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In a major victory for Windows Mobile, LG – the world’s third largest mobile phone manufacturer – has agreed to Microsoft to fight and the aging of the primary operating system for all smartphones.

This is a game for the LG, which does not have its own smartphone platform as the market leader Nokia. Samsung, which is the fastest growing mobile company and controls the # 2 spot, said it will continue to Dabble Symbian, Windows Mobile and Google Android platforms.In exchange for the picking by Microsoft, LG will work closely to improve the integration with the operating equipment which has proved to be a problem for Windows Mobile in the past.

LG has a new interface, called S-class, the modern and Windows Mobile touch-screen-friendly. The companies will team on joint research and development, marketing and partner on efforts.LG, she says, around 50 new mobile phones based on Windows Mobile on the agreement, first signed a Memorandum of Understanding in November. In 2009 alone the number of Windows Mobile phones from LG is ten, the company has said.Microsoft facing a growing competition in the smartphone market, especially from Apple’s iPhone, which quickly swallowed up 9 percent of total sales 12 percent after Microsoft ( compared to 11 percent in 2007). The lack of growth is largely due to the slow development, Windows Mobile 6 launch 2 years with a few upgrades, and 6.5 will not be ready until the end of 2009. Nokia-backed Symbian and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry devices, meanwhile, continues to dominate the industry.

via betanews

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