SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp is looking at making its own smartphone to kickstart sales of its Windows mobile software, according to a Wall Street analyst who has followed the company for many years.
The talk — unconfirmed by Microsoft — comes a day after the company unveiled its latest Windows Phone 8 software, and the same week it announced an own-brand tablet, signalling a break with 37 years of focusing on software and leaving hardware manufacturing to its partners.
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