Microsoft announced o produce unlocked phones that would support Verizon’s network. As US cellular customers get used to smartphones, they will want the ability to install their own software and the freedom to switch carriers, Microsoft claims. The Redmond-based software maker’s Windows Mobile 6 OS technically allows users to install apps signed by Microsoft but is often restricted by Verizon and other carriers, which in the past have regularly blocked voice-over-IP and other programs that would compete with their own services.

No announcements of specific phones were included with the news, an absence which may stem from the nature of Verizon’s network.Stay Tuned for more information about Microsoft cell phone