Jeff Bezos Buried in his big report on Apple's iPhone, Jefferies
analyst Peter Misek reveals that Amazon and Microsoft are
pushing back their plans for releasing smartphones.  There isn't
much information from Misek. It's literally a two-sentence
update: "Our checks indicate that Amazon’s phone seems to have
been delayed. Also the launch of the Surface phone from
Microsoft has been pushed out."  Both Microsoft and Amazon have
been rumored to be developing their own smartphones to match
their tablets.  Both were expected to be out in the first half
of this year. It appears as though those plans have been put on
hold for now.