The following is an excerpt from: Anthony John Agnello | November 29, 2011 | thestreet.com |
NEW YORK (InvestorPlace) — Word is that AT&T(T_) is going to be back in the business of hocking high-end, exclusive smartphones again starting early next year. Kaufman Bros. analyst Ben Abramovitz said in a Friday research note that Nokia(NOK_) and Microsoft’s(MSFT_) debut collaboration — the Lumia 800 smartphone powered by the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system — will arrive in the U.S. in 2012 using AT&T’s network as its “window.”
A follow-up report in Forbes further detailed Abramovitz’s thoughts on the future of Windows phones, predicting, “We believe this poses a potential risk for Sprint(S_) and its new long-term commitment to Apple(AAPL_).” The thinking, then, is that Windows smartphones are going to be popular with businessmen. Windows phones will staunch the flood of iPhones and Google(GOOG_) Android devices into the business market with pocket devices using an extension of popular enterprise PC technology.
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