LG commits to Windows Mobile
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LG Electronics said it has chosen Microsoft's Windows software as its primary platform for smartphones. The deal comes a few months after the companies signed a technology collaboration deal, and it means LG will bring out 50 smartphones over the life of the deal. LG said it would release up to 26 Windows smartphones by 2012.
"New LG phones running Windows will take advantage of the excitement in this dynamically growing market," said Yong Nam, LG's CEO, in a statement. "The Windows platform brings flexible and customer-friendly software that ties into the Web and the PC, giving our phones a wide range of new capabilities to address an increasing number of segments and markets."