ATT Wireless is expected to offer the phone to its subscribers later this year and France's Orange will market the product in Europe.

The phone will incorporate a Web browser and memory of up to one gigabtye to allow users to access the Internet, e-mail and corporate networks.

Pieter Knook, corporate vice president of mobile and embedded devices at Microsoft said the new Motorola MPx200 "delivers a long-awaited mobile phone experience, combining the powerful and familiar Windows Mobile software with AT and T Wireless' advanced ... services and the trusted quality of a Motorola handset."

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