First Windows Phone ‘Mango’ smartphone IS12T shown off in Japan

The first Windows Phone Mango smartphone made its first appearance in Tokyo, Japan. The smartphone named IS12T and manufactured by Fujitsu-Toshiba will be up for sale in the Japanese stores this fall. The new Windows Phone OS update reportedly has more than 500 features including deep integration with social networking sites and Windows’ several well-known software packages.

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Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T has a pick of amazing features in spite of the software factor. The device stunningly offers a massive 13.2MP camera, making it a better replacement for your digital cam. To add to your surprise, the device is water and dust resistant. The IS12T boasts of 32GB memory and an advanced 1GHz Snapdragon chip by Qualcomm. Its capacity to support MS Office and other much-touted features of Microsoft like its cloud service, SkyDrive, is outstanding indeed.

Microsoft has been in brisk efforts to gain ground in the mobile market, which is currently dominated by the Redmond firm’s major rivals Apple and Google. The new version of Windows Phone 7 is part of its attempts to stand up as a major player in the mobile industry. Different from Apple and Google, Microsoft reaches in partnerships with third-party manufacturers to build hardware for its operating system.

Besides Fujitsu-Toshiba, Microsoft has similar accords with companies like Samsung, Acer, HTC, ZTE, LG, and of course the Finnish mobile maker Nokia with which Microsoft has churned out a strategic deal to nourish its Windows Phone as one of top mobile OS platforms in the world. The new Nokia and Windows Phone mobile ecosystem is basically meant to fight the two leading ecosystems in the industry – Apple iOS and Google Android.

The first smartphone from the Microsoft and Nokia partnership, codenamed Sea Ray is expected to come out in October this year. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Windows Phone is predicted to become the world’s second biggest mobile OS platform after Google Android toppling Apple iOS by 2015, according to an IDC survey.

Via: PCMag