Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone in China!

Today  March 21, 2012 is the official date of Windows Phone launch in China,first step in growing the Windows Phone ecosystem by releasing the mobile OS in mainland China.

Microsoft looks to regain some ground in the smartphone war by offering a variety of hardware running the refresh of Windows Phone 7.5 "Tango" (build 8773) in one of the largest emerging markets in the world by launching numerous devices, including the HTC Triumph (aka TITAN), the Nokia Lumia 800c and offerings from ZTE (including the Orbit/Mimosa)

The press conference was held in Beijing, where in addition to showing the terminals available has been presented to the public on Microsoft's mobile operating system, adding that, more than 2,000 apps in the Chinese marketplace.

The launch seems to be going well, we must now see in the coming months as the market will welcome China's mobile operating system from Microsoft and if you have the success that the U.S. giant hopes.

More photos and coverage of the event at WPDang

Video: Hands-on HTC Triumph Windows Phone device created for Chinese Market

HTC has managed to score an important outcome in China launching the marketing of its first smartphone Windows Phone . The Taiwanese manufacturer has been able to anticipate competition from Nokia and ZTE. The device is essentially dedicated to the Chinese market version of ' HTC Titan.

HTC Triumph, unlike Titan, using the latest release of Windows Phone operating system,recently renamed Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh (ex-Tango) . 

The Triumph isn’t exactly a new device. It’s just a rebranded HTC Titan, so it features a large 4.7 inch WVGA display, 8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 1.5GHz single-core processor, and 16GB of internal memory. Windows Phone Refresh / Tango runs smoothly on it  as you can see from the video above.

Via Unwiredview