Microsoft and Nokia have both posted their latest quarter results and the results show one interesting consistency, both companies desperately need Windows Phone to succeed.
Windows 8 is slated for an October 2012 release and Microsoft has to make it a super success if it is to gain relevancy in the fast growing tablet market.
Phone manufacturers have discovered the secret the Apple has known all along, that smartphones need an ecosystem to thrive and Nokia is not being left behind on this one.
Microsoft are hard at work trying to replicate the huge success of Kinect on a broader range of devices including some recently spotted prototype laptops.