November 10th, 2011 admin
If you take a look around the Bell Canada site, there is no longer any sign of Windows 7 Phones? In fact if you search for WP7 – you end up with a link to the HD7, however this results in the following message:
So what’s happening? There appears to be a general lack of interest between Canadian carriers to support the platform, who instead are focusing on iPhone, Android and RIM?
Take a look in retail stores and there are little or no signs of any Windows Phone 7 devices. The only units I’ve found have been mislabelled as running Android!
So are the carriers finally dropping support for Windows Phone 7, or simply clearing stock ready for the imminent arrival of Mango devices?
Nokia has stated that they’ll be bringing WP7 Mango devices to Canada in 2012, however there’s no confirmation on dates, carriers or models yet? How long will consumers be wiling to wait for WP7 before giving up and going with a different platform?
Are Microsoft and the device manufacturers going to miss their window of opportunity to establish a WP7 Mango presence in the Canadian mobile marketplace?
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March 4th, 2010 admin
Gizmodo have just posted an update to the rumours around “Project Pink”. If you’ve not heard of it before, Project Pink was a rumour which started last year about a new phone platform developed by Microsoft which would be focused on Social Networking.
The project stemmed from the Microsoft takeover of Danger (makers of the Sidekick). Key members of Danger were said to be working on a secret project to release two new phone models – the Turtle and Pure.
Rumoured Turtle Phone
The latest post from Gizmodo states that they’ve received confidential promotional material regarding the release of Turtle on the Verizon network in the US. The material has reportedly come from a partner working with Microsoft, so they’re unable to show most of it to avoid giving away their source.
Here’s the facts so far regarding Project Pink:
- The Handset is not running a variant of Windows Phone 7
- Recent FCC Filings show evidence the handset exits and will be manufactured by Sharp
- Recent Twitter posts are coming from a device called “Danger” from within Microsoft
- Verizon appear to be the launch partner
- The phone supports a form of App (similar to IPhone, Google Apps etc)
Although the phone is said not to be running a variant of Windows Phone 7 – I suspect the interface will be similar. At MWC, Microsoft really emphasised the amount of work which had gone in to the interface over the last two years, so I’d be surprised if they ignored the results on a similar device? Also the screenshots on the render (although fuzzy and small), do remind me of the interface I saw in Barcelona at MWC.
Looks like we’ll be hearing more about this device soon!
More Articles on Project Pink from Gizmodo
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