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Microsoft, Intel were hits at MWC -- Nokia was a miss, Barron’s reports

At the just completed Mobile World Congress, or MWC, in Spain, Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) - both playing catch-up in mobile computing and communications - continued the momentum they ignited at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year, Barron's reports. As expected, Microsoft unveiled the latest test version of its Windows 8 operating system -- which appeared to work seamlessly across personal computers, tablets and phones. Also, Microsoft's Skype unit unveiled a mobile-video chat app for Windows Phone that uses Microsoft's new cubist user interface, Metro. Intel announced that its low-power Atom chips would be used in a phone it designed and made for Orange, the wireless unit of France Telecom (FTE). They also announced handset deals with India's Lava International and China's ZTE, which build on earlier wins announced back at CES to supply mobile chips to Motorola Mobility (MMI) and Lenovo (LNVGY). Intel is also getting into the mobile-payment industry with an announced a partnership with Visa (V). Intel will provide smartphone technology powered by its Atom processors for use in the credit-card company's payWave mobile-payment system. Shares of Nokia (NOK) were under pressure last week on disappointment over its new handset announcements at the Mobile World Congress. But Nokia's president and U.S. head, Chris Weber, argued that Nokia has the right strategy in partnering with Microsoft.

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