Today, Microsoft [MSFT] officially unveiled Windows Phone 7 for launch. Information at launch reveals that nine new Windows Phone 7 smartphones will be launching over the next few weeks with Europe and Asia launching on October 21 and US launches being held on November 8.

Launch details also indicate that over 60 mobile operators will be selling the new smartphones in over 30 countries around the globe.

Over the next month or so, devices from Dell, HTC, LG and Samsung will arrive with even more devices arriving over the next few months in to early 2011 and beyond. [Read more…]

The Samsung Focus was announced today. The Focus is a new Windows Phone 7 device that has a price tag of $199.99 and will launch sometime in the middle of November.

The Focus has a 4 inch screen and uses Samsungs Super AMOLED display technology to create a crystal clear screen. A smudge and scratch resistant coating has been covered over the screen to prevent damage to the device. This in turn, keeps the Focus’ screen clear from damage. [Read more…]

Today at the Windows Phone 7 launch event, AT&T [T] announced three new Windows Phone 7 devices. The first of these is the LG Quantum. The Quantum will be the first Windows Phone 7 to launch in the US on the AT&T network. The launch date is November 8 and it will come with a price tag of $199.99. Outside of the US, the LG Quantum will be called the Optimus 7Q.

The device its self has a slide out QWERTY keyboard. It has a 5 megapixel on the back. The new Windows Phone 7 device has DLNA integrated allowing content to be streamed over networks if needed. The screen on the Quantum measures 3.5 inches and is in a WVGA format. For storage it has 16GB and it runs the 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon core. [Read more…]

Another early outing has happened for O2 in the UK. This time its the HTC HD7 that was outed early (planned?). The HTC HD7 release date for those wanting it on the O2 network is October 21.

The device its self will run Windows Phone 7 and will be amongst the first of a number of phones being launched with the new operating system (that is being officially launched as we write this).

The HD7 has a 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen along with all the regulars found in a phone of this caliber such as Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth and the rest. [Read more…]

LG looks to have accidentally published details on the upcoming LG Optimus 7. The Optimus 7 is another Windows Phone 7 device. The problem here though is that Windows Phone 7 isn’t being officially announced till later today. Since publishing the post online, the LG blog has removed the post (cached page here).

Details about the device show that it has a 3.8 inch WVGA screen and a 5 megapixel camera. For storage it has 16GB on-board. [Read more…]

Just hours before the official launch of Windows Phone 7, the Samsung Omnia 7 has been put online.

The early outing comes from the Russian Samsung website where we can see some official pictures of what the device will look like, along with some technical specs. [Read more…]

Windows Phone 7 is getting launched today. At the event we expect to see details about new smartphones being made available as well as launch dates, pricing and details about what apps will be made available.

TMoNews managed to get some leaked shots of one of the devices we have seen a number of times. The device is the HTC HD7 that we first heard of a month or so ago. It is expected that the HTC HD7 will be a flagship device.

The image (render?) shows a T-Mobile branded HTC HD7. It is expected that the T-Mobile version will ship with 16GB of memory which is double what the other variants will get. RAM wise, it is expected to get 576MB. [Read more…]

Some leaked documents of a UK carriers roadmap reveal that October 21 is the release date for Windows Phone 7.

The actual phone appears to be called the Windows 7Phone and has a launch date of 21st Oct according to the document. It is listed in between the Samsung Europa and a BlackBerry device. A few technical specs have been revealed showing that this particular device will have a 4 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, a 5 megapixel camera as well as access to over 2000 apps at launch in the Windows Marketplace. [Read more…]

Last time we heard, Geohot had left the iOS jailbreak scene. We now see that he is back and has released Limera1n. Limera1n allows you to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on several devices which includes the iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G all using 4.0-4.1.

The new iOS 4.1 jailbreak uses a different exploit to what the GreenPois0n jailbreak does and because of this, the team behind GreenPois0n (that uses SHAtter), have decided to delay the launch so that Apple [AAPL] doesn’t have the opportunity to patch two exploits. [Read more…]

The glass back of the iPhone is prone to scratching. Scratching the back is as easy as sitting the phone on a desk and sliding it along.

As well as being able to easily scratch the back, the glass is also scratched when using some third-party cases. This happens when some dust gets trapped between the case and the back of the phone and when the case is slid on or off.

The Apple store has a lack of cases available for the phone and instead, is now just offering the bumper case on the site. [Read more…]

iFixit has followed tradition and has now managed to get hold of a Nokia N8 to tear apart.

The N8s unique feature is that it has a 12 megapixel camera sensor. To cram the sensor in, Nokia actually made the camera protrude out of the case a little to keep the casing thinner.

The camera flash uses a Xenon flash tube that is similar to those found in real cameras. [Read more…]