By offering the same functionality to anyone with a Windows-powered phone or tablet, Microsoft takes away one of the Wii U s unique selling points.

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Despite the aborted launch of Acer's Aliyun-powered phone last September, the cheeky Android-based OS is now back with a handful of new devices courtesy of some local friends, with the most notable device coming from Zopo, a notorious cloner of Samsung, HTC and LG phones.

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And in 2002, it built and designed the first Windows-powered smart phone for European mobile operator Orange.

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