Development of Windows Phone Devices at Fujitsu

Fujitsu achieved a world’s first in applying the Windows Phone 7.5 as a mobile device platform and marketing a smartphone running this OS. In a smartphone market dominated by iPhone and Android devices, Fujitsu, in addition to developing Android products, began from early on to investigate the development of Windows Phone devices that take advantage of the innovative features of this OS. It is now developing its own smartphones of this type on the basis of a common understanding with Microsoft on policies governing product development and the application of original technologies. In this development, Fujitsu is implementing original specifications on top of Windows Phone while achieving impressive performance, power-saving features, and operations stability (quality). It is satisfying Microsoft requirements and evaluation criteria for smartphone peripheral devices and interfaces and ensuring software stability and the robustness of security measures. This paper describes Fujitsu’s approach to developing and expanding a third smartphone platform as an addition to Android and iOS.