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The number of manufacturers offering them is dwindling: Samsung is shifting its phone lineup towards all smartphones, while Nokia has sold off its mobile division to Microsoft, and was seeing falling sales of its featurephones.
British Telecom is trying to sell noncore assets in Asia and spin off its mobile division to raise cash to pay down debt, but it has said it intends to retain assets in Western Europe and Japan.
CSR, which was formerly known as Cambridge Silicon Radio, sold its mobile division to Samsung for $310 million back in July 2012.
The email also notes that Microsoft will be transitioning developer efforts and investments in the mobile division to focus on the Windows ecosystem.
New CEO Geraldine Wilson was brought in from Yahoo's mobile division to shake up the company and set it on a more commercial path.
It also intends to finalize business structural improvements in the mobile division to — in its words — "be better prepared for the challenges ahead".
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Korean electronics giant LG is soaring to new heights, but its mobile division continues to lag well behind the rest of the company and the signs aren't promising.
Todd Peters, the vice president for marketing for the Windows Mobile division, declined to be more specific during an interview at C.E.S., saying Microsoft plans a major announcement at the Mobile World Congress, a trade show scheduled for next month in Barcelona.
But, the mobile division continues to bleed cash.
The announcement had been widely expected despite Microsoft detailing plans to buy Nokia's mobile division at the end of 2013.
So why would Microsoft, which has its own mobile platform, sanction its soon to be mobile making division to build an Android-powered device?
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