Acer has explained why it is yet to launch a smartphone running the Windows Phone 8 operating system.

Vice president of smartphones Allen Burnes said that his company would "like" to adopt the platform, but has hung fire because "no-one knows about it".

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He told TechRadar: "We are looking at Windows Phone 8, we think it's a great OS. The integration with Xbox is nice, the enterprise suite is nice, but I think no-one knows about it.

"You'll find everyone in our smartphone team would really like to deploy Windows OS, but in relation to where we are as a company we have to make our decisions in relation to what we think will sell out."

However, Burnes went on to lavish praise on the Microsoft operating system and insist that Acer will support it once it has gained market share.

"The way WP8 integrates in with the rest of the Windows ecosystem is phenomenal," he added, "so yes, we are looking at Windows Phone 8, yes, we do believe in it. It just doesn't sell enough at this moment, otherwise we would deploy it this year."

Acer has supported past versions of the mobile OS, launching the Windows 7.5-powered Allegro smartphone in 2011.

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