Nokia CEO: Surface-branded smartphone would ‘stimulate' Windows Phone 8

. Nokia (NOK) CEO Stephen Elop might have allied his company with Microsoft (MSFT) to deliver some of the best Windows Phone devices, but he also believes that a Surface-branded smartphone would give the mobile operating system a big boost. Per The Verge, Elop said in Nokia's latest investor call this week that a Microsoft-built smartphone would certainly be “a stimulant to the ecosystem.” And although HTC (2498) and Samsung (005930) are its competitors, Elop said he welcomes any company that “helps spur the ecosystem on.” Earlier this month, BGR exclusively reported that Microsoft has indeed created a Surface smar

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