Windows 10 may be coming to phones sooner than you think

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Windows 10 for smartphones is already being tested internally at Microsoft according to a veteran Windows leaker and former Microsoft employee.

Nazwil Najeeb claimed on Twitter that Microsoft is currently testing three new versions of Windows for phones, including version 8.15.12434, which is Windows 10 according to Najeeb.

Microsoft has revealed a few little details about the ‘desktop’ Windows 10, mostly relating to how its start menu will work, but we’ve not seen anything phone-specific to date beyond a teaser image.

However, even the tiny image seen at Windows 10’s announcement in September suggests Microsoft is sticking with the Live Tiles home screen style used in the system since Windows Phone 7.

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Skipping Windows 9 altogether, Windows 10 will work across phones, tablets, laptops and desktops, as cemented in the system’s “one product family, one platform, one store” launch tagline.

First Microsoft needs to roll-out the other two Windows Phone 8.1 builds Najeeb mentions – update 1 and update 2.

Microsoft has previously claimed there would not be a Windows Phone 8.1 update 2, suggesting the “8.10.15XXX” update Nazwil has spotted may be a minor update that the company will not make a grand song and dance about.

Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 brings Cortana to the UK, adds support for more screen resolutions and enables folders on the start screen.

There’s no real mystery to this update, though, as it has already started rolling-out to some devices including the Nokia Lumia 930.

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Lenovo buys Motorola becoming world’s third largest smartphone producer

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Chinese giant PC producer Lenovo has completed the $2.9 billion acquisition of the handset unit in the iconic mobile maker Motorola Mobility, fortifying its positions in the US and other developed markets.

Beijing-based Lenovo Group bought Motorola from Google, the deal elevating it to the world’s third largest smartphone producer, moving Xiaomi Corp., another Chinese smartphone maker better known in the West as ‘Mi’, to the fourth position.

“By building a strong number three and a credible challenger to the top two in smartphones, we will give the market something it has needed: choice, competition and a new spark of innovation”, Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said in a statement on the company’s website.

The $2.9 billion deal also adds to a squall of activity aimed at transforming Lenovo, the world’s number one PC manufacturer, into a major producer of smartphones and wireless devices.

Yuanqing says Motorola provides a shortcut for entering mature markets and will make the Chinese company “a global player.”

Rick Osterloh, President of Motorola Mobility, will remain in his role. And the company, with its total of 3,500 employers, will become a fully-owned subsidiary of Lenovo, but will continue to be headquartered in Chicago. Lenovo has headquarters in Morrisville, NC, Beijing, and Singapore.

Google acquired Motorola in 2012 for $12.4 billion, but failed to bring the iconic mobile maker back to growth. Lenovo claims it would revive the firm within the next 18 months, as it expects to sell about 100 million devices this year.

Meanwhile, the company retains ownership of the bulk of Motorola’s patent portfolio, with Lenovo having an option to license patents. Some 2,000 patents and a large number of patent cross-licensing deals will go with Motorola to Lenovo.