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Nokia in talks to produce Windows Phone 7 handsets?

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Nokia/Nokia-E7-200-200.jpg"> Prepare yourself for this one - Nokia is apparently in talks to begin producing phones based on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform. In a move that would radically shift the strategy of the once all-powerful Finnish firm, apparently in the last month Nokia has initiated talks with Microsoft about creating a new line of phones based on the platform - although whether they are branded or not is unclear. This news is far from confirmed - it comes from the column of well-respected and eerily accurate Russian journalist Eldar Murtazin, a long-standing thorn in Nokia's side. He states that executives from Nokia's new management team (who are now led by ex-Microsoft executive Stephen Elop) approached Microsoft about the possibility of supporting the new OS. Final stand It seems hard to believe that Nokia would finally allow another firm's OS onto its devices after touting the power of Symbian^3 and the forthcoming MeeGo for so long - but the Microsoft tie-in does seem to make sense for both sides. Nokia would be loathe to jump into the OHA and start developing Android phones, as it would be essentially confirming that the Google OS is superior to its own open-source Symbian. Check out the text yourself (<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobile-review.com%2Farticles%2F2010%2Fbirulki-98.shtml">translated from Russian</A>) and look for the perfect summarising phrase about a tie up with Nokia and Microsoft - two hens don't make an eagle.

Nokia in talks to produce Windows Phone 7 handsets?

Prepare yourself for this one - Nokia is apparently in talks to begin producing phones based on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform. I...

Nvidia talks up GTX 580 vs AMD Caymen Islands

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/TechRadar/Computing/Components/NVIDIA%20GeForce%20GTX%20580/GTX%20580%203qtr-200-200.jpg"> Nvidia has just launched it's newest, second generation DirectX 11 graphics card, the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-906690/review?artc_pg=1">GeForce GTX 580</A> and it thinks it's got an outright winner on its hands over AMD. Competitor AMD is rumoured to be launching its top-end GPUs at the end of this month after letting its uninspiring <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/amd-radeon-hd-6870-902549/review">Radeon HD 6870</A> and <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/amd-radeon-hd-6850-902866/review">HD 6850</A> into the wild in October. So who will win in this latest graphics deathmatch? According to Tom Petersen, Director of Technical Marketing at Nvidia, there's only going to be one winner. TechRadar asked him if the GeForce GTX 580 was still going to be the fastest card. "When Caymen comes out? Oh, I don't think it's going to be close." <img alt="GF 110" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Computing/Components/NVIDIA%20GeForce%20GTX%20580/GeForce_GTX_580_3qtr-420-90.jpg" width="420"></IMG> "I have as much information as we have at Nvidia, but I think we're going to win," he continues. "If you believe their information that's become available so far we should win." That's confident stuff considering just how secretive AMD has been about its latest top-end graphics cards. The <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/amd-radeon-hd-6000-what-to-expect-902180">Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950</A>will include radically different architecture compared with its recent below-par releases. That's important because the rumours are that we're looking at twice the geometry performance of the previous generation of AMD GPUs. But as Petersen says, "ATI's been spectacularly secretive with Caymen Islands, so I can only guess." We shouldn't be guessing for too much longer though, and we'll have the full in-depth for you as soon as it hits our test benches. <UL> <LI><a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-906690/review?artc_pg=1">Read our Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 review</A></LI> <LI><a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/amd-radeon-hd-6870-902549/review">Read our Radeon HD 6870 review</A></LI></UL>

Nvidia talks up GTX 580 vs AMD Caymen Islands

Nvidia has just launched it's newest, second generation DirectX 11 graphics card, the GeForce GTX 580 and it thinks it's got an out...