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New features relying on increased user information would only come with your permission the Google CEO said.

Wireless industry executives mostly lauded the alliance between Nokia and Microsoft as good for competition and innovation, despite the stock market's disdain for the deal.

Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, is aiming to produce a phone running new partner Microsoft's operating system by the end of the year, its chief executive told Reuters.

During the Mobile World Congress Microsoft announced new features for Windows Phone 7.

Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, is aiming to produce a phone running new partner Microsoft's operating system by the end of the year, its chief executive told Reuters.

Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, is aiming to produce a phone running new partner Microsoft's operating system by the end of the year, its chief executive told Reuters.

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Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer promised a Windows Phone update soon with more powerful Web graphics, and said new partner Nokia would supply absolutely phenomenal handsets.

A video from Microsoft shows of the potential for gameplay interactions between Kinect and Windows Phone 7.

Nokia's already battered shares fell further on Monday as analysts slammed its all-or-nothing deal with Microsoft for failing to answer key questions about smartphone development and heralding a turbulent transition.

A local labor union chairman says tens of thousands in severance is a starting point for negotiations.

RBC Capital Markets said in its highlights before the Mobile World Congress show that smartphone units may accelerate this year from last year’s 60 percent growth as devices do more and simultaneously move down market for the masses.

Nokia's smartphone alliance with Microsoft threatens more than 5,000 Finnish research and development jobs at the Finnish company and its subcontractors, a union boss said.

Nokia's all-or-nothing deal with Microsoft fails to answer key questions about smartphone development and risks a turbulent transition period, analysts said on Monday, driving its shares down yet further.

Shares in Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker by volume, fell again on Monday as analysts cut their recommendations and earnings forecasts after its deal to use Microsoft's software.

Wireless Linux group LiMo hopes to benefit from a tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia as this should push smaller phone makers to seek alternative software platforms, its head said on Monday.

Nokia's CEO on Sunday touted its recent alliance with Microsoft, saying it would be worth billions to the Finnish cellphone maker, which is seeking to catch up in the fiercely competitive smartphone market.

Nokia's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple by teaming up with Microsoft Corp puts them back on the smartphone map, but gives rivals plenty of time to try and widen their lead.

With the dust finally settling after Microsoft-Nokia announcement, analysts weigh in on the new partnership.

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Nokia and Microsoft Corp will team up to build an iPhone rival, the Finnish phonemaker's last-ditch attempt to catch up with Google and Apple and arrest its decline in the global smartphone arena.