Microsoft's launch of Windows Phone 8 could arrive in 2012; a Sept. 5 conference between Microsoft and Nokia is expected to reveal the next-generation of Windows Phone 8 devices. According to a source speaking to Bloomberg, the devices could arrive on mobile carrier Verizon.

"A person familiar with the matter," Bloomberg said, revealed Verizon will not be at the September event, but a Nokia Windows Phone 8 Device will launch "later" in 2012 for the American carrier. The plans are private, according to the unidentified source.

"Verizon is looking to lessen its dependence on Apple, Inc.'s iPhone and devices running Google, Inc.'s Android software, which dominate the smartphone market," Bloomberg reported. For Nokia, this means the potential to improve efforts to claim market share as Windows Phone struggles to catch up to Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Recent survey results revealed that Windows Phone is seeing under 200 apps submitted per day, while iOS and Android have over 700 and 600, respectively, though Microsoft's mobile operating system is set to take third place -- and consequently displace RIM.

Verizon's only Windows Phone to date is the HTC Trophy, a launch device for the operating system in 2010. Sales for the device have underwhelmed.

Windows Phone 8 is the next-generation of Windows Phone, introducing new features including a customizable start screen (with 3 tile sizes) while freezing out devices running Windows 7. It means that Nokia's Windows Phone 7 devices will see Windows 7.8 instead of Windows 8, bringing the new start screen. Windows Phone 8 uses the Windows NT Kernel, so users may be encouraged to buy new Windows Phones.

The launch of the Lumia 900 on AT&T saw the company's biggest market jump. While it has contributed to 4 million Lumia sales, it pales in comparison to iOS and Android devices, which sell tens of millions of units. The Samsung Galaxy S3 sold 10 million devices following its May 29 launch.

The iPhone may be released on Sept. 12.