones-report-claims.html#jump)
More... (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2052145/microsoft-wants-htc-to-put-windows-phone-on-android-phones-report-claims.html#tk.rss_all)