Microsoft said Monday that they would acquire Danger, a manufacturer of consumer goods smartphones, a statement that the software giant is moving rapidly in the development of mobile strategy.

The acquisition was adopted after an on-again, off in a series of interviews with the new risk, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, beginning in the middle of last year. According to a person with the negotiations, Microsoft has doubled, which was finally willing to pay to prevent risks in the hands of other candidates, including Google.

Terms of the purchase price were not disclosed.

The transaction is evidence of the acceleration of relocation away from the personal computer and on the road to a wuchernden array of hand-held devices have access to information and entertainment on the Internet.

The development of these skills is probably the same impact on the popularity of smartphones such as the rise of the graphical user interface of the computer industry personnel. , Which Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, which dominates the PC market, is as leaders in this new market for hand-held computers.