David McNamee
09-05-2003, 03:40 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479570529' target='_blank'>http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479570529</a><br /><br /></div>Financial Times reports that Microsoft is set to announce that it has signed Motorola as its first major handset maker, and that Motorola will launch a Microsoft-powered handset this month. The article reports that the handset will be sold by Orange in France.<br /><br />No details in the article about the handset model, OS version, or actual retail availability. Could this be the Chi Mei? That would certainly fit with Orange’s road map that was <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3880">discussed earlier</a>.