News came early Friday morning that the former "software only" company Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) is currently working with Asian suppliers to test out a proprietary smartphone. This is a huge deal because it will bring the company closer to Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL ) wildly successful software-and-hardware model.
The company has not released a lot of information on the smartphone. What we do know is the phone will probably be about 4 inches to 5 inches, which makes it a direct competitor of the IPhone. If Microsoft comes out with its own hardware, it's likely that consumers would find a more fully integrated device more appealing than current offerings.
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