Hewlett-Packard confirmed on Friday that it will not build phones with Microsoft's latest mobile software.
HP Senior Executive Todd Bradley told CNBC that the company will use WebOS, the mobile operating system acquired when it purchased Palm, on smartphones. HP will not be selling any Windows Phone 7-based devices, Bradley said.
It's not a huge surprise that HP wants to push its own software over Microsoft's after it spent $1.2 billion to get it. But HP is Microsoft's biggest customer, and it's somewhat of a setback for Microsoft not to have the full backing of the largest tech company on the planet for the launch of its new mobile software later this year.
For more on this story, see HP: WebOS phones only, no Win Phone 7 on CNET News.
