Nokia has unveiled its first phablets extra large phones at the same time as well as its first tablet computer.
The Windows Phone
handsets introduce the ability to change which objects in a photo are in focus after
it is taken.
The Windows RT tablet
has a 4G data chip, unlike Microsoft's recently announced Surface 2.
Microsoft agreed to
buy the business for 5.4bn euros ($7.4bn; £4.6bn) in a deal which the companies
have said should be finalised by early 2014.
One analyst said the
sale should aid the US firm's efforts to promote its mobile platforms against
the market leaders, Android and iOS.
"Microsoft can
also spend a lot more marketing the devices than Nokia could. Microsoft's share
of the handset and tablet markets is growing but from a relatively low level,
according to market research firm Gartner.
Windows Phone took a
3.3% share of smartphone sales in the April-to-June quarter, said the firm,
with Nokia proving the most popular brand.
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