Microsoft tested Surface Smartphone while Nokia Plans to Use Android OS on its Devices

 Microsoft tested Surface Smartphone while Nokia Plans to Use Android OS on its Devices. Microsoft is reportedly testing Surface smartphone. Microsoft had earlier launched the Surface tablet, which could not impress consumers and now the company has a plan to launch smartphnes under the same brand “Surface”.  The company has tested the Surface Smartphone before purchasing Nokia and when Nokia was still considering Android operating system for its quite successful Lumia range of smartphones. Microsoft had built a number of Surface Smartphone prototypes for testing, reported The Verge. This project of the company was headed by the head of the Windows Phone and Xbox operating systems, Terry Myerson. Now it remains to see when the Microsoft Surface smartphones will hit the shelves.
On the other hand the New York Times reported that Nokia is in the process of testing it Lumia devices on the Android operating system. The other reports claimed that the company began testing Android on Lumia handsets long before the company signed the dotted line on acquisition by Microsoft of its mobile business.

Presently Nokia is the largest market share holder of Windows Phone OS and the Lumia devices run exclusively on the Windows Phone platform. The reports by NYT said that  Microsoft executives were fully aware with a Nokia Android project but it's not the part of Microsoft's acquisition discussions with the company.
The Verge reported that Nokia has a plan to launch the Asha device running the Android operating system sometime in 2014, when the Microsoft and Nokia deal of using Windows Phone OS comes to end. Nokia and Microsoft made the deal to use Windows Phone OS in 2011.

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